This is a complete list of Canadian Football League (CFL) retired numbers. A retired number is a jersey number that is no longer issued by a team in order to honour a player that had a significant impact on that franchise. In some cases, a player may have his number retired after his untimely death during or soon after his playing career.

Of the seven current franchises that retire jersey numbers, there have been 53 players to have their numbers officially retired. Ironically, the two youngest franchises, the BC Lions and Montreal Alouettes, have retired the most numbers 11 each. The oldest continuous franchise in the league, the Toronto Argonauts, has the second fewest with four retired numbers. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have the fewest retired numbers, with three. The CFL considers the histories of the Ottawa Rough Riders, Ottawa Renegades, and Ottawa Redblacks as one continuous franchise, so the jersey numbers represented by the Redblacks here include all three of these franchises. The Edmonton Elks and Winnipeg Blue Bombers have never formally retired a jersey number and instead honour numbers and, in some instances, do not re-issue them.

The most commonly retired number, if one includes Winnipeg's unofficial retired numbers, is the number 75, which has had its usage been discontinued by four teams. No player has had his number retired by multiple teams and, unlike Major League Baseball (who retired Jackie Robinson's number), the National Basketball Association (Bill Russell), and the National Hockey League (Wayne Gretzky), the CFL has never had a jersey number retired in favour of one player league-wide. Due to their short existence, none of the American-based CFL teams ever retired jersey numbers.

Retired numbers Elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame

Player No. Team Position Tenure Championships Refs 5 BC Lions K/P 1976–2000 1985, 1994, 2000 15 BC Lions RB 1959–1966 1964 22 BC Lions QB 1961–1966 1964 30 BC Lions SB/WR 1967–1979 – 38 BC Lions FB/DB 1954–1964 1964 52 BC Lions C 1972–1986 1985 56 BC Lions LB 2010–2018 2011 60 BC Lions FB/OL 1987–2002 1994, 2000 75 BC Lions E/LB 1954–1967 1964 81 BC Lions SB/WR 2001–2012 2006, 2011 97 BC Lions DE 2001–2011 2006, 2011 5 Calgary Stampeders RB/QB 1948–1952 1948 10 Calgary Stampeders RB 1974–1981 – 13 Calgary Stampeders K 1988–2003 1992, 1998, 2001 18 Calgary Stampeders WR 1990–2000 1992, 1998 22 Calgary Stampeders WR 1973–1983 – 55 Calgary Stampeders LB 1961–1972 1971 75 Calgary Stampeders DT 1984–1996 1992 10 Hamilton Tiger-Cats QB 1957–1964 1957, 1963 26 Hamilton Tiger-Cats DB/FL 1960–1975 1963, 1965, 1967, 1972 68 Hamilton Tiger-Cats DT 1958–1959, 1963–1972 1963, 1965, 1967, 1972 13 Montreal Alouettes QB 1998–2013 2002, 2009, 2010 27 Montreal Alouettes RB 1996–2002 2002 28 Montreal Alouettes RB 1959–1965 – 56 Montreal Alouettes G/T/DL 1946–1957 1949 63 Montreal Alouettes G/T 1966–1971 1970 74 Montreal Alouettes TE/SB 1968–1981 1970, 1974, 1977 75 Montreal Alouettes WR/DB 1954–1960 – 77 Montreal Alouettes DE 1972–1981 1974, 1977 78 Montreal Alouettes HB 1946–1954 1949 86 Montreal Alouettes SB 1998–2010 2002, 2009, 2010 92 Montreal Alouettes QB 1952–1960 – 11 Ottawa Redblacks RB 1958–1970 1960, 1968, 1969 12 Ottawa Redblacks QB 1958–1969 1960, 1968, 1969 26 Ottawa Redblacks WR 1962–1970 1968, 1969 40 Ottawa Redblacks C/DE 1951–1962 1951, 1960 60 Ottawa Redblacks OT 1974–1980 1976 62 Ottawa Redblacks OT/K 1958–1974 1960, 1968, 1969, 1973 70 Ottawa Redblacks FW/E/DB 1950–1962 1951, 1960 71 Ottawa Redblacks K/P/WR 1971–1983 1973, 1976 72 Ottawa Redblacks FW/HB 1939–1941, 1945–1950 1940 77 Ottawa Redblacks TE 1975–1981 1976 23 Saskatchewan Roughriders QB 1963–1978 1966 34 Saskatchewan Roughriders RB 1963–1975 1966 36 Saskatchewan Roughriders K 1982–1995 1989 40 Saskatchewan Roughriders TE/C 1952–1956 – 44 Saskatchewan Roughriders OL 1976–1992 1989 55 Saskatchewan Roughriders OL 1953–1956 – 56 Saskatchewan Roughriders OL 1956 – 73 Saskatchewan Roughriders DE 1953–1956 – 22 Toronto Argonauts RB 1954–1965 – 31 Toronto Argonauts RB/SB/KR/PR 1989–2000 1991, 1996, 1997 55 Toronto Argonauts QB/RB/P/K/DB 1945–1952, 1955 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1952 60 Toronto Argonauts OT 1955, 1957–1971 –

Unofficially retired numbers

Elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame Elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Player No. Team Position Tenure Championships Refs 1 Edmonton Elks QB 1978–1983 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 21 Edmonton Elks RB 1971–1980 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980 98 Edmonton Elks RB/DB/LB/KR 1951–1961 1954, 1955, 1956 6 Winnipeg Blue Bombers P 1980–2002 1984, 1988, 1990 11 Winnipeg Blue Bombers QB/DB 1957–1967 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962 28 Winnipeg Blue Bombers HB/FW 1934–1940 1935, 1939 63 Winnipeg Blue Bombers OT 1981–1996 1984, 1988, 1990 75 Winnipeg Blue Bombers G/E 1951–1954 – 85 Winnipeg Blue Bombers SB 1995–2008 –

See also Edmonton Elks Wall of Honour

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