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John Sigler

The best Saints player to wear each jersey number

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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