Every player in Philadelphia 76ers history who has worn No. 22
It’s summertime in the NBA, so it’s time to learn some history. The Philadelphia 76ers are one of the older franchises in the NBA. Their history dates to the 1949-50 season.
With that longevity, the team has had hundreds of players come through the City of Brotherly Love. Sixers Wire looks at the No. 22 which has been worn by 16 of those players in the history of the franchise.
This running series will go through all of the uniform numbers worn in franchise history. The previous edition of this series was a list compiling the 30 players who have worn the No. 23.
Here is the list of the 16 who have worn No. 22 in Sixers history:
Lee Shaffer, 1961-1964
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Shaffer played three seasons in the NBA for the Syracuse Nationals, and he was an All-Star in 1963. He averaged 16.8 points and 6.3 rebounds during his time with the franchise.
Jerry Greenspan, 1963-1965
Greenspan played in 25 games across two seasons with the Sixers while donning the No. 22, and he averaged 4.9 points and 3.3 rebounds.
Jesse Branson, 1965-1966
Branson played a grand total of five games for the Sixers in the 1965-66 season, and he averaged 1 point and 1.8 rebounds.
Kevin Loughery, 1971-1973
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Loughery played 106 games for the Sixers across two seasons, and he averaged 13 points and 3.2 assists during those games.
Larry Jones, 1973-1974
Jones wore two numbers during his time in Philadelphia. He wore No. 22 for one of those seasons, and he averaged 10 points and 3.2 assists during that season.
Connie Norman, 1974-1976
Norman played 77 games for the Sixers across two seasons, and he averaged 5.6 points and 1.5 rebounds while donning the No. 22.
Perry Warbington, 1974
Warbington played five games for Philadelphia wearing the No. 22, and he averaged 2 points and 3.2 assists.
Eric Money, 1979
Money played in 29 games for Philadelphia across two seasons, and he averaged 10.4 points and 3.4 assists during those games.
Andrew Toney, 1980-1988
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Also known as “The Boston Strangler,” Toney is the most decorated of any Sixer who has worn the No. 22 in team history. He was a two-time All-Star who averaged 15.9 points and 4.2 assists and was an NBA champion with the Sixers in 1983.
Jim Farmer, 1990
Farmer played two games for the Sixers while donning the No. 22, and he averaged 3 points and 2.5 rebounds.
Jim Jackson, 1997-1998
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Jackson played in 48 games with 47 starts at the beginning of the 1997-98 season before being sent to the Golden State Warriors in a trade. He averaged 13.7 points and 4.7 rebounds with 4.6 assists for Philadelphia.
Brian Shaw, 1998
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Shaw was acquired from the Warriors in the Jackson deal, and he played 20 games for Philadelphia while donning the No. 22 uniform. He averaged 6.1 points and 4.4 assists with the Sixers.
Antonio Daniels, 2011
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Daniels played four games for the Sixers toward the end of the 2010-11 season, and he averaged 1.5 points and 1.3 rebounds.
Richaun Holmes, 2015-2018
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Holmes began his career in Philadelphia, and he averaged 7.4 points and 4.2 rebounds as an energetic big man off the bench. He is now with the Sacramento Kings.
Wilson Chandler, 2018-2019
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Chandler played 36 games, starting 32 of them, in the 2018-19 season and averaged 6.7 points and 4.7 rebounds while shooting 39% from deep. He was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in the Tobias Harris deadline deal.
Matisse Thybulle, 2019-present
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Thybulle was a first-round pick in the 2019 draft, and he has developed into one of the elite defenders in the league. He has made an All-Defensive team twice, but his offense still needs development, He’s averaging 4.8 points and shooting 32.4% from deep for his career.
