Most Popular Basketball Jersey Numbers

Both of them wore it as a celtic in 2011.

Basketball jersey plain white. This changed in the 1920s when the new york yankees handed out numbers to players according to lineup order so that fa. 12 october 2010. For some reason almost everybody either picks a single digit jersey number or a double digit number where both digits are below 6.

Semih erden and chris johnson. The 10 most iconic jersey numbers in sports history. These few handfuls of popular nba jerseys are the ones that have been rung up the most at the physical nba store in new york city and those numbers every year since the 2001 02 nba season the league announces the top selling nba jerseys sold up until that point of the season.

Its hard to tell which number was the most talented but its easy to tell which number was the most crazy. Pascal le segretaingetty images newsgetty images. Nothing is more associated with an athlete in team sports than the number they wear on their jersey.

86 was worn by two players. Some numbers have a tradition obviously but others just look or sound better it seems and attract more players. And so with that i began to ponder over which number in nba history is the best.

These numbers are popular in part because some of the most famous basketball players in history wore these numbers. 22 jersey including 16 members of 2013 14 rosters isaiah thomas matt barnes rudy gay and taj gibson most notable. The number 12 has been worn by more players than any other number in the history of the nba over three hundred sixty nba players have worn the number 12.

Maybe its just that basketball teams are small and the smaller numbers go first. The most common number over 50 is 77 by 10 guys notably gheorghe muresan who was 7 7 and vlad radmanovic. An nba players jersey number is one of the first things our eyes are locked onto while watching an nba game.

Professional athletes did not always sport numbers on their jerseys during games. Other popular basketball jersey numbers are 23 32 and 33. We looked at only jersey numbers that had at least 10 different players who wore that number on the field in nfl history.

Over the course of nba history 272 different players have thrown on the no. As a way to honor key contributors including players coaches fans broadcasters and announcers national basketball association nba teams often retire their jersey numbers win totals or microphones. This gave us the most productive number.

The most popular jersey numbers in sports.