Seattle SuperSonics all-time roster explained

The Seattle SuperSonics were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington. They played in the Western, Pacific and Northwest divisions of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team joined the NBA in 1967 as an expansion team, and won their first and only NBA Championship out of 22 playoffs appearances in the 1979 NBA Finals. The SuperSonics played their home games mainly at the Seattle Center Coliseum, the Kingdome during eight seasons, and the Tacoma Dome for one season while the Coliseum was being remodeled and later renamed KeyArena.

The SuperSonics started building their roster in the 1967 NBA draft and the 1967 NBA Expansion Draft. Since then 257 players have appeared in at least one game for the franchise. Nine players were inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Ray Allen, Patrick Ewing, Spencer Haywood, Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Gary Payton, David Thompson, who played no more than two seasons with the Sonics, and Dennis Johnson, Jack Sikma, and Lenny Wilkens, who were part of the 1979 Championship team, with the former as player and the latter as coach. Wilkens was also inducted to the Hall of Fame as coach, having the longest career-span of any coach in NBA history.

	Denotes player who has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
^{^}	Denotes player whose jersey has been retired by the SuperSonics
⁺	Denotes player who has been elected for the Hall of Fame and had his jersey retired by the SuperSonics

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Player	Jersey Number(s)	Position	Years	From
	20	PF / center	–	Rutgers
	42	PF	–	Hartford
	42	PF		Oregon
	40	PF / C	–	Saint Joseph's
	10	G		Washington State
	3, 11	PG	–	Boston College
	31	SG	–	Oregon State
	12	SG		Georgia Tech
	21	SG		Louisville
	00	C	–	Creighton
	12	C		South Dakota State
	30	SF		Wisconsin
	52	C	–	Penn State
	20	PF		Kansas State
	11	PF
	30	SG		Wyoming
	33, 34	PF / C	–	Penn State
	40, 42	SF-SG	–	Toledo
^	32	PG / SG	–	Iowa
	21	SF-SG		Arkansas
	5	PG		Temple
	16	C	–	North Carolina State

Jersey Number(s)	Position	Years	From
20	SG	–	San Francisco
33	PG	–	Bowling Green Falcons
15	PG	–	Delaware State
25	G	–	Seattle
40	C	–	Washington State
34	F		Georgia
14	C	–	Efes Pilsen
12	PG		Washington
12	SF		Louisiana State
35	SF		Texas

Jersey Number(s)	Position	Years	From
21	PG / SG		Alabama
16	PF		Fresno State
30	F		Arizona
3	SG		Mississippi Valley State
33	G	–	Maryland Eastern Shore
1	SF		Illinois–Chicago
40	SG		North Carolina
21	PF	–	Cincinnati
44	PF / C		UTEP
31	PF / C	–	South Carolina

Player	Jersey Number(s)	Position	Years	From
	25	PG	–	Bowling Green State
	22	C		Washington
	22	SG / SF	–	Notre Dame
	12	G	–	Stanford
	24, 4	Power forward / center		Pfeiffer
	10	SG	–	Providence
	10	C	–	Washington
	33	SG	–	Bradley
	41	C		Idaho State
+	24	PF / C	–	Detroit
	42	PG		UCLA
	40	PF	–	Oklahoma
	15	PG	–	VCU
	55	PF / C		Fresno State
	24	PG	–	Princeton
	21	PF		Oklahoma State
	44	PF		DePaul
	14, 42	PF / C	–	Princeton

Jersey Number(s)	Position	Years	From
30	SF		Ohio State
33, 13	C	–	Florida A&M
15	PG	–	Southern
34	SG		Missouri
45	Center / PF	–	Florida A&M
24	PG	–	Pepperdine
22, 8	SF	–	Illinois
15	SG		Auburn
50	C	–	New Orleans
27	SF	–	Iowa
33	PF / C		Oregon State
15	SG	–	Baylor

Jersey Number(s)	Position	Years	From
22	PF / C		Guilford
3	SF	–	Michigan State
40	PF	–	Trinity Valley Community College
34	SF	–	Duke
7	SF		Longwood
35	PF / SF		Wake Forest
51	PF / SF	–	Alabama
25, 45	C	–	Nebraska
42	PF		South Florida
23	PG		Nebraska–Kearney
44, 22	SF	–	Marquette
11	SG	–	Kentucky
11	SG		Ülkerspor

Player	Jersey Number(s)	Position	Years	From
	24	PF		UCLA
	30	SG
	42	PF		Connecticut
	45	F		Oklahoma
	35	PF		Kansas
	24	SG / SF	–	Oklahoma State
	3	SG		Florida
	40	C	–	Michigan
	34	C	–	UCLA
	21	SG / SF	–	Louisville
	34	SF	–	Wichita State
	44	PF / C	–	Western Kentucky
	22	C	–	Marquette
	40, 43	PF	–	Eastern Michigan
	31	SF	–	Alabama
^	10	SF / SF	–	North Carolina State
	50, 8	PF	–	Illinois
	14	PF	–	Saint Mary's College
	33	PF / center		Nebraska
	24	PF / center	(2 seasons)	San Francisco
	15, 22	PG / SG	–	Shaw
	41	PF / center	–	Detroit

Jersey Number(s)	Position	Years	From
21	SF / SG		UNLV
21	SF	–	Cincinnati
2, 20	Guard	–	Oregon State
14	C	–	North Carolina
45	SF		Auburn
27	C	–	Pau-Orthez
25	SG	–	Alcorn State
21, 22	SG / SF	–	Rice
23, 0	C	–	Virginia
51	F		Norfolk State
9	C	–	Wright State

Jersey Number(s)	Position	Years	From
30	PG / SG	–	Oregon State
77	SF / PF	–	KK FMP
35	SG / SF		Louisiana State
8	PG	–	Oregon
22	SF		UNLV
45	PF / C	–	Colorado State

Player	Jersey Number(s)	Position	Years	From
	55	C / PF	–	Purdue
	40	PF	–	UTC
	11	SF / PF	–	Washington
	35	SG		Richmond
	45	PF	–	Xavier (Louisiana)
	2	PF / C		Ohio State
	18	C	–	RBC Verviers-Pepinster
	45, 5	PF	–	Mississippi
	8	PF / C	–	Oregon State
	20	SF		Jackson State
	34	PF / C		Notre Dame
+	43	PF / C	–	Illinois Wesleyan
	35, 36	PF / SF	–	Creighton
	22	SF / SG	–	Maryland Eastern Shore
	35	PF		King College Prep HS
	20	SG	–	San Francisco
	3, 13	PG	–	Michigan State
	10, 11	SF/ SG	–	Davidson
	14	PG	–	UNLV
	27	C		UNLV
	15	SF / SG	–	Kansas
	44	SG		Temple
	5	Center	–	KK Union Olimpija
	23	SF		Coppin State
	42	PF		Colorado
	20	SG	–	Missouri
	31	C	–	Bakersfield HS
	3	SF / SG		Miami (Ohio)

Jersey Number(s)	Position	Years	From
44	PF / C		Texas Christian
44	SF / SG	–	North Carolina State
44	SG	–	West Virginia
4	PG	–	West Virginia Tech
33	PF	–	Indiana Hoosiers
20	PF	–	Arkansas
30	PF / C	–	Seattle
33	SF	–	Oklahoma Baptist

Player	Jersey Number(s)	Position	Years	From
	42	SF	–	Virginia
	25	PG	–	UCLA
	13	PG	–	Xavier (Louisiana)
	12	SF		Illinois
	40	C		Morgan State
	12	PG		Pennsylvania State
	44	SG		USC
	2	SG / PG		Saint Joseph's
	10	SG		Arizona State
	54	PF / C	–	Maryland
+	19	PG	–	Providence
	33	SF / SG		Indiana
	12, 21	SF / SG	–	Georgia
	29	PG	–	Rice
	15	PF / C	–	Xavier
^	1	PG	–	USC
	30	PG	–	St. John's
	12	SG		St. John's
	1	PG / SG	–	North Carolina
	15	C		Cincinnati
	11	PG	–	North Texas
	25	SG / SF	–	Georgetown
	34	SF / PF		Cincinnati
	42	SF		Drake
	45	C		Estudiantes de Olavarría
	4	SF / SG	–	North Carolina
	14, 20	SF / SG		Indiana

Years	Win–loss record	Best Finish
–	53–111 (.323)	5th Place in Western Division
– –	478–402 (.543)	NBA Champions
	13–32 (.289)	4th place in Pacific Division
	13–24 (.341)	4th place in Pacific Division
–	162–166 (.494)	West Semifinals (1975, 1976)
	5–17 (.227)
–	202–208 (.493)	West Finals (1987)
–	59–59 (.500)	West Semifinals (1992)
1992	2–2 (.500)	West Semifinals (1992)
1992–	384–150 (.719)	NBA Finals (1996)
–	76–71 (.517)	West First Round (2000)
2000–	212–183 (.537)	West Semifinals (2005)
	13–17 (.433)	3rd place in Northwest Division
2006–	53–81 (.396)	3rd place in Northwest Division
	20–62 (.244)	5th place in Northwest Division