Thursday, November 25, 2010

NBA By The Numbers

My list of the great NBA player to wear a particular number.
Honorable mentions in parathesis.

00. Robert Parish
1. Oscar Robertson
2. Moses Malone (Alex English, Mitch Richmond)
3. Dennis Johnson (Chris Paul)
4. Dolph Schayes (Joe Dumars)
5. Bill Walton (Kevin Garnett)
6. Bill Russell (Julius Erving, LeBron James)
7. Pete Maravich (Nate Archibald)
8. Kobe Bryant
9. Bob Pettit (Tony Parker)
10. Walt Frazier
11. Isiah Thomas
12. John Stockton (Dwight Howard)
13. Wilt Chamberlain
14. Bob Cousy
15. Earl Monroe (Tom Heinson)
16. Satch Sanders
17. John Havilchek (Chris Mullin)
18. Dave Cowens
19. Willis Reed (Lenny Wilkens)
20. Ray Allen
21. Tim Duncan (Dominique Wilkins, Kevin Garnett)
22. Elgin Baylor (Andrew Tony)
23. Michael Jordan (LeBron James)
24. Kobe Bryant (Rick Barry, Bobby Jones)
25. KC Jones (Doc Rivers)
26. Kermit Washington (Kyle Korver)
27. Jack Twyman
28. Quinn Buckner (Sam Cassell)
29. Paul Silas (Pervis Ellison)
30. Rasheed Wallace (Terry Porter)
31. Reggie Miller (Cornbread Maxwell)
32. Magic Johnson (Bill Walton)
33. Lew Alicindor (Larry Bird)
34. Charles Barkley
35. Reggie Lewis (Darrell Griffith)
36. Shaquille O'Neill
37. Nick Van Exel (Ron Artest)
38. Kwame Brown
39. Tom Tolbert (Greg Ostertag)
40. Bill Lambeer
41. Wes Unseld (Dirk Nowitzki)
42. Nate Thurmond (James Worthy)
43. Brad Daughtery
44. Jerry West (Pete Maravich, George Gervin)
45. Michael Jordan (Rudy Tomjanovich)
46. Bo Outlaw
47. Jerry Lucas
48. Walt Gilmore
49. Shandon Anderson
50. David Robinson
51. Michael Doleac
52. Buck Williams
53. Mark Eaton (Darrell Dawkins)
54. Horace Grant (Tom McMillen)
55. Dikembe Motumbo
56. Brandon Hunter
57.
58.
59.
60. Dick Wehr/Walt Kirk (the only two players to ever wear this number - both in 1949 for the Indianapolis Jets. The Jets and Detroit Falcons were fond of high numbers).
61. Bevo Nordmann (no relation to the singer)
62. Scot Pollard
63.
64.
65. George Ratkovicz
66. Price Brookfield / Grady Lewis
67. Moe Becker
68. Milt Schoon
69.
70. Dennis Rodman
71. McCoy McLemore
72. Jason Kapono
73. Dennis Rodman
74.
75.
76. Shawn Bradley (for the 76ers, of course)
77. Jack Ramsey
78.
79.
80.
81.
82.
83.
84. Chris Webber
85.
86. Semih Erden
87.
88. Antione Walker
89. Clyde Lovellette
90. Drew Goodin
91. Dennis Rodman
92. DeShawn Stevenson
93. Ron Artest
94.
95.
96. Don Ray (Ron Artest)
97.
98. Chet Aubuchon
99. George Mikan

Other interesting retired numbers include:
432. Doug Moe
529. Bobby Leonard
613. Red Holzman
832. Cotton Fitzsimmons

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

number 3- Matthew Murphy