How To Retire Jerseys In Nba 2k22

As a mode to honour central contributors including players, coaches, fans, broadcasters and announcers, National Basketball Association (NBA) teams often retire their jersey numbers, win totals or microphones. In the case of jersey numbers, they are usually no longer available for future players to wear, although they can ask for permission from players whose jerseys are retired. Teams usually brandish these numbers past hanging banners on the rafters inside their home arena. As of 2022, only two teams in the NBA do not have any retired numbers: the Los Angeles Clippers and the Toronto Raptors. Two players accept had their numbers retired past teams they did non play for, and only ane role player (Bill Russell) had his number retired league-wide.

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Key

No.	Name	Team	Pos.	Years with franchise	Note	Refs
9	Bob Pettit	Atlanta Hawks	F	1954–1965	Did not play for franchise in Atlanta. Played in Milwaukee during rookie flavor of 1954–55, then residuum of career in St. Louis.	[1]
21	Dominique Wilkins	Atlanta Hawks	F	1982–1994	Currently team vice president and television color analyst.	[1]
23	Lou Hudson	Atlanta Hawks	F	1966–1977	The team was in St. Louis in his first two seasons (1966–1968).	[ane]
44	Pete Maravich	Atlanta Hawks	K	1970–1974
55	Dikembe Mutombo	Atlanta Hawks	C	1996–2001
59	Kasim Reed	Atlanta Hawks	—	2010–2018	Equally mayor of Atlanta. Number represents his condition equally the 59th mayor of the city.
—	Ted Turner	Atlanta Hawks	—	1977–2001	As team owner. While the team presented Turner a framed Hawks jersey with No. 17, the banner raised to the rafters carried an old Hawks logo with Turner's name instead of a number.	[2]
00	Robert Parish	Boston Celtics	C	1980–1994		[3]
ane	Walter A. Dark-brown	Boston Celtics	—	1946–1964	Every bit team founder–possessor.	[3]
2	Blood-red Auerbach	Boston Celtics	—	1950–2006	As head coach (1950–1966) and executive (1950–2006).	[3]
three	Dennis Johnson	Boston Celtics	G	1983–1990	Served every bit assistant autobus from 1993 to 1997.	[3]
five	Kevin Garnett	Boston Celtics	F	2007–2013
six	Beak Russell	Boston Celtics	C	1956–1969	As well served as head coach (1966–1969). Number retired league-broad in 2022.[4]	[three]
x	Jo Jo White	Boston Celtics	G	1969–1979		[3]
14	Bob Cousy	Boston Celtics	G	1950–1963	Later served equally team administrator and colour analyst.	[3]
15	Tom Heinsohn	Boston Celtics	F	1956–1965	Likewise served equally head coach (1969–1978); as broadcaster (1980–2020).	[3]
16	Satch Sanders	Boston Celtics	F	1960–1973	Also served as caput coach (1978).	[three]
17	John Havlicek	Boston Celtics	F	1962–1978		[3]
18	Dave Cowens	Boston Celtics	C	1970–1980	Also served every bit head charabanc (1978–1979).	[3]
xix	Don Nelson	Boston Celtics	F	1965–1976		[three]
21	Beak Sharman	Boston Celtics	G	1951–1961		[three]
22	Ed Macauley	Boston Celtics	C	1950–1956		[3]
23	Frank Ramsey	Boston Celtics	F	1954–1964	Did not play in the 1955–56 flavour due to war machine service.	[three]
24	Sam Jones	Boston Celtics	G	1957–1969		[3]
25	K. C. Jones	Boston Celtics	G	1958–1967	Also served every bit caput coach (1983–1988).	[3]
31	Cedric Maxwell	Boston Celtics	F	1977–1985	Also served as broadcaster (2001–present); briefly wore no. thirty in 1977–78.	[iii]
32	Kevin McHale	Boston Celtics	F	1980–1993		[3]
33	Larry Bird	Boston Celtics	F	1979–1992		[3]
34	Paul Pierce	Boston Celtics	F	1998–2013
35	Reggie Lewis	Boston Celtics	G	1987–1993	Died of a eye set on while still playing for the squad; number retired posthumously.	[3]
LOSCY[a]	Jim Loscutoff	Boston Celtics	F	1955–1964	Wore no. 18 but decided to keep it agile; number ultimately retired for Dave Cowens.	[three]
	Johnny About	Boston Celtics	—	1953–1990	As broadcaster.	[three]
3	Dražen Petrović	Brooklyn Nets	G	1991–1993	Died in a machine crash while playing for the team; with the squad when it was known every bit the New Jersey Nets.[5] His jersey was retired posthumously.	[6]
five	Jason Kidd	Brooklyn Nets	G	2001–2008	The squad was then the New Jersey Nets. Besides served as head autobus (2013–2014).	[6]
23	John Williamson	Brooklyn Nets	G	1973–1980	During his beginning iv seasons (1973–1977), the team was on Long Island and known as the New York Nets; for the rest of his career with the squad, it was the New Jersey Nets.	[6]
25	Bill Melchionni	Brooklyn Nets	G	1969–1976	The team was then on Long Island as the New York Nets.	[6]
32	Julius Erving	Brooklyn Nets	F	1973–1976	The team was then on Long Isle every bit the New York Nets. Erving'south number was retired past the Nets on April 3, 1987, during his terminal NBA season as a player with the Philadelphia 76ers.	[6]
52	Buck Williams	Brooklyn Nets	F	1981–1989	The team was then the New Jersey Nets.	[6]
xiii	Bobby Phills	Charlotte Hornets	G	1997–2000	Died in a car crash while playing for the original incarnation of the team. His jersey was retired posthumously.
four	Jerry Sloan	Chicago Bulls	G	1966–1976	Besides served as head coach (1979–1982).	[7]
ten	Bob Love	Chicago Bulls	F	1968–1976	Bulls Director of Community Affairs since 1993	[7]
23	Michael Hashemite kingdom of jordan	Chicago Bulls	K	1984–1993 1995–1998	Briefly wore no. 45 in 1995 & 12 for ane game in 1990 (due to his jersey stolen).	[viii]
33	Scottie Pippen	Chicago Bulls	F	1987–1998 2003–2004		[8]
—	Phil Jackson [b]	Chicago Bulls	—	1989–1998	As head coach (1989–1998).	[ix]
—	Jerry Krause [b]	Chicago Bulls	—	1985–2003	As general manager (1985–2003).	[9]
vii	Bingo Smith	Cleveland Cavaliers	F	1970–1979		[10]
11	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Cleveland Cavaliers	C	1997–2010	Did not play in 1999–2000 flavor due to injury.	[10]
22	Larry Nance	Cleveland Cavaliers	F	1988–1994	Briefly wore no. 6 in 1988. Number unretired for his son Larry Nance Jr. from 2018 to 2021.	[10]
25	Marker Price	Cleveland Cavaliers	Chiliad	1986–1995		[ten]
34	Austin Carr	Cleveland Cavaliers	Yard	1971–1980		[10]
42	Nate Thurmond	Cleveland Cavaliers	C	1975–1977		[x]
43	Brad Daugherty	Cleveland Cavaliers	C	1986–1994		[ten]
	Joe Tait	Cleveland Cavaliers	—	1970–1981 1983–2011	As broadcaster.	[10]
12	Derek Harper	Dallas Mavericks	G	1983–1994 1996–1997
fifteen	Brad Davis	Dallas Mavericks	G	1980–1992		[11]
22	Rolando Blackman	Dallas Mavericks	Yard	1981–1992		[eleven]
41	Dirk Nowitzki	Dallas Mavericks	F/C	1998–2019
2	Alex English	Denver Nuggets	F	1980–1990		[12]
12	Fat Lever	Denver Nuggets	G	1984–1990
33	David Thompson	Denver Nuggets	F	1975–1982		[12]
xl	Byron Beck	Denver Nuggets	C	1967–1977		[12]
44	Dan Issel	Denver Nuggets	C	1975–1985	Worked a variety roles in the Nuggets organization after retirement, including broadcaster (1988–1992), head coach (1992–1995, 1999–2001), and president/general manager (1998–1999)	[12]
55	Dikembe Mutombo	Denver Nuggets	C	1991–1996		[13]
432	Doug Moe	Denver Nuggets	—	1980–1990	Every bit head coach; the number represents his 432 victories coaching the Nuggets.	[12]
1	Chauncey Billups	Detroit Pistons	One thousand	2002–2008 2013–2014	Number worn by Reggie Jackson at the time of the proclamation, and was allowed to keep information technology until his divergence in 2020.
2	Chuck Daly	Detroit Pistons	—	1983–1992	As head coach; the number represents the two NBA title teams he coached. Number unretired for Cade Cunningham since 2021, with permission from the Daly family.	[14]
3	Ben Wallace	Detroit Pistons	C	2000–2006 2009–2012	Number worn by Stanley Johnson at the time of the declaration; switched to No. 7 earlier the 2016–17 flavor out of respect to Wallace. As well wore no. half-dozen from 2009 to 2012.
4	Joe Dumars	Detroit Pistons	Thou	1985–1999	Also served as team president (2000–2014).	[fourteen]
10	Dennis Rodman	Detroit Pistons	F	1986–1993	Greg Monroe wore the number at the time of the announcement, and was allowed to wear information technology until his departure in 2015.	[14] [15]
11	Isiah Thomas	Detroit Pistons	Thousand	1981–1994	Wore no. 42 for 1 playoff game in 1985 (due to his jersey stolen).	[14]
fifteen	Vinnie Johnson	Detroit Pistons	G	1981–1991	Served as a color annotator on Pistons radio broadcasts (1990–2001)	[fourteen]
16	Bob Lanier	Detroit Pistons	C	1970–1980		[14]
21	Dave Bing	Detroit Pistons	G	1966–1975	Served as the 74th mayor of Detroit (2009–2013)	[fourteen]
32	Richard Hamilton	Detroit Pistons	1000/F	2002–2011
40	Bill Laimbeer	Detroit Pistons	C	1982–1993		[xiv]
—	William Davidson	Detroit Pistons	—	1974–2009	Equally team owner.	[xiv]
—	Jack McCloskey	Detroit Pistons	—	1979–1992	Every bit full general managing director.	[14]
thirteen	Wilt Chamberlain	Golden Land Warriors	C	1959–1965	Team was in Philadelphia (1959–1962) and in San Francisco (1962–1965). Just player to have the aforementioned number retired past three different teams (Golden State, 50.A. Lakers and Philadelphia)	[16]
xiv	Tom Meschery	Aureate State Warriors	F	1961–1967	Team was in Philadelphia (1961–1962) and San Francisco (1962–1967).	[xvi]
sixteen	Al Attles	Golden Land Warriors	Chiliad	1960–1971	Too served as caput motorbus (1969–1983).	[16]
17	Chris Mullin	Golden State Warriors	SG/SF	1985–1997 2000–2001	As well served as Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations (2004–2009).	[16]
24	Rick Barry	Gold State Warriors	F	1965–1967 1972–1978		[xvi]
42	Nate Thurmond	Golden State Warriors	C	1963–1974	Squad bore the San Francisco proper noun 1963–1971 before adopting the Golden Country proper noun starting with the 1971–72 season.	[16]
11	Yao Ming	Houston Rockets	C	2002–2011
22	Clyde Drexler	Houston Rockets	G	1995–1998	Besides served equally broadcaster (2005–2020).	[17]
23	Calvin Murphy	Houston Rockets	G	1970–1983	Team was in San Diego (1970–1971). Also served every bit broadcaster (1985–2004).	[17]
24	Moses Malone	Houston Rockets	C	1976–1982	Wore no. 21 during the 1976–77 season.	[17]
34	Hakeem Olajuwon	Houston Rockets	C	1984–2001		[17]
44	Elvin Hayes	Houston Rockets	F	1968–1972 1981–1984	Wore no. 11 from 1968 to 1971; team was in San Diego during that span.	[eighteen]
45	Rudy Tomjanovich	Houston Rockets	F	1970–1981	Squad was in San Diego (1970–1971). As well served equally caput coach (1991–2003).	[17]
CD	Carroll Dawson [c]	Houston Rockets	—	1980–2007	Every bit assistant omnibus (1980–1995) and general director (1995–2007).	[xix]
30	George McGinnis	Indiana Pacers	F	1971–1975 1980–1982
31	Reggie Miller	Indiana Pacers	Chiliad	1987–2005
34	Mel Daniels	Indiana Pacers	C	1967–1974	Also served as head omnibus (1988).
35	Roger Brown	Indiana Pacers	F	1967–1974	Coming from ABA Pacers. He did not play a match in the NBA.
529	Bobby Leonard	Indiana Pacers	—	1968–1980	As head motorcoach; the number represents his 529 victories coaching the Pacers.
8	Kobe Bryant	Los Angeles Lakers	G	1996–2006	Only player to have two numbers retired by the same team.
13	Wilt Chamberlain	Los Angeles Lakers	C	1968–1973	Merely histrion to have the same number retired by iii dissimilar teams (Aureate State, 50.A. Lakers and Philadelphia)
xvi	Pau Gasol	Los Angeles Lakers	C	2008–2014	To be retired on March 7, 2023
22	Elgin Baylor	Los Angeles Lakers	F	1958–1971	The squad was in Minneapolis in his first ii seasons (1958–1960).
24	Kobe Bryant	Los Angeles Lakers	G	2006–2016	Only player to have ii numbers retired by the aforementioned squad.
25	Gail Goodrich	Los Angeles Lakers	G	1965–1968 1970–1976	Wore no. 11 from 1965 to 1968. Eddie Jones, the last Lakers histrion to wear no. 25, switched to no. 6 shortly before Goodrich's number was retired.
32	Earvin "Magic" Johnson	Los Angeles Lakers	G	1979–1991 1996	Also served every bit head coach in 1994, and President of Basketball Operations (2017–2019).
33	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Los Angeles Lakers	C	1975–1989
34	Shaquille O'Neal	Los Angeles Lakers	C	1996–2004		[20]
42	James Worthy	Los Angeles Lakers	F	1982–1994
44	Jerry West	Los Angeles Lakers	K	1960–1974	Also served equally head coach (1976–1979) and full general manager (1981–2002).
52	Jamaal Wilkes	Los Angeles Lakers	F	1977–1985	Built-in Jackson Keith Wilkes, changed his proper noun to Jamaal Abdul-Lateef in 1975, maintaining his original surname for purposes of public recognition.
99	George Mikan	Los Angeles Lakers	C	1947–1954 1956	Also served as head autobus (1957–1958); the team was in Minneapolis throughout his tenure in both roles.	[21]
	Chick Hearn	Los Angeles Lakers	—	1961–2002	Every bit broadcaster.
fifty	Zach Randolph	Memphis Grizzlies	F	2009–2017
	Don Poier	Memphis Grizzlies	—	1995–2005	As broadcaster
one	Chris Bosh	Miami Heat	F/C	2010–2016		[22]
iii	Dwyane Wade	Miami Heat	Grand	2003–2016 2018–2019		[23]
ten	Tim Hardaway	Miami Heat	Thousand	1996–2001		[24]
xiii	Dan Marino	Miami Heat	QB	—	Never played professional basketball, only left a large impact on Miami during his NFL Hall of Fame career with the Dolphins. Still bachelor in circulation (number currently worn by Bam Adebayo).	[25]
23	Michael Jordan	Miami Rut	G	—	Never played for the franchise; number retired for "contributions to basketball game".	[26] [27]
32	Shaquille O'Neal	Miami Heat	C	2004–2008		[28]
33	Alonzo Mourning	Miami Heat	C	1995–2002 2005–2008	Since 2009, Vice President of Thespian Programs and Development	[29]
1	Oscar Robertson	Milwaukee Bucks	G	1970–1974	Retired October 18, 1974	[30]
two	Junior Bridgeman	Milwaukee Bucks	F	1975–1984 1986–1987		[31]
iv	Sidney Moncrief	Milwaukee Bucks	G	1979–1989		[32]
8	Marques Johnson	Milwaukee Bucks	F	1977–1984	Television receiver color analyst since 2015.	[33]
x	Bob Dandridge	Milwaukee Bucks	F	1969–1977 1981
xiv	Jon McGlocklin	Milwaukee Bucks	G	1968–1976	Likewise served as broadcaster (1985–2018).	[34]
16	Bob Lanier	Milwaukee Bucks	C	1980–1984		[35]
32	Brian Winters	Milwaukee Bucks	G	1975–1983		[36]
33	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Milwaukee Bucks	C	1969–1975	Served under the name of Lew Alcindor for two seasons before becoming Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.	[37]
ii	Malik Sealy	Minnesota Timberwolves	F	1997–2000	Died in a car crash while playing for the team.[38] His jersey was retired posthumously.
Flip	Flip Saunders	Minnesota Timberwolves	—	1995–2005 2014–2015	Equally Caput autobus.
vii	Pete Maravich	New Orleans Pelicans	1000	—	Never played for the franchise, jersey retired for his contributions to basketball game of Louisiana. He played for the New Orleans Jazz (now the Utah Jazz) 1974–1979 in NBA and for LSU Tigers 1967–1970 in NCAA.
10	Walt Frazier	New York Knicks	G	1967–1977	Also served every bit a broadcaster.
12	Dick Barnett	New York Knicks	1000	1965–1973
fifteen	Earl Monroe	New York Knicks	1000	1971–1980	Wore no. 33 for a few games in the 1971–72 season.
fifteen	Dick McGuire	New York Knicks	G	1949–1957	As well served equally head motorbus (1965–1968) and scouting director.
19	Willis Reed	New York Knicks	C	1964–1974	Too served every bit head omnibus (1977–1978).
22	Dave DeBusschere	New York Knicks	F	1968–1974	As well served as general managing director (1982–1986).
24	Bill Bradley	New York Knicks	F	1967–1977	From 1979 to 1997, US Senator (D) from New Jersey
33	Patrick Ewing	New York Knicks	C	1985–2000
613	Red Holzman	New York Knicks	—	1967–1977 1978–1982	As head coach; the number represents his 613 victories coaching the Knicks.
4	Nick Collison	Oklahoma City Thunder	F/C	2003–2018	The team was in Seattle (Seattle SuperSonics) in his first five seasons (2003–2008).
vi	Sixth man	Orlando Magic	—	—	Temporarily unretired for Patrick Ewing during the 2001–02 season, every bit his customary no. 33 was worn by Grant Colina.
2	Moses Malone	Philadelphia 76ers	C	1982–1986 1993–1994
3	Allen Iverson	Philadelphia 76ers	M	1996–2006 2009–2010
four	Dolph Schayes	Philadelphia 76ers	F/C	1949–1964	Team was known as the Syracuse Nationals (1948–1963). Also served equally player-coach (1963–66). Number retired posthumously. Nerlens Noel wore the number at the time of the proclamation, and was allowed to wear it until his difference in 2017. Wore No. 55 for office of the 1949–50 season.	[39]
six	Julius Erving	Philadelphia 76ers	F	1976–1987
10	Maurice Cheeks	Philadelphia 76ers	G	1978–1989	Also served as head coach (2005–2008).
thirteen	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia 76ers	C	1965–1968	Merely player to have the same number retired by three different teams (Golden State, L.A. Lakers and Philadelphia)
15	Hal Greer	Philadelphia 76ers	G	1958–1973	During his first five seasons (1958–1963), the team was known every bit the Syracuse Nationals.
24	Bobby Jones	Philadelphia 76ers	F	1978–1986	On January 28, 2020, bailiwick of jersey was temporarily, with Jones' permission, issued to Joel Embiid as a tribute to Kobe Bryant.[forty]
32	Billy Cunningham	Philadelphia 76ers	F	1965–1972 1974–1975	Also served as head passenger vehicle (1977–1985); briefly un-retired for Charles Barkley in the 1991–92 season.[41]
34	Charles Barkley	Philadelphia 76ers	F	1984–1992	Also wore #32 during the 1991–92 season (see Billy Cunningham).
	Dave Zinkoff	Philadelphia 76ers	—	1963–1981 1983–1985	As P.A. announcer.
5	Dick Van Arsdale	Phoenix Suns	Grand	1968–1977	As well served as head jitney (1987).
half dozen	Walter Davis	Phoenix Suns	1000	1977–1988
seven	Kevin Johnson	Phoenix Suns	G	1987–1998 2000	Retired in 1998, merely came dorsum before the stop of the 1999–2000 season before retiring again; Served as the 55th mayor of Sacramento (2008–2016).
33 [d]	Alvan Adams	Phoenix Suns	C	1975–1988	Number unretired for Grant Hill from 2007 to 2013.
42	Connie Hawkins	Phoenix Suns	F	1968–1974
44	Paul Westphal	Phoenix Suns	G	1975–1980 1983–1984	Also served equally caput coach (1992–1996).
—	Jerry Colangelo	Phoenix Suns	—	1968–2005	Every bit owner, executive, and head passenger vehicle (1970; 1972–73).
—	Cotton Fitzsimmons	Phoenix Suns	—	1970–1972 1988–1992 1996	As caput passenger vehicle; inducted in the Suns' Ring of Laurels posthumously.
—	John MacLeod	Phoenix Suns	—	1973–1987	As head coach. Also served as assistant head motorbus in the 1999–2000 NBA season.
—	Joe Proski	Phoenix Suns	—	1968–2000	As athletic trainer.
	Al McCoy	Phoenix Suns	—	1972–present	Every bit broadcaster
i	Larry Weinberg	Portland Trail Blazers	—	1970–1988	As team founder and owner; number still available (currently worn by Anfernee Simons).
thirteen	Dave Twardzik	Portland Trail Blazers	G	1976–1981
14	Lionel Hollins	Portland Trail Blazers	G	1975–1981
15	Larry Steele	Portland Trail Blazers	1000	1971–1981
20	Maurice Lucas	Portland Trail Blazers	F	1976–1981 1987–1988
22	Clyde Drexler	Portland Trail Blazers	One thousand	1983–1995
30	Terry Porter	Portland Trail Blazers	G	1985–1995
30	Bob Gross	Portland Trail Blazers	F	1975–1982
32	Neb Walton	Portland Trail Blazers	C	1974–1978
36	Lloyd Neal	Portland Trail Blazers	C	1972–1979
45	Geoff Petrie	Portland Trail Blazers	G	1970–1976
77	Jack Ramsay	Portland Trail Blazers	—	1976–1986	Every bit head jitney; the number represents the 1977 NBA Championship he won while coaching the Blazers.
	Bill Schonely	Portland Trail Blazers	—	1970–1998	As Broadcaster
1	Nate Archibald	Sacramento Kings	G	1970–1976	During his career with the squad, it was known first as the Cincinnati Royals (1970–1972), then the Kansas City–Omaha Kings (1972–1975), and finally equally the Kansas City Kings (1975–1976). He wore no. 10 from 1970 to 1974.
two	Mitch Richmond	Sacramento Kings	K	1991–1998
iv	Chris Webber	Sacramento Kings	F	1998–2005
vi	Sixth man	Sacramento Kings
11	Bob Davies	Sacramento Kings	G	1948–1955	The team was so known every bit the Rochester Royals.
12	Maurice Stokes	Sacramento Kings	F	1955–1958	The team was known as the Rochester Royals 1955–1957 and moved to Cincinnati starting with the 1957–58 season in which his career was ended by a crippling head injury.
14	Oscar Robertson	Sacramento Kings	Chiliad	1960–1970	The team was so known as the Cincinnati Royals.
16	Peja Stojakovic	Sacramento Kings	F	1999–2006	Director of actor personnel and development (2015), assistant General Manager (2018)
21	Vlade Divac	Sacramento Kings	C	1999–2004	Vice president and general managing director of basketball game operations (2015–2020)
27	Jack Twyman	Sacramento Kings	F	1955–1966	The team was known as the Rochester Royals 1955–1957 and and then every bit the Cincinnati Royals for the remainder of his career.
44	Sam Lacey	Sacramento Kings	C	1970–1981	During his career with the squad, it was known beginning as the Cincinnati Royals (1970–1972), then the Kansas City–Omaha Kings (1972–1975), and finally as the Kansas City Kings (1975–1981).
00	Johnny Moore	San Antonio Spurs	G	1980–1988 1989–1990
6	Avery Johnson	San Antonio Spurs	G	1991 1992–1993 1994–2001	Wore no. 15 during his kickoff stint with the Spurs (1991).
9	Tony Parker	San Antonio Spurs	G	2001–2018
12	Bruce Bowen	San Antonio Spurs	F	2001–2009	Unretired for LaMarcus Aldridge from 2015 to 2021.	[42]
xiii	James Silas	San Antonio Spurs	G	1973–1981
twenty	Manu Ginobili	San Antonio Spurs	Chiliad	2002–2018		[43]
21	Tim Duncan	San Antonio Spurs	F/C	1997–2016	Assistant coach from 2019 to 2020.
32	Sean Elliott	San Antonio Spurs	F	1989–1993 1994–2001	Currently serves as a Spurs' Goggle box color analyst (2004–present)
44	George Gervin	San Antonio Spurs	G	1974–1985
50	David Robinson	San Antonio Spurs	C	1989–2003
1 [e]	Gus Williams	Seattle SuperSonics	G	1976–1985
ten [e]	Nate McMillan	Seattle SuperSonics	G	1985–1998	Played for the Seattle SuperSonics and served every bit their head coach (2000–2005).
nineteen [eastward]	Lenny Wilkens	Seattle SuperSonics	Chiliad	1968–1972	Played for the Seattle SuperSonics and served as their head motorbus (1969–1972; 1977–1985), and as a broadcaster (2006–2008).
24 [due east]	Spencer Haywood	Seattle SuperSonics	F	1971–1975
32 [e]	Fred Brown	Seattle SuperSonics	G	1971–1984
43 [due east]	Jack Sikma	Seattle SuperSonics	C	1977–1986	Also served as assistant bus (2003–2007).
[east]	Bob Blackburn	Seattle SuperSonics	—	1967–1992	Announcer for the Seattle SuperSonics.
1	Frank Layden	Utah Jazz	—	1981–1988	As head omnibus; also served equally team president (1988–1998).	[44]
4	Adrian Dantley	Utah Jazz	F	1979–1986		[44] [45]
7	Pete Maravich	Utah Jazz	Thou	1974–1979	The team was in New Orleans 1974–1979. He also played 17 games of the 1979–fourscore flavor after the squad moved to Salt Lake City. Wore no. 44 in the 1974–75 flavor.	[44]
9	Larry Miller	Utah Jazz	—	1985–2009	Every bit owner.	[44] [46]
12	John Stockton	Utah Jazz	Grand	1984–2003		[44] [47]
14	Jeff Hornacek	Utah Jazz	G	1994–2000	Too served as assistant motorbus (2011–2013).	[44]
32	Karl Malone	Utah Jazz	F	1985–2003		[44] [48]
35	Darrell Griffith	Utah Jazz	G	1980–1991		[44]
53	Mark Eaton	Utah Jazz	C	1982–1993		[44]
ane,223	Jerry Sloan	Utah Jazz	—	1988–2011	As caput coach; the number represents his 1223 victories coaching the Jazz.	[44]
	Hot Rod Hundley	Utah Jazz	—	1974–2009	As broadcaster.	[44]
10	Earl Monroe	Washington Wizards	G	1967–1971	The team was and so known as the Baltimore Bullets. Wore no. 33 during the 1967–68 flavor.
11	Elvin Hayes	Washington Wizards	F	1972–1981	When he joined the team, information technology was known as the Baltimore Bullets. Later on one season, the team moved to Landover, Maryland, adopting the name of Upper-case letter Bullets for the 1973–74 season before being known equally the Washington Bullets.
25	Gus Johnson	Washington Wizards	F	1963–1972	The team was then known as the Baltimore Bullets.
41	Wes Unseld	Washington Wizards	C	1968–1981	When he started his career with the team, it was known as the Baltimore Bullets. In 1973, the team moved to Landover, Maryland, adopting the proper name of Capital Bullets for the 1973–74 season earlier beingness known as the Washington Bullets. Besides served as caput motorbus (1987–1994), likewise every bit three stints in the team's front end role (vice president, 1981–1987; general director, 1996–1999, 2003); the squad did not adopt the Wizards nickname until the 1997–98 flavor.
45	Phil Chenier	Washington Wizards	Chiliad	1971–1979	When he joined the team, it was known as the Baltimore Bullets. Afterwards two seasons, the team moved to Landover, Maryland, adopting the name of Capital Bullets for the 1973–74 season before existence known every bit the Washington Bullets. Also served equally broadcaster (1984–2017).

Honored numbers [edit]

Cleveland has introduced in 2019 a Wall of Honor, which honors former players and other personnel.

Phoenix has honored some players in the Suns Ring of Accolade without retiring their numbers.

The Lakers have also honored their most notable players during the stint of the franchise in Minneapolis. Although their numbers are displayed on the banners, only the No. 22 and No. 34 are officially retired, since they were retired for Elgin Baylor and Shaquille O'Neal respectively.^[49]

No.	Name	Team	Pos.	Years with franchise	Note	Refs
eighteen	John "Hot Rod" Williams	Cleveland Cavaliers	F/C	1986–1995
32	John Johnson	Cleveland Cavaliers	F	1970–1973
21	Earth B. Gratis	Cleveland Cavaliers	K	1982–1986
xx, 4	Campy Russell	Cleveland Cavaliers	F	1974–1980 1984	Broadcaster. Cavalier's Director of Alumni Relations
--	Wayne Embry	Cleveland Cavaliers	GM	1986–1999	General managing director; get-go African-American sports team full general director
--	Beak Fitch	Cleveland Cavaliers	GM	1970–1979	Original general manager and charabanc
--	Lenny Wilkens	Cleveland Cavaliers	COACH	1986–1993	Caput Coach
--	Nick Mileti	Cleveland Cavaliers	CONT	1970–1980	Original owner
--	Gordon Gund	Cleveland Cavaliers	CONT	1983–2005	Owner
9	Dan Majerle	Phoenix Suns	F	1988–1995 2001–2002	Formerly an assistant head coach for the Phoenix Suns (2008–2013).	[50] [51]
xiii	Steve Nash	Phoenix Suns	M	1996–1998 2004–2012		[50] [51]
24	Tom Chambers	Phoenix Suns	F	1988–1993	Currently an journalist for Suns games.	[fifty] [51]
34	Charles Barkley	Phoenix Suns	F	1992–1996		[50] [51]
17	Jim Pollard [f]	Los Angeles Lakers	F	1948–1955	Also served as head coach (1960); the team was in Minneapolis throughout his tenure in both roles.
xix	Vern Mikkelsen [f]	Los Angeles Lakers	F	1949–1959	Team was then in Minneapolis.
22	Slater Martin [f]	Los Angeles Lakers	G	1949–1956	Team was then in Minneapolis.
34	Clyde Lovellette [f]	Los Angeles Lakers	F/C	1953–1957	Team was then in Minneapolis.
—	John Kundla [f]	Los Angeles Lakers	—	1948–1959	Equally head autobus (1948–1957, 1958–1959); the team was in Minneapolis.

Retired past multiple teams [edit]

A scattering of players who had notable careers for multiple teams take had their numbers retired by each team. Two players have had their numbers retired by teams they never played for.

• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had his no. 33 retired by both the Bucks and Lakers.
• Wilt Chamberlain had his no. 13 retired by the Warriors, 76ers, and Lakers. To appointment, he is one of only two players to take his jersey retired by 3 different teams, alongside Pete Maravich.
• Clyde Drexler had his no. 22 retired by both the Trail Blazers and Rockets.
• Julius Erving had his no. 32 retired by the Nets, and his no. half-dozen retired past the 76ers.
• Elvin Hayes had his no. xi retired by the Wizards. The Rockets announced that his no. 44 will be retired on Nov 18, 2022.
• Michael Jordan had his no. 23 retired by both the Bulls and Estrus. Hashemite kingdom of jordan is ane of 2 players to have his jersey retired by a team he never played for, alongside Pete Maravich.
• Bob Lanier had his no. 16 retired past both the Pistons and Bucks.
• Pete Maravich had his no. 44 retired by the Hawks, while his no. seven is retired by both the Jazz and Pelicans. Maravich is one of two players to have his jersey retired past 3 different teams, aslope Wilt Chamberlain; he is also one of 2 players to take his jersey retired by a team he never played for, alongside Michael Jordan.
• Moses Malone has his no. 24 retired by the Rockets, while his no. 2 is retired by the 76ers.
• Earl Monroe had his no. 15 retired by the Knicks, and his no. x by the Wizards.
• Dikembe Mutombo had his no. 55 retired past both the Nuggets and Hawks.
• Shaquille O'Neal had his no. 34 retired by the Lakers, and his no. 32 by the Heat.
• Oscar Robertson had his no. fourteen retired by the Kings, and his no. one by the Bucks.
• Bill Russell had his no. 6 retired league-wide, the starting time and thus far but NBA player to receive the honor.
• Jerry Sloan had his no. 4 retired by the Bulls, and no. 1,223 by the Jazz, signifying his full victories as their autobus.
• Nate Thurmond had his no. 42 retired past both the Warriors and Cavaliers.
• Lenny Wilkens had his no. 19 retired by the Sonics, and his name appears in the Cavaliers' Wall of Honour.

Retired in honor of multiple players [edit]

The post-obit numbers have been retired in honor of multiple players:

• New York Knicks' no. 15 retired for Earl Monroe in 1986 and Dick McGuire in 1992.
• Portland Trail Blazers' no. 30 retired for Bob Gross and Terry Porter in 2008.

Retired in honor of one histrion [edit]

The following numbers have been retired in honor of one role player:

• Los Angeles Lakers' nos. eight and 24 retired for Kobe Bryant in 2017.

See besides [edit]

• 50 Greatest Players in NBA History
• List of NCAA men's basketball retired numbers

Notes [edit]

1. ^ Loscutoff asked that his number (No. 18) not be retired to let future Celtics to wear it. His number is represented by "LOSCY." His number 18 was later retired in laurels of Cowens.^[three]
2. ^ ^{a b} Jackson and Krause do non have bodily numbers retired in their honor.
3. ^ Dawson does not take an actual number retired in his honor; rather, a banner with his initials is hanging from the rafters to pay tribute to his 27 years of service to the team.^[19]
4. ^ Although No. 33 is retired, Grant Hill received permission from Adams to article of clothing it during his time with the Suns.
5. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} As a result of the Seattle SuperSonics relocation to Oklahoma Urban center in 2008, the SuperSonics' history (including retired numbers) is shared with the Oklahoma City Thunder, although the team colors, uniforms and logos remain available for use past a future NBA squad in Seattle.
6. ^ ^{a b c d due east} Numbers hang to the rafters equally honored Minneapolis Lakers. These five Hall-of-Famers were instrumental to the franchise's success during its days in Minneapolis. Except for 22, which was retired for Baylor, and 34, which was retired for O'Neal, these "honored numbers" are however available.

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