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UNC's Jerseys in the Rafters

North Carolina Basketball's retired and honored jerseys hanging in the rafters of the Dean E. Smith Center.

Retired Jersey Numbers

#NameAwards
  Jack Cobb
1923-1926
National Player of the Year (1926)
10 Lennie Rosenbluth
1954-1957
National Player of the Year (1957), First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
12 Phil Ford
1974-1978
National Player of the Year (1978), First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year, Olympic gold medal
20 George Glamack
1938-1941
National Player of the Year (1940, 1941), First-team All-America
23 Michael Jordan
1981-1984
National Player of the Year (1984), First Team All-America, ACC Player of the Year, Olympic gold medal
33 Antawn Jamison
1995-1998
National Player of the Year (1998), First Team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
50 Tyler Hansbrough
2005-2009
National Player of the Year (2008), First Team All-America, ACC Player of the Year, MVP of NCAA Champions
52 James Worthy
1979-1982
National Player of the Year (1982), First Team All-America, MVP of NCAA champions, NCAA Tournament MOP

One of these criteria must be met to qualify for a retired jersey at UNC:
Associated Press Player of the Year; Naismith College Player of the Year; John R. Wooden Award; Sporting News Player of the Year; Oscar Robertson Trophy, formerly USBWA National Player of the Year; National Association of Basketball Coaches Player of the Year;

Honored Jersey Numbers

#NameAwards
 Cartwright Carmichael
1921-1924
First-team All-America
00Eric Montross
1990-1994
Second-team All-America
00Brendan Haywood
1997–2001
Second-team All-America
2Raymond Felton
2002-2005
MVP of NCAA Champions
2Joel Berry
2014-2018
NCAA Tournament MOP
5Ty Lawson
2006-2009
Second-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year, MVP of NCAA Champions
5Marcus Paige
2012-2016
First-team All-America
8Jim Jordan
1944-1946
Second-team All-America
11Larry Brown
1960-1963
Olympic gold medal
11Brice Johnson
2012-2016
First-team All-America
12Lee Shaffer
1957-1960
First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
13John Dillon
1945-1948
First-team All-America
15Vince Carter
1995-1998
Second-team All-America, Olympic gold medal
21Mitch Kupchak
1972-1976
First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year, Olympic gold medal
21Donald Williams
1991-1995
NCAA Tournament MOP
22York Larese
1958-1961
Second-team All-America
22Bob Lewis
1964-1967
First-team All-America
22Wayne Ellington
2006-2009
NCAA Tournament MOP
24Walter Davis
1973-1977
Olympic gold medal
30Al Wood
1977-1981
First-team All-America
30Kenny Smith
1983-1987
First-team All-America
30Rasheed Wallace
1993-1995
Second-team All-America
31Bill Chamberlain
1969-1972
Second-team All-America
31Mike O'Koren
1976-1980
First-team All-America
32Billy Cunningham
1962-1965
First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
32Rashad McCants
2002-2005
Second-team All-America
33Charlie Scott
1967-1970
Olympic gold medal, First-team All-America
34Bobby Jones
1971-1974
First-team All-America
34J.R. Reid
1986-1989
First-team All-America
34George Lynch
1989-1993
MVP of NCAA Champions
35Pete Brennan
1955-1958
First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
35Doug Moe
1958-1961
First-team All-America
35Bob McAdoo
1971-1972
First-team All-America
40Tommy Kearns
1955-1958
Second-team All-America
40Joseph Forte
1999–2001
First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
40Harrison Barnes
2010-2012
Second-team All-America, Olympic Gold Medal
41Sam Perkins
1980-1984
Olympic gold medal, First-team All-America
42Brad Daugherty
1982-1986
First-team All-America
42Jerry Stackhouse
1993-1995
First-team All-America
42Sean May
2002-2005
First-team All-America, MVP of NCAA Champions, NCAA Tournament MOP
44Larry Miller
1965-1968
First-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
44Dennis Wuycik
1969-1972
First-team All-America
44Tyler Zeller
2008-2012
Second-team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
44Justin Jackson
2014-2017
First Team All-America, ACC Player of the Year
45Tommy LaGarde
1973-1977
Olympic gold medal, Second-team All-America

One of these criteria must be met to qualify for an honored jersey at UNC:
Member of a gold medal-winning Olympic team; MVP of a National Championship-winning team; First- or second-team All-America; ACC Player of the Year; NCAA Tournament MOP;


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