Teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) retire jersey numbers of players who either are considered by the team to have made significant contributions to that team's success, or who have experienced untimely deaths during their playing career.
Unlike professional leagues, no one player has had his number retired by two teams.
Some programs such as Indiana, Kansas, Syracuse,[1] Oklahoma State, Georgetown, Stanford, Maryland, or Baylor, have not officially retired jersey numbers yet.
Unlike major sports leagues in the United States such as MLB (which retired Jackie Robinson's number 42) and the NHL (which did so for Wayne Gretzky's 99), the NCAA has never retired a jersey number league-wide in honor of anyone.
Nevertheless, there are some cases of retirement of a same number honoring two different players, such as the University of Texas at El Paso, which retired number 14 worn first by Bobby Joe Hill (1961–1966) and then by Nate "Tiny" Archibald (1967–70).
Some of the Cal Golden Bears retired numbers hanging on the rafters at Haas Pavilion, September 2009
Magic Johnson's #33 was retired by Michigan State
Michael Jordan's #23 was retired by North Carolina
Larry Bird's #33, retired by Indiana State in 2004
Bill Russell's #6 was retired by San Francisco
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33, retired by UCLA in 1990
Julius Erving's #32, retired by UMass
Jerry West's #44, retired by West Virginia
Charles Barkley's #34, number retired by Auburn in 2001
John Stockton's #12, retired by Gonzaga
Scottie Pippen's #33, retired by Central Arkansas
Clyde Drexler's #22, retired by Houston
Hakeem Olajuwon's #34, retired by Houston
Pete Maravich's #23, retired by LSU
Gary Payton's #20, retired by Oregon State in 1996
Elvin Hayes's #44, retired by Houston
Tim Duncan's #21, retired by Wake Forest
James Worthy's #52, retired by North Carolina
Grant Hill's #33 was retired by Duke in 1994
Stephan Curry's #30, retired by Davidson in 2022
John Havlicek's #5, retired by Ohio State
Reggie Miller, whose #31 was retired by UCLA in 2013
Bill Walton's #32, retired by UCLA in 1990
Rick Barry's #24, retired by Miami
Shaquille O'Neal #32, retired by LSU
Walt Frazier's #52, retired by Southern Illinois
Kevin Durant's #35, retired by Texas
Steve Nash has his #11 retired by Santa Clara
Sidney Moncrief's #32 was retired by Arkansas
Penny Hardaway's #25, retired by Memphis
Tom Gola's #15, retired by La Salle
James Harden's #13, retired by Arizona State
Malcolm Brogdon's #15, retired by Virginia
The Apollo 11 crew were honored by Marquette retiring the #11, although they were not related to the athletics program
Bob Lanie's #31 was retired by St. Bonaventure
Paul Arizin (here with Philadelphia) has his #11 retired by Villanova
Dave Lattin has his number 43 retired by UTEP
David West's #30, retired by Xavier
Jeff Hornacek's #14, retired by Iowa State in 1991
