The Seattle SuperSonics were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington. They played in the Western, Pacific and Northwest divisions of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team joined the NBA in 1967 as an expansion team, and won their first and only NBA Championship out of 22 playoffs appearances in the 1979 NBA Finals. The SuperSonics played their home games mainly at the Seattle Center Coliseum, the Kingdome during eight seasons, and the Tacoma Dome for one season while the Coliseum was being remodeled and later renamed KeyArena.

The SuperSonics started building their roster in the 1967 NBA draft and the 1967 NBA expansion draft. Since then 257 players have appeared in at least one game for the franchise. Nine players were inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Ray Allen, Patrick Ewing, Spencer Haywood, Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Gary Payton, David Thompson, who played no more than two seasons with the Sonics, and Dennis Johnson, Jack Sikma, and Lenny Wilkens, who were part of the 1979 Championship team, with the former as player and the latter as coach. Wilkens was also inducted to the Hall of Fame as coach, having the longest career-span of any coach in NBA history.

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*Denotes player who has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame^ Denotes player whose jersey has been retired by the SuperSonics+ Denotes player who has been elected for the Hall of Fame and had his jersey retired by the SuperSonics

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Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 35 C / PF – Iowa State 10 C / PF Morehead State 42 PG UCLA* 34 SG – Connecticut 17 PG Georgia Tech 2 PG UNLV 17, 2 SG / SF – Memphis 21 C Santa Clara

B Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 20 PF / center – Rutgers 42 PF – Hartford 42 PF Oregon 40 PF / C – Saint Joseph's 10 G Washington State 3, 11 PG – Boston College 31 SG – Oregon State 12 SG Georgia Tech 21 SG Louisville 00 C – Creighton 12 C South Dakota State 30 SF Wisconsin 52 C – Penn State 20 PF Kansas State 11 PF 30 SG Wyoming 33, 34 PF / C – Penn State 40, 42 SF-SG – Toledo^ 32 PG / SG – Iowa 21 SF-SG Arkansas 5 PG Temple 16 C – North Carolina State

C Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 44 C / PF – San Diego Aztecs 41 C Clemson 35 C Oregon 24 C San Francisco 24 C / PF – Utah 41 PF Gonzaga 21 PG Minnesota 24 PG – Michigan State 43 PF – Ohio Wesleyan 4 PF – Kansas 24 PF / C Providence 53 PF / C Colorado 42 C DePaul 4 SG – Long Beach State 41 PF / C – San Francisco 22 PG Virginia 34 PF / C DePaul

D Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 20 SG – San Francisco 33 PG – Bowling Green Falcons 15 PG – Delaware State 25 G – Seattle 40 C – Washington State 34 F Georgia 14 C – Efes Pilsen 12 PG Washington 12 SF Louisiana State 35 SF Texas

E Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 3 SG Washington State 3 SG / SF –– Tennessee 29 C Louisville 16 C California 34, 30 PF – Iowa* 33 Center Georgetown

F Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 21 PG / SG Alabama 16 PF Fresno State 30 F Arizona 3 SG Mississippi Valley State 33 G – Maryland Eastern Shore 1 SF Illinois–Chicago 40 SG North Carolina 21 PF – Cincinnati 44 PF / C UTEP 31 PF / C – South Carolina

G Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 15 SF – Real Madrid 21 SF / SG UTEP 6 PG Weber State 13 SG / SF – Illinois 3 G / SF Purdue 21 SG Indiana 54 PF / C Clemson 11 PF – Cal State-Long Beach 22 SF / PF Georgetown 23 C / PF – Louisiana Tech 22 F Oregon 22 G / SF Seton Hall

H Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 25 PG – Bowling Green State 22 C Washington 22 SG / SF – Notre Dame 12 G – Stanford 24, 4 Power forward / center Pfeiffer 10 SG – Providence 10 C – Washington 33 SG – Bradley 41 C Idaho State+ 24 PF / C – Detroit 42 PG UCLA 40 PF – Oklahoma 15 PG – VCU 55 PF / C Fresno State 24 PG – Princeton 21 PF Oklahoma State 44 PF DePaul 14, 42 PF / C – Princeton

J Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 30 SF Ohio State 33, 13 C – Florida A&M 15 PG – Southern 34 SG Missouri 45 Center / PF – Florida A&M* 24 PG – Pepperdine 22, 8 SF – Illinois 15 SG Auburn 50 C – New Orleans 27 SF – Iowa 33 PF / C Oregon State 15 SG – Baylor

K Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 22 PF / C Guilford 3 SF – Michigan State 40 PF – Trinity Valley Community College 34 SF – Duke 7 SF Longwood 35 PF / SF Wake Forest 51 PF / SF – Alabama 25, 45 C – Nebraska 42 PF South Florida 23 PG Nebraska–Kearney 44, 22 SF – Marquette 11 SG – Kentucky 11 SG Ülkerspor

L Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 23 C / PF – North Carolina 7 SF / PF – Alief Elsik HS 53 PF / C – Arizona State 9, 14 PG Louisiana State 35 PF Cincinnati 43 SF / SG – Seattle 10 SF Southern A&M 20 PG Maryland 20 PF Marquette

M Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 24 PF UCLA* 30 SG 42 PF Connecticut 45 F Oklahoma 35 PF Kansas 24 SG / SF – Oklahoma State 3 SG Florida 40 C – Michigan 34 C – UCLA 21 SG / SF – Louisville 34 SF – Wichita State 44 PF / C – Western Kentucky 22 C – Marquette 40, 43 PF – Eastern Michigan 31 SF – Alabama^ 10 SF / SF – North Carolina State 50, 8 PF – Illinois 14 PF – Saint Mary's College 33 PF / center Nebraska 24 PF / center (2 seasons) San Francisco 15, 22 PG / SG – Shaw 41 PF / center – Detroit

N Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 14 SF / PF Miami (Ohio) 6 PG West Florida 15 PF – Alcorn State

O Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 44 PG – Seattle 8 PG Connecticut 24 PF / C Louisville 30 SF / SG Syracuse 00 C – DJK Würzburg

P Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 21 SF / SG UNLV 21 SF – Cincinnati* 2, 20 Guard – Oregon State 14 C – North Carolina 45 SF Auburn 27 C – Pau-Orthez 25 SG – Alcorn State 21, 22 SG / SF – Rice 23, 0 C – Virginia 51 F Norfolk State 9 C – Wright State

R Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 30 PG / SG – Oregon State 77 SF / PF – KK FMP 35 SG / SF Louisiana State 8 PG – Oregon 22 SF UNLV 45 PF / C – Colorado State

S Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 55 C / PF – Purdue 40 PF – UTC 11 SF / PF – Washington 35 SG Richmond 45 PF – Xavier (Louisiana) 2 PF / C Ohio State 18 C – RBC Verviers-Pepinster 45, 5 PF – Mississippi 8 PF / C – Oregon State 20 SF Jackson State 34 PF / C Notre Dame+ 43 PF / C – Illinois Wesleyan 35, 36 PF / SF – Creighton 22 SF / SG – Maryland Eastern Shore 35 PF King College Prep HS 20 SG – San Francisco 3, 13 PG – Michigan State 10, 11 SF/ SG – Davidson 14 PG – UNLV 27 C UNLV 15 SF / SG – Kansas 44 SG Temple 5 Center – KK Union Olimpija 23 SF Coppin State 42 PF Colorado 20 SG – Missouri 31 C – Bakersfield HS 3 SF / SG Miami (Ohio)

T Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 44 PF / C Texas Christian* 44 SF / SG – North Carolina State 44 SG – West Virginia 4 PG – West Virginia Tech 33 PF – Indiana Hoosiers 20 PF – Arkansas 30 PF / C – Seattle 33 SF – Oklahoma Baptist

V Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 11 PG Michigan State 24 SG Georgia Tech 23 PF – Utah

W Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 42 SF – Virginia 25 PG – UCLA 13 PG – Xavier (Louisiana) 12 SF Illinois 40 C Morgan State 12 PG Pennsylvania State 44 SG USC 2 SG / PG Saint Joseph's 10 SG Arizona State 54 PF / C – Maryland+ 19 PG – Providence 33 SF / SG Indiana 12, 21 SF / SG – Georgia 29 PG – Rice 15 PF / C – Xavier^ 1 PG – USC 30 PG – St. John's 12 SG St. John's 1 PG / SG – North Carolina 15 C Cincinnati 11 PG – North Texas 25 SG / SF – Georgetown 34 SF / PF Cincinnati 42 SF Drake 45 C Estudiantes de Olavarría 4 SF / SG – North Carolina 14, 20 SF / SG Indiana

Y Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 22 PG – Wake Forest

Z Player Nationality Jersey Number(s) Position Years From 52 C UCLA

Coaches

Name Nationality Years Win–loss record Best Finish – 53–111 (.323) 5th Place in Western Division –– 478–402 (.543) NBA Champions 13–32 (.289)4th place in Pacific Division 13–24 (.341) – 162–166 (.494) West Semifinals (1975, 1976) 5–17 (.227) – 202–208 (.493) West Finals (1987) – 59–59 (.500)West Semifinals (1992) 1992 2–2 (.500) 1992– 384–150 (.719) NBA Finals (1996) – 76–71 (.517) West First Round (2000) 2000– 212–183 (.537) West Semifinals (2005) 13–17 (.433)3rd place in Northwest Division 2006– 53–81 (.396) 20–62 (.244) 5th place in Northwest Division

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