# List of Canadian Football League retired numbers

This is a complete list of Canadian Football League (CFL) retired numbers. A retired number is a jersey number that is no longer issued by a team in order to honour a player that had a significant impact on that franchise. In some cases, a player may have his number retired after his untimely death during or soon after his playing career.
Of the seven current franchises that retire jersey numbers, there have been 52 players to have their numbers officially retired. Ironically, the two youngest franchises, the BC Lions and Montreal Alouettes, have retired the most numbers with 10 and 11, respectively. The oldest continuous franchise in the league, the Toronto Argonauts, has the second fewest with four retired numbers. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have the fewest retired numbers, with two. The CFL considers the histories of the Ottawa Rough Riders, Ottawa Renegades, and Ottawa Redblacks as one continuous franchise, so the jersey numbers represented by the Redblacks here include all three of these franchises. The Edmonton Elks and Winnipeg Blue Bombers have never formally retired a jersey number and instead honour numbers and, in some instances, do not re-issue them.
The most commonly retired number, if one includes Winnipeg's unofficial retired numbers, is the number 75, which has had its usage been discontinued by four teams. No player has had his number retired by multiple teams and, unlike Major League Baseball (who retired Jackie Robinson's number), the National Basketball Association (Bill Russell), and the National Hockey League (Wayne Gretzky), the CFL has never had a jersey number retired in favour of one player league-wide. Due to their short existence, none of the American-based CFL teams ever retired jersey numbers.

## Retired numbers

* Elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
| Player | No. | Team | Position | Tenure | Championships |
| Lui Passaglia | 5 | BC Lions | K/P | 1976–2000 | 1985, 1994, 2000 |
| Willie Fleming | 15 | BC Lions | RB | 1959–1966 | 1964 |
| Joe Kapp | 22 | BC Lions | QB | 1961–1966 | 1964 |
| Jim Young | 30 | BC Lions | SB/WR | 1967–1979 | – |
| Byron Bailey | 38 | BC Lions | FB/DB | 1954–1964 | 1964 |
| Al Wilson | 52 | BC Lions | C | 1972–1986 | 1985 |
| Jamie Taras | 60 | BC Lions | FB/OL | 1987–2002 | 1994, 2000 |
| Norm Fieldgate | 75 | BC Lions | E/LB | 1954–1967 | 1964 |
| Geroy Simon | 81 | BC Lions | SB/WR | 2001–2012 | 2006, 2011 |
| Brent Johnson | 97 | BC Lions | DE | 2001–2011 | 2006, 2011 |
| Harry Hood | 5 | Calgary Stampeders | RB/QB | 1948–1952 | 1948 |
| Willie Burden | 10 | Calgary Stampeders | RB | 1974–1981 | – |
| Mark McLoughlin | 13 | Calgary Stampeders | K | 1988–2003 | 1992, 1998, 2001 |
| Allen Pitts | 18 | Calgary Stampeders | WR | 1990–2000 | 1992, 1998 |
| Tom Forzani | 22 | Calgary Stampeders | WR | 1973–1983 | – |
| Wayne Harris | 55 | Calgary Stampeders | LB | 1961–1972 | 1971 |
| Stu Laird | 75 | Calgary Stampeders | DT | 1984–1996 | 1992 |
| Bernie Faloney | 10 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | QB | 1957–1964 | 1957, 1963 |
| Angelo Mosca | 68 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | DT | 1958–1959, 1963–1972 | 1963, 1965, 1967, 1972 |
| Anthony Calvillo | 13 | Montreal Alouettes | QB | 1998–2013 | 2002, 2009, 2010 |
| Mike Pringle | 27 | Montreal Alouettes | RB | 1996–2002 | 2002 |
| George Dixon | 28 | Montreal Alouettes | RB | 1959–1965 | – |
| Herb Trawick | 56 | Montreal Alouettes | G/T/DL | 1946–1957 | 1949 |
| Pierre Desjardins | 63 | Montreal Alouettes | G/T | 1966–1971 | 1970 |
| Peter Dalla Riva | 74 | Montreal Alouettes | TE/SB | 1968–1981 | 1970, 1974, 1977 |
| Hal Patterson | 75 | Montreal Alouettes | WR/DB | 1954–1960 | – |
| Junior Ah You | 77 | Montreal Alouettes | DE | 1972–1981 | 1974, 1977 |
| Virgil Wagner | 78 | Montreal Alouettes | HB | 1946–1954 | 1949 |
| Ben Cahoon | 86 | Montreal Alouettes | SB | 1998–2010 | 2002, 2009, 2010 |
| Sam Etcheverry | 92 | Montreal Alouettes | QB | 1952–1960 | – |
| Ron Stewart | 11 | Ottawa Redblacks | RB | 1958–1970 | 1960, 1968, 1969 |
| Russ Jackson | 12 | Ottawa Redblacks | QB | 1958–1969 | 1960, 1968, 1969 |
| Whit Tucker | 26 | Ottawa Redblacks | WR | 1962–1970 | 1968, 1969 |
| Bruno Bitkowski | 40 | Ottawa Redblacks | C/DE | 1951–1962 | 1951, 1960 |
| Jim Coode | 60 | Ottawa Redblacks | OT | 1974–1980 | 1976 |
| Moe Racine | 62 | Ottawa Redblacks | OT/K | 1958–1974 | 1960, 1968, 1969, 1973 |
| Bobby Simpson | 70 | Ottawa Redblacks | FW/E/DB | 1950–1962 | 1951, 1960 |
| Gerry Organ | 71 | Ottawa Redblacks | K/P/WR | 1971–1983 | 1973, 1976 |
| Tony Golab | 72 | Ottawa Redblacks | FW/HB | 1939–1941, 1945–1950 | 1940 |
| Tony Gabriel | 77 | Ottawa Redblacks | TE | 1975–1981 | 1976 |
| Ron Lancaster | 23 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | QB | 1963–1978 | 1966 |
| George Reed | 34 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | RB | 1963–1975 | 1966 |
| Dave Ridgway | 36 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | K | 1982–1995 | 1989 |
| Mel Becket | 40 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | TE/C | 1952–1956 | – |
| Roger Aldag | 44 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | OL | 1976–1992 | 1989 |
| Mario DeMarco | 55 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | OL | 1953–1956 | – |
| Ray Syrnyk | 56 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | OL | 1956 | – |
| Gordon Sturtridge | 73 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | DE | 1953–1956 | – |
| Dick Shatto | 22 | Toronto Argonauts | RB | 1954–1965 | – |
| Michael Clemons | 31 | Toronto Argonauts | RB/SB/KR/PR | 1989–2000 | 1991, 1996, 1997 |
| Joe Krol | 55 | Toronto Argonauts | QB/RB/P/K/DB | 1945–1952, 1955 | 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1952 |
| Danny Nykoluk | 60 | Toronto Argonauts | OT | 1955, 1957–1971 | – |

## Unofficially retired numbers

* Elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
* Elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame
| Player | No. | Team | Position | Tenure | Championships |
| Warren Moon | 1 | Edmonton Elks | QB | 1978–1983 | 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 |
| Don Warrington | 21 | Edmonton Elks | RB | 1971–1980 | 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980 |
| Rollie Miles | 98 | Edmonton Elks | RB/DB/LB/KR | 1951–1961 | 1954, 1955, 1956 |
| Bob Cameron | 6 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | P | 1980–2002 | 1984, 1988, 1990 |
| Ken Ploen | 11 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | QB/DB | 1957–1967 | 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962 |
| Jeff Nicklin | 28 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | HB/FW | 1934–1940 | 1935, 1939 |
| Chris Walby | 63 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | OT | 1981–1996 | 1984, 1988, 1990 |
| Tommy Lumsden | 75 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | G/E | 1951–1954 | – |
| Milt Stegall | 85 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | SB | 1995–2008 | – |