NBA Top Jersey Number 00 Players

To find the top players in NBA history that wore a particular number we must first look to the Hall of Fame to see which of the enshrined have played with this particular number. According to the records here are the 00 players that are in the HOF:

• Robert Parish
• James Worthy

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Now we take these players and mix them in with all the others on record of wearing the jersey and give you statistically the Greatest NBA players of all time that wore 00. We base this on career points, years wearing the number, career assists, career total rebounds and blocked shots, while throwing in a bonus for HOF status. Here is what we come up with for the top 16:

1. Robert Parish played the position of C on the Golden State Warriors (1977,-80), Boston Celtics (1981-94), Charlotte Hornets (1995-96), and the Chicago Bulls (1997) for 18 seasons as he scored 23334 points, dished out 2180 assists, crashed the boards for 14715 rebounds, and blocked 2361 shots.
2. Carmelo Anthony played the position of F on the Portland Trail Blazers (2020,-21) for two years as he provided 27758 points, created 3379 assists, fought for 7638 rebounds, and blocked 610 shots.
3. James Worthy played the position of F on the Los Angeles Lakers (1988) for one year as he provided 16320 points, created 2791 assists, fought for 4708 rebounds, and blocked 624 shots.
4. Mike Bibby played Guard on the Washington Wizards (2011) for one year as he registered 14698 points, passed for 5517 assists, hauled down 3103 rebounds, and swatted away 149 shots.
5. Mychal Thompson played the position(s) of C and F on the Los Angeles Lakers (1987) for 1 Pro Basketball seasons as he scored 12810 points, helped out with 2141 assists, found the ball for 6951 rebounds, and blocked 1073 opposing teams' shots.
6. Benoit Benjamin played the position of C on the Los Angeles Clippers (1986-91), Seattle SuperSonics (1991-93), Los Angeles Lakers (1993), New Jersey Nets (1994-95), Vancouver Grizzlies (1996), Philadelphia 76ers (1998-99) and the Cleveland Cavaliers (2000) for ten seasons as he drained 9223 points, handed out 1070 assists, grabbed 6063 rebounds, and blocked 1581 opponent's shots.
7. Jeff Teague was a Guard on the Atlanta Hawks (2020) for one season as he scored 10061 points, dished out 4585 assists, crashed the boards for 1989 rebounds, and blocked 277 shots.
8. Enes Freedom played the position of Center on the New York Knicks (2018-19) and the Portland Trail Blazers (2019) for two seasons as he registered 8320 points, passed for 634 assists, hauled down 5779 rebounds, and swatted away 359 shots.
9. Aaron Gordon was a force at Forward on the Orlando Magic (2015-21) for seven seasons as he drained 7626 points, handed out 1429 assists, grabbed 3613 rebounds, and blocked 370 opponent's shots.
10. Kevin Duckworth was a dominant Center on the Portland Trail Blazers (1987-93), Washington Bullets (1994-95), Milwaukee Bucks (1996), and the Los Angeles Clippers (1997) for eight seasons as he registered 8085 points, passed for 598 assists, hauled down 3945 rebounds, and swatted away 316 shots.
11. Brendan Haywood played the position of Center on the Washington Wizards (2003) for one season as he drained 5538 points, handed out 442 assists, grabbed 4875 rebounds, and blocked 1109 opponent's shots.
12. Spencer Hawes played the position(s) of C and F on the Philadelphia 76ers (2011-14), Charlotte Hornets (2016-17), and the Milwaukee Bucks (2017) for five seasons as he scored 5932 points, dished out 1271 assists, crashed the boards for 3893 rebounds, and blocked 652 shots.
13. Jordan Clarkson played Guard on the Utah Jazz (2020-22) for three Pro Basketball seasons as he scored 8454 points, helped out with 1415 assists, found the ball for 1819 rebounds, and blocked 80 opposing teams' shots.
14. JaVale McGee was a Center on the Phoenix Suns (2022) for a season as he scored 6213 points, dished out 339 assists, crashed the boards for 4098 rebounds, and blocked 1160 shots.
15. Tony Campbell played the position(s) of F and G on the Detroit Pistons (85, 86, 87) for three seasons as he scored 7994 points, dished out 1019 assists, crashed the boards for 2117 rebounds, and blocked 157 shots.
16. O.J. Mayo filled a Guard position on the Milwaukee Bucks (2014-15) for two Pro Basketball seasons as he scored 7574 points, helped out with 1607 assists, found the ball for 1706 rebounds, and blocked 141 opposing teams' shots.

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Of course we also could not have done the above stat research without the assistance of Basketball-Reference.com and Stathead.com resources.