PHILADELPHIA SIXERS Wells Fargo Center
Number of seasons played – 69 1963- present
(Syracuse Nationals from 1950-1963)
Record – 2795-2662 .512
Playoff appearances – 48
Conference Championships – 9
Championships – 3 (1 as Nationals)
Sixers in Basketball Hall of Fame (year inducted)
Dolph Schayes (1973)
Wilt Chamberlain (1979)
Hal Greer (1982)
Al Cervi (1985)
Billy Cunningham (1986)
Julius Erving (1993)
Moses Malone (2001)
Charles Barkley (2006)
Chet Walker (2012)
Dikembe Mutombo (2015)
Allen Iverson (2016)
George McGinnis (2017)
Jack Ramsey Head Coach (1992)
Alex Hannum Head Coach (1998)
Larry Brown Head Coach (2002)
Sixers Retired Jersey Numbers
#3 – Allen Iverson
#4 – Dolph Schayes
#6 – Julius Erving
#10 – Maurice Cheeks
#13 – Wilt Chamberlain
#15 – Hal Greer
#24 – Bobby Jones
#32 – Billy Cunningham
#34 – Charles Barkley
Dave Zinkoff – Public Address Announcer
NBA AWARDS
NBA MVP
Wilt Chamberlain 1966-68
Julius Erving 1981
Moses Malone 1983
Allen Iverson 2001
NBA Finals MVP
Moses Malone 1983
NBA Defensive Player of the Year
Dikembe Mutombo 2001
NBA Rookie of the Year
Allen Iverson 1997
Michael Carter Williams 2014
Ben Simmons 2018
NBA 6th Man
Bobby Jones 1983
Aaron McKie 2001
NBA Most Improved Player of the Year
Dana Barros 1995
NBA Coach of the Year
Dolph Schayes 1966
Larry Brown 2001
NBA Sportsmanship
Eric Snow 2000
J Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award
Julius Erving 1983
Dikembe Mutombo 2001
Samuel Dalembert 2010
NBA Scoring Champ
Wilt Chamberlain 1965, 1966
Allen Iverson 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005
NBA Hustle Award
Amir Johnson 2018
ALL TIME TEAM LEADERS
Points – Hal Greer, 21,586
Minutes played – Hal Greer, 39,788
Rebounds – Dolph Schayes, 11,256
Assists – Maurice Cheeks, 6,212
Steals – Maurice Cheeks, 1,942
Blocks – Julius Erving, 1,293
3 pointers – Allen Iverson, 885
Did you know…
Did you know… The Sixers boasted the Sixth Man Award, Coach of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and NBA MVP in 2001. They are the only NBA team to ever garner these 4 awards in the same season.
Did you know… The Sixers are the oldest franchise in the NBA.
Did you know… The Sixers have never had a player with a last name beginning with the letter Z. The Phillies have had 7, the Eagles have had 11, and the Flyers have had 12. Even the Philadelphia Warriors had one, Zeke Zawoluk 1953-55. The Sixers have also never had a Q, or U. None of the teams have had a X.
Did you know… The Sixers have had 12 players on their roster from Duke University, the most from any college (Alaa Abdelnaby, Elton Brand, Johnny Dawkins, Mike Gminski, David Henderson, Gerald Henderson, Art Heyman, Antonio Lang, Roshown McLeod, Jahlil Okafor, Shavlik Randolph, and Jim Spanarkle).
Did you know… Sixer Hall of Famer Hal Greer played 39,788 minutes for the Sixers during his career. That’s 27 days, 15 hours, and 8 minutes. It’s over 7 days more than Allen Iverson who is 2nd most.
Did you know… the 1983 NBA Champion Sixers had 4 players make the All Star team (Julius Erving, Maurice Cheeks, Moses Malone, and Andrew Toney). The Sixers have only had 4 All Stars since 2002 (Dikembe Mutombo 2002, Andre Iguodala 2012, Jrue Holiday 2013, Joel Embiid 2018).
Did you know… The Sixers scored a team-record 163 points vs the San Francisco Warriors (the team they replaced in Philly). The Sixers beat the Warriors 163-148 on March 10th, 1963.
Did you know… The 1972-73 Sixers team went 9-73, the worst record in NBA history.
Did you know… The 2013-2014 Sixers lost 26 games in a row from January 31st, 2014 thru March 27th, 2014. The Sixers 9-73 team of 1972-73 had their longest losing streak only reach 20 games.
Did you know… The 2017-18 Sixers won their last 16 games of the season, an NBA record for consecutive wins to end the season.
Did you know… The 2017-2018 Sixers postseason appearance was their 48th in team history, 3rd most ever in the NBA (Los Angeles Lakers – 60, Boston Celtics – 55).
Did you know… Sixer Larry Costello was the last NBA player to use the two-handed set shot.
Did you know… Sixers Darryl Dawkins was the first NBA player selected directly from high school.
Did you know… Sixers guard Hal Greer once scored 19 points in one quarter of the 1967-68 NBA All-Star game. Greer played just 17 minutes, scored 21 points, and was named the game’s MVP.
Did you know… The Sixers went from 10 wins in 2015-16 to 52 wins in 2017-18, the biggest two-year jump in NBA history.
