Ranking all 36 Duke basketball jersey numbers ever worn
By Matt Giles
Judging jersey No. 15 by the Duke basketball players who wore it
In reverse chronological order (best in bold):
- Alex O’Connell
- Frank Jackson
- Jahlil Okafor
- Josh Hairston
- Gerald Henderson
- Sean Dockery
- Andre Buckner
- Ryan Caldbeck
- Todd Singleton
- Bruce Bell
- Pat Doughty
- Bob Riedy
- Burton Fitts
- Fred Kast
- Paul Schmidt
- Jim Rogers
- Rudy D’Emilio
- Jon Engberg
- Bill Armour
Retired or not (worth 100 points if so): Not
NCAA Tournament titles (worth 10 points each): Okafor in 2015, Buckner in 2001
Final Four appearances (five points each): Okafor in 2015, Dockery in 2004, Buckner in 2001, Caldbeck in 1999, Bell in 1978, Riedy in 1966
ACC or Southern Tournament trophies (five points each): O’Connell in 2019, Jackson in 2017, Hairston in 2011, Henderson in 2009, Dockery in 2006, Dockery in 2005, Dockery in 2003, Buckner in 2002, Buckner in 2001, Buckner in 2000, Caldbeck in 1999, Bell in 1978, Kast in 1960
Naismith Player of the Year awards (50 points each): None
NABC Defensive Player of the Year winners (four points each): None
Consensus All-American selections (four points each): Okafor in 2015
ACC or Southern Player of the Year crowns (four points each): Okafor in 2015
All-ACC or All-Southern honors (two points each): Okafor in 2015, Henderson in 2009, D’Emilio in 1954
First-round draft picks (two points each): Okafor in 2015, Henderson in 2009
Members of 1,000-point club (two points each): Henderson, D’Emilio
Players who averaged less than five points (subtract five points each): O’Connell, Hairston, Dockery, Buckner, Caldbeck, Singleton, Bell, Doughty, Riedy, Fitts, Kast, Rogers, Engberg, Armour
Number of players (one point each): 19
TOTAL SCORE = 86