{"id":829261,"date":"2026-09-06T11:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T11:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/829261\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T11:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T11:03:13","slug":"rockets-jersey-history-no-30-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/829261\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets jersey history No. 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sept. 5, 2026, 8:00 p.m. CT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The\u00a0<a data-autotag=\"13a51ca7-e216-40c0-a272-58d18f5541d7\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/houston-rockets\/10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Houston Rockets<\/a>\u00a0have 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\u00a0Rockets history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">To honor all of the players who wore those numbers over the decades,\u00a0Rockets 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With seven of those jerseys now retired to honor some of the greatest\u00a0Rockets of all time to wear those jerseys, there is a lot of history to cover.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:465px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/91481095007-20161223-t-152132-z-1933349223-mt-1-usatoday-9764987-rtrmadp-3-nbahoustonrocketsatphoeni.webp\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dec 21, 2016; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Houston Rockets forward Kyle Wiltjer (30) against the Phoenix Suns at Talking Stick Resort Arena. The Rockets defeated the Suns 125-111. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">And for today&#8217;s article, we will continue with the 14th of 15 who wore the No. 30, Kyle Wiltjer. After ending his college career at Gonzaga, Wiltjer went unselected in the 2016 NBA Draft, signing with the Houston Rockets instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Portland, Oregon native played the first season of his pro career with Houston, leaving the league as a player afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">During his time suiting up for the Rockets, Wiltjer wore only jersey No. 30 and put up 0.9 points per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sept. 5, 2026, 8:00 p.m. CT The\u00a0Houston Rockets\u00a0have had players donning a total of 52 different jersey numbers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":829262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3794],"tags":[72400,7,292,194,4066,6,211,90586,72742,72743,72404,72559,72570,72405,73192,72439,72744,72745,72406,72403],"class_list":["post-829261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston-rockets","tag-accessfree","tag-basketball","tag-houston","tag-houston-rockets","tag-houstonrockets","tag-nba","tag-rockets","tag-sourcerockets-wire","tag-sstssportsnbarockets","tag-sstsnrockets","tag-tagbasketball","tag-taghouston-rockets","tag-tagnba-draft","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagshirts-tops","tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","tag-tagsports-fan-gear-apparel","tag-tagsports-memorabilia","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117223765030819728","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}