List of retired numbers

This pages lists retired numbers which sports teams or bodies have withdrawn as a tribute, usually to a former player. The list is ordered by number.

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Major League Baseball (MLB)

The Boston Red Sox, for Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr.
The Cincinnati Reds, for manager Fred Hutchinson.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, for Hall of Famer Pee Wee Reese.
The Milwaukee Brewers, for Hall of Famer and former owner, Bud Selig.
The New York Yankees, for Billy Martin, who both played for and managed the team.
The Philadelphia Phillies, for Hall of Famer Richie Ashburn.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, for manager Billy Meyer.
The St. Louis Cardinals, for Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith.

National Basketball Association (NBA)

The Boston Celtics, for founding owner Walter Brown, a member of the Hall of Fame as a contributor.
The Milwaukee Bucks, for Hall of Fame player Oscar Robertson.
The Portland Trail Blazers, for founding owner Larry Weinberg. Unlike most numbers so honored, this number remains in circulation for players.
The Sacramento Kings, for Hall of Fame player Nate Archibald, honoring the number's retirement when the team was known as the Kansas City Kings.
The Seattle SuperSonics, for Gus Williams.
The Utah Jazz, for Frank Layden, who served the team first as head coach and then as president.

National Football League (NFL)

The New York Giants, for Hall of Famer Ray Flaherty.
The Tennessee Titans, for Hall of Famer Warren Moon, who played for the team in its past incarnation as the Houston Oilers.

National Hockey League (NHL)

The Chicago Blackhawks, for Hall of Famer Glenn Hall.
The Detroit Red Wings, for Hall of Famer Terry Sawchuk.
The Minnesota Wild, for their fans.
The Montreal Canadiens, for Hall of Famer Jacques Plante.
The New York Rangers, for Hall of Famer Eddie Giacomin.
The Philadelphia Flyers, for Hall of Famer Bernie Parent.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, for Hall of Famers Johnny Bower and Turk Broda.

Nippon Proffessional Baseball

The Yomiuri Giants of Tokyo, for Sadaharu Oh.

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Handball-Bundesliga

The THW Kiel, for Magnus Wislander, IHF World Player of the Year in 1990 and Player of the 20th Century

MLB

The Chicago White Sox, for Hall of Famer Nellie Fox.
The Detroit Tigers, for Hall of Famer Charlie Gehringer.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, for Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda.
The New York Yankees, for Derek Jeter.

NHL

The Boston Bruins, for Hall of Famer Eddie Shore.
The Buffalo Sabres, for Hall of Famer Tim Horton.
The Carolina Hurricanes, for Glen Wesley
The Hartford Whalers, for Rick Ley. The number was returned to circulation after the franchise moved to North Carolina in 1997.
The Montreal Canadiens, for Hall of Famer Doug Harvey.
The New York Rangers, for Hall of Famer Brian Leetch.
The Philadelphia Flyers, for Hall of Famer Mark Howe.
The St. Louis Blues, for Hall of Famer Al MacInnis.

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Association football

Al Ahly of Egypt, for defender Mohamed Abdelwahab, who died in 2006 during a club training session.
Atlante of Mexico, for longtime goalkeeper Federico Vilar.
Internazionale of Italy, for longtime defender Giacinto Facchetti, who went on to serve as club president and died in that office.[1]
Milan of Italy, for longtime defender Paolo Maldini.
Sturm Graz of Austria, for longtime defender Günther Neukirchner.

Handball

The Rhein-Neckar Löwen, for Uwe Gensheimer, was the captain when they won their first Championship.

MLB

The Atlanta Braves, for Dale Murphy.
The Chicago White Sox, for Harold Baines.
The Cleveland Indians, for Hall of Famer Earl Averill.
The Detroit Tigers, for Hall of Famer Alan Trammell.
The Minnesota Twins, for Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew.
The New York Yankees, for Hall of Famer Babe Ruth.
The San Francisco Giants, for Hall of Famer Bill Terry, who played for the team when it was based in New York City.

MLS

The Portland Timbers, for Clive Charles.[2]

NBA

The Boston Celtics, for Hall of Famer Dennis Johnson.
The New Jersey Nets, for Hall of Famer Dražen Petrović.

NFL

The Chicago Bears, for Hall of Famer Bronko Nagurski.
The Green Bay Packers, for Hall of Famer Tony Canadeo.
The Kansas City Chiefs, for Hall of Famer Jan Stenerud.

NHL

The Boston Bruins, for Lionel Hitchman.
The Carolina Hurricanes, unofficially retired for Steve Chiasson.
The Chicago Blackhawks, for Keith Magnuson and Hall of Famer Pierre Pilote.
The Edmonton Oilers, for Al Hamilton.
The Montreal Canadiens, for Hall of Famer Émile Bouchard.
The New Jersey Devils, for Ken Daneyko.
The New York Rangers, for Hall of Famer Harry Howell.
The Quebec Nordiques, for J. C. Tremblay. The number was returned to circulation after the franchise moved to Colorado in 1995.
The St. Louis Blues, for Bob Gassoff.

Finland Ice Hockey Liiga

The Tappara, for Pekka Marjamäki.
The HC TPS of Turku, for Timo Nummelin.

Nippon Proffessional Baseball

The Hiroshima Carp, for Sachio Kinugasa.
The Yomiuri Giants of Tokyo, for Shigeo Nagashima.

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MLB

The Baltimore Orioles, for Hall of Fame manager Earl Weaver.
The Boston Red Sox, for Hall of Famer Joe Cronin.
The Chicago White Sox, for Hall of Famer Luke Appling.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, for Hall of Famer Duke Snider.
The Milwaukee Brewers, for Hall of Famer Paul Molitor.
The New York Giants, for Hall of Famer Mel Ott.
The New York Yankees, for Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig. Notably, he was the first player in major North American sports to be so honored by a U.S.-based team (he was preceded in this honor by Ace Bailey, whose #6 was retired by the Toronto Maple Leafs five years earlier).
The Pittsburgh Pirates, for Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner.

NBA

The Chicago Bulls, for Jerry Sloan, who later served as the team's head coach and went on to a Hall of Fame career in that role (mainly with the Utah Jazz).
The Detroit Pistons, for Hall of Fame player Joe Dumars, who later served as team president.
The Milwaukee Bucks, for Sidney Moncrief.
The Sacramento Kings, for Chris Webber.
The Utah Jazz, for Hall of Fame player Adrian Dantley.

NFL

The Green Bay Packers, for Hall of Famer Brett Favre.
The New York Giants, for Hall of Famer Tuffy Leemans.

NHL

The Boston Bruins, for Hall of Famer Bobby Orr.
The Detroit Red Wings, for Hall of Famer Red Kelly.
The Los Angeles Kings, for Hall of Famer Rob Blake.
The Montreal Canadiens, for Hall of Famer Jean Béliveau.
The New Jersey Devils, for Hall of Famer Scott Stevens.
The Philadelphia Flyers, for Barry Ashbee.
The Tampa Bay Lightning, for Vincent Lecavalier.
The Toronto Maple Leafs for Hall of Famers Hap Day and Red Kelly.

China Basketball Association

The Guangdong Southern Tigers, for Du Feng.

Basketball Bundesliga of Germany

The Alba Berlin, for Henrik Rödl.

Greece Basketball League

The Panathinaikos B.C., for Fragiskos Alvertis.

Lega Basket Serie A of Italy

The Virtus Bologna, for Roberto Brunamonti.

Spain Basketball Liga

The FC Barcelona Basquet, for Andrés Jiménez.

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CFL

The BC Lions, for Lui Passaglia.[3]
The Calgary Stampeders, for Harry Hood.[4]

MLB

The Baltimore Orioles, for Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson.
The Cincinnati Reds for Willard Hershberger and later for Hall of Famer Johnny Bench.
The Cleveland Indians, for Hall of Famer Lou Boudreau.
The Detroit Tigers, for Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg.
The Florida Marlins for their first president Carl Barger.
The Houston Astros, for Jeff Bagwell.
The Kansas City Royals, for Hall of Famer George Brett.
The New York Yankees, for Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio.

NBA

The Phoenix Suns, for Dick Van Arsdale.

NFL

The Chicago Bears, for Hall of Famer George McAfee.
The Philadelphia Eagles, for Donovan McNabb.

NHL

The Boston Bruins, for Hall of Famer Dit Clapper.
The Detroit Red Wings, for Hall of Famer Nicklas Lidström.
The Montreal Canadiens, for Hall of Famers Bernie Geoffrion and Guy Lapointe.
The New York Islanders, for Hall of Famer Denis Potvin.
The St. Louis Blues, for Bob Plager.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, for Bill Barilko.
The Washington Capitals, for Hall of Famer Rod Langway.

Lega Basket Serie A of Italy

The Virtus Bologna, for Predrag Danilovic.

Lithuania Basketball League

The BC Žalgiris for Modestas Paulauskas.

Sweden Ice Hockey League

The Karlstad Färjestad BK, for Håkan Loob.

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Association football

A.C. Milan, for captain Franco Baresi.

Handball-Bundesliga

The TBV Lemgo, for László Marosi.

MLB

The Atlanta Braves, for manager Bobby Cox.
The Boston Red Sox, for Johnny Pesky.
The Detroit Tigers, for Hall of Famer Al Kaline.
The Minnesota Twins, for Tony Oliva.
The New York Yankees, for manager Joe Torre.
The St. Louis Cardinals, for Hall of Famer Stan Musial.
The San Diego Padres, for Steve Garvey.

NBA

The Boston Celtics, for Hall of Famer Bill Russell.
The Orlando Magic, for their fans (the "sixth man").
The Philadelphia 76ers, for Hall of Famer Julius Erving.
The Phoenix Suns, for Walter Davis.
The Sacramento Kings, for their fans.

NFL

The Kansas City Chiefs, for Warren McVea.

NHL

The Detroit Red Wings, unofficially retired for Larry Aurie.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, for Hall of Famer Ace Bailey.

Greece Basketball League

The Aris of Thessaloniki, for Nikos Galis.

Basketball Super League of Turkey

The Fenerbahçe Basketball, for Mirsad Türkcan.

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MLB

The Houston Astros, for Hall of Famer Craig Biggio.
The New York Yankees, for Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle.
The Texas Rangers, for Hall of Famer Iván Rodríguez.
The Minnesota Twins, for Joe Mauer.

NBA

The Cleveland Cavaliers, for Bingo Smith.
The New Orleans Hornets, for Hall of Famer Pete Maravich of the New Orleans Jazz.
The Phoenix Suns, for Kevin Johnson.
The Utah Jazz, also for Pete Maravich.

NFL

The Chicago Bears, for Hall of Fame player, coach, and owner George Halas.
The Denver Broncos, for Hall of Famer John Elway.
The Detroit Lions, for Hall of Famer Dutch Clark.
The Los Angeles Rams, for Hall of Famer Bob Waterfield.
The New York Giants, for Hall of Famer Mel Hein.

NHL

The Arizona Coyotes, for Keith Tkachuk.
The Boston Bruins, for Hall of Famer Phil Esposito.
The Buffalo Sabres, for Rick Martin.
The Dallas Stars, for Neal Broten.
The Detroit Red Wings, for Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay.
The Edmonton Oilers, for Hall of Famer Paul Coffey.
The Montreal Canadiens, for Hall of Famer Howie Morenz.
The New York Rangers, for Hall of Famer Rod Gilbert.
The Philadelphia Flyers, for Hall of Famer Bill Barber.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, for Hall of Famers King Clancy and Tim Horton.
The Washington Capitals, for Yvon Labre.

Czech Republic Ice Hockey League

The HC Slavia Praha, for Petr Kadlec.

Finland Ice Hockey Liiga

The Tappara, for Timo Jutila.

Argentine Basketball League

The Asociación Deportiva Atenas of Córdova, for Bruno Lábaque.
The Quilmes de Mar del Plata, for Esteban De la Fuente.

France Basketball League

The Limoges CSP, for Richard Dacoury.

South Korea Baseball League

The Gwangju Kia Tigers, for Lee Jong-beom.

Spain Basketball Liga

The FC Barcelona Basquet, for Nacho Solozábal.

Basketball Super League of Turkey

The Anadolu Efes of Istanbul, for Petar Naumoski.
The Fenerbahçe Basketball, for Omer Onan.

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Association football

Maccabi Tel Aviv, for Avi Nimni.

MLB

The Baltimore Orioles, for Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr.
The Boston Red Sox, for Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski.
The Cincinnati Reds, for Hall of Famer Joe Morgan.
The Montreal Expos and Washington Nationals, for Hall of Famer Gary Carter.
The New York Yankees, for Hall of Famers Yogi Berra and Bill Dickey.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, for Hall of Famer Willie Stargell.

NBA

The Los Angeles Lakers, for Kobe Bryant.

NFL

The Dallas Cowboys, unofficially for Hall of Famer Troy Aikman.
The New Orleans Saints unofficially for Archie Manning.
The St. Louis Cardinals and Arizona Cardinals, for Hall of Famer Larry Wilson.
The San Francisco 49ers, for Hall of Famer Steve Young.

NHL

The Anaheim Ducks, for Hall of Famer Teemu Selänne.[5]
The Boston Bruins, for Hall of Famer Cam Neely.[6]
The Minnesota North Stars and Dallas Stars, for Bill Goldsworthy.
The Ottawa Senators, for Frank Finnigan.
The Quebec Nordiques, for Marc Tardif. The number was returned to circulation after the franchise moved to Colorado in 1995.
The St. Louis Blues, for Barclay Plager.

Nippon Professional Baseball

The Hiroshima Carp, for Kōji Yamamoto.

Argentine Basketball League

The Peñarol de Mar del Plata, for Tato Rodríguez.
The Quilmes de Mar del Plata, for Guillermo Garcia Oyaga.

China Basketball Association

The Guangdong Southern Tigers, for Zhu Fangyu.

Czech Republic Ice Hockey League

The HC Slavia Praha, for Michal Sup.

Finland Ice Hockey Liiga

The Tappara, for Janne Ojanen.
The HC TPS of Turku, for Juhani Wahlsten.

Lega Basket Serie A of Italy

The Olimpia Milano, for Mike D'Antoni.

Basketball League of Serbia

The Crvena Zvezda of Belgrade, for Igor Rakočević.

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MLB

The Boston Red Sox, for Hall of Famer Ted Williams.
The Chicago White Sox, for Minnie Miñoso.
The New York Yankees, for Roger Maris.
The Oakland Athletics, for Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, for Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski.
The St. Louis Cardinals, for Hall of Famer Enos Slaughter.

NBA

The Atlanta Hawks, for Hall of Famer Bob Pettit.
The Phoenix Suns, for Dan Majerle.
The San Antonio Spurs, for Tony Parker.
The Utah Jazz, for owner Larry Miller.

NHL

The Anaheim Ducks, for Hall of Famer Paul Kariya.
The Boston Bruins, for Hall of Famer Johnny Bucyk.
The Calgary Flames, for Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald.
The Chicago Blackhawks, for Hall of Famer Bobby Hull.
The Dallas Stars, for Hall of Famer Mike Modano.
The Detroit Red Wings, for Hall of Famer Gordie Howe.
The Edmonton Oilers, for Hall of Famer Glenn Anderson.
The Hartford Whalers, also for Gordie Howe. The number has been unofficially retired since the franchise moved to North Carolina in 1997.
The Montreal Canadiens, for Hall of Famer Maurice Richard.
The New York Islanders, for Hall of Famer Clark Gillies.
The New York Rangers, for Hall of Famer Andy Bathgate and Adam Graves.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, for Hall of Famers Ted Kennedy and Charlie Conacher.
The first NHL incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets, also for Bobby Hull. The number has been returned to circulation since the franchise's relocation to Arizona, but it remains an honored number as part of the Arizona Coyotes "Ring of Honor".

Argentine Basketball League

The Asociación Deportiva Atenas of Córdoba, for Marcelo Milanesio.

Peru Primera Football League

The Club Universitario de Deportes of Lima, for Teodoro Fernandez.

Sweden Ice Hockey League

The Karlstad Färjestad BK, for Ulf Sterner and Thomas Rundqvist.

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Association football

Basketball (FIBA)

Cibona, for Dražen Petrović
Real Madrid Baloncesto, for Fernando Martín.[7]

CFL

The Calgary Stampeders, for Willie Burden.[4]
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats, for Bernie Faloney.[8]

Handball

The HSV Hamburg, for Oleg Velyky. After his death.

MLB

The Atlanta Braves, for Chipper Jones.
The Chicago Cubs, for Hall of Famer Ron Santo.
The Cincinnati Reds, for Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson.
The Kansas City Royals, for manager Dick Howser.
The Minnesota Twins, for manager Tom Kelly.
The Montreal Expos and Washington Nationals, for Rusty Staub and later for Hall of Famer Andre Dawson.
The New York Yankees, for Hall of Famer Phil Rizzuto, who went on to spend four decades as a Yankees radio and TV broadcaster.
The St. Louis Cardinals, for manager Tony La Russa.

NBA

The Boston Celtics, for Jo Jo White.
The Chicago Bulls, for Bob Love.
The Detroit Pistons, for Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman. Greg Monroe, wore 10 when the Jersey was retired and was able to keep the number during his Pistons tenure.
The Miami Heat, for Tim Hardaway.
The New York Knicks, for Hall of Famer Walt Frazier, who also served as a Knicks broadcaster after his playing career.
The Philadelphia 76ers, for Maurice Cheeks, who also served as the team's head coach.
The Seattle SuperSonics and Oklahoma City Thunder, for Nate McMillan, who also served as the team's head coach.
The Washington Wizards, for Hall of Famer Earl Monroe, who played for the team in its past incarnation as the Baltimore Bullets.

NFL

The Atlanta Falcons, for Steve Bartkowski.
The Minnesota Vikings, for Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton.
The New York Giants, for two-time Super Bowl Champion Eli Manning.

NHL

The Carolina Hurricanes, for Hall of Famer Ron Francis.
The Detroit Red Wings, for Hall of Famer Alex Delvecchio.
The Montreal Canadiens, for Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, for Hall of Famers Syl Apps and George Armstrong.
The Vancouver Canucks, for Hall of Famer Pavel Bure.

WNBA

The Houston Comets, for Kim Perrot[9]

Finland Ice Hockey Liiga

The Tappara, for Timo Susi.

India National Cricket Team

Sachin Tendulkar.

Lega Basket Serie A of Italy

The Virtus Bologna, for Renato Villalta.

Nippon Professional Baseball

The Hanshin Tigers, for Fumio Fujimura.

South Korea Baseball League

The Daegu Samsung Lions, for Yang Joon-hyuk.

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CFL

The Ottawa Redblacks, for Ron Stewart.[10]

Handball-Bundesliga

~~The TBV Lemgo, for Volker Zerbe.~~ When he became Generalmanager of Lemgo he reactivated the number and gave it to Holger Glandorf.

MLB

The Chicago White Sox, for Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio.
The Cincinnati Reds, for Hall of Famer Barry Larkin.
The Detroit Tigers, for Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, for Jim Fregosi, who played for the Los Angeles Angels and California Angels, and also managed the California Angels.
The New York Giants and San Francisco Giants, for Hall of Famer Carl Hubbell.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, for Hall of Famer Paul Waner.
The Seattle Mariners, for Hall of Famer Edgar Martinez.

NBA

The Cleveland Cavaliers, for Zydrunas Ilgauskas.[11]
The Detroit Pistons, for Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas.
The Sacramento Kings, for Hall of Famer Bob Davies.
The Washington Wizards, for Hall of Famer Elvin Hayes.

NFL

The New York Giants, for Phil Simms.

NHL

The Buffalo Sabres, for Hall of Famer Gilbert Perreault.
The Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers, for Hall of Famer Mark Messier.
The New York Rangers, for Vic Hadfield.
The Ottawa Senators, for Daniel Alfredsson.
The St. Louis Blues, for Brian Sutter.
The Vancouver Canucks, unofficially retired for Wayne Maki.
The Washington Capitals, for Hall of Famer Mike Gartner.

Argentine Basketball League

The Asociación Deportiva Atenas of Córdoba, for Diego Osella.

Lega Basket Serie A of Italy

The Olimpia Milano, for Dino Meneghin.

Nippon Professional Baseball

The Hanshin Tigers, for Minoru Murayama.

Lithuania Basketball League

The BC Žalgiris, for Arvydas Sabonis.

Spain Basketball Liga

The FC Barcelona Basquet, for Juan Carlos Navarro.

South Korea Baseball League

The Lotte Giants of Busan, for Choi Dong-won.

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CFL

The Ottawa Redblacks, for Russ Jackson.[10]

MLB

The Tampa Bay Rays, for Hall of Famer Wade Boggs.
The Toronto Blue Jays, for Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar.

NBA

The New York Knicks, for Dick Barnett.
The Cincinnati Royals and Sacramento Kings, for Hall of Famer Maurice Stokes.
The Utah Jazz, for Hall of Famer John Stockton.

NFL

The Buffalo Bills, for Hall of Famer Jim Kelly.
The Dallas Cowboys, unofficially for Hall of Famer Roger Staubach.
The Miami Dolphins, for Hall of Famer Bob Griese.
The New York Jets, for Hall of Famer Joe Namath.
The Philadelphia Eagles, unofficially for Randall Cunningham.
The Pittsburgh Steelers, unofficially for Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw.
The San Francisco 49ers, for John Brodie.
The Seattle Seahawks, for their fans (the "12th Man").

NHL

The Calgary Flames, for Jarome Iginla.
The Detroit Red Wings, for Hall of Famer Sid Abel.
The Montreal Canadiens, for Hall of Famers Yvan Cournoyer and Dickie Moore.
The Vancouver Canucks, for Stan Smyl.

Finland Ice Hockey Liiga

The Tappara, for Erkki Lehtonen.

Kontinental Hockey League

The HC Dynamo Moscow, for Igor Korolev.

Spain Basketball Liga

The FC Barcelona Basquet, for Roberto Dueñas.

Colombian Football League

The Atlético Nacional of Medellín, for Alexis Henríquez.[12]

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CFL

The Calgary Stampeders, for Mark McLoughlin.[4]
The Montreal Alouettes, for Anthony Calvillo.[13]

MLB

The Cincinnati Reds, for Dave Concepción.

NBA

The Charlotte Hornets, for Bobby Phills, who died in a 2000 auto accident.
The Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, and Philadelphia 76ers, all for Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain.
The Phoenix Suns, for Steve Nash.
The Portland Trail Blazers, for Dave Twardzik.
The San Antonio Spurs, for James Silas.

NFL

The Miami Dolphins, for Hall of Famer Dan Marino.
The New York Jets, for Hall of Famer Don Maynard.

NHL

The Toronto Maple Leafs, for Hall of Famer Mats Sundin.

Greece Basketball League

The Panathinaikos B.C., for Dimitris Diamantidis.

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MLB

The Boston Red Sox, for Hall of Famer Jim Rice.
The Chicago Cubs, for Hall of Famer Ernie Banks.
The Cincinnati Reds, for Pete Rose, who also managed the team.
The Cleveland Indians, for Hall of Fame player Larry Doby, who also managed the team.
The Minnesota Twins, for Kent Hrbek.
The New York Mets, for Gil Hodges, who both played for and managed the team.
The Philadelphia Phillies, for Hall of Famer Jim Bunning.
The St. Louis Cardinals, for Ken Boyer.

NBA

The Boston Celtics, for Hall of Famer Bob Cousy.
The Golden State Warriors, for Tom Meschery, who played for the team as the Philadelphia and San Francisco Warriors.
The Milwaukee Bucks, for Jon McGlocklin.
The Portland Trail Blazers, for Lionel Hollins.
The Sacramento Kings, for Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson, who played for the team when it was known as the Cincinnati Royals.
The Utah Jazz, for Jeff Hornacek.

NFL

The Cleveland Browns, for Hall of Famer Otto Graham.
The Green Bay Packers, for Hall of Famer Don Hutson.
The New York Giants, for Hall of Famer Y. A. Tittle.
The San Diego Chargers, for Hall of Famer Dan Fouts.

NHL

The Buffalo Sabres, for René Robert.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, for Hall of Famer Dave Keon.

WNBA

The Houston Comets, for Cynthia Cooper[9]

Nippon Proffessional Baseball

The Yomiuri Giants of Tokyo, for Eiji Sawamura.

Kontinental Hockey League

The HC Dynamo Moscow, for Sergei Svetlov.

Eredivisie of Netherland

The Ajax Amsterdam, for Johan Cruyff.

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CFL

The BC Lions, for Willie Fleming.[3]

MLB

The New York Yankees, for Thurman Munson.
The Philadelphia Phillies, for Dick Allen.

National teams

The Kosovo national team, for Gazmend Sinani.[14]

NBA

The Boston Celtics, for Tom Heinsohn, a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and coach for the team.
The Dallas Mavericks, for Brad Davis.
The Detroit Pistons, for Vinnie Johnson.
The New York Knicks for Hall of Fame players Earl Monroe and Dick McGuire.
The Philadelphia 76ers, for Hall of Famer Hal Greer.
The Portland Trail Blazers, for Larry Steele.

NFL

The Green Bay Packers, for Hall of Famer Bart Starr.
The Philadelphia Eagles, for Hall of Famer Steve Van Buren.

NHL

The Boston Bruins, for Hall of Famer Milt Schmidt.

Australia National Basketball League

The Perth Wildcats, for Ricky Grace.

China Basketball Association

The Beijing Ducks, for Zhang Yunsong.

Finland Ice Hockey Liiga

The HC TPS of Turku, for Reijo Leppänen.

Nippon Professional Baseball

The Hiroshima Carp, for Hiroki Kuroda.

Mexico Baseball League

The Diablos Rojos del Mexico, for Salome Barojas.

Spain Basketball Liga

The FC Barcelona Basquet, for Juan Antonio San Epifanio.

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MLB

The Chicago White Sox, for Hall of Famer Ted Lyons.
The Detroit Tigers, for Hall of Famer Hal Newhouser.
The Miami Marlins, for former pitcher José Fernández.
The New York Yankees, for Hall of Famer Whitey Ford.

NBA

The Boston Celtics, for Satch Sanders, a member of the Hall of Fame as a contributor to the sport.
The Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks, both for Hall of Fame player Bob Lanier.
The Golden State Warriors, for Al Attles.

NFL

The Kansas City Chiefs, for Hall of Famer Len Dawson.
The New York Giants, for Hall of Famer Frank Gifford.
The San Francisco 49ers, for Hall of Famer Joe Montana.

NHL

The Boston Bruins, for Rick Middleton.
The Buffalo Sabres, for Hall of Famer Pat LaFontaine.
The Detroit Red Wings, unofficially retired for Vladimir Konstantinov.
The Los Angeles Kings, for Hall of Famer Marcel Dionne.
The Montreal Canadiens, for Hall of Famers Henri Richard and Elmer Lach.
The Philadelphia Flyers, for Hall of Famer Bobby Clarke.
The Quebec Nordiques, for Hall of Famer Michel Goulet. The number was returned to circulation after the franchise moved to Colorado in 1995.
The St. Louis Blues, for Hall of Famer Brett Hull.
The Vancouver Canucks, for Trevor Linden.

Finland Ice Hockey Liiga

The HC TPS of Turku, for Rauli Tamelin

Nippon Professional Baseball

The Yomiuri Giants of Tokyo, for Tetsuharu Kawakami.

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FIA

All Formula One teams, for Jules Bianchi, after his death from injuries sustained in the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix.

MLB

The Colorado Rockies, for Todd Helton.
The St. Louis Cardinals, for Hall of Famer Dizzy Dean, who also had a notable career as a broadcaster for the team.

NBA

The Boston Celtics, for Hall of Famer John Havlicek.
The Golden State Warriors, for Hall of Famer Chris Mullin.
The Los Angeles Lakers, honored for Hall of Famer Jim Pollard of the Minneapolis Lakers.

NHL

The Carolina Hurricanes, for Rod Brind'Amour.
The Edmonton Oilers, for Hall of Famer Jari Kurri.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, for Wendel Clark.

Kontinental Hockey League

The HC CSKA Moscow, for Valeri Kharlamov.
The HC Dynamo Moscow, for Vladimir Yurzinov and Zinetula Bilyaletdinov.

Sweden Ice Hockey League

The Karlstad Färjestad BK, for Mathias Johansson.

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CFL

The Calgary Stampeders, for Allen Pitts.[4]

Handball-Bundesliga

The Rhein-Neckar Löwen, for Bjarte Myrhol.

MLB

The Cincinnati Reds, for Ted Kluszewski.
The Cleveland Indians, for Mel Harder.

NBA

The Boston Celtics, for Hall of Famer Dave Cowens.

NFL

The Denver Broncos, for Frank Tripucka.
The Kansas City Chiefs, for Hall of Famer Emmitt Thomas.

NHL

The Buffalo Sabres, for Danny Gare.
The Chicago Blackhawks, for Hall of Famer Denis Savard.
The Montreal Canadiens, for Hall of Famer Serge Savard.
The Los Angeles Kings, for Dave Taylor.

Lega Basket Serie A of Italy

The Olimpia Milano, for Art Kenney.

South Korea Baseball League

The Gwangju Kia Tigers, for Sun Dong-yol.

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FIA

All FIA Formula 2 Championship teams, for Anthoine Hubert, after his death from injuries sustained in the 2019 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 2 round.

MLB

The Chicago White Sox, for Billy Pierce.
The Cleveland Indians, for Hall of Famer Bob Feller.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, for Jim Gilliam.
The Milwaukee Brewers, for Hall of Famer Robin Yount.
The San Diego Padres, for Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn.

NBA

The New York Knicks, for Hall of Famer Willis Reed.

NFL

The Baltimore Colts and Indianapolis Colts, for Hall of Famer Johnny Unitas.
The Kansas City Chiefs, for Hall of Famer Joe Montana.
The San Diego Chargers, for Hall of Famer Lance Alworth.

NHL

The Arizona Coyotes, for Shane Doan.
The Colorado Avalanche, for Hall of Famer Joe Sakic.
The Detroit Red Wings, for Hall of Famer Steve Yzerman.
The Hartford Whalers, for John McKenzie. The number was returned to circulation after the franchise moved to North Carolina in 1997.
The Minnesota North Stars, for Bill Masterton, the only NHL player to have died as a direct result of an injury suffered during an NHL game.
The Montreal Canadiens, for Hall of Famer Larry Robinson.
The New York Islanders, for Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier.
The Vancouver Canucks, for Markus Näslund.

Czech Republic Ice Hockey League

The HC Slavia Praha, for Josef Beranek.

20

MLB

The Arizona Diamondbacks, for Luis Gonzalez.
The Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds, both for Hall of Famer Frank Robinson.
The Kansas City Royals, for Frank White.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, for Hall of Famer Don Sutton.
The New York Yankees, for Jorge Posada.
The Philadelphia Phillies, for Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, for Hall of Famer Pie Traynor.
The St. Louis Cardinals, for Hall of Famer Lou Brock.
The San Francisco Giants, for Hall of Famer Monte Irvin, who played for the team when it was the New York Giants.

NBA

The Portland Trail Blazers, for Maurice Lucas.

NFL

The Detroit Lions, for Hall of Famer Barry Sanders.
The New England Patriots, for Gino Cappelletti, who played for the team when it was known by its original name of the Boston Patriots.
The Philadelphia Eagles, for Brian Dawkins.

NHL

The Los Angeles Kings, for Hall of Famer Luc Robitaille.

Kontinental Hockey League

The HC CSKA Moscow, for Vladislav Tretiak.

21

Liga Espanola

The FC Barcelona, for Luis Enrique.

MLB

The Cleveland Indians, for Hall of Famer Bob Lemon.
The Milwaukee Braves and Atlanta Braves, for Hall of Famer Warren Spahn.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, for Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente, following his death in a plane crash while attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua.

NBA

The Atlanta Hawks, for Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins.
The Boston Celtics, for Hall of Famer Bill Sharman.
The Detroit Pistons, for Hall of Famer Dave Bing.
The Sacramento Kings, for Vlade Divac.
The San Antonio Spurs, for Tim Duncan.

NFL

The San Diego Chargers for LaDainian Tomlinson.

NHL

The Chicago Blackhawks, for Hall of Famer Stan Mikita.
The Colorado Avalanche, for Hall of Famer Peter Forsberg.
The Pittsburgh Penguins, for Michel Brière.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, for Hall of Famer Borje Salming.

Australia National Basketball League

The Perth Wildcats, for Andrew Vlahov.

Sweden Ice Hockey League

The Karlstad Färjestad BK, for Jörgen Jönsson.

22

CFL

The BC Lions, for Joe Kapp.[3]
The Calgary Stampeders, for Tom Forzani.[4]
The Toronto Argonauts, for Dick Shatto.[15]

Peru Primera Football League

The Lima Universitario de Deportes, for José Luis Carranza.

MLB

The Baltimore Orioles, for Hall of Famer Jim Palmer.

NBA

The Boston Celtics, for Hall of Famer Ed Macauley.
The Cleveland Cavaliers, for Larry Nance.
The Dallas Mavericks, for Rolando Blackman.
The Houston Rockets and Portland Trail Blazers, both for Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler.
The Los Angeles Lakers, for Hall of Famers Slater Martin and Elgin Baylor.
The New York Knicks, for Hall of Famer Dave DeBusschere.

NFL

The Baltimore Colts retired #22 for Buddy Young.
The Dallas Cowboys, unofficially, for Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith.
The Detroit Lions, for Hall of Famer Bobby Layne.

NHL

The New York Islanders, for Hall of Famer Mike Bossy.

Colombian Football League

The Deportivo Independiente Medellín, for David González.[16]

South Korea Baseball League

The Daegu Samsung Lions, for Lee Man-soo.

Sweden Ice Hockey League

The Djurgårdens IF Hockey, for Håkan Södergren.

23

Association football

Club Brugge KV, for François Sterchele who died in a car accident on May 8, 2008.
Manchester City F.C., following the death of Marc-Vivien Foé in 2003.

CFL

The Saskatchewan Roughriders, for Ron Lancaster.[17]

MLB

The Chicago Cubs, for Ryne Sandberg.
The Detroit Tigers, for Willie Horton.
The New York Yankees, for Don Mattingly.

NBA

The Atlanta Hawks, for Lou Hudson.
The Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat, for Michael Jordan.

NHL

The Colorado Avalanche, for Milan Hejduk.
The Montreal Canadiens, for Hall of Famer Bob Gainey.
The New York Islanders, for Bob Nystrom.

Finland Ice Hockey Liiga

The HC TPS of Turku, for Hannu Virta.

Nippon Professional Baseball

The Hanshin Tigers, for Yoshio Yoshida.

24

MLB

The Cincinnati Reds, for Hall of Famer Tony Pérez.
The Houston Astros, for Jimmy Wynn.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, for Hall of Fame manager Walter Alston.
The Oakland Athletics, for Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson.
The St. Louis Cardinals, for Hall of Fame manager Whitey Herzog.
The San Francisco Giants, for Hall of Famer Willie Mays.
The Seattle Mariners, for Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr..

NBA

The Boston Celtics, for Hall of Famer Sam Jones.
The Golden State Warriors, for Hall of Famer Rick Barry.
The Los Angeles Lakers, for likely future Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant.
The New York Knicks, for Hall of Famer Bill Bradley.
The Philadelphia 76ers, for Bobby Jones.
The Phoenix Suns, for Tom Chambers.
The Seattle SuperSonics, for Hall of Famer Spencer Haywood.

NFL

The Baltimore Colts, for Hall of Famer Lenny Moore.

NHL

The Boston Bruins, for Terry O'Reilly.
The St. Louis Blues, for Hall of Famer Bernie Federko.

Kontinental Hockey League

The HC CSKA Moscow, for Sergei Makarov.

Mexico Baseball League

The Cancun Tigres de Quintana Roo, for Matias Carrillo.

25

MLB

The Cleveland Indians, for Hall of Famer Jim Thome.
The Houston Astros, for José Cruz.
The San Francisco Giants, for Barry Bonds.

NHL

The first NHL incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets, for Thomas Steen. The number has been returned to circulation since the franchise's relocation to Arizona, but it remains an honored number as part of the Arizona Coyotes "Ring of Honor".

England Premier Football League

The Chelsea F.C., for Gianfranco Zola.

Sweden Ice Hockey League

The Djurgårdens IF Hockey, for Mikael Johansson.

26

CFL

The Ottawa Redblacks, for Whit Tucker.[10]

MLB

The Boston Red Sox, for Hall of Famer Wade Boggs.
The Chicago Cubs, for Hall of Famer Billy Williams.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, for founding owner Gene Autry.
The Texas Rangers, for Johnny Oates.

NHL

The Dallas Stars, for Jere Lehtinen.
The New Jersey Devils, for Patrik Elias.
The Quebec Nordiques, for Hall of Famer Peter Stastny. The number was returned to circulation after the franchise moved to Colorado in 1995.
The Tampa Bay Lightning, for Hall of Famer Martin St. Louis.

Kontinental Hockey League

The HC Dynamo Moscow, for Alexei Zhamnov.

27

Association Football

AFC Bournemouth, for their fans that are situated in the North Stand.

CFL

The Montreal Alouettes, for Mike Pringle.[13]

MLB

The Boston Red Sox, for Hall of Famer Carlton Fisk.
The Oakland Athletics, for Hall of Famer Catfish Hunter.
The San Francisco Giants, for Hall of Famer Juan Marichal.

NBA

The Cincinnati Royals and Sacramento Kings, for Hall of Famer Jack Twyman.

NHL

The Anaheim Ducks and New Jersey Devils, for Hall of Famer Scott Niedermayer.
The Arizona Coyotes, for Teppo Numminen.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, for Hall of Famers Frank Mahovlich and Darryl Sittler.

Sweden Ice Hockey League

The Djurgårdens IF Hockey, for Thomas Eriksson.

28

CFL

The Montreal Alouettes, for George Dixon.[13]

MLB

The Minnesota Twins, for Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven.

NFL

The Chicago Bears, for Willie Galimore.
The Kansas City Chiefs, for Abner Haynes.
The New York Jets, for Hall of Famer Curtis Martin.
The St. Louis Rams, for Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk.

NHL

The Vancouver Canucks, unofficially retired for Luc Bourdon.

29

Association football

S.L. Benfica, in memory of Miklós Fehér.

MLB

The Atlanta Braves, for John Smoltz.
The California Angels, now the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and the Minnesota Twins, both for Hall of Famer Rod Carew.

NFL

The Los Angeles Rams, for Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson.

NHL

The Montreal Canadiens, for Hall of Famer Ken Dryden.

Kontinental Hockey League

The HC Dynamo Moscow, for Mikhail Shtalenkov.

30

CFL

The BC Lions, for Jim Young.[3]

MLB

The California Angels (now Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim), for Nolan Ryan, on June 16, 1992. Ryan is the only major league player to have his number retired by three different teams, though the other two teams retired number 34 for him rather than 30.[18]
The San Francisco Giants, for Orlando Cepeda.

NHL

The Calgary Flames, for Mike Vernon.
The Los Angeles Kings, for Hall of Famer Rogie Vachon.
The New Jersey Devils, for Hall of Famer Martin Brodeur.

Australia National Basketball League

The Perth Wildcats, for Scott Fisher.

Kontinental Hockey League

The HC Dynamo Moscow, for Sergei Yashin.

31

Association football

Queens Park Rangers F.C., for Ray Jones.

CFL

The Toronto Argonauts, for Michael Clemons.[15]

MLB

The Atlanta Braves, also for Maddux.
The Chicago Cubs, for Ferguson Jenkins and Greg Maddux.
The New York Mets, for Mike Piazza.
The San Diego Padres, for Dave Winfield.

NBA

The Boston Celtics, for Cedric Maxwell.
The Indiana Pacers, for Reggie Miller.

NFL

The Atlanta Falcons, for William Andrews.
The New Orleans Saints, for Jim Taylor.

NHL

The Edmonton Oilers, for Hall of Famer Grant Fuhr.
The New York Islanders, for Hall of Famer Billy Smith.
The Philadelphia Flyers, unofficially retired for Pelle Lindbergh.

32

MLB

The Houston Astros, for Jim Umbricht.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, for Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax.
The New York Yankees, for Elston Howard.
The Philadelphia Phillies, for Hall of Famer Steve Carlton.
The Toronto Blue Jays, for Roy Halladay.

NBA

The Boston Celtics, for Hall of Famer Kevin McHale.
The Brooklyn Nets, for Hall of Famer Julius Erving of the New York Nets.
The Detroit Pistons, for Richard Hamilton.
The Los Angeles Lakers, for Hall of Famer Magic Johnson.
The Miami Heat, for Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal.
The Milwaukee Bucks, for Brian Winters.
The Philadelphia 76ers, for Hall of Famer Billy Cunningham.
The Portland Trail Blazers, for Hall of Famer Bill Walton.
The San Antonio Spurs, for Sean Elliott.
The Seattle SuperSonics, for Fred Brown.
The Utah Jazz, for Hall of Famer Karl Malone.

NFL

The Buffalo Bills, unofficially for Hall of Famer O. J. Simpson.
The Cleveland Browns, for Hall of Famer Jim Brown.
The New York Giants, for Al Blozis, who left the team to serve with the United States Army in World War II and was killed in action in 1945.
The Pittsburgh Steelers, unofficially for Hall of Famer Franco Harris.

NHL

The Washington Capitals, for Dale Hunter.

WNBA

The Charlotte Sting, for Andrea Stinson[19]

33

MLB

The Baltimore Orioles, for Hall of Famer Eddie Murray.
The Houston Astros, for Mike Scott.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, for Hall of Famer Honus Wagner.

NBA

The Boston Celtics, for Hall of Famer Larry Bird.
The Chicago Bulls, for Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen.
The Denver Nuggets, for Hall of Famer David Thompson.
The Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks, both for Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
The Miami Heat, for Alonzo Mourning.
The New York Knicks, for Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing.
The Phoenix Suns, for Alvan Adams.

NFL

The Kansas City Chiefs, for Stone Johnson, who died in 1963 from a neck fracture during a preseason game before he could play his first official game for the team.
The Washington Redskins, for Hall of Famer Sammy Baugh.

NHL

The Colorado Avalanche and Montreal Canadiens, both for Hall of Famer Patrick Roy.

Ukraine Association Football Premier League

The FC Shakhtar Donetsk, for Dario Srna.

34

CFL

The Saskatchewan Roughriders, for George Reed.[17]

FIM

Retired in honor of it´s famous owner, the 1993 World Champion, considered by many the most extraordinary MotoGp pilot ever Kevin Schwantz

MLB

The Boston Red Sox, for David Ortiz.
The Houston Astros and Texas Rangers, both for Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan.
The Minnesota Twins, for Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett.
The Oakland Athletics and Milwaukee Brewers, both for Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers.

NBA

The Houston Rockets, for Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon.
The Los Angeles Lakers retired the number for Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal on April 2, 2013.

NFL

The Chicago Bears, for Hall of Famer Walter "Sweetness" Payton.
The Houston Oilers and Tennessee Titans, for Hall of Famer Earl Campbell.

Nippon Proffessional Baseball

The Yomiuri Giants of Tokyo, Masaichi Kaneda.

Mexico Baseball League

The Sultanes de Monterrey, for Fernando Valenzuela.

35

MLB

The Atlanta Braves, for Hall of Famer Phil Niekro.
The Chicago White Sox, for 2014 Hall of Fame inductee Frank Thomas.
The San Diego Padres, for Randy Jones.

NBA

NHL

The Chicago Blackhawks, for Hall of Famer Tony Esposito.
The New York Rangers, for Mike Richter.

36

CFL

The Saskatchewan Roughriders, for Dave Ridgway.[17]

MLB

The Philadelphia Phillies, for Hall of Famer Robin Roberts.[20]
The San Francisco Giants, for Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry.[21]

NBA

The Portland Trail Blazers, for Lloyd Neal.[22]

South Korea Baseball League

The Daegu Samsung Lions, for Lee Seung-yeop.

37

MLB

The New York Mets and the New York Yankees, for Hall of Fame manager Casey Stengel, the first manager to have had his number retired by two different teams.

NFL

The Detroit Lions, for Doak Walker.
The San Francisco 49ers, for cornerback Jimmy Johnson.

NHL

The Florida Panthers, for founding owner Wayne Huizenga.

38

CFL

The BC Lions, for Byron Bailey.[3]

39

MLB

The Brooklyn Dodgers, for Roy Campanella.

NHL

The Buffalo Sabres, for Hall of Famer Dominik Hašek.

FIM

In the Moto2 class, for Luis Salom, after he crashed during practice for the Catalan Grand Prix.

40

CFL

The Ottawa Redblacks, for Bruno Bitkowski.[10]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders, for Mel Becket.[17]

MLB

The Houston Astros, for Don Wilson.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, for Danny Murtaugh, most noted as the team's longtime manager.

NBA

The Denver Nuggets, for Byron Beck.
The Detroit Pistons, for Bill Laimbeer.

NFL

The Arizona Cardinals, for Pat Tillman.
The Chicago Bears, for Hall of Famer Gale Sayers.
The New England Patriots, for Hall of Famer Mike Haynes.
The New York Giants, for Joe Morrison.
The Philadelphia Eagles, for Tom Brookshier.

41

NBA

The Washington Wizards, for Wes Unseld.

MLB

The Atlanta Braves, for Eddie Mathews.
The New York Mets, for Tom Seaver.

NFL

The Chicago Bears, for Brian Piccolo.

42

MLB

All MLB teams, for Jackie Robinson.
The New York Yankees, for Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera.
The St. Louis Cardinals, for Bruce Sutter.

NBA

The Los Angeles Lakers, for James Worthy.
The Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors, for Hall of Famer Nate Thurmond.

NFL

The Chicago Bears, for Sid Luckman.
The San Francisco 49ers, for Ronnie Lott.

43

MLB

The Oakland Athletics, for Dennis Eckersley.

NBA

The Cleveland Cavaliers, for Brad Daugherty.

NFL

The Houston Oilers, for Jim Norton.

44

CFL

The Saskatchewan Roughriders, for Roger Aldag.[17]

NBA

The Denver Nuggets, for Dan Issel.
The L.A. Lakers, for Jerry West.
The Phoenix Suns, for Paul Westphal.
The Sacramento Kings, for Sam Lacey.
The San Antonio Spurs, for George Gervin.

MLB

The Atlanta Braves and the Milwaukee Brewers, for Hank Aaron.
The New York Yankees, for Reggie Jackson.
The San Francisco Giants, for Willie McCovey.

NFL

The Denver Broncos, for Floyd Little.
The Philadelphia Eagles, for Pete Retzlaff.

45

MLB

The Boston Red Sox, for Pedro Martinez.
The St. Louis Cardinals, for Bob Gibson.

46

MLB

The New York Yankees, for Andy Pettitte.

47

MLB

The Atlanta Braves, for Hall of Famer Tom Glavine.
The Detroit Tigers, for Hall of Famer Jack Morris.

49

MLB

The Houston Astros, for Larry Dierker.
The New York Yankees, for Ron Guidry.

50

MLB

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, for coach Jimmie Reese, who served with the team when it was known as the California Angels.

NBA

The San Antonio Spurs, for Hall of Famer David Robinson.

NFL

The New York Giants, for Hall of Famer Ken Strong.

51

MLB

The Arizona Diamondbacks, for Hall of Famer Randy Johnson.
The New York Yankees, for Bernie Williams.
The San Diego Padres, for Hall of Famer Trevor Hoffman.

China Basketball Association

The Beijing Ducks, for Ji Zhe.

Sweden Ice Hockey League

The Karlstad Färjestad BK, for Rickard Wallin.

52

CFL

The BC Lions, for Al Wilson.[3]

NHL

The Colorado Avalanche, for Adam Foote.

53

MLB

The Los Angeles Dodgers, for Don Drysdale.

NBA

The Utah Jazz, for Mark Eaton.

55

CFL

The Calgary Stampeders, for Wayne Harris.[4]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders, for Mario DeMarco.[17]
The Toronto Argonauts, for Joe Krol.[15]

56

CFL

The Montreal Alouettes, for Herb Trawick.[13]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders, for Ray Syrnyk.[17]

MLB

The Chicago White Sox, for Mark Buehrle.

58

NHL

The Vegas Golden Knights, for the 2017 Las Vegas shooting victims.

FIM

After Marco Simoncelli was killed in a crash during the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix, which led to the MotoGP race getting cancelled. At the next and final round, Loris Capirossi wore his number as a tribute, however he was still listed as his usual #65 in the timing screens.

60

CFL

The BC Lions, for Jamie Taras.[3]
The Ottawa Redblacks, for Jim Coode.[10]
The Toronto Argonauts, for Danny Nykoluk.[15]

NFL

The Philadelphia Eagles, for Hall of Famer Chuck Bednarik.

62

CFL

The Ottawa Redblacks, for Moe Racine.[10]

63

CFL

The Montreal Alouettes, for Pierre Desjardins.[13]

Czech Republic Ice Hockey League

The HC Slavia Praha, for Josef Vasicek.

64

Australia National Cricket Team

Phillip Hughes.

66

MLB

The Tampa Bay Rays, for Don Zimmer.

NFL

The Green Bay Packers, for linebacker Ray Nitschke.

NHL

The Pittsburgh Penguins, for Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux.

68

CFL

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats, for Angelo Mosca.[8]

70

CFL

The Ottawa Redblacks, for Bobby Simpson.[10]

NFL

The NFL Officiating Department, for referee Jerry Seeman.
The Philadelphia Eagles, for Al Wistert.

71

CFL

The Ottawa Redblacks, for Gerry Organ.[10]

72

CFL

The Ottawa Redblacks, for Tony Golab.[10]

MLB

The Chicago White Sox, for Carlton Fisk.

Czech Republic Ice Hockey League

The HC Slavia Praha, for Pavel Kolarik.

73

CFL

The Saskatchewan Roughriders for Gordon Sturtridge.[17]

NFL

The New England Patriots, for John Hannah.
The New York Jets, for Joe Klecko.
The San Francisco 49ers, for Leo Nomellini.

74

CFL

The Montreal Alouettes, for Peter Dalla Riva.[13]

75

CFL

The BC Lions, for Norm Fieldgate.[3]
The Calgary Stampeders, for Stu Laird.[4]

The Montreal Alouettes, for Hal Patterson.[13]

76

Sweden Ice Hockey League

The HV71 of Jönköping, for Johan Davidsson.

77

CFL

The Montreal Alouettes, for Junior Ah You.[13]
The Ottawa Redblacks, for Tony Gabriel.[10]

NBA

The Portland Trail Blazers, for the 1977 NBA title under coach Jack Ramsay.

NFL

The Arizona Cardinals, for Stan Mauldin.
The Chicago Bears, for Red Grange.
The Indianapolis Colts, for Jim Parker.[23]
The Minnesota Vikings, for Korey Stringer.

NHL

The Boston Bruins and the Colorado Avalanche, for Hall of Famer Ray Bourque.

Hungary Association Football Nemzeti Liga

The Diosgypsi VTK of Miskolc. for Jose Juan Luque.

Nippon Professional Baseball

The Tohoku Rakuten Eagles of Sendai, for Senichi Hoshino.

78

CFL

The Montreal Alouettes, for Virgil Wagner.[13]

81

CFL

The BC Lions, for Geroy Simon.[3]

85

MLB

The St. Louis Cardinals for the former owner August Busch, Jr..

86

CFL

The Montreal Alouettes, for Ben Cahoon.[13]

88

NHL

The Philadelphia Flyers, for Hall of Famer Eric Lindros.

89

NFL

The Baltimore Colts, now the Indianapolis Colts, for Gino Marchetti.
The Boston Patriots, now the New England Patriots, for Bob Dee.
The Chicago Bears, for Mike Ditka.[24]

90

NFL

The New York Jets, for Dennis Byrd.

92

CFL

The Montreal Alouettes, for Sam Etcheverry.[13]

NFL

The Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles, for Hall of Famer Reggie White.

93

NHL

The Florida Panthers, for the team's first president Bill Torrey.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, for Hall of Famer Doug Gilmour.

97

CFL

The BC Lions, for Brent Johnson.[3]

NHL

The Arizona Coyotes, for Jeremy Roenick.

Czech Republic Ice Hockey League

The HC Slavia Praha, for Vladimir Ruzicka.

99

NFL

The Philadelphia Eagles, for Jerome Brown.

NHL

The Edmonton Oilers, the Los Angeles Kings, and all NHL teams, for Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky.

110

Liga MX Association Football League

The C.F. Pachuca, for Andrés Chitiva.

455

The Cleveland Indians, in honor of 455 straight sellouts for games.

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[1] "Inter withdraw the number 3 shirt". Inter.it. 8 September 2006. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.

[2] Clive Charles on FC Portland Academy

[Lions-3] "Honoured Numbers". bclions.com. BC Lions. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

[Stampeders-4] "Retired Numbers". stampeders.com. Calgary Stampeders. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

[5] "Anaheim Ducks retire Teemu Selanne's No. 8". NHL.com.

[6] "A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey - Ne".

[7] Fernando Martín on Real Madrid Baloncesto

[Tiger-Cats-8] "Tiger-Cats officially retire Angelo Mosca's no. 68". cfl.ca. Canadian Football League. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

[:0-9] Bowman, James (2012-12-11). "Which W players should have their numbers retired?". Swish Appeal. Retrieved 2020-08-17.

[Redblacks-10] "Retired Numbers". Ottawa Redblacks. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

[11] "Cavs Announce Zydrunas Ilgauskas' Jersey (#11) to be Retired". THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS.

[12] ttps://es.besoccer.com/noticia/nacional-despidio-a-henriquez-y-anuncio-que-retira-el-12-773963

[Alouettes-13] "Retired Jerseys". en.montrealalouettes.com. Montreal Alouettes. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

[14] "Fanella me numër 15 e Përfaqësueses së Kosovës pensionohet me emrin e Gazmend Sinanit" [Kit with number 15 of Kosovo national team retired with name of Gazmend Sinani] (in Albanian). Basketball Federation of Kosovo. 25 June 2018. Fanella me numër 15 e Përfaqësueses së Kosovës në basketboll do të pensionohet me emrin e basketbollistit Gazmend Sinani, i cili e humbi jetën në një aksident rrugor në orët e hershme të mëngjesit të së shtunës në Gjakovë

[Argonauts-15] "Retired Numbers". Toronto Argonauts. Archived from the original on May 19, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

[16] ttps://www.minuto30.com/deportes/se-va-el-gran-david-el-22-ya-no-lo-portara-mas-nadie-dijo-el-dim/923926/

[Roughriders-17] "Team History". riderville.com. Saskatchewan Roughriders. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

[18] Texas Rangers Retired Number History on mlb.com Retrieved May 18, 2006. Note however that Jackie Robinson's number 42 was retired by Major League Baseball for all teams.

[19] "STING: Andrea Stinson Tribute Section". www.wnba.com. Retrieved 2020-08-19.

[20] "Robin Roberts player Profile Chronology". Baseballlibrary.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2007-08-13.

[21] "Giants Retire Perry's Number 36". MLB.com's Giants homepage. Retrieved 2007-08-13.

[22] "Learn More About Lloyd Neal". Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-29.

[23] "NFL Athlete Number 77 - Jim Parker".

[24] Greenberg, Jon (December 9, 2013). "Mike Ditka gets jersey retired". ESPN. Retrieved February 2, 2014.

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