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Los Angeles Lakers retired numbers |
No. | Player | Position | Tenure | Ceremony date |
6 | Bill Russell | F | N/A | August 11, 2022 |
8 | Kobe Bryant | G | 1996-2006 | December 18, 2017 |
13 | Wilt Chamberlain | C | 1968-1973 | November 9, 1983 |
16 | Pau Gasol | F | 2008-2014 | March 7, 2023 |
17 | Jim Pollard | F | 1948-1955 | Honored |
19 | Vern Mikkelsen | F | 1949-1959 | Honored |
21 | Michael Cooper | F | 1978-1990 | Sometime in 2025 |
22 | Elgin Baylor | F | 1958-1971 | November 9, 1983 |
22 | Slater Martin | G | 1949-1956 | Honored |
24 | Kobe Bryant | G | 2006-2016 | December 18, 2017 |
25 | Gail Goodrich | G | 1965-1968 1970-1976 | November 20, 1996 |
32 | Magic Johnson | G | 1979-1991 1996 | February 16, 1992 |
33 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | C | 1975-1989 | March 20, 1990 |
34 | Shaquille O'Neal | C | 1996-2004 | April 2, 2013 |
34 | Clyde Lovellette | C | 1953-1957 | Honored |
42 | James Worthy | F | 1982-1994 | December 10, 1995 |
44 | Jerry West | G | 1960-1974 | November 19, 1983 |
52 | Jamaal Wilkes | F | 1977-1985 | December 28, 2012 |
99 | George Mikan | C | 1948-1954 1956 | October 30, 2022 |
Microphone | Chick Hearn | Broadcaster | 1961-2002 | December 2, 2002 |
Coach | John Kundla | Head Coach | 1948-1957 1958-1959 | Honored |
The Lakers never officially retired any of the numbers of the Minneapolis Lakers greats, and all the numbers, except for 99, have been in use since.
In October 2022, the Lakers finally officially retired George Mikan's #99, Sixty-six years after he last played for them and 17 years after his death. The other Minneapolis Lakers greats will likely never get official retirement ceremonies and will only be honored.
Bill Russell's #6 was retired league wide by the NBA.
Kobe Bryant is the only NBA player to have two different numbers retired with the same franchise.
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