By Floyd Barber

January 28, 2025

The Golden State Warriors will retire Andre Iguodala’s #9 jersey on Sunday, February 23, following the team’s game against the Dallas Mavericks at Chase Center (12:30 p.m. tipoff), making him just the seventh player in Warriors franchise history to have his jersey number retired by the organization. Iguodala’s #9 will join Warriors legends Alvin Attles (#16), Rick Barry (#24), Wilt Chamberlain (#16), Tom Meschery (#14), Chris Mullin (#17) and Nate Thurmond (#42) in the rafters at Chase Center.

A four-time NBA champion (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022) and the 2015 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player with Golden State, Iguodala appeared in 452 career regular season games (84 starts) with the Warriors, averaging 6.9 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 26.0 minutes per game over eight seasons (2013-19, 2021-23). Iguodala appeared in 111 playoff games (40 starts) with Golden State, averaging 8.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.1 steals and 28.5 minutes.

Iguodala, who reached the NBA Finals in six of his eight seasons with the Warriors, helped the franchise end a 40-year championship drought in 2015. With Golden State trailing the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2015 NBA Finals, 2-1, Iguodala was inserted into the starting lineup in a move that served as a catalyst for a three-game win streak to secure the Warriors’ first NBA championship since 1975. He was named NBA Finals MVP with averages of 16.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.0 assists in the six-game series.

Iguodala is one of only 11 players to win four NBA championships and earn an NBA Finals MVP, along with teammate Stephen Curry and NBA legends Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, John Havlicek, LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal, and Tony Parker. He ranks in the Top 10 on the Warriors’ all-time postseason career leaders lists in several categories including: fourth in steals (122), fifth in three-pointers made (113), third in assists (383), fourth in games played (111) and fourth in minutes played (3,160).

Originally selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the ninth overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft, Iguodala played in 1,231 career games (784 starts) with the 76ers, Denver Nuggets, Miami Heat and Warriors, averaging 11.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.4 steals and 32.1 minutes per game in 19 NBA seasons. He was named to the All-Defensive Team twice (First Team in 2013-14, Second Team 2010-11) and was an NBA All-Star with Philadelphia in 2012.

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