Ranking all 36 Duke basketball jersey numbers ever worn

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Former Duke basketball great Dick Groat (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images)

Judging jersey No. 10 by the Duke basketball players who wore it

In reverse chronological order (best in bold):

  • Dick Groat
  • Doug Ausbon

Retired or not (worth 100 points if so): Retired for Groat

NCAA Tournament titles (worth 10 points each): None

Final Four appearances (five points each): None

ACC or Southern Tournament trophies (five points each): Ausbon in 1946

Naismith Player of the Year awards (50 points each): Groat in 1952 (won Helms and UPI that year before Naismith award existed)

NABC Defensive Player of the Year winners (four points each): None

Consensus All-American selections (four points each): Groat in 1952, Groat in 1951

ACC or Southern Player of the Year crowns (four points each): Groat in 1952

All-ACC or All-Southern honors (two points each): Groat in 1952, Groat in 1951

First-round draft picks (two points each): Groat in 1952

Members of 1,000-point club (two points each): Groat

Players who averaged less than five points (subtract five points each): Ausbon

Number of players (one point each): Two

TOTAL SCORE = 177