Team's Retired Numbers and Team's Name History NBL = National Basketball League 1937-38 - 1948-49 (no games played in 1944-45 due to World War II) BAA = Basketball Association of America 1946-47 - 1948-49 NBA = National Basketball Association 1949-50 - present ABA = American Basketball Association 1967-68 - 1975-76 (The NBL and BAA merged in 1949 to form the NBA - the BAA is considered the predecessor of the NBA, which is why 1996-97 was celebrated as the 50th anniversary on the NBA [there were other leagues besides the NBL and BAA, but only teams from the two leagues formed the NBA]. The ABA merged with the NBA in 1976.) Atlanta Hawks (NBL Buffalo Bisons 1946, [changed name during 46-47] NBL Tri-City Blackhawks 46-47 - 48-49, NBA Tri-City Blackhawks 49-50, Tri-Cities Blackhawks 50-51, Milwaukee Hawks 51-52 - 54-55, St. Louis Hawks 55-56 - 67-68, Atlanta Hawks 68-69 - present) No Player Seasons with team 9 Bob Pettit 54-55 - 64-65 21 Dominique Wilkins 82-83 - 93-94 [retired 1/13/01] 23 Lou Hudson 68-69 - 76-77 [retired 3/1/77] 44 Pete Maravich 70-71 - 73-74 [retired 3/3/17] 55 Dikembe Mutombo 95-96 - 00-01 [retired 11/24/15] Boston Celtics (BAA Boston Celtics 46-47 - 48-49, NBA Boston Celtics 49-50 - present) No Player Seasons with team Jim Loscutoff retired "Loscy" 55-56 - 63-64 Johnny Most radio broadcaster, retired a microphone [retired 12/3/90] 00 Robert Parish 80-81 - 93-94 [retired 1/18/98] 1 Walter Brown team founder [retired 10/17/64] 2 Red Auerbach coach 50-51 - 65-66, GM, and president [retired 1/4/85] 3 Dennis Johnson 83-84 - 89-90 [retired 12/13/91] 6 Bill Russell 56-57 - 68-69 [retired 3/12/72] 10 Jo Jo White 69-70 - 78-79 [retired 4/9/82] 14 Bob Cousy 50-51 - 62-63 [retired 10/26/63] 15 Tom Heinsohn 56-57 - 64-65 [retired 10/15/66] 16 Satch Sanders 60-61 - 72-73 [retired 1/73] 17 John Havlicek 62-63 - 77-78 [retired 10/13/78] 18 Dave Cowens 70-71 - 79-80 [retired 2/8/81] 19 Don Nelson 65-66 - 75-76 [retired 1978] 21 Bill Sharman 51-52 - 60-61 [retired 10/15/66] 22 Ed Macauley 50-51 - 55-56 [retired 10/16/63] 23 Frank Ramsey 54-55 and 56-57 - 63-64 24 Sam Jones 57-58 - 68-69 [retired 3/9/69] 25 K.C. Jones 58-59 - 66-67 [retired 2/12/67] 31 Cedric Maxwell 77-78 - 84-85 [retired 12/15/03] 32 Kevin McHale 80-81 - 92-93 [retired 1/30/94] 33 Larry Bird 79-80 - 91-92 [retired 2/4/93] 34 Paul Pierce 98-99 - 12-13 [retired 2/11/18] 35 Reggie Lewis 87-88 - 92-93 [retired 3/22/95] Brooklyn Nets (ABA New Jersey Americans 67-68, ABA New York Nets 68-69 - 75-76, NBA New York Nets 76-77, New Jersey Nets 77-78 - 11-12 Brooklyn Nets 12-13 - current) No Player Seasons with team 3 Drazen Petrovic 90-91 - 92-93 [retired 11/94] 4 Wendell Ladner 73-74 - 74-75 [retired 9/75] 5 Jason Kidd 01-02 - 07-08 [retired 10/17/13] 23 John Williamson 76-77 - 79-80 [retired 12/91] 25 Bill Melchionni 69-70 - 75-76 [retired 9/76] 32 Julius Erving 73-74 - 74-75 [retired 4/3/87] 52 Buck Williams 89-90 - 95-96 [retired 4/11/99] Charlotte Hornets (Charlotte Bobcats 04-05 - 13-14 Charlotte Hornets 14-15 - current) 13 Bobby Phills 97-98 - 99-00 [retired 2/9/00*] *with Hornets team that was later moved to New Orleans; the Charlotte Hornets added #13 to the rafters in 11/1/14 Chicago Bulls (first season 66-67) No Player Seasons with team Jerry Krause GM 85-86 - 02-03, retired banner [retired 10/31/03] Phil Jackson coach 89-90 - 97-98, retired "COACH" [retired 5/5/99] 4 Jerry Sloan 66-67 - 72-73 [retired 2/17/78] 10 Bob Love 68-69 - 75-76 [retired 1/14/94] 23 Michael Jordan 84-85 - 92-93 and 94-95 - 97-98 [retired 11/1/94] 33 Scottie Pippen 87-88 - 97-98 and 03-04 [retired 12/9/05] Cleveland Cavaliers (first season 70-71) No Player Seasons with team 7 Bingo Smith 70-71 - 79-80 [retired 12/4/79] 11 Zydrunas Ilgauskas 97-98 - 09-10 [retired 3/8/13] 22 Larry Nance 87-88 - 93-94 [retired 1/30/95] 25 Mark Price 86-87 - 94-95 [retired 11/13/99] 34 Austin Carr 71-72 - 79-80 [retired 1/3/81] 42 Nate Thurmond 75-76 - 76-77 [retired 12/18/77] 43 Brad Daugherty 86-87 - 93-94 [retired 3/1/97] Dallas Mavericks (first season 80-81) No Player Seasons with team 12 Derek Harper 83-84 - 93-94,96-97 [retired 1/7/18] 15 Brad Davis 80-81 - 91-92 [retired 11/14/92] 22 Rolando Blackman 81-82 - 91-92 [retired 3/11/99] Denver Nuggets (ABA Denver Rockets 67-68 - 73-74, ABA Denver Nuggets 74-75 - 75-76, NBA Denver Nuggets 76-77 - present) No Player Seasons with team 2 Alex English 79-80 - 89-90 [retired 3/2/95] 33 David Thompson 75-76 - 81-82 [retired 11/7/92] 40 Byron Beck 67-68 - 76-77 [retired 12/16/77] 44 Dan Issel 76-77 - 84-85 [retired 4/5/85] 55 Dikembe Mutombo 91-92 - 95-96 [retired 10/29/16] 432 Doug Moe coach 80-81 - 89-90 [retired 11/7/02] Detroit Pistons (NBL Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons 41-42 - 47-48, BAA Fort Wayne Pistons 48-49, NBA Fort Wayne Pistons 49-50 - 56-57, Detriot Pistons 57-58 - present) No Player Seasons with team Bill Davidson owner, banner with name 74-09 [retired 12/16/05] Jack McCloskey GM, banner with name 79-92 [retired 3/29/08] 1 Chauncey Billups 02-03 - 08-09, 13-14 [retired 2/10/15] 2 Chuck Daly coach 83-84 - 91-92 [retired 1/25/97] 3 Ben Wallace 00-01 - 05-06, 09-10 - 11-12 [retired 1/16/15] 4 Joe Dumars 85-86 - 98-99 [retired 3/10/00] 10 Dennis Rodman 86-87 - 92-93 [retired 4/1/11] 11 Isiah Thomas 81-82 - 93-94 [retired 2/17/96] 15 Vinnie Johnson 81-82 - 90-91 [retired 2/5/94] 16 Bob Lanier 70-71 - 79-80 [retired 1/9/93] 21 Dave Bing 66-67 - 74-75 [retired 3/18/83] 23 Richard Hamilton 02-03 - 10-11 [retired 2/26/17] 40 Bill Laimbeer 81-82 - 93-94 [retired 2/4/95] Golden State Warriors (BAA Philadelphia Warriors 46-47 - 48-49, NBA Philadelphia Warriors 49-50 - 61-62, San Francisco Warriors 62-63 - 70-71 Golden State Warriors 71-72 - present) No Player Seasons with team 13 Wilt Chamberlain 59-60 - 64-65 [retired 12/29/99] 14 Tom Meschery 61-62 - 66-67 [retired 10/13/67] 16 Alvin Attles 60-61 - 70-71 [retired 2/10/77] 17 Chris Mullins 85-86 - 96-97 [retired 1/20/11] 24 Rick Barry 65-66 - 77-78 [retired 3/18/88] 42 Nate Thurmond 63-64 - 73-74 [retired 3/8/78] Houston Rockets (San Diego Rockets 67-68 - 70-71, Houston Rockets 71-72 - present) No Player Seasons with team 11 Yao Ming 02-03 - 10-11 [retired 2/3/17] 22 Clyde Drexler 94-95 - 97-98 [retired 2/3/00] 23 Calvin Murphy 73-74 - 82-83 [retired 3/17/84] 24 Moses Malone 76-77 - 81-82 [retired 4/19/98] 34 Hakeem Olajuwon 84-85 - 00-01 [retired 11/9/02] 45 Rudy Tomjanovich 73-74 - 80-81 [retired 1/28/82] Indiana Pacers (ABA Indiana Pacers 67-68 - 75-76, NBA Indiana Pacers 76-77 - present) No Player Seasons with team Mel Simon owner, banner with name 1983-2009 [retired 11/6/09] 30 George McGinnis 71-72 - 81-82 [retired 11/2/85] 31 Reggie Miller 87-88 - 04-05 [retired 3/30/06] 34 Mel Daniels 68-69 - 73-74 [retired 11/2/85] 35 Roger Brown 67-68 - 74-75 [retired 11/2/85] Los Angeles Clippers (Buffalo Braves 70-71 - 77-78, San Diego Clippers 78-79 - 83-84, Los Angeles Clippers 84-85 - present) None Los Angeles Lakers (NBL Minneapolis Lakers 47-48, BAA Minneapolis Lakers 48-49, NBA Minneapolis Lakers 49-50 - 59-60, Los Angeles Lakers 60-61 - present) No Player Seasons with team Banner for Minneapolis Lakers with names of Coach John Kundla, George Mikan, Vern Mikkelsen, Slater, Martin, Clyde Lovellette, and Jim Pollard on it [retired 4/11/02] Chick Hearn TV+radio broadcaster, retired microphone [retired 11/24/02] 8+24 Kobe Bryant 96-97 - 15-16 [retired 12/18/17] 13 Wilt Chamberlain 68-69 - 72-73 [retired 11/9/83] 22 Elgin Baylor 58-59 - 71-72 [retired 11/9/83] 25 Gail Goodrich 65-66 - 67-68 and 70-71 - 75-76 [retired 11/20/96] 32 Magic Johnson 79-80 - 90-91 and 95-96 [retired 2/16/92] 33 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 75-76 - 88-89 [retired 3/20/95] 34 Shaquille O'Neal 96-97 - 03-04 [retired 4/2/13] 42 James Worthy 82-83 - 93-94 [retired 12/10/95] 44 Jerry West 60-61 - 73-74 [retired 11/9/83] 52 Jamaal Wilkes 77-78 - 84-85 [retired 12/28/12] Memphis Grizzlies (Vancouver Grizzlies 95-96 - 00-01, Memphis Grizzlies 01-02 - present) None Miami Heat (first season 87-88) No Player Seasons with team 10 Tim Hardaway 95-96 - 00-01 [retired 10/28/09] 23 Michael Jordan [none] [retired 4/11/03] 32 Shaquille O'Neal 04-05 - 07-08 [retired 12/12/16] 33 Alonzo Mourning 95-96 - 01-02,04-05 - 07-08 [retired 3/30/09] Milwaukee Bucks (first season 68-69) No Player Seasons with team 1 Oscar Robertson 70-71 - 72-73 [retired 10/18/74] 2 Junior Bridgeman 75-76 - 86-87 [retired 1/17/88] 4 Sidney Moncrief 79-80 - 88-89 [retired 1/16/90] 10 Bob Dandridge 69-70 - 76-77, 81-82 [retired 3/7/15] 14 Jon McGlocklin 68-69 - 75-76 [retired 12/10/76] 16 Bob Lanier 79-80 - 83-84 [retired 12/6/84] 32 Brian Winters 75-76 - 82-83 [retired 10/28/83] 33 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 69-70 - 74-75 [retired 3/24/93] Minnesota Timberwolves (first season 89-90) 2 Malik Sealy 98-99 - 99-00 [retired 11/4/00] New Orleans Pelicans (Charlotte Hornets 88-89 - 01-02, New Orleans Hornets 02-03 - 13-14 New Orleans Pelicans 14-15 - present Note: the Hornets played in Oklahoma City in 05-06 and 06-07 while New Orleans recovered from Hurricane Katrina) No Player Seasons with team 7 Pete Maravich none, 74-75 - 79-80 New Orleans Jazz [retired 10/30/02] 13 Bobby Phills 97-98 - 99-00 [retired 2/9/00] New York Knicks (BAA New York Knickerbockers 46-47 - 48-49, NBA New York Knickerbockers 49-50 - present) [official name is still Knickerbockers] No Player Seasons with team 10 Walt Frazier 67-68 - 76-77 [retired 10/15/76] 12 Dick Barnett 65-66 - 73-74 [retired 3/10/90] 15 Earl Monroe 71-72 - 79-80 [retired 3/1/86] 15 Dick McGuire 49-50 - 56-57 [retired 3/14/92] 19 Willis Reed 64-65 - 73-74 [retired 10/21/76] 22 Dave DeBusschere 68-69 - 73-74 [retired 3/24/81] 24 Bill Bradley 67-68 - 76-77 [retired 2/18/84] 33 Patrick Ewing 85-86 - 99-00 [retired 2/28/02] 613 Red Holzman coach 67-68 - 76-77 and 78-79 - 81-82 [retired 3/10/90] Oklahoma City Thunder (Seattle Supersonics 67-68 - 07-08, 08-09 - present) No Player Seasons with team Bob Blackburn radio announcer, retired a microphone [retired 4/17/93] 1 Gus Williams 77-78 - 83-84 [retired 3/26/04] 10 Nate McMillan 86-87 - 98-99 [retired 3/24/99] 19 Lenny Wilkens 68-69 - 71-72 [retired 10/19/79] 24 Spencer Haywood 70-71 - 74-75 [retired 2/26/07] 32 Fred Brown 71-72 - 83-84 [retired 11/6/86] 43 Jack Sikma 77-78 - 85-86 [retired 11/21/92] Orlando Magic (first season 89-90) None Philadelphia 76ers (BAA Syrcauce Nationals 46-47 - 48-49, NBA Syracuse Nationals 49-50 - 62-63, Philadelphia 76ers 63-64 - present) No Player Seasons with team Dave Zinkoff PA announcer, retired microphone 3/25/86 3 Allen Iverson 96-97 - 96-97, 09-10 [retired 3/1/14] 6 Julius Erving 76-77 - 86-87 [retired 4/18/88] 10 Maurice Cheeks 78-79 - 88-89 [retired 2/6/95] 13 Wilt Chamberlain 64-65 - 67-68 [retired 3/18/91] 15 Hal Greer 63-64 - 72-73 [retired 11/19/76] 24 Bobby Jones 78-79 - 85-86 [retired 11/7/86] 32 Billy Cunningham 65-66 - 75-76 [retired 12/17/76] 34 Charles Barkley 84-85 - 91-92 [retired 3/30/01] Phoenix Suns (first season 68-69) No Player Seasons with team * Cotton Fitzsimmons coach 70-71 - 71-72, 88-89 - 96-97; executive VP 92-93 - 03-04 [retired 4/18/05] * Joe Proski trainer 68-69 - 00-01 [retired 4/1/01] 5 Dick Van Arsdale 68-69 - 76-77 [retired 11/13/77] 6 Walter Davis 77-78 - 87-88 [retired 4/3/94] *7 Kevin Johnson 87-88 - 97-98 and 99-00 [retired 3/7/01] *9 Dan Majerle 88-89 - 94-95 and 01-02 [retired 3/9/03] *13 Steve Nash 96-97 - 97-98 and 04-05 - 11-12 [retired 10/30/15] *24 Tom Chambers 88-89 - 92-93 [retired 4/18/99] 33 Alvin Adams 75-76 - 87-88 [retired 11/9/88] *34 Charles Barkley 92-93 - 95-96 [retired 3/20/04] 42 Connie Hawkins 69-70 - 73-74 [retired 11/19/76] 44 Paul Westphal 75-76 - 79-80 and 83-84 [retired 4/15/89] *Phoenix no longer formally retires numbers, but inducts the player into their Ring of Honor. The number remains available for others to use. Portland Trailblazers (first season 70-71) No Player Seasons with team Bill Schonely radio broadcaster, retired a microphone [retired 11/3/03] 1 Larry Weinberg founder 13 Dave Twardzik 76-77 - 79-80 [retired 10/11/81] 14 Lionel Hollins 75-76 - 79-80 [retired 4/18/07] 15 Larry Steele 71-72 - 79-80 [retired 10/11/81] 20 Maurice Lucas 76-77 - 87-88 [retired 11/4/88] 22 Clyde Drexler 83-84 - 94-95 [retired 3/6/01] 30 Terry Porter 85-86 - 94-95 [retired 12/16/08] 30 Bob Gross 75-76 - 81-82 [retired 12/18/08] 32 Bill Walton 74-75 - 78-79 [retired 11/3/89] 36 Lloyd Neal 72-73 - 78-79 [retired 3/24/79] 45 Geoff Petrie 70-71 - 75-76 [retired 10/11/81] 77 Jack Ramsay coach 76-77 - 85-86 [retired 1/14/93] Sacramento Kings (NBL Rochester Royals 45-46 - 47-48, BAA Rochester Royals 48-49, NBA Rochester Royals 49-50 - 56-57, Cincinnati Royals 57-58 - 71-72, Kansas City/Omaha Kings 72-73 - 74-75, Kansas City Kings 75-76 - 84-85, Sacramento Kings 85-86 - present) No Player Seasons with team 1 Nate Archibald 70-71 - 75-76 2 Mitch Richmond 88-89 - 97-98 [reitred 12/5/03] 4 Chris Webber 98-99 - 04-05 [reitred 2/6/09] 6 Sixthman retired in honor of the Kings fans [retired 86-87] 11 Bobby Davies 48-49 - 54-55 [retired 89-90] 12 Maurice Stokes 55-56 - 57-58 14 Oscar Robertson 60-61 - 69-70 16 Peja Stojakovic 98-99 - 05-06 [retired 12/16/14] 21 Vlade Divac 98-99 - 03-04 [retired 3/31/09] 27 Jack Twyman 55-56 - 65-66 44 Sam Lacey 70-71 - 81-82 San Antonio Spurs (ABA Dallas Chaparrals 67-68 - 69-70, ABA Texas Chaparrals 70-71, ABA Dallas Chaparrals 71-72 - 72-73, ABA San Antonio Spurs 73-74 -75-76, NBA San Antonio Spurs 76-77 - present) No Player Seasons with team 00 Johnny Moore 80-81 - 89-90 [retired 3/20/98] 6 Avery Johnson 90-91 - 00-01 [retired 12/22/07] 12 Bruce Bowen 01-02 - 08-09 [retired 3/23/12] 13 James Silas 73-74 - 80-81 [retired 2/28/84] 21 Tim Duncan 97-98 - 15-16 [retired 12/18/16] 32 Sean Elliott 89-90 - 92-93, 94-95 - 00-01 [3/6/04] 44 George Gervin 73-74 - 84-85 [retired 12/5/87] 50 David Robinson 89-90 - 02-03 [retired 11/10/03] Toronto Raptors (first season 95-96) None Utah Jazz (New Orleans Jazz 74-75 - 78-79, Utah Jazz 79-80 - present) No Player Seasons with team Hot Rod Hundley TV+radio, microphone on banner [retired 1/28/10] 1 Frank Layden coach 81-82 - 88-89, president [retired 12/9/88] 4 Adrian Dantley 79-80 - 85-86 [retired 4/11/07] 7 Pete Maravich 74-75 - 79-80 [retired 12/9/88] 9 Larry Miller owner 1985-2009 [retired 4/14/10] 12 John Stockton 84-85 - 02-03 [retired 11/22/04] 14 Jeff Hornacek 93-94 - 99-00 [retired 11/19/02] 32 Karl Malone 85-86 - 02-03 [retired 3/23/06] 35 Darrell Griffith 80-81 - 90-91 [retired 12/4/93] 53 Mark Eaton 82-83 - 93-94 [retired 3/1/96] 1223 Jerry Sloan coach 88-89 - 10-11 [retired 1/31/14] Washington Wizards (Chicago Packers 61-62, Chicago Zephyrs 62-63, Baltimore Bullets 63-64 - 72-73, Capital Bullets 73-74, Washington Bullets 74-75 - 96-97, Washington Wizards 97-98 - present) No Player Seasons with team 10 Earl Monroe 67-68 - 71-72 [retired 12/1/07] 11 Elvin Hayes 72-73 - 80-81 25 Gus Johnson 63-64 - 71-72 41 Wes Unseld 68-69 - 80-81 ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html