I know, you've probably seen a lot of these around the internet. But I looked around, and a lot of the articles I found with the same idea were missing numbers for no reason. Since 99 is forever retired by Wayne Gretzky, as no one stepped on the ice this season wearing numbers 69, 80 and 84. this should be a 95 section list, and is. Also, if this hits big, say 200 pageviews, I'll do one for the MLB at the end of the season. Finally, a lot of credit goes to Hockey-reference.com, where I found pretty much all of this info. So, let it begin. The top player to suit up in 2017-18 per jersey number, NHL.
#1: Roberto Luongo Other: Mike Condon, Semyon Varlamov, Keith Kinkaid
#2: Duncan Keith Other: Nick Leddy, Matt Niskanen
#3: John Klingberg Other: Keith Yandle, Seth Jones
#4: Tyson Barrie Other: Cam Fowler, Ryan Ellis, Justin Schultz, Niklas Hjalmarsson
#5: Aaron Ekblad Other: Mark Girodano, Noah Hanifin
#6: Brock Boeser Other: Shea Weber, Jake Muzzin, Collin Miller
#7: Jordan Eberle Other: T.J. Brodie, Kyle Turris, Brent Seabrook
#8: Alex Ovechkin Other: Drew Doughty, Joe Pavelski, Zach Werenski
#9: Taylor Hall Other: Artemi Panarin, Filip Forsberg, Mikko Koivu
#10: Brayden Schenn Other: Alex Wennberg, Corey Perry
#11: Anze Kopitar Other: Mikael Backlund, Jonathan Huberdeau, Zach Parise
#12: Josh Bailey Other: Eric Staal, Patrick Marleau
#13: Johnny Gaudreau Other: Mat Barzal, Cam Atkinson
#14: Jamie Benn Other: Sean Couturier, Mattias Ekholm, Tomas Plekanec
#15: Jack Eichel Other: Ryan Getzlaf, Artem Anisimov
#16: Aleksander Barkov Other: Mitch Marner, Max Domi
#17: Wayne Simmonds Other: Ryan Kesler, Jaden Schwartz
#18: James Neal Other: Ondrej Palat, Bryan Little
#19: Jonathan Toews Other: Nick Backstrom, Joe Thornton, Reilly Smith
#20: Ryan Suter Other: Sebastian Aho (CAR), Brandon Saad, Chris Kreider
#21: Kyle Palmieri Other: Vincent Trocheck, Brayden Point, Derek Stepan
#22: Kevin Shattenkirk Other: Daniel Sedin, Nino Niederreiter
#23: Oliver Ekman-Larsson Other: Sean Monahan, Sam Reinhart
#24: Matt Dumba Other: Travis Hamonic, Kasperi Kapanen
#25: James van Riemsdyk Other: Mike Green, Jonas Brodin
#26: Blake Wheeler Other: Jimmy Vesey, Thomas Vanek
#27: Alex Pietrangelo Other: Anders Lee, Ryan McDonagh, Dougie Hamilton, Nikolaj Ehlers.
#28: Claude Giroux Other: Damon Severson, Elias Lindholm
#29: Nathan MacKinnon Other: Marc-Andre Fleury, Leon Draisaitl, Patrik Laine
#30: Matt Murray Other: Henrik Lundqvist, Ben Bishop
#31: Carey Price Other: Martin Jones, Frederik Andersen
#32: Jonathan Quick Other: Antti Raanta, Kari Lehtonen
#33: Dustin Byfuglien Other: Henrik Sedin, Zdeno Chara, Viktor Arvidsson, Cam Talbot
#34: Auston Matthews Other: James Reimer, Jake Allen
#35: Pekka Rinne Other: Cory Schneider, Steve Mason, Jimmy Howard
#36: John Gibson Other: Mats Zuccarello, Jussi Jokinen
#37: Patrice Bergeron Other: Connor Hellebuyck, Yanni Gourde, Brian Elliott
#38: Ryan Hartmen Other: Boone Jenner, Nikita Scherbak
#39: Logan Couture Other: Anthony Mantha, Toby Enstrom
#40: Tukka Rask Other: Carter Hutton, Devan Dubnyk, Michael Grabner
#41: Paul Byron Other: Mike Smith, Craig Anderson
#42: David Backes Other: Joel Ward, Tyler Bozak
#43: Nazem Kadri Other: Conor Sheary, Tom Wilson
#44: Morgan Reilly Other: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Josh Morissey, Calvin de Haan
#45: Sami Vatanen Other: Jonathan Bernier, Lukas Sedlak
#46: David Krejci Other: Jared Spurgeon, Pontus Aberg
#47: Alex Radulov Other: Hampus Lindholm, Sven Baertschi, Torey Krug
#48: Tomas Hertl Other: Vinnie Hinostroza, Matt Grzelcyk
#49: Victor Rask Other: Ivan Barbashev, Sam Girard (on Colorado)
#50: Corey Crawford Other: Adam Pelech, Antoine Vermette
#51: Frans Nielson Other: Jake Gardiner, David Desharnais
#52: Sean Kuraly Other: Michael Amadio, Jonathan Ericsson, Martin Marincin
#53: Shayne Gostisbehere Other: Bo Horvat, Jeff Skinner
#54: Charles Hudon Other: Adam McQuaid, Oskar Lindholm
#55: Mark Scheifele Other: Colton Parakyo, Rasmus Ristolainen, Johnny Boychuk
#56: Eric Haula Other: Magnus Paajarvi, Marko Dano
#57: Tyler Myers Other: David Perron, Trevor van Riemsdyk
#58: Kris Letang Other: David Savard, Anton Slepyshev
#59: Roman Josi Other: Jake Guentzel, Jake Dotchin
#60: Markus Granlund Other: Collin Delia, Carson Soucy
#61: Rick Nash Other: Mark Stone, Justin Braun
#62: Carl Hagelin Other: Denis Malgin, Andrej Sustr
#63: Brad Marchand Other: Tyler Ennis, Jesper Bratt, Evgeni Dadonov
#64: Mikael Granlund Other: Tyler Motte, Nail Yakupov
#65: Eric Karlsson Other: Andre Burakovsky, Danny DeKeyser
#66: Josh Ho-Sang Other: None
#67: Max Pacioretty Other: Rickard Rakell, Michael Frolik
#68: Mike Hoffman Other: Jaromir Jagr, Melker Karlsson
#69: None, last worn by Andrew Desjardins in 2011-12
#70: Braden Holtby Other: Tanner Pearson, Joonas Korpisalo
#71: Evgeni Malkin Other: William Karlsson, Nick Foligno, Dylan Larkin
#72: Sergei Bobrovsky Other: Patric Hornqvist, Anthony Beauvillier
#73: Tyler Toffoli Other: Charlie McAvoy, Brandon Pirri
#74: John Carlson Other: Jake Debrusk, Jaccob Slavin
#75: Ryan Reaves Other: Jaycob Megna, Brandon Halverson
#76: P.K. Subban Other: Brady Skjei
#77: Victor Hedman Other: T.J. Oshie, Jeff Carter, Oscar Klefbom
#78: Beau Bennett Other: Filip Chlapik, Maxim Mamim
#79: Michael Ferland Other: Justin Auger, Nathan Walker
#80: No one, last worn by Matt Tennyson in 2015-16.
#81: Jonathan Marchessault Other: Phil Kessel, Kyle Connor
#82: Nathan Beaulieu Other: Jordan Oesterle, Justin Kloos
#83: Trevor Daley Other: Ales Hemsky, Jay Beagle, Matt Nieto
#84: None, last worn by Mikhail Grabovski and Phil Varone in 2015-16
#85: Mathieu Perreault Other: None
#86: Nikita Kucherov Other: Teuvo Teravainen, Nikolay Kulemin
#87: Sidney Crosby Other: Vadim Shipachyov, Liam O'Brien
#88: Patrick Kane Other: Brent Burns, David Pastrnak, Andrei Vasilevskiy
#89: Alex Tuch Other: Mikkel Boedker, Pavel Buchnevich, Sam Gagner
#90: Ryan O'Reilly Other: Marcus Johansson, Vladislav Namestnikov, Jason Spezza
#91: Steven Stamkos Other: John Tavares, Tyler Seguin, Vladimir Tarasenko
#92: Ryan Johansen Other: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Jonathan Drouin, Gabriel Landeskog
#93: Jakub Voracek Other: Mika Zibanejad, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Sam Bennett
#94: Sam Girard (on NSH) Other: Andrei Mironov
#95: Matt Duchene Other: Justin Bailey, Henrik Borgstrom
#96: Mikko Rantanen Other: None
#97: Connor McDavid Other: None
#98: Mikhail Sergachev Other: Jesse Puljujarvi
#99: Retired forever by Wayne Gretzky
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