The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Hornets were first established in 1988 as an expansion team, but relocated to New Orleans following the 2001–02 season. In 2004, a new expansion team, the Charlotte Bobcats, was established. After 10 seasons as the Bobcats, the team changed its name to the Charlotte Hornets for the 2014–15 season, a year after the New Orleans franchise relinquished the Hornets name and renamed itself the Pelicans. In addition to re-inheriting the Hornets name from New Orleans, the Charlotte franchise reclaimed the history and records of the original 1988–2002 Hornets, effectively becoming a continuation of the original franchise.

The Hornets have played their home games at the Spectrum Center, formerly known as the Charlotte Bobcats Arena and the Time Warner Cable Arena, since 2005. Their principal owners are Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall, with Eric Church, J. Cole, and Michael Jordan holding minority interests. Charles Lee has been the Hornets' head coach since 2024.

As of the end of the 2025–26 season, there have been 325 past and current players who have appeared in at least one game for the Hornets franchise. Robert Parish, Vlade Divac, Alonzo Mourning, Tony Parker, and Dwight Howard are the only Hornets to have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Mourning, Larry Johnson, Glen Rice, Eddie Jones, Baron Davis, Gerald Wallace, Kemba Walker, and LaMelo Ball are the only Hornets selected to play in an All-Star Game. Fifteen players have received rookie-related honors. Johnson (1991–92), Emeka Okafor (2004–05), and LaMelo Ball (2020–21) have been named Rookie of the Year. Six Hornets have been selected to the All-Rookie First Team: Kendall Gill (1990–91), Johnson (1991–92), Mourning (1992–93), Okafor (2004–05), Ball (2020–21), and Brandon Miller (2023–24). Nine Hornets have been selected to the All-Rookie Second Team: Rex Chapman (1988–89), J. R. Reid (1989–90), Raymond Felton (2005–06), Adam Morrison and Wálter Herrmann (2006–07), D. J. Augustin (2008–09), Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (2012–13), Cody Zeller (2013–14), and P. J. Washington (2019–20). George Zidek, drafted in 1995, was the first foreign-born player to be selected by the Hornets. Kemba Walker is the franchise's all-time leading scorer with 12,009 points, the only player to score more than 10,000 with the franchise. Okafor leads all players in rebounds with 3,516, and Muggsy Bogues leads all players in assists with 5,557.

Players †Denotes players who joined the Hornets through the 1988 expansion draft*Denotes players who joined the Hornets (originally Bobcats) through the 2004 expansion draft^Denotes players who are currently on the Hornets rosterNoJersey numberPosPositionGGuardFForwardCCenterPtsPointsRebReboundsAstAssists

Player Nationality No Pos From To School/clubPtsRebAst Ref 23 G Boston College 302 51 162 7 F Syracuse 299 135 64 4 F Connecticut 266 284 43 21 C Hyères-Toulon (France) 80 34 3 12 G Virginia 49 29 37 35 F Villanova 111 47 7 15 G/F Michigan State 305 102 53 123 G Kentucky 540 165 177 12 G Georgia Tech 577 102 328 35 F/C UC–Santa Barbara 231 127 55 54 F Alabama 6 2 0 10 G Iowa 301 85 171 2 G/F UNLV 357 225 103 14 G Texas 3,068 564 1,248 7G Florida State170313137 10G UCLA2397^ 12 G present Chino Hills 6,304 1,726 2,224 5 F Le Mans (France) 3,728 1,705 1,521 7 G TCU 109 50 56 * 35 F Maryland 36 33 2 1415 G Arkansas 231 120 123 21 G/F Fortitudo Bologna (Italy) 780 178 147 19 G FIU 647 200 123 25 G UW–Green Bay 538 155 303 9 F Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia) 246 51 26 08 C Baloncesto Fuenlabrada (Spain) 2,199 2,625 250 12 F North Carolina 69 48 24 7 G Dartmouth 4 3 5 10 G/F Kentucky 1,055 332 180 † 1 G Wake Forest 5,531 1,840 5,557 3 C Duke 37 32 4 5 G UConn 383 133 73 11 G Eastern Michigan 185 34 96 * 7 C Union Olimpija (Slovenia) 2,245 1,199 160 40 C/F Penn State 282 125 57 ^ 0 F present Michigan State 7,956 3,077 1,381 1 F DePaul 4 12 1 52 F North Carolina State 551 264 82 4 F Xavier 861 398 115 54 F Glynn Academy (GA) 524 450 43 42 C Louisiana Tech 1,345 1,528 234 12 G Michigan State 144 24 28 50 F Iowa 105 47 16 12 G Minnesota 70 26 48 242 F Connecticut 1,425 680 310 9 F Minnesota 4 6 0 415 C/F Clemson 3,573 2,029 396 22 C Duke 54 32 2 1333 G Notre Dame 2,923 831 302 10G Syracuse239138116 22 F Utah 19 14 4 6 C Dominguez High School (CA) 333 320 16 3 G Kentucky 3,574 611 644 31 G College of Charleston 4 0 2 44 F/C Syracuse 2,002 1,144 292 11 G Kansas 17 5 8 7 C Providence 163 89 28 ^ 21 G present Notre Dame 110 61 18 44 F Villanova 198 88 13 25 C/F Detroit Mercy 549 524 133 † 30 G Virginia Tech 9,839 2,022 1,429 30 G Duke 516 129 74 30 G Virginia Commonwealth 319 65 26 30G Delaware111 33 F/C Alabama 120 62 13 1 G UCLA 3,101 922 1,605 21 G/F Iowa 436 167 120 00 G Kentucky 340 101 102 ^ 14 C present Michigan 978 1,073 197 32 F/C (France) 3,010 1,381 1,107 72 C Oak Hill Academy (VA) 213 396 67 12 C KK Partizan (Yugoslavia) 1,691 1,243 473 55 F Memphis 339 119 51 23 F South Carolina 22 15 3 17 G Valparaíso 210 72 101 4 F Boston College 530 345 100 2 F/G Tennessee 55 22 8 43 C Syracuse 221 188 24 2 F Fresno State 1,206 642 166 8 F/C Nebraska 67 32 5 50 F/C Michigan State 5 3 0 20 G North Carolina 5,311 1,366 2,573 22 G San Diego State 16 7 7 24 F Pepperdine 389 144 71 52 C North Carolina State 134 110 5 28 G Kansas 28 6 13 3344 F Old Dominion 3,289 1,942 394 52 C Georgia Tech 2,188 1,428 176 67 F/C USC 107 120 21 13 G/F Illinois 4,159 1,194 1,125 45 F UNLV 4,159 1,194 1,125 35 F Mississippi 5 2 0 42 C Duke 940 643 109 5 G Houston 421 81 206 8 G Connecticut 939 157 162 4 G Kansas 2,178 541 1,098 23 G/F Oklahoma State 296 135 23 12 G/F Virginia Commonwealth 330 143 65 31 F New Orleans 10 11 1 5 G TCNJ 1 4 18 55 C UCLA 101 131 17 20 G/F Iowa State 0 0 1 ^ 10 G present Arizona 755 274 155 † 14 G Michigan 128 23 82 21 F/C UNLV 40 47 5 12 G California 22 7 17 4 G Evansville 17 4 9 19 G/F North Carolina 540 220 50 ^ 16 C present Clemson 73 66 8 41 C Louisiana State 0 0 0 20 F Georgia Tech 43 31 8 4 F Kansas 425 151 77 50 F North Carolina 104 89 8 8 F/C Louisville 47 22 5 24 F/C Georgetown 113 80 10 9 G Kentucky 19 18 5 1 G Syracuse 706 203 367 35 F Indiana 26 20 5 000 C Washington 594 390 171 333 G Bradley 2,535 771 550 7 G Xavier 8 7 13 20 F Butler 2,736 814 680 33 C North Carolina 216 290 29 159 G Duke 4,701 1,320 822 12 G Kansas State 3 1 5 941C Real Madrid (Spain)162561101 5 F Unicaja Málaga (Spain) 510 175 30 55 C Georgetown 217 152 20 11 G Colorado 164 38 41 35 C/F Temple 0 1 0 115 C UCLA 275 174 19 † 6 G UCLA 582 107 440 55 F Arkansas 0 1 0 † 42 C Nebraska 584 450 66 5 G Arizona State 144 19 24 12 C SACA 1,347 1,012 105 5 F Michigan 171 72 24 0 G Saint Louis 114 32 28 15 G Kansas 0 0 0 1 F Butler (KS) 2,758 670 499 ^ 4 G present Duke 441 287 163 25 F Miami 45 35 8 25 C Prentiss High School (MS) 3,238 1,641 338 2 G Arkansas 29 12 9 3 G Tulsa 315 135 53 8 F Illinois 836 224 125 2 F UNLV 7,405 3,479 1,553 43 F Tulane 0 0 0 27 F St. Joseph's 12 12 0 6 G/F Temple 1,955 461 430 33 F Georgia 799 376 63 23 C Texas 179 134 19 ^ 11 C present Creighton 521 377 54 44 F/C Wisconsin 2,758 1,122 452 * 24 F UCLA 688 164 61 41 F Notre Dame 509 318 108 31 F Southern Mississippi 476 216 67 14 F Kentucky 3,738 2,388 511 32 C Brigham Young 38 53 7 22 G Stanford 1,945 508 1,497 ^ 7 F present Duke 1,498 432 274 98F Bilbao (Spain)000 3 G Connecticut 3,424 1,274 510 2 G Texas A&M 16 1 3 45 C Wyoming 426 415 53 1 G Western Kentucky 250 87 60 † 2211 G La Salle 146 67 15 16G Florida101 7 G Harvard 914 253 235 2 G Peoria High School (IL) 479 149 164 35 G North Carolina State 23 34 93 9 F/G North Carolina 172 186 54 9 G Minnesota 310 120 108 6G Butler921 55G Xavier632 50 F/G Duke 480 125 39 21 C Kentucky 1,038 756 58 9G INSEP349146180^ 23 G present Florida 807 255 270 10 G Nevada 375 179 90 1 F Kansas State 86 33 13 11 F Nevada 1,541 913 564 24 F Kentucky 2,386 818 582 14 F Tennessee State 3,173 2,354 1,123 32 F/C Maryland 1 4 0 9C Louisville8100 54 F Cincinnati 203 203 19 11 G Florida 210 44 40 42 F North Carolina 698 411 98 6 F San Diego State 1,370 674 235 42 C New Orleans 0 1 0 7G Nebraska548195105 5 F Fresno State 174 199 43 0 G North Carolina 407 158 344 ^ 33 F present UConn 132 73 24 11 F Duke 903 561 404 31 C San Diego State 33 65 9 22 G Mega Vizura (Serbia) 592 151 313 40 C Purdue 661 410 67 ^ 24 F present Alabama 3,158 765 490 11 G George Mason 0 0 1 613 C Kentucky 1,503 1,056 119 6 C UCLA 16 25 4 1G Kentucky2,128461409 9 F Meridian Community College 18 22 5 9 G Duke 87 51 19 35 F Gonzaga 1,116 302 201 33 C Georgetown 4,569 2,176 273 22 C Ohio State 1,170 664 138 22 G Shaw 454 98 84 20 G Arkansas–Little Rock 92 67 48 10F Kansas2014652 54 F Texas Christian 1,015 383 118 21 F Oklahoma 127 94 32 12 G Towson 660 134 117 22 F Richmond 3,208 634 480 44 G SIG Strasbourg (France) 5 6 4 11 C Cedevita Junior (Croatia) 238 169 68 8 F Louisiana State 189 101 18 50 C/F Connecticut 4,630 3,516 298 12 G Georgia Tech 133 41 19 12 F Kansas 2,109 551 138 9 G La Salle 4 0 0 4G North Carolina1243 5 G Arkansas 328 45 94 00 C Centenary 679 653 73 9G INSEP53083207 22 G Louisiana 6 13 20 21 G Memphis 113 32 64 45 F Auburn 303 132 60 9 F USC 5 9 2 13 G Southern 1,636 461 415 21 G Rice 324 68 49 2422 C Duke 1,188 1,146 447 18 C Duke 31 42 3 17 F Duke 134 79 30 10 C Minnesota 9 24 0 10 F KK FMP (Yugoslavia) 306 134 50 31 F Santa Clara 978 823 187 42 C/F Wyoming 144 117 16 3 G Washington 332 131 135 ^ 12 G present Kentucky 27 8 3 3 G Arizona 162 40 72 347 G North Carolina 3,124 1,903 371 50 G St. Mary's 1,590 445 235 27 G Seton Hall 4 4 2 41 F Michigan 5,651 1,049 574 414 C Kentucky 1,536 1,210 135 23 G/F Michigan State 2,050 499 294 13 G Oregon 100 35 54 7G Charleston1813 8 F Fresno State 0 1 1 22 G Dayton 767 177 252 21 G/F Michigan 566 309 124 32 F Central Oklahoma 969 382 91 20 G Michigan 30 8 18 31 F Drexel 160 164 32 32 F UNC Wilmington 451 268 46 5 F Notre Dame 144 95 26 3 G Louisville 5,974 1,269 1,395 4 G Missouri 864 182 115 ^ 31 F present Cholet Basket (France) 575 429 101 * 31 F/C California 79 122 8 20 F Georgia Southern 13 9 1 55 C Purdue 59 45 9 7 G Nevada 1,766 359 565 8 G Alabama 596 80 157 33 C North Carolina State 107 129 13 12 G Purdue 118 19 92 14G Arizona545 25 G Colorado 366 138 147 33 G UNC Wilmington 42 5 12 44 G Virginia 56 19 17 * 32 G Marshall 28 14 3 8G NC State474167261 1014 G Wake Forest 307 133 243 8 G Arkansas 893 200 204 8 G Michigan State 291 49 57 * 0 F Ball State 105 116 28 34 G Marquette 346 94 150 22F Kansas State1755 31 F Syracuse 0 0 0 1 G Cincinnati 501 277 240 32G Texas - El Paso192926 12 G Oral Roberts 325 71 130 44 F Vanderbilt 807 263 107 41 G Louisiana State 38 15 24 4G Washington1412124 12 F/C Louisiana State 1,100 636 106 21 F Auburn 528 341 84 52 F Providence 138 145 29 ^ 26 C present Michigan State 13 18 8 10 C Virginia 2 3 1 2339 F Arizona 54 38 9 43 F Creighton 393 168 42 34 C/F Michigan 228 187 37 7 F Notre Dame 3,379 765 607 10 G Memphis 22 3 20 11 F Indiana 83 86 4 43 C Connecticut 589 439 83 115 G Connecticut 12,009 2,317 3,308 * 3 F Alabama 7,437 3,398 1,100 9G Pittsburgh393975 21 F Syracuse 190 89 25 25 F Kentucky 3,946 1,661 703 0 G Virginia Commonwealth 50 22 16 4 G Baylor 5,241 966 1,911 ^ 3 G present North Carolina 328 62 64 8 F/C Indiana 595 317 62 * 55 F/C Georgetown 42 34 1 55 F Providence 12 3 1 ^ 2 F present Tennessee 820 373 186 40 F Stetson 2 13 0 5C Duke 1,300 935 149 2 F North Carolina 4,149 2,293 545 24 G Baylor 151 31 77 7 G Alabama 465 76 163 55 F/G VMI 420 144 99 32 F South Carolina State 151 111 22 5511 G/F Georgetown 872 368 343 4330 C/F North Carolina 90 132 37 21 G Miami (FL) 120 32 28 35 F UNLV 35 29 2 40 C Indiana 4,062 2,824 669 25 C UCLA 372 246 25

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