There is only one “99″ in hockey.
BOB PERNO, An agent for Mario Lemieux in 1981, before concvincing Lemieux that inverting “99″ would be more distinctive.
All-time official Pittsburgh Penguins uniform numbers since October 11, 1967. Jersey numbers are for regular season and playoffs only.
Last updated: January 20, 2012
Pittsburgh Penguins All-Time Uniform Numbers
| UNIFORM # | PLAYERS | . |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hank Bassen, Joe Daley, Paul Hoganson, Cam Newton, Roy Edwards, Jim Rutherford, Bob Johnson, Gord Laxton, Denis Herron, Richard Harrison, Steve Guenette, Pat Riggin, Wendell Young, Rob Dobson, Peter Skudra, Rich Parent, Johan Hedberg, John Curry, Brent Johnson | |
| 2 | Leo Boivin, Duanne Rupp, Bob Paradise, Ed Van Impe, Tom Edur, Tom Bladon, Pat Price, Giles Lupien, Brian Lundberg, Phil Bourque, Greg Fox, Joe McDonnell, Todd Charlesworth, Chris Dahlquist, Jim Paek, Chris Tamer, Josef Melichar, Hal Gill, Nate Guenin, Matt Niskanen | |
| 3 | Al MacNeil, John Arbour, Bob Woytowich, Tim Horton, Jack Lynch, Ron Stackhouse, Bennet Wolf, Norm Schmidt, Doug Bodger, Jim Kyte, Jim Paek, Grant Jennings, Sergei Zubov, Stefan Bergvist, Dan Trebil, Marc Bergevin, Jamie Pushor, Steve Poapst, Mark Eaton, Alex Goligoski | |
| 4 | Noel Price, Bob Blackburn, Dave Burrows, Dale Talon, Paul Baxter, Marty McSorley, Phil Bourque, Chris Dahlquist, Dwight Schoefield, Larry Murphy, Gord Dineen, Greg Andrusak, Greg Hawgood, Corey Foster, Kevin Hatcher, Jeff Norton, Bobby Dollas, Mike Wilson, Jamie Pushor, Dan Focht, Cory Cross, Noah Welch, Rob Scuderi, Jordan Leopold, Zybynek Michalek | |
| 5 | Dick Mattiussi, Ted Lanyon, Bryan Watson, Ab DeMarco, Barry Wilkins, Steve Lyon, Mario Faubert, Lex Hudson, Ron Meighan, Bryan Maxwell, Mike Rowe, Ville Siren, Gord Dineen, Ulf Samuelsson, Brad Werenka, Janne Laukkanen, Patrick Boileau, Rob Scuderi, Darryl Sydor, Deryk Engelland | |
| 6 | Dunc McCallum, Tracy Pratt, Sheldon Kannegiesser, Ron Jones, Colin Campbell, Tom Price, Kim Clackson, Bennett Wolf, Errol Thompson, Greg Hotham, Jim Johnson, Todd Charlesworth, Scott Young, Jeff Chychrun, Peter Ahola, Mike Ramsey, Neil Wilkinson, Bob Boughner, Mike Wilson, Rick Berry, Richard Lintner, Nolan Baumgartner, Martin Strbak, Ryan Whitney, Joel Kwiatkowski, Ben Lovejoy | |
| 7 | Art Stratton, Lou Angotti, Bryan Hextall, Steve Durbano, Russ Anderson, Rick Macleish, lan Turnbull, Rod Buskas, Joe Mullen, Andrew Ference, Kelly Buchberger, Matt Hussey, Michel Ouellet, Mark Eaton, Paul Martin | |
| 8 | Val Fonteyne, Jim Wiley, Rick Kehoe, Hatland Monahan, Dave Schultz, Mike Meeker, Bob Stewart, Dave Burrows, Randy Boyd, Tom O'Regan, Petteri Lehto, Terry Ruskowski, Perry Ganchar, Mark Recchi, Bryan Smolinski, Kevin Miller, Garry Valk, Bobby Dollas, Hans Jonsson, Matt Bradley, Andrew Hutchinson | |
| 9 | Andy Bathgate, Charlie Burns, Billy Hicke, Al McDonough, Chuck Amason, Simon Nolet, Blair Chapman, Mark Johnson, Stan Jonathan, Rich Sutter, Ron Flockhart, John Chabot, Wilf Paiment, Andrew McBain, TonyTanti, Ron Francis, Len Barrie, Dan Quinn, Greg Johnson, German Titov, Rene Corbet, Jeff Toms, Rico Fata, Andy Hilbert, Pascal Dupuis | |
| 10 | Earl Ingarfield, George Swarbrick, Keith McCreary, Robin Burns, Ted Snell, Pierre Larouche, Peter Lee, Gary Rissling, Bob Errey, Wayne Babych, Ron Duguay, Dan Quinn, Barry Pederson, Ron Francis, Ville Nieminen, John LeClair, Gary Roberts, Mark Letestu | |
| 11 | Gene Ubriaco, Tracy Pratt, Nick Harbaruk, Bemie Lukowich, Vic Hadfield, John Flesch, Tom Cassidy, George Ferguson, Anders Hakansson, Rocky Saganiuk, Tim Tookey, Troy Loney, Dwight Mathiasen, Lee Giffin, Alain Lemieux, Warren Young, John Cullen, Alek Stojanov, Shawn Antoski, Darius Kasparaitis, Alexandre Daigle, Lasse Pirjeta, Guillaume Lefebvre, Jordan Staal | |
| 12 | Ken Schinkel, Blaine Stoughton, Kelly Pratt, Greg Malone, Mltch Lamoreux, Dean DeFazio, Tom O'Regan, Tom Roulston, Bob Errey, Larry Depalma, Troy Murray, Chris Wells, Richard Park, Sean Pronger, Martin Sonnenberg, Billy Tibbetts, Michal Sivek, Ryan Malone, Chris Bourque, Brett Sterling | |
| 13 | Jim Hamilton, Charlie Simmer, Alex Goligoski, Bill Guerin | |
| 14 | Billy Dea, Rick Kessel, Ron Snell, Lowell MacDonald, Rene Robert, Wayne Binachin, Nick Libett, Doug Shedden, Dan Quinn, Chris Kontos, Bryan Erickson, Jock Callander, Gordie Roberts, Dave Tippett, Brad Lauer, Stu Barnes, Pat Falloon, Milan Kraft, Shane Endicott, Christopher Minard, Chris Kunitz | |
| 15 | Bob Dillabough, Billy Harris, George Swarbrick, Steve Cardwell, Yvon Labre, Brian McKenzie, Rick Kessell, Bob McManama, Stan Gilbertson, Pat Boutette, Gary Rissling, Randy Cunneyworth, Dave Capuano, Doug Smith, Randy Gilhen, Shawn McEachern, Dmitri Mironov, Josef Beranek, Robert Dome, Roman Simicek, Wayne Primeau, Brian Holzinger, Niklas Nordgren, Mike Zigomanis, Dustin Jeffrey | |
| 16 | Wayne Hicks, Ron Snell, Glen Sather, Sheldon Kannegieser, Ron Lalonde, Lew Morrison, Derek Sanderson, Kim Davis, Mike Meeker, Gary McAdam, Bennett Wolf, Marc Chorney, MarkTaylor, Jim McGeough, Kevin LaVallee, Charlie Simmer, Steve Gotaas, Jay Caufield, Mike Hudson, Joe Dziedzic, Eddie Olczyk, Jeff Serowik, Dennis Bonvie, Kris Beech, Erik Christensen, Paul Bissonnette, Chris Conner, Cal O'Reilly | |
| 17 | Billy Speer, Bill LeCaine, Ron Schock, Rick Kehoe, Lee Giffin, Brad Aitken, Tomas Sandstrom, Peter Ferraro, Bnan Bonin, Tom Chorske, Toby Petersen, Matt Murley, Karl Stewart, Petr Sykora, Mike Rupp | |
| 18 | George Konik, Wally Boyer, Lowell MacDonald, Ross Lonsberry, Kevin McClelland, Tom Roulston, Craig Simpson, Jimmy Mann, Mark Recchi, Richard Zemlak, Jeff Daniels, Ken Priestley, Francois Leroux, Garry Valk, Patrick Lebeau, Ryan Savoia, Josef Beranek, Shean Donovan, Steve Webb, Eric Boguniecki, Dominic Moore, Adam Hall, Marian Hossa, Chris Conner, James Neal | |
| 19 | Bob Rivard, Jean Pronovost, DaleTallon, Greg Sheppard, Rick MacLeish, Grant Sasser, Arto Javananien, Willy Lindstrom, Dave McLlwain, Randy Gilhen, Bryan Trottier, Vladimir Vujtek, Rico Fata, Ramzi Abid, Ryan Whitney, Mike Comrie, Jason Williams | |
| 20 | Ab McDonald, Bob Woytowich, Dean Prentice, Robin Burns, John Stewart, George Swarbrick, Steve Cardwell, Yvon Labre, Jacques Cossette, Yves Bergeron, Pete Mahovlich, Paul Marshall, Paul Gardner, Gary Rissling, Moe Mantha, Dave Hunter, Dave Hannan, Jamie Leach, Jeff Daniels, Luc Robitaille, Bryan Smolinski, Greg Johnson, Roman Oksiuta, Robert Lang, Mathias Johansson, Mike Eastwood, Colby Armstrong, Janne Pesonen | |
| 21 | Keith McCreary, Michel Briere (#21 was uncirculated from 1970 and officially retired on January 5, 2001.) | |
| 22 | Paul Andrea, Greg Polis, Bob Kelly, Brian Spencer, Kim Davis, Mike Bullard, Neil Belland, Dwight Mathiasen, Jim McGeough, Chris Joseph, Wayne Van Dorp, Steve Dykstra, Paul Stanton, Rick Tocchet, Norm Maciver Jason Woolley, Sven Butenschon, Dan LaCouture, Randy Robitaille, Matt Murley, Ric Jackman, Chris Thorburn, Jeff Taffe, Tim Wallace | |
| 23 | Mel Pearson, George Swarbrick, Jean Guy Legace, Doug Barrie, Rick Kessell, John Stewart, Bob Leher, Eddie Shack, Larry Bignell, Nelson Debenedet, Ed Gilbert, Jim Hamilton, Rod Schutt, Gary Rissling, Doug Lecuyer, Rich Sutter, Andy Brickley, Wally Weir, Randy Hillier, Kjell Samuelsson, Paul Stanton, Chris Joseph, Domenic Pittis. Fredrik Olausson, Victor Ignatjev, Steve Leach, Dan Trebil, Steve McKenna, John Jakopin, Shane Endicott, Eric Boguniecki, Chris Conner, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Ryan Craig | |
| 24 | Gary Swain, Rod Zaine, Tim Horton, Eddie Shack, Jean Guy Legace, Larry Bignell, Mario Faubert, Don Awrry, Bob Paradise, Pat Hughes, Marc Chorney, Pat Graham, Rob Garner, Ted Bulley, Kevin McCarthy, Roger Belanger, Dwight Mathiasen, Troy Loney, Doug Brown, lan Moran, Lyle Odelein, Kris Beech, Matt Cooke | |
| 25 | Billy Speer, Robin Bums, John Stewart, Darryl Edestrand, Nick Beverly, Dennis Owchar, Greg Redquest, Tom Price, Randy Carlyle, Kevin McCarthy, Ted Nolan, Norm Schmidt, Kevin Stevens, Alek Stojanov, Dan Kesa, Jeff Norton, Marc Bergevin, Maxime Talbot, Eric Tangradi | |
| 26 | Dunc McCallum, Mike McMahon, Syl Apps, Pete Mahovlich, Orest Kindrachuk, Paul Mulvey, Steve Gatzos, Wayne Babych, Mike Blaisdell, Mark Kachowski, Mike Stapleton, Richard Park, Dave McLlwain, Petr Klima, Darius Kasparaitis, Garry Valk, Frantisek Kucera, Kent Manderville, Landon Wilson, Ronald Petrovicky, Ruslan Fedotenko, Eric Tangradi, Steve Sullivan | |
| 27 | Jim Morrison, Joe Noris, Jim Shires, Hank Nowak,Yves Bergeron, Pete Laframboise, Mike Corrigan, Jacques Cossette, Rod Schutt, Todd Charlesworth, Gilles Meloche, Scott Bjugstad, Gilbert Delorme, Glen Murray, Eddie Olczyk, Alexei Kovalev, Georges Laraque, Craig Adams | |
| 28 | Harvey Bennett, Mario Faubert, Gene Carr, Tom Price, Jim Hamilton, Bob Simpson, Tim Hrynewich, Bruce Crowder, Robert Geale, Steve Gatzos, Dan Frawley, Gordie Roberts, Kjell Samuelsson, Greg Andrusak, Jeff Christian, Craig Muni, Dan Kesa, Michal Rozsival, Matt Hussey, Jani Rita, Nils Ekman, Adam Hall, Eric Godard | |
| 29 | Al Smith, Jim Rutherford, Denis Herron, Andy Brown, Gary Inness, Bob Stumpf, Dunc Wilson, Greg Millen, Michel Dion, Phil Bourque, Markus Naslund, Tyler Wright, Krzysztof Oliwa, Brooks Orpik, Marc-Andre Fleury | |
| 30 | Les Binkley, Marv Edwards, Cam Newton, Andy Brown, Gary Inness, Bob Taylor, Gordon Laxton, Paul Gardner, Kim Davis, Gary Edwards, Roberto Romano, Steve Guenette. Alain Chevrier, Philip DeRouville, Jean-Sebastian Aubin, Dany Sabourin | |
| 31 | Michel Plasse, Nick Ricci, Vincent Trembley, Brian Ford, Carl Mokosak, Rick Tabaracci, Tom Barrasso, Ken Wregget, Ron Tugnutt, Rich Parent, Sebastien Caron | |
| 32 | Dave Hannan, Dave Goertz, Pat Mayer, Peter Taglianetti, John Slaney, Greg Crozier, Dick Tarnstrom, Alain Nasreddine, Christopher Minard, Mathieu Garon, Steve MacIntyre | |
| 33 | Tony Feltrin, Bob Simpson, Rocky Saganiuk, Bob Gladney, Doug Bodger, Mike Rowe, Mitch Wilson, Zarley Zalapski, Bryan Fogarty, Marty McSorley, Jim McKenzie, Stefan Bergkvist, Alex Hicks, Dan LaCouture, Guillaume Lefebvre, Reid Simpson, Zigmund Palffy, Eric Cairns, Ryan Stone | |
| 34 | Andre St. Laurent, Tom Thornbury, Greg Tebbutt, Randy Hillier, Ted Nolan, Todd Charlesworth, Lee Giffin, Dwight Mathiasen, Scott Young, Dave Michayluk, Greg Brown, Rusty Fitzgerald, Jeff Christian, Peter Popovic, Garth Snow, Ross Lupaschuk, Ramzi Abid, Jonathan Filewich | |
| 35 | Roberto Romano, Warren Young, Darren Lowe, Ron Dugay, Brad Aitken, Tom Barrasso, Ty Conklin | |
| 36 | Jock Callander, Pat Neaton, Greg Andrusak, Corey Foster, Brad Lauer, J.J. Daigneault, Matthew Barnaby, Tom Kostopoulos, Andre Roy, Connor James, John Curry | |
| 37 | Justin Duberman, Ladislav Karabin, Greg Andrusak, Kip Miller, Tom Kostopoulos, Mikael Samuelsson, Ryan VandenBussche, Jarkku Ruutu, Bill Thomas, Brian Strait | |
| 38 | Scott Gruhl, Jiri Hrdina, Peter Allen, Andreas Johanson, Jan Hrdina, Jeff Taffe, Mark Letestu, Nick Johnson, Colin McDonald | |
| 39 | Mike Needham, Peter Allen, Joel Bouchard, Jon Sim, Christopher Minard, Luca Caputi, Brad Thiessen | |
| 40 | Frank Pietrangelo, Patrick Lalime, Andy Chiodo, Alexander Pechurski | |
| 41 | Shane Endicott, Jocelyn Thibault, Nathan Smith, Martin Skoula, Robert Bortuzzo | |
| 42 | Tuomos Gronman, Dustin Jeffrey, Nick Johnson, Corey Potter | |
| 43 | Jeff Daniels, Tomas Surovy, Philippe Boucher | |
| 44 | Todd Nelson, Drake Berehowsky, Ed Patterson, Rob Brown, Stephane Richer, Brooks Orpik | |
| 45 | Mike Needham, Glen Mulvenna, Robert Scuderi, Arron Asham | |
| 46 | Victor Ignatjev, Pavel Skrbek, Jeff Toms, Joe Vitale | |
| 47 | Maxim Galanov, Kent Manderville, Michal Sivek, Micki DuPont, Tim Brent, Simon Despres | |
| 48 | Sven Butenschon, Jeff Serowik, Konstantin Koltsov, Tyler Kennedy | |
| 49 | Greg Andrusak, Matt Hussey, Brad Thiessen | |
| 50 | Martin Brochu | |
| 51 | Dave Roche | |
| 52 | Rusty Fitzgerald | |
| 54 | Alexandre Picard | |
| 55 | Larry Murphy, Drake Berehowsky, Ric Jackman, Sergei Gonchar | |
| 56 | Sergei Zubov, Eric Tangradi | |
| 57 | Chris Ferraro, Shawn Heins | |
| 58 | Kris Letang | |
| 59 | Robert Dome, Carl Sneep | |
| 61 | Luca Caputi | |
| 63 | Tim Wallace | |
| 65 | Ben Lovejoy | |
| 66 | Mario Lemieux #66 was retired from November 19, 1997 to December 27, 2000. Lemieux officially retires on January 24, 2006. A new banner was raised at the home opener on October 5, 2006 | |
| 67 | Alex Goligoski, Paul Bissonnette | |
| 68 | Jaromir Jagr | |
| 71 | Jiri Slegr, Konstantin Koltsov, Evgeni Malkin | |
| 72 | Jeff Christian, Eric Meloche, Alex Kovalev | |
| 74 | Jay McKee | |
| 76 | Richard Park | |
| 77 | Paul Coffey | |
| 81 | Miroslav Satan | |
| 82 | Martin Straka | |
| 85 | Petr Klima | |
| 87 | Sidney Crosby | |
| 92 | Rick Tocchet | |
| 93 | Petr Nedved | |
| 95 | Aleksey Morozov |
FAST FACTS
• Four players wore four different numbers for the Penguins:
Greg Andrusak
(4, 36, 37 & 49)
Todd Charlesworth
(2, 6, 27, & 34)
Dwight Mathiasen
(11,22,24 & 34)
George Swarbrick
(10, 15, 20, & 23)
• Alex Kovalev wore number 27 in his first stint with the Pens and later, 72.
• Four players wore #13 for the Pens: Jim Hamilton Charlie Simmer, Alex Goligoski & Bill Guerin. #13 was first worn by a pro player in Pittsburgh when Doug McMurdy wore it for the Pittsburgh Hornets in 1945-46.
• Ryan Malone wore #12 in tribute to his father Greg, who wore that number for Pittsburgh.
• Eric Meloche wore “72,” the reverse of his father Gilles’ “27.”
• Jaromir Jagr wore #68 to honor his grandfather who was imprisoned in the 1968 uprising in Czechoslavakia.
• Sidney Crosby wears #87 because his birthday is 8-7-87.
• Rick Tocchet selcted “92″ thinking it would be the year of his career. He won his only Cup that year. A year later he bought his usual #22 from Paul Stanton.
• Shawn Heins wore #57 as a play on his name and Pittsburgh icon Heinz ketchup.
• John Cullen (11), Zarley Zalapsky (33), Robbie Brown (44), Mario Lemieux (66) & Paul Coffey (77) made up the members of the “Double Trouble” promotion.
• #53 is the lowest un-issued number.
• Only two numbers are officially retired: 21 & 66.
#21 was uncirculated from 1970 and officially retired on January 5, 2001.
#66 was retired from November 19, 1997 to December 27, 2000.
Lemieux officially retired on January 24, 2006. A new banner was raised at the home opener on October 5, 2006.