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A list of the best Golden State Warriors of all time. As one of the the charter NBA franchises, the Warriors have a history that&#39;s as rich as any team in the league. Some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-top-nba-players-of-all-time">best players in NBA history</a> have played for the Warriors, even when they were in Philadelphia. The team played for 16 seasons in Philadelphia before moving to San Francisco in 1962. The Warriors had the biggest name of those early NBA years on its roster in&nbsp;Wilt Chamberlain. &quot;The Big Dipper&quot; is widely considered one of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-centers-of-all-time">best centers of all time</a>. As a Warrior, Chamberlain scored an NBA record 100 points in a single game, one of the greatest achievements in all of sports.

In 1975, the Warriors won its second championship on the strength of one of the best players of all time in Rick Barry. Widely considered one of the greatest small forwards ever, Barry was a prolific scorer who became even greater in spite of knee injuries. He was named one of the NBA&#39;s 50 greatest players in 1996.

Throughout the team&#39;s history, Golden State has been one of the league&#39;s best offensive teams. With their being led by stars like Chris Mullin, Tim Hardaway, Baron Davis and Stephen Curry, the Warriors are usually one of the most entertaining teams in the entire NBA.

This is a list of the best Golden State Warriors of all time. If you think someone is missing, feel free to add him. Vote or rerank the list based on who you think is the greatest Golden State Warriors player ever.

Big fan of Golden State basketball? Then check out this list of Golden State Warriors centers with photos and seasons played with the team.&nbsp;It includes almost every center from throughout Golden State Warriors history, including current centers and past ones. Featuring some of the&nbsp;<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-centers-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">greatest NBA centers</a> of all time,&nbsp;the best Warriors&nbsp;Cs include Nate Thurmond, Wilt Chamberlain, Joe Carroll, and Danny Fortson.In the 2017-18 NBA season, the current Golden State Warriors starting Cs and backup Cs are JaVale McGee, Zaza Pachulia, and Damian Jones.&nbsp; Who are the best centers in Golden State Warriors history? Here is every player who has ever held the position of Golden State Warriors&nbsp;center.

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Big fan of Golden State basketball? Then check out this list of Golden State Warriors point guards with photos and seasons played with the team.&nbsp;It includes almost every point guard from throughout <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-golden-state-warriors-of-all-time/ranker-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Golden State Warriors history</a>, including current point guards and past ones. Featuring some of the&nbsp;greatest <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-point-guards-currently-in-the-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">NBA point guards</a> of all time,&nbsp;the best Warriors&nbsp;PGs include Tim Hardaway, Baron Davis, Sleepy Floyd, and Ron Williams.In the 2017-18 NBA season, the current Golden State Warriors starting PGs and backup PGs are Stephen Curry, Shaun Livingston, and Quinn Cook.&nbsp;Who are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-point-guards-in-nba-history?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best point guards</a> in Golden State Warriors history? Here is every player who has ever held the position of Golden State Warriors&nbsp;point guard.

Big fan of Golden State basketball? Then check out this list of Golden State Warriors shooting guards with photos and seasons played with the team.&nbsp;It includes almost every shooting guard from throughout <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-golden-state-warriors-of-all-time/ranker-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Golden State Warriors history</a>, including current shooting guards and past ones. Featuring some of the&nbsp;greatest NBA shooting guards of all time,&nbsp;the best Warriors&nbsp;SGs include Jeff Mullins, Latrell Sprewell, Chris Mullin, and Jason Richardson.In the 2017-18 NBA season, the current Golden State Warriors starting SGs and backup SGs are Klay Thompson, Patrick McCaw, and Nick Young.&nbsp; Who are the best shooting guards in Golden State Warriors history? Here is every player who has ever held the position of Golden State Warriors&nbsp;shooting guard.

Big fan of Golden State basketball? Then check out this list of Golden State Warriors power forwards with photos and seasons played with the team.&nbsp;It includes almost every power forward from throughout <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-golden-state-warriors-of-all-time/ranker-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Golden State Warriors history</a>, including current power forwards and past ones. Featuring some of the&nbsp;greatest <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-nba-power-forwards/ranker-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">NBA power forwards</a> of all time,&nbsp;the best Warriors&nbsp;PFs include Antawn Jamison, David Lee, Nate Thurmond, and Troy Murphy.

Who are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-power-forwards-in-nba-history?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best power forwards</a> in Golden State Warriors history? Here is every player who has ever held the position of Golden State Warriors&nbsp;power forward.

Big fan of Golden State basketball? Then check out this list of Golden State Warriors small forwards with photos and seasons played with the team.&nbsp;It includes almost every small forward from throughout <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-golden-state-warriors-of-all-time/ranker-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Golden State Warriors history</a>, including current small forwards and past ones. Featuring some of the&nbsp;greatest <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-nba-small-forwards/ranker-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">NBA small forwards</a> of all time,&nbsp;the best Warriors&nbsp;SFs include Rick Barry, Chris Mullin, Purvis Short, and Jamaal Wilkes.In the 2017-18 NBA season, the current Golden State Warriors starting SFs and backup SFs are Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodola, Omri Casspi, and Kevon Looney.&nbsp; Who are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-10-small-forwards?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best small forwards</a> in Golden State Warriors history? Here is every player who has ever held the position of Golden State Warriors&nbsp;small forward.

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In their time as an NBA franchise, the Golden State Warriors Coaches of All Time have gone through many different head coaches, all with different personalities and coaching styles. With that said, who is the best Golden State Warriors Coaches of All Time coach of all time? We want to hear your thoughts, which is why we created this poll of the top Golden State Warriors Coaches of All Time head coaches. Edward Gottlieb was the first head coach of the Warriors. In their first season Gottlieb's Warriors won the Basketball Association of America Finals. The first time the Warriors would win a championship in the NBA was under George Senesky. Senesky's Warriors would win it all in 1956. If you love basketball and the Golden State Warriors Coaches of All Time, then help us decide who the best Golden State Warriors Coaches of All Time coach is by voting up your top picks. You don't have to vote for the winningest Golden State Warriors Coaches of All Time coach, but it's hard to argue against solid numbers.

These Golden State Warriors players have all had their numbers retired. After making a big impact while playing for the team, players such as Wilt Chamberlain and Rick Barry had their jerseys retired. But not every player in the NBA gets their number retired, it is an honor bestowed upon the best players of a franchise. Which of these athletes are the greatest Golden State Warriors players? This list is only for Golden State Warriors players with retired numbers. Coaches and managers have had their numbers retired as well but we&#39;re here to determine the best Golden State Warriors players that have had their number retired for all time.

Although these are undoubtedly great players, not all of them have been voted into the Basketball Hall of Fame despite having their numbers retired. The Golden State Warriors players that have been elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame are noted below. Vote up the Golden State Warriors players with retired numbers that you think made the biggest contribution to the team.

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Klay Thompson

Klay Alexander Thompson (born February 8, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is credited as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history. A three-time NBA champion with the Warriors, he is a five-time NBA All-Star and a two-time All-NBA Third Team honoree. He has also been named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team.
Thompson is the son of former NBA player Mychal Thompson. He played college basketball for three seasons with the Washington State Cougars, where he was a two-time first-team all-conference selection in the Pac-10. He was selected in the first round of the 2011 NBA draft by Golden State with the 11th overall pick. In 2014, Thompson and teammate Stephen Curry set a then-NBA record with 484 combined three-pointers in a season, earning the pair the nickname the "Splash Brothers". In 2015, Thompson helped lead the Warriors to their first NBA Championship since 1975, and was a key contributor in the Warriors' 2017 and 2018 titles.

Chris Mullin

Christopher Paul Mullin (born July 30, 1963) is an American retired professional basketball player and former head coach of the St. John's Red Storm. He previously served as special advisor for the Sacramento Kings and general manager of the Golden State Warriors. He is a two-time Olympic Gold medalist and a two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee (in 2010 as a member of the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team"), and in 2011 for his individual career).
Mullin played shooting guard and small forward in the NBA from 1985 to 2001. During his playing time at St. John's University, he was named Big East Player of the Year three times and was a member of the 1984 U.S. Men's Olympic Basketball team, Mullin was chosen as the seventh pick by the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the 1985 NBA draft.  He returned to the Olympics in 1992 as a member of the "Dream Team", which was the first American Olympic basketball team to include professional players.
He played with the Warriors from the 1985–86 until the 1996–97 season. Thereafter, Mullin played with the Indiana Pacers from 1997 until the 1999–2000 season. He retired after the 2000–01 season, playing for his original team, the Warriors.
On March 30, 2015, he was named 20th head coach of the St. John's University men's basketball team, his alma mater. On April 9, 2019 he stepped down as the head coach of the St. John's University men's basketball team.



Mitch Richmond

Mitchell James Richmond (born June 30, 1965) is an American retired professional basketball player and current assistant coach of the St. John's Red Storm. He played collegiately at Moberly Area Community College and Kansas State University. He was a six-time NBA All-Star, a five-time All-NBA Team member, and a former NBA Rookie of the Year. In 976 NBA games, Richmond averaged 21.0 points per game and 3.5 assists per game. Richmond was voted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014. His nicknames include "The Rock". His jersey No. 2 was retired in his honor by the Sacramento Kings, for whom he played seven seasons.

Jim Barnett

James Franklin Barnett (born July 7, 1944) is a former professional basketball player. He was the Golden State Warriors television analyst from 1985 to 2019, and is currently the team's radio color analyst on 95.7 The Game.

Jason Richardson

Jason Anthoney Richardson (born January 20, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Richardson was taken by the Golden State Warriors as the fifth overall pick in the 2001 NBA draft after playing college basketball for Michigan State University. He won the NBA Dunk Contest in both 2002 and 2003, becoming the second player, after Michael Jordan, to win the competition back-to-back. Richardson has also played for the Charlotte Bobcats, Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic, and the Philadelphia 76ers.

Monta Ellis

Monta Ellis ( MON-tay; born October 26, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. He attended Lanier High School in Jackson, Mississippi, where he was a McDonald's All-American and first-team Parade All-American. He entered the NBA directly out of high school, being drafted with the 40th overall pick by the Golden State Warriors in the 2005 NBA draft. In 2007, he was named the NBA Most Improved Player. After six and a half seasons with the Warriors, he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in March 2012. A season and a half with the Bucks was followed by two seasons with the Dallas Mavericks and two seasons with the Indiana Pacers.

Jim Jackson

James Jackson (born October 14, 1970) is an American retired professional basketball player. Over his 14 NBA seasons, Jackson was on the active roster of 12 different teams, tying the league record shared with Joe Smith, Tony Massenburg and Chucky Brown. He is currently a basketball analyst for Fox Sports 1, having previously worked for the Big Ten Network.

Jamal Crawford

Aaron Jamal Crawford (born March 20, 1980) is an American professional basketball player who  last played for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for  basketball powerhouse  Rainier Beach High School in Seattle and then the University of Michigan. He made his NBA debut in 2000 for the Chicago Bulls, who acquired him from the Cleveland Cavaliers on draft day. He would later play  for the New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors, Atlanta Hawks, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers, and Minnesota Timberwolves. Having earned NBA Sixth Man of the Year honors in 2010 and 2014 and again in 2016, Crawford is the first ever three-time winner of the award. He is the all-time NBA leader in four-point plays, with 55 or 60 counting the playoffs. As recently as April 9, 2019, Crawford (39 years, 20 days) became the oldest player to score 50+ points in a single game, and the first player to do so with four different teams. His 51-point tally is the most points ever scored by a player not in the starting lineup. In all NBA history, he ranks 27th in 50-point games accrued (between George Mikan and Larry Bird) and 7th in three-point field goals made (2,220). Crawford is also only the second player ever to score 10,000+ career points off the bench.



Corey Maggette

Corey Antoine Maggette (; born November 12, 1979) is an American professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He now plays professional basketball for the Power (basketball) in the BIG3. He also works as an analyst for Fox Sports.

Purvis Short

Purvis Short (born July 2, 1957) is a retired American professional basketball player who played with the Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets and New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1978 to 1990. A 6'7" small forward, Short averaged 17.3 points per game over his twelve-season career in the NBA. He is currently the Warriors seventh all-time leading scorer.After a brilliant career at Jackson State, Short was selected fifth overall in the 1978 NBA draft. Short was affectionately nicknamed "Rainbowman" because of the distinctive rainbow-like high arc of his jump shots, something he stated he obtained in high school. He was a role player and sixth man his first few years in the league. Short was a starter by the 1984–85 season, and scored a career high 59 points in a game against the New Jersey Nets in 1984. After leaving the NBA, he played one year of basketball in Israel, and is currently the director of the NBA Players Association's Department of Player Programs.

Stephen Jackson

Stephen Jesse Jackson (born April 5, 1978) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the New Jersey Nets, Indiana Pacers, Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks, Charlotte Bobcats, San Antonio Spurs, and Los Angeles Clippers. Jackson won an NBA championship with the Spurs in 2003.

World B. Free

World B. Free (born Lloyd Bernard Free; December 9, 1953) is an American retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1975 to 1988. Free was known as the "Prince of Midair" as well as "All-World".

Latrell Sprewell

Latrell Fontaine Sprewell (born September 8, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Golden State Warriors, the New York Knicks,  and the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA. During his basketball career, Sprewell was named to the yearly NBA All-Star Game four times; he also helped the Knicks reach the NBA Finals and the Timberwolves the Western Conference finals. Despite his accomplishments, his career was overshadowed by a 1997 incident in which he choked coach P. J. Carlesimo during a practice, which ultimately resulted in a 68-game suspension. 
Sprewell's career came to an unexpected end in 2005 when he refused a $21-million three-year contract offer from the Timberwolves, which Sprewell implied would not be enough to feed his children. He was never offered another contract by any NBA team, and never played in the league again. Since that time, he has made headlines for grounding his million-dollar yacht and subsequently having it repossessed for missed payments, having two of his homes foreclosed upon, and being prohibited from seeing his children.

Jeff Mullins

Jeffrey Vincent Mullins (born March 18, 1942) is an American retired basketball player and coach.  He played college basketball with the Duke Blue Devils and in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the St. Louis Hawks and Golden State Warriors.  Mullins served as the head basketball coach at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte from 1985 to 1996.

Phil Smith

Philip or Phil Smith may refer to:

Philip A. Smith (1933–2007), President of Providence College 1994–2005
Philip Edward Smith (1884–1970), endocrinologist
Philip Hubert Smith, British automotive engineer and technical author
Philip Smith (British Army officer) (died 1894)
Philip Smith (criminal) (born 1965), British spree killer
Philip Smith (footballer) (1885–1918), footballer
Philip Smith (musician) (born 1952), American trumpeter
Philip Smith (theater owner) (died 1961), American theater owner
Philip Smith (VC) (1829–1906), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
Philip Smith, Baron Smith of Hindhead, Conservative member of the British House of Lords
Philip Smith (Northern Ireland politician) (born 1967), member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Phillip Hagar Smith (1905–1987), electrical engineer
Phil Smith (Australian footballer) (1946–2010), Australian rules player
Phil Smith (basketball) (1952–2002), American basketball player
Phil Smith (footballer, born 1885) (1885–?), English football player for Chelsea and Burnley
Phil Smith (footballer, born 1979), English football goalkeeper for Swindon, Portsmouth and Aldershot
Phil Smith, guitarist for The Lovin' Spoonful
Philip Smith (producer), New Zealand film and television producer and writer
Phil Smith (Australian politician) (born 1938), Australian politician and teacher
Philip F. Smith (1932–2017), Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard
Philip S. Smith, American entrepreneur
Philip E. Smith (born 1934), U.S. Air Force fighter pilot
Philip Alan Smith (1920–2010), bishop of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church

Terry Teagle

Terry Michael Teagle (born April 10, 1960) is a retired American professional basketball player, whose National Basketball Association (NBA) career lasted from 1982 to 1993. During his playing career, at a height of 6'5" (1.96 m) tall, he played at the shooting guard position.

Micheal Ray Richardson

Micheal "Sugar" Ray Richardson (born April 11, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach. He most recently was head coach of London Lightning of the National Basketball League of Canada. Richardson played college basketball for the Montana Grizzlies. The No. 4 overall pick in the 1978 NBA draft, Richardson played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eight years, for the New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors and New Jersey Nets. Richardson was a four-time NBA All-Star.



Billy Owens

Billy Eugene Owens (born May 1, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player who played for several teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Syracuse. Born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Owens played for Carlisle High School.

Guy Rodgers

Guy William Rodgers (September 1, 1935 – February 19, 2001) was an American professional basketball player born in Philadelphia. He spent twelve years (1958–1970) in the NBA, and was one of the league's best playmakers in the early to mid-1960s.  Rodgers led the NBA in assists twice, and placed second six times. Rodgers was inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014.

Ricky Pierce

Ricky Charles Pierce (born August 19, 1959) is an American retired National Basketball Association (NBA) player. He was named an NBA All-Star (1991) and was twice the NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1987, 1990) while with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Ian Clark

Ian Clark is the basketball player at Cal State Northridge Matadors.

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Jim King

James Staton "Country" King (born February 7, 1941) is an American retired professional basketball player and former college coach.
A 6'2" guard from the University of Tulsa, King was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the 1963 NBA draft.  King played ten NBA seasons (1963–1973) with four teams: the Lakers, the San Francisco Warriors, the Cincinnati Royals, and the Chicago Bulls.  He represented the Warriors in the 1968 NBA All-Star Game, and he retired with 4,377 career points.
King later coached the Tulsa Golden Hurricane from 1975 to midway to through the 1979–1980, when he resigned after four and a half seasons.  The Golden Hurricane retired King's number #24.

Damion Lee

Damion Lee (born October 21, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the three years with Drexel and transferred to Louisville for his final year of eligibility.

Sarunas Marciulionis

Šarūnas Marčiulionis

Raimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis ([ˈrɐ̂ˑɪ̯mɔndɐs ʃɐˈrûːnɐs mɐrʲtɕʊˈlʲôːnʲɪs] (listen)) (born June 13, 1964) is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player. Widely considered as one of the greatest international players, he was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On August 8, 2014, Marčiulionis was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and became a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2015.
In the 1988 Summer Olympics, together with teammate Arvydas Sabonis, Marčiulionis led the senior USSR national team to the gold medal. With the senior Lithuanian national team, he won two Summer Olympics bronze medals, in 1992 and 1996. He was an All-Tournament Team member, the top scorer, and the MVP of the EuroBasket 1995, and he was also elected to the All-EuroBasket Team in 1987.
Marčiulionis is credited with bringing the Euro step move to the NBA.

Leandro Barbosa

Leandro Mateus Barbosa (Portuguese pronunciation: [leˈɐ̃dɾu baʁˈbozɐ]; born November 28, 1982), also known as Leandrinho Barbosa, is a Brazilian professional basketball player for Minas of the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). He also represented the senior Brazilian national basketball team. He previously won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award, with the Suns in 2007, and an NBA championship with the Golden State Warriors, in 2015. In Brazil, he is also commonly known by his nickname "Leandrinho" ("Little Leandro") Barbosa, and in the USA he is nicknamed "The Brazilian Blur", referring to his playing speed. At a height of 1.92 m (6' 3​3⁄4") tall, he plays at the shooting guard position.

Big fan of Golden State basketball? Then check out this list of Golden State Warriors shooting guards with photos and seasons played with the team.&nbsp;It ...