March 3, 2026, 7:00 p.m. CT
The Houston Rockets have had players donning a total of 52 different jersey numbers (and have one not part of any numerical series for Houston assistant coach and general manager Carroll Dawson) since their founding at the start of the 1967-68 season, worn by just under 500 players in the course of Rockets history.
To honor all of the players who wore those numbers over the decades, Rockets Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who wore them since the founding of the team all those years ago right up to the present day.
With seven of those jerseys now retired to honor some of the greatest Rockets of all time to wear those jerseys, there is a lot of history to cover.
And for today’s article, we will continue with the fourth of 20 who wore the No. 9, guard alum Melvin Booker. After ending his college career at Missouri, Booker went unselected in the 1994 NBA Draft, playing in other leagues until he signed with the Houston Rockets in 1996.
The Pascagoula, Mississippi native played the first 11 games of his NBA career with Houston, coming to an end when he signed with the Atlanta Hawks that fall.
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During his time suiting up for the Rockets, Booker wore only jersey No. 9 and put up 4.0 points and 1.9 assists per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.