Houston Rockets jersey numbers

50 numbers · 7 retired

Who wore each number for the Rockets?

384 players have worn 50 different numbers for the Houston Rockets from 1967-68 to 2025-26. The most worn is 20, by 18 players. Retired: 11 (Yao Ming), 22 (Clyde Drexler), 23 (Calvin Murphy), 24 (Moses Malone), 34 (Hakeem Olajuwon), 44 (Elvin Hayes), 45 (Rudy Tomjanovich).

Houston Rockets: every number and the players who wore it
No.Worn by
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11Retired
12
13
14
15
16
  • George Johnson1972-73
  • Kostas Papanikolaou2014-15
  • Ben McLemore2019-20
  • Usman Garuba2021-22 to 2022-23
17
18
19
20
21
22Retired
  • Stu Lantz1968-69 to 1971-72
  • Eric McWilliams1972-73
  • Gus Bailey1974-75 to 1975-76
  • Alonzo Bradley1978-79 to 1979-80
  • Joe Bryant1982-83
  • Rodney McCray1983-84 to 1987-88
  • Winston Garland1992-93
  • Clyde Drexler1994-95 to 1997-98
23Retired
24Retired
25
26
  • Markel Brown2017-18
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34Retired
  • John Block1967-68 to 1970-71
  • Dick Cunningham1971-72
  • John Johnson1975-76
  • Robin Jones1977-78
  • Hakeem Olajuwon1984-85 to 2000-01
35
40
41
42
43
44Retired
45Retired
50
51
52
53
54
55
58
  • Jack McVeigh2024-25
96

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