The Best Athletes Who Wore #27
Here are the greatest athletes to wear number 27 on their jersey. Thanks to legendary athletes, like Juan Marichal and Scott Neidermayer, 27 has become a popular jersey number in sports. Featuring top players from NFL, NBA, MLB, and more, this list of famous athletes who wore 27 includes baseball players (Mike Trout), basketball players (Jamal Murray), football players (Ken Houston), soccer players (Nwankwo Kanu), and more.
Vote up the best athletes who wore number 27 based on their overall careers.
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League: MLB
Years active: 2011-present
Career achievements:8× All-Star (2012–2019)
All-MLB First Team (2019)
3× AL MVP (2014, 2016, 2019)
AL Rookie of the Year (2012)
7× Silver Slugger Award (2012–2016, 2018, 2019)
AL RBI leader (2014)
AL stolen base leader (2012)
More Mike Trout
- #31 of 388 onThe Greatest Baseball Players Of All Time
- #23 of 372 onThe Best Hitters in Baseball History
- #2 of 191 onThe Best Current Baseball Players Right Now
- 2122 VOTES
League: MLB
Years active: 1996-2011
Career achievements:Baseball Hall of Fame
9× All-Star (1999–2002, 2004–2007, 2010)
AL MVP (2004)
8× Silver Slugger Award (1999, 2000, 2002, 2004–2007, 2010)More Vladimir Guerrero- #89 of 389 onThe Greatest Baseball Players Of All Time
- #69 of 230 onThe Best Players in the Baseball Hall of Fame
- #53 of 372 onThe Best Hitters in Baseball History
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League: MLB
Years active: 1997-2016
Career achievements:10× All-Star (2004–2008, 2010–2013, 2016)
3× World Series champion (2004, 2007, 2013)
World Series MVP (2013)
ALCS MVP (2004)
7× Silver Slugger Award (2004–2007, 2011, 2013, 2016)
AL home run leader (2006)
3× AL RBI leader (2005, 2006, 2016)More David Ortiz- #83 of 388 onThe Greatest Baseball Players Of All Time
- #52 of 372 onThe Best Hitters in Baseball History
- #4 of 108 onThe Best Boston Red Sox Of All Time
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League: NFL
Years active: 1989-1999
Career achievements:Pro Football Hall of Fame
2× Super Bowl champion (XXXII, XXXIII)
8× Pro Bowl (1990–1996, 1998)
2× First-team All-Pro (1991, 1992)
Second-team All-Pro (1996)More Steve Atwater- #140 of 658 onThe Best Football Players Ever
- #6 of 150 onPeople Who Should Be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- #37 of 166 onThe Greatest Defenders in NFL History
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League: MLB
Years active: 1965-1979
Career achievements:Baseball Hall of Fame
8× All-Star (1966, 1967, 1970, 1972–1976)
5× World Series champion (1972–1974, 1977, 1978)
AL Cy Young Award (1974)
2× MLB wins leader (1974, 1975)
AL ERA leader (1974)
Pitched a perfect game on May 8, 1968
Oakland Athletics No. 27 retiredMore Catfish Hunter- #96 of 388 onThe Greatest Baseball Players Of All Time
- #28 of 143 onThe Greatest New York Yankees Of All Time
- #121 of 230 onThe Best Players in the Baseball Hall of Fame
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League: NFL
Years active: 1996-2004
Career achievements:4× Pro Bowl (1997–2000)
First-team All-Pro (2000)
Second-team All-Pro (1999)
NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (1996)
More Eddie George- #30 of 197 onThe Best NFL Running Backs of All Time
- #216 of 658 onThe Best Football Players Ever
- #73 of 150 onPeople Who Should Be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
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League: MLB
Years active: 1986-2004
Career achievements:5× All-Star (1992, 1994–1996, 2000)
World Series champion (1995)
3× Silver Slugger Award (1989, 1992, 1993)
2× Home run leader (1989, 1992)
More Fred McGriff- Dig Deeper...Left Handed Baseball Players
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- #135 of 388 onThe Greatest Baseball Players Of All Time
- 860 VOTES
League: MLB
Years active: 1969-1993
Career achievements:
XMore Carlton Fisk- #80 of 388 onThe Greatest Baseball Players Of All Time
- #70 of 372 onThe Best Hitters in Baseball History
- #6 of 108 onThe Best Boston Red Sox Of All Time
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League: NBA
Years active: 2016-present
Career achievements:
NBA All-Rookie Second Team (2017)More Jamal Murray- #3 of 58 onThe Best NBA Players From Canada
- #11 of 64 onThe Greatest Kentucky Basketball Players of All Time
- #74 of 80 onThe 80+ Most Overrated Players in the NBA
- 1081 VOTES
League: MLB
Years active: 1960-1975
Career achievements:Baseball Hall of Fame
10× All-Star (1962–1969, 1971)
NL wins leader (1968)
MLB ERA leader (1969)
Pitched a no-hitter on June 15, 1963
San Francisco Giants No. 27 retiredMore Juan Marichal- #73 of 388 onThe Greatest Baseball Players Of All Time
- #79 of 230 onThe Best Players in the Baseball Hall of Fame
- #22 of 192 onThe Greatest Pitchers of All Time
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Don Sutton
League: MLB
Years active: 1966-1988
Career achievements:Baseball Hall of Fame
4× All-Star (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977)
MLB ERA leader (1980)More Don Sutton- #152 of 388 onThe Greatest Baseball Players Of All Time
- #108 of 230 onThe Best Players in the Baseball Hall of Fame
- #51 of 192 onThe Greatest Pitchers of All Time
- 1247 VOTES
League: MLB
Years active: 1996-2012
Career achievements:7× All-Star (2002–2006, 2010, 2011)
World Series champion (2006)
NL Rookie of the Year (1997)
8× Gold Glove Award (1998, 2000–2004, 2006, 2010)
Silver Slugger Award (2002)
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League: NBA
Years active: 1958-1967
Career achievements:Basketball Hall of Fame
8× NBA champion (1959–1966)More K. C. Jones- #100 of 289 onThe Top NBA Players Of All Time
- #15 of 142 onThe Best Boston Celtics of All Time
- #76 of 145 onThe 100+ Top NBA Point Guards of All Time
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League: MLB
Years active: 2011-present
Career achievements:6× All-Star (2012, 2014–2018)
All-MLB Second Team (2019)
World Series champion (2017)
AL MVP (2017)
ALCS MVP (2019)
Gold Glove Award (2015)
5× Silver Slugger Award (2014–2018)
3× AL batting champion (2014, 2016, 2017)
2× AL stolen base leader (2014, 2015)
More José Altuve- #193 of 388 onThe Greatest Baseball Players Of All Time
- #291 of 372 onThe Best Hitters in Baseball History
- #12 of 191 onThe Best Current Baseball Players Right Now
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League: NHL
Years active: 1991-2010
Career achievements:
Hockey Hall of Fame
4x Stanley Cup winner (1995, 2000, 2003, 2007)
5x All-Star NHL Team (1998, 2004, 2006, 2007)
5x All-Star (1998, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2009)
Conn Smythe Trophy (2007)
James Norris Memorial Trophy (2004)More Scott Niedermayer- #54 of 435 onThe Best NHL Players of All Time
- #11 of 108 onThe Best Defensemen in NHL History
- #4 of 73 onThe Greatest New Jersey Devils of All Time
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League: MLB
Years active: 2010-present
Career achievements:4× All-Star (2012, 2014, 2015, 2017)
NL MVP (2017)
2× Silver Slugger Award (2014, 2017)
2× NL home run leader (2014, 2017)
NL RBI leader (2017)
More Giancarlo Stanton- #206 of 388 onThe Greatest Baseball Players Of All Time
- #183 of 372 onThe Best Hitters in Baseball History
- #85 of 143 onThe Greatest New York Yankees Of All Time
- Photo: Minnesota Timberwolves / Instagram1746 VOTES
League: NBA
Years active: 2013-present
Career achievements:NBA All-Star (2020)
All-NBA Second Team (2017)
All-NBA Third Team (2019)
2× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (2018, 2019)
3× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2017–2019)
NBA blocks leader (2017)
More Rudy Gobert- #2 of 91 onThe Best Basketball Players from France
- #183 of 289 onThe Top NBA Players Of All Time
- #45 of 65 onThe Best NBA Players Of The 2010s
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League: NHL
Years active: 1957–1979
Career achievements:Hockey Hall of Fame
6x Stanley Cup winner (1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1973)
9x All-Star NHL Team (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1973)
15x All-Star (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974)
Calder Memorial Trophy (1958)More Frank Mahovlich- #69 of 435 onThe Best NHL Players of All Time
- #8 of 206 onThe Best Toronto Maple Leafs Of All Time
- #17 of 71 onThe Greatest Montreal Canadiens of All Time
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League: MLB
Years active: 2004-2018
Career achievements:6× All-Star (2010–2015)
3× Silver Slugger Award (2010, 2011, 2014)
2× MLB home run leader (2010, 2011)
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League: NBA
Years active: 1955-1966
Career achievements:Basketball Hall of Fame
6× NBA All-Star (1957–1960, 1962, 1963)
2× All-NBA Second Team (1960, 1962)
No. 27 retired by Sacramento KingsMore Jack Twyman- #122 of 289 onThe Top NBA Players Of All Time
- #149 of 212 onThe Best White Players in NBA History
- #83 of 109 onThe 100+ Best NBA Small Forwards of All Time
- 2124 VOTES
League: NHL
Years active: 1970–1985
Career achievements:Hockey Hall of Fame
1x Second All-Star Team (1980)More Darryl Sittler- #79 of 435 onThe Best NHL Players of All Time
- #32 of 36 onThe Most Undeserving Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame
- #1 of 206 onThe Best Toronto Maple Leafs Of All Time
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League: NFL
Years active: 1967-1980
Career achievements:Pro Football Hall of Fame
12× Pro Bowl (1968–1979)
2× First-team All-Pro (1975, 1978)
10× Second-team All-Pro (1968–1974, 1976, 1977, 1979)More Ken Houston- #645 of 661 onThe Best Football Players Ever
- #10 of 101 onThe Greatest Washington Commanders of All Time
- #39 of 55 onThe Best NFL Buys for the Money
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Malcolm Jenkins
League: NFL
Years active: 2009-present
Career achievements:2× Super Bowl champion (XLIV, LII)
3× Pro Bowl (2015, 2017, 2018)
Second-team All-Pro (2010)
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League: MLB
Years active: 1999-2013
Career achievements:6× All-Star (2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011)
World Series champion (2011)
NL Comeback Player of the Year (2011)
NL RBI leader (2002)
More Lance Berkman- #327 of 389 onThe Greatest Baseball Players Of All Time
- #342 of 372 onThe Best Hitters in Baseball History
- #38 of 82 onThe Greatest Left-Fielders of All Time
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League: Premier League
Years active: 1992-2001
Career achievements:2x African Footballer of the Year (1996, 1999)
FA Cup Final Man of the Match (2008)More Nwankwo Kanu- #102 of 161 onThe Best Soccer Players of the '90s
- #25 of 97 onThe Best Arsenal Players Of All Time
- #24 of 61 onThe Best Black Soccer Players Of All Time
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League: NHL
Years active: 1970-1988More Gilles Meloche- #53 of 92 onThe Top 100 NHL Goalies Of All Time, Ranked
- #56 of 71 onThe Best Pittsburgh Penguins of All Time
- #32 of 55 onThe Greatest Dallas Stars Of All Time
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League: MLB
Years active: 1986-2005
Career achievements:6× All-Star (1992, 1996–1998, 2000, 2003)
World Series champion (1997)
MLB wins leader (1992)
2× NL ERA leader (1996, 2000)
Pitched a no-hitter on June 10, 1997
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League: NHL
Years active: 1975–1992
Career achievements:4x Stanley Cup winner (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
2x NHL Second All-Star Team (1982, 1985)
2x NHL All-Star (1982, 1985)
Jersey #27 retired by the New York Islanders organizationMore John Tonelli- #317 of 435 onThe Best NHL Players of All Time
- #57 of 75 onPeople Who Should Be in the Hockey Hall of Fame
- #7 of 59 onThe Greatest New York Islanders of All Time
