It’s been tough for the New Orleans Saints to find consistent success throughout the team’s history, but they’ve never lacked for fan-favorite talent. Individual standouts have always given fans someone to cheer for, and in many cases it’s easy to sort out the best player to wear each jersey number.
Some decisions (Drew Brees and Archie Manning are the last players to have worn Nos. 8 and 9, which are unofficially retired) were easier than others (Fan-favorite running back Pierre Thomas or Pro Bowl cornerback Marshon Lattimore for No. 23? Which jersey number should we pick for Mark Ingram II?), but that’s the nature of the beast.
From No. 1 to 99, here’s a look at the best Saints to wear each number for New Orleans:
Nos. 1-10
No. 1: WR Marquez Callaway
No. 2: QB Aaron Brooks
No. 3: QB Bobby Hebert
No. 4: QB Steve Walsh
No. 5: K Garrett Hartley
No. 6: P Thomas Morstead
No. 7: K Morten Andersen
No. 8: QB Archie Manning
No. 9: QB Drew Brees
No. 10: WR Brandin Cooks
Nos. 11-20
No. 11: CB Bivian Lee
No. 12: WR Marques Colston
No. 13: WR Michael Thomas
No. 14: RB Mark Ingram II
No. 15: KR Courtney Roby
No. 16: WR Lance Moore
No. 17: WR Robert Meachem
No. 18: DB Hugo Hollas
No. 19: WR Devery Henderson
No. 20: DB Jay Bellamy
Nos. 21-30
No. 21: RB Dalton Hilliard
No. 22: CB Tracy Porter
No. 23: CB Marshon Lattimore
No. 24: CB Clarnce CHapman
No. 25: CB Johnnie Poe
No. 26: RB Deuce McAllister
No. 27: DB Malcolm Jenkins
No. 28: DB Gene Atkins
No. 29: DB Sammy Knight
No. 30: CB Ernie Jackson
Nos. 31-40
No. 31: ST Chris Banjo
No. 32: DB Kenny Vaccaro
No. 33: CB Jabari Greer
No. 34: RB Tony Galbreath
No. 35: LB Ted Davis
No. 36: RB Rueben Mayes
No. 37: FS Tom Myers (Honorable mention: ST Steve Gleason)
No. 38: RB George Rogers
No. 39: DB Brett Maxie
No. 40: DB Terry Schmidt
Nos. 41-50
No. 41: RB Alvin Kamara
No. 42: RB Chuck Muncie
No. 43: RB Darren Sproles
No. 44: DB Dave Waymer
No. 45: FB Jack Holmes
No. 46: WR Danny Abramowicz
No. 47: LB Alex Anzalone
No. 48: ST J.T. Gray
No. 49: DB Frank Wattelet
No. 50: LG Jake Kupp
Nos. 51-60
No. 51: LB Sam Mills
No. 52: LB Jim Kovach
No. 53: LB Vaughan Johnson
No. 54: LB Winfred Tubbs
No. 55: LB Mark Fields
No. 56: LB Pat Swilling
No. 57: LB Rickey Jackson
No. 58: LB Joe Federspiel
No. 59: LB Keith Mitchell
No. 60: C Max Unger
Nos. 61-70
No. 61: OL Joel Hilgenberg
No. 62: C John Hill
No. 63: LG Brad Edelman
No. 64: RT Zach Strief
No. 65: C LeCharles Bentley
No. 66: LG Ben Grubbs
No. 67: RT Stan Brock
No. 68: OL Kyle Turley
No. 69: DL Les Miller
No. 70: LT Jammal Miller
Nos. 71-80
No. 71: RT Ryan Ramczyk
No. 72: LT Terron Armstead
No. 73: RG Jahri Evans
No. 74: DL Derland Moore
No. 75: LG Andrus Peat
No. 76: OL Don Morrison
No. 77: LT Willie Roaf
No. 78: RT Jon Stinchcomb
No. 79: RG Emanuel Zanders
No. 80: TE Jimmy Graham
Nos. 81-90
No. 81: DE Doug Atkins
No. 82: DL Bob Pollard
No. 83: WR Donte’ Stallworth
No. 84: WR Eric Martin
No. 85: TE Henry Childs
No. 86: WR Jeff Groth
No. 87: WR Joe Horn
No. 88: WR Floyd Turner
No. 89: WR Quinn Early
No. 90: LB James Williams
Nos. 91-99
No. 91: DE Will Smith
No. 92: DE Marcus Davenport
No. 93: DL Wayne Martin
No. 94: DE Cameron Jordan
No. 95: DT Tyeler Davison
No. 96: DE Carl Granderson
No. 97: DT La’Roi Glover
No. 98: DL Willie Whitehead
No. 99: DT Tony Elliott
