The Best NHL Players of All Time by Jersey Number, Pt. 1: Nos. 0-49
Some past and current NHL players never get any recognition.
Today, I will be going through the best NHL players of all time by jersey number, highlighting some of the better to wear each sweater.
Here are No. 0 to No. 49, in order.
For Nos. 50-99, please see Pt. 2:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/443195
No. 0 Paul Bibeault
1 of 51
HM: Neil Sheehy
No. 00 John Davidson
2 of 51
HM: Martin Biron
No. 1 Glenn Hall
3 of 51
HM: Jacques Plante
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No. 2 Eddie Shore
4 of 51
HM: Doug Harvey
No. 3 Pierre Pilote
5 of 51
HM: Emile Boutch Bouchard
No. 4 Bobby Orr
6 of 51
HM: Jean Beliveau
No. 5 Nicklas Lidstrom
7 of 51
HM: Cy Denneny
No. 6 Frank Nighbor
8 of 51
HM: Babe Dye
No. 7 Phil Esposito
9 of 51
HM: Howie Morenz
No. 8 Alexander Ovechkin
10 of 51
HM: Teemu Selanne
No. 9 Gordie Howe
11 of 51
HM: Maurice Richard
No. 10 Guy Lafleur
12 of 51
HM: Pavel Bure
No. 11 Mark Messier
13 of 51
HM: Busher Jackson
No. 12 Jarome Iginla
14 of 51
HM: Dickie Moore
No. 13 Mats Sundin
15 of 51
HM: Vyacheslav Koslov
No. 14 Dave Keon
16 of 51
HM: Theo Fleury
No. 15 Milt Schmidt
17 of 51
HM: Bobby Rousseau
No. 16 Bobby Clarke
18 of 51
HM: Henri Richard
No. 17 Jari Kurri
19 of 51
HM: Earl Seibert
No. 18 Serge Savard
20 of 51
HM: Denis Savard
No. 19 Joe Sakic
21 of 51
HM: Steve Yzerman
No. 20 Luc Robitallie
22 of 51
HM: Bob Pulford
No. 21 Stan Mikita
23 of 51
HM: Peter Forsberg
No. 22 Mike Bossy
24 of 51
HM: Steve Shutt
No. 23 Bob Gainey
25 of 51
HM: Brian Bellows
No. 24 Chris Chelios
26 of 51
HM: Doug Wilson
No. 25 Joe Nieuwendyk
27 of 51
HM: Jacques Lemaire
No. 26 Peter Stastny
28 of 51
HM: Martin St.Louis
No. 27 Frank Mahovlich
29 of 51
HM: Scott Niedermayer
No. 28 Steve Larmer
30 of 51
HM: Steve Duchesne
No. 29 Ken Dryden
31 of 51
HM: Joel Otto
No. 30 Martin Brodeur
32 of 51
HM: Ed Belfour
No. 31 Billy Smith
33 of 51
HM: Grant Fuhr
No. 32 Dale Hunter
34 of 51
HM: Steve Thomas
No. 33 Patrick Roy
35 of 51
HM: Kris Draper
No. 34 John Vanbiesbrouck
36 of 51
HM: Miikka Kiprusoff
No. 35 Tony Esposito
37 of 51
HM: Tom Barrasso
No. 36 Matthew Barnaby
38 of 51
HM: Dmitri Yushkevich
No. 37 Olaf Kolzig
39 of 51
HM: Chris Drury
No. 38 Pavol Demitra
40 of 51
HM: Jan Hrdina
No. 39 Dominik Hasek
41 of 51
HM: Doug Weight
No. 40 Henrik Zetterberg
42 of 51
HM: Alex Tanguay
No. 41 Jason Allison
43 of 51
HM: Brent Gilchrist
No. 42 Sergei Makarov
44 of 51
HM: Richard Smehlik
No. 43 Patrice Brisebois
45 of 51
HM: Vitali Yachmenev
No. 44 Stéphane Richer
46 of 51
HM: Chris Pronger
No. 45 Gilbert Dionne
47 of 51
HM: Dimitri Kalinin
No. 46 David Krejci
48 of 51
HM: Steve Bernier
No. 47 Stéphan Lebeau
49 of 51
HM: Richard Pilon
No. 48 Scott Young
50 of 51
HM: J.J. Daigneault
No. 49 Brian Savage
51 of 51
HM: Joe Juneau
For Nos. 50-99, please see Pt. 2 of this series:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/443195
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