The Toronto Maple Leafs have retired 13 jersey numbers for 19 players, leaving exactly one single-digit number available: 2. Numbers 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 are retired, 3 and 8 are worn by players on the current roster, and 2 came free when Simon Benoit left for Philadelphia.
No Maple Leaf has ever worn number 87. Four other numbers have never been issued either: 0, 66, 68 and 69, as has 00. Sidney Crosby’s number is the notable one on that list, and it stands out because Toronto has issued almost everything else across 109 seasons.
Which Maple Leafs jersey numbers are retired?
Thirteen numbers, for nineteen players, and six of those numbers are shared by two men each.
| No. | Retired for | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turk Broda and Johnny Bower | 2016 |
| 4 | Hap Day and Red Kelly | 2016 |
| 5 | Bill Barilko | 1992 |
| 6 | Ace Bailey | 1934 |
| 7 | King Clancy and Tim Horton | 2016 |
| 9 | Charlie Conacher and Ted Kennedy | 2016 |
| 10 | Syl Apps and George Armstrong | 2016 |
| 13 | Mats Sundin | 2016 |
| 14 | Dave Keon | 2016 |
| 17 | Wendel Clark | 2016 |
| 21 | Borje Salming | 2016 |
| 27 | Frank Mahovlich and Darryl Sittler | 2016 |
| 93 | Doug Gilmour | 2016 |
Number 6 was retired for Ace Bailey in February 1934, after a hit ended his career, and it is the first number any professional sports team retired anywhere. It did not stay retired. Bailey personally gave Ron Ellis permission to wear it in 1968, and Ellis wore it for the rest of his career.
Has Toronto retired a number for two different players?
Six times, and the reason is a distinction the club maintained for most of its history. For decades, Toronto honored numbers rather than retiring them: a banner went up, and the number stayed in circulation on purpose so it could be passed down. That is why 19 Maple Leafs wore number 7 after King Clancy, and why 13 wore number 27 after Frank Mahovlich.
That ended at the centennial home opener on 15 October 2016, when the club converted 11 numbers covering 17 players from honored to retired. Only 5 and 6 had been properly retired before that night, and number 93 for Doug Gilmour went straight to retired without ever being honored.
The claim that Toronto retired 17 numbers in 2016 is the most common error about this franchise: 17 is the player count, 11 is the number count, and the current totals are 13 numbers and 19 players.
Which Maple Leafs jersey numbers are available?
55, and among the single digits only number 2. 32 Maple Leafs have worn 2, including Carl Brewer, Ian Turnbull and Luke Schenn. The full list of available numbers: 2, 12, 16, 18, 23, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 70, 71, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 89, 94, 97, 98 and 99.
Two of the available numbers carry real weight. Number 16 is free for the first time since 2016, after Mitch Marner left following the 2024-25 season, and 47 Maple Leafs have worn it. Number 23 became free on 28 September 2026 when Matthew Knies was traded to Columbus, a deal that also freed 18 and 55.
One caution on the list: number 99 shows as available by the club’s own history, since Wilf Paiement wore it from 1980 to 1982 and Toronto never retired it. The NHL retired 99 across the entire league for Wayne Gretzky in February 2000, so no Maple Leaf can take it.
Every Maple Leafs number in use for 2026-27
Twenty-seven numbers are on the roster.
| No. | Player | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Nick Blankenburg | 52 | Cade Webber |
| 8 | Chris Tanev | 53 | Easton Cowan |
| 11 | Max Domi | 72 | Sergei Bobrovsky |
| 15 | Colton Sissons | 73 | Teddy Blueger |
| 19 | Zack MacEwen | 76 | William Villeneuve |
| 20 | Nick Paul | 81 | Dakota Joshua |
| 22 | Jake McCabe | 86 | Kirill Marchenko |
| 24 | Brandon Duhaime | 88 | William Nylander |
| 28 | Troy Stecher | 90 | Elvis Merzlikins |
| 29 | Benoit-Olivier Groulx | 91 | John Tavares |
| 34 | Auston Matthews | 92 | Gavin McKenna |
| 41 | Anthony Stolarz | 95 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson |
| 43 | Darren Raddysh | 96 | Jack Roslovic |
| 44 | Morgan Rielly |
Benoit-Olivier Groulx is the only returning player who changed numbers for 2026-27, from 21 to 29. Everyone else with a new number arrived over the summer.
What number does Gavin McKenna wear?
92, and it is his fourth choice. McKenna wore 72 through his junior and college career, but Toronto signed Sergei Bobrovsky, who wanted it. McKenna gave it up, saying that a two-time Stanley Cup winner could have it. His next two preferences were 9 and 27, and both are retired. He settled on 92 by combining the 9 he could not have with the 72 he gave away. Three Maple Leafs wore 92 before him: Jeff O’Neill, Igor Ozhiganov, and Alexander Nylander.
Which numbers has no Maple Leaf ever worn?
Five, in the era records cover: 0, 66, 68, 69 and 87, plus 00. Number 87 is the one worth noting, because Toronto has issued nearly every other number available to it across more than a century, and the number most associated with Sidney Crosby is not among them.
Numbers 66 and 69 are easier to explain: one is Mario Lemieux’s, and the other is a number most clubs avoid issuing. The caveat matters: sweater-number records begin with the 1950-51 season, so this covers the modern era rather than the full franchise history, and numbers above 25 were not generally used anywhere in the NHL before then.
Which number have the most Maple Leafs worn?
Number 25, worn by 50 players. Then 16 with 47, 26 with 42, and both 20 and 22 with 41. The pattern is the same at every club: numbers in the high teens and twenties go to players who pass through for part of a season, while low numbers stay with players who stay. The opposite extreme is number 5, worn by exactly one Maple Leaf. Bill Barilko wore it for the 1950-51 season, scored the goal that won the Stanley Cup that spring, and disappeared in a plane crash that August. It never went back into circulation.
Where does this data come from?
We compiled number histories from Hockey-Reference’s Maple Leafs sweater-number records. The current roster was taken from the NHL’s Maple Leafs roster and the league’s own roster data, and the retired numbers were checked against the NHL’s list of retired numbers and the club’s centennial announcement.
Last updated: 3 October 2026. Status changes with every signing and trade.
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