واشنطن ويزاردز

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هذا المقال هو عن the NBA team that was named the Baltimore Bullets from 1963 to 1973. إذا كنت تريد the original 1944–1954 Baltimore Bullets ABL/BAA/NBA team، انظر Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954).

Washington Wizards
2025–26 Washington Wizards season
المؤتمر	Eastern
القِسم	Southeast
تأسس	1961
التاريخ	Chicago Packers 1961–1962 Chicago Zephyrs 1962–1963 Baltimore Bullets 1963–1973 Capital Bullets 1973–1974 Washington Bullets 1974–1997 Washington Wizards 1997–present
Arena	Capital One Arena
الموقع	Washington, D.C.
ألوان الفريق	Navy blue, red, silver, white
Main sponsor	Robinhood
الرئيس	Michael Winger
المدير العام	Will Dawkins
كبير المدربين	Brian Keefe
المِلكية	Monumental Sports & Entertainment (Ted Leonsis)
الانتماء	Capital City Go-Go
البطولات	1 (1978)
ألقاب المؤتمر	4 (1971, 1975, 1978, 1979)
ألقاب القسم	8 (1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 2017)
أرقام متقاعدة	5 (10, 11, 25, 41, 45)
الموقع الإلكتروني	nba.com/wizards
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نادي واشنطن ويزاردز هو نادي كرة سلة من واشنطن دي سي، الولايات المتحدة. تأسس عام 1961. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Capital One Arena, in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. an arena they share with the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Georgetown University men's basketball team. The team is owned by Ted Leonsis through Monumental Sports & Entertainment.

The franchise was established in 1961 as the Chicago Packers in Chicago; they were renamed the Chicago Zephyrs in the following season. In 1963, they moved to Baltimore, and became the Baltimore Bullets, taking the name from a previous team of the same name. In 1973, the team moved to the Washington metropolitan area and changed its name first to the Capital Bullets, then the following season to Washington Bullets. In 1997, they rebranded themselves as the Wizards.

The Wizards have played in four NBA Finals and won in 1978. They have appeared in 28 playoffs, won four conference titles (1971, 1975, 1978, 1979), and won eight division titles (1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 2017). Their best season record, in 1974–75, was 60–22. Wes Unseld is the only player in franchise history to be named NBA MVP (1969) and Finals MVP (1978). Four players (Walt Bellamy, Terry Dischinger, Earl Monroe, and Unseld) have won the Rookie of the Year award.

 التاريخ

Bellamy (No. 8) averaged 31.6 points per game and 19.0 rebounds per game during his rookie season

 ألوان الفريق

الأزرق، الأبيض، الذهبي، والأسود.

 سجل بطولات الفريق

فاز مرة واحدة ببطولة الدوري الأمريكي لكرة السلة للمحترفين في العام: 1978.

 Season-by-season record

List of the last five seasons completed by the Wizards. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Washington Wizards seasons.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, W–L% = Winning percentage

Season	GP	W	L	W–L%	Finish	Playoffs
2020–21	72	34	38	.472	3rd, Southeast	Lost in first round, 1–4 (76ers)
2021–22	82	35	47	.427	4th, Southeast	Did not qualify
2022–23	82	35	47	.427	3rd, Southeast	Did not qualify
2023–24	82	15	67	.183	5th, Southeast	Did not qualify
2024–25	82	18	64	.220	5th, Southeast	Did not qualify

 Personnel

 Retained draft rights

The Wizards hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA. A drafted player, either an international draftee or a college draftee who is not signed by the team that drafted him, is allowed to sign with any non-NBA teams. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends. This list includes draft rights that were acquired from trades with other teams.

Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Current team	Note(s)	Ref
2022	2	54	Nzosa, YannickYannick Nzosa	C	الكونغو الديمقراطية	San Pablo Burgos (Spain)
2017	2	50	Lessort, MathiasMathias Lessort	C	فرنسا	Panathinaikos (Greece)	Acquired as part of a multi-team trade on February 6th, 2025

 Retired numbers

Washington Wizards retired numbers
No.	Player	Position	Tenure	Retired
10	Earl Monroe	G	1967–19711	December 1, 2007
11	Elvin Hayes	F	1972–19812	November 20, 1981
25	Gus Johnson	F	1963–19721	December 13, 1986
41	Wes Unseld	C3	1968–19814	November 3, 1981
45	Phil Chenier	G5	1971–19796	March 23, 2018

Notes:

• ¹ All in Baltimore
• ² 1972–1973 in Baltimore
• ³ Also served as coach (1987–1994)
• ⁴ 1968–1973 in Baltimore
• ⁵ Also served as Bullets/Wizards television color analyst (1984–2017)
• ⁶ 1971–1973 in Baltimore
• The NBA retired Bill Russell's No. 6 for all its member teams on August 11, 2022.

 Basketball Hall of Fame members

Former Bullets players honored during a Wizards game in March 2012 at the Verizon Center

Washington Wizards Hall of Fame members
Players
No.	Name	Position	Tenure	Inducted
41	Wes Unseld 1	C/F	1968–1981	1988
10 33	Earl Monroe	G	1967–1971	1990
11	Elvin Hayes	C/F	1972–1981	1990
21	Dave Bing	G	1975–1977	1990
8	Walt Bellamy 2	C	1961–1965	1993
15	Bailey Howell	F/G	1964–1966	1997
4	Moses Malone	C/F	1986–1988	2001
23	Michael Jordan 3	G/F	2001–2003	2009
25	Gus Johnson	F/C	1963–1972	2010
50	Ralph Sampson	C/C	1991	2012
30	Bernard King	F	1987–1993	2013
2	Mitch Richmond	G	1998–2001	2014
24	Spencer Haywood	F/C	1981–1983	2015
10	Bob Dandridge	F/G	1977–1981	2021
2 4	Chris Webber	F/C	1994–1998	2021
30	Ben Wallace	C/F	1996–1999	2021
34	Paul Pierce	F	2014–2015	2021
Coaches
Name		Position	Tenure	Inducted
21	Bobby Leonard 4	Head coach	1962–1964	2014
Contributors
Name		Position	Tenure	Inducted
44	Rod Thorn 5	G	1963–1964	2018
Doug Collins		Head coach	2001–2003	2024

Notes:

• ¹ He also coached the team in 1987–1994
• ² In total, Bellamy was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice – as player and as a member of the 1960 Olympic team
• ³ In total, Jordan was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice – as player and as a member of the 1992 Olympic team
• ⁴ He also played for the team from 1961 to 1963
• ⁵ Thorn was inducted as a contributor

 FIBA Hall of Fame members

Washington Wizards Hall of Fame members
Players
No.	Name	Position	Tenure	Inducted
10	Andrew Gaze	G	1994	2013
23	Michael Jordan 1	G/F	2001–2003	2015
21	Fabricio Oberto	C	2009–2010	2019

Notes:

• ¹ In total, Jordan was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame twice – as player and as a member of the 1992 Olympic team

 Head coaches

المقالة الرئيسية: List of Washington Wizards head coaches

 Individual records and awards

 Franchise leaders

Bold denotes still active with team.

Italic denotes still active but not with team. Points scored (regular season) (as of the end of the 2024–25 season)

1. Elvin Hayes (15,551)
2. Bradley Beal (15,391)
3. Jeff Malone (11,083)
4. John Wall (10,879)
5. Wes Unseld (10,624)
6. Kevin Loughery (9,833)
7. Gus Johnson (9,781)
8. Phil Chenier (9,778)
9. Walt Bellamy (9,020)
10. Gilbert Arenas (8,930)
11. Antawn Jamison (8,736)
12. Greg Ballard (8,706)
13. Juwan Howard (8,530)
14. Jack Marin (8,017)
15. Earl Monroe (7,775)
16. Bernard King (6,516)
17. Kevin Grevey (6,442)
18. Caron Butler (5,889)
19. Jeff Ruland (5,653)
20. Harvey Grant (5,445)

Other statistics (regular season) (as of the end of the 2024–25 season)

Most minutes played
Player	Minutes
Wes Unseld	35,832
Elvin Hayes	29,218
Bradley Beal	24,091
John Wall	20,545
Gus Johnson	19,723
Greg Ballard	18,687
Kevin Loughery	18,677
Phil Chenier	18,654
Jeff Malone	17,984
Juwan Howard	17,845

Most rebounds
Player	Rebounds
Wes Unseld	13,769
Elvin Hayes	9,305
Gus Johnson	7,243
Walt Bellamy	5,438
Greg Ballard	4,094
Antawn Jamison	3,735
Marcin Gortat	3,697
Brendan Haywood	3,648
Juwan Howard	3,448
Jeff Ruland	3,285

Most assists
Player	Assists
John Wall	5,282
Wes Unseld	3,822
Bradley Beal	2,972
Rod Strickland	2,712
Kevin Porter	2,593
Kevin Loughery	2,363
Gilbert Arenas	2,046
Frank Johnson	1,961
Michael Adams	1,844
Darrell Walker	1,707

Most steals
Player	Steals
John Wall	976
Bradley Beal	772
Greg Ballard	762
Elvin Hayes	736
Phil Chenier	667
Gilbert Arenas	636
Wes Unseld	628
Caron Butler	563
Rod Strickland	482
Antawn Jamison	469

Most blocks
Player	Blocks
Elvin Hayes	1,558
Charles Jones	1,051
Manute Bol	908
Brendan Haywood	865
Rick Mahorn	557
Pervis Ellison	492
JaVale McGee	470
Marcin Gortat	449
Gheorghe Mureșan	443
Etan Thomas	407

Most three-pointers made
Player	3-pointers made
Bradley Beal	1,514
Gilbert Arenas	868
Antawn Jamison	646
Corey Kispert	609
John Wall	539
Chris Whitney	489
Otto Porter Jr.	488
Kyle Kuzma	439
Jordan Poole	419
Dāvis Bertāns	415

 Individual awards

NBA Most Valuable Player

• Wes Unseld – 1969

NBA Finals MVP

• Wes Unseld – 1978

NBA Rookie of the Year

• Walt Bellamy – 1962
• Terry Dischinger – 1963
• Earl Monroe – 1968
• Wes Unseld – 1969

NBA Most Improved Player

• Pervis Ellison – 1992
• Don MacLean – 1994
• Gheorghe Mureșan – 1996

NBA Coach of the Year

• Gene Shue – 1969, 1982

NBA Executive of the Year

• Bob Ferry – 1979, 1982

J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award

• Wes Unseld – 1975
• Dave Bing – 1977

NBA Community Assist Award

• John Wall – 2016
• Bradley Beal – 2019

All-NBA First Team

• Earl Monroe – 1969
• Wes Unseld – 1969
• Elvin Hayes – 1975, 1977, 1979

All-NBA Second Team

• Gus Johnson – 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971
• Archie Clark – 1972
• Elvin Hayes – 1973, 1974, 1976
• Phil Chenier – 1975
• Bob Dandridge – 1979
• Moses Malone – 1987
• Rod Strickland – 1998
• Gilbert Arenas – 2007

All-NBA Third Team

• Bernard King – 1991
• Juwan Howard – 1996
• Gilbert Arenas – 2005, 2006
• John Wall – 2017
• Bradley Beal – 2021

NBA All-Defensive First Team

• Gus Johnson – 1970, 1971
• Bob Dandridge – 1979
• Larry Hughes – 2005

NBA All-Defensive Second Team

• Mike Riordan – 1973
• Elvin Hayes – 1975
• Manute Bol – 1986
• John Wall – 2015

NBA All-Rookie First Team

• Terry Dischinger – 1963
• Rod Thorn – 1964
• Gus Johnson – 1964
• Wali Jones – 1965
• Jack Marin – 1967
• Earl Monroe – 1968
• Wes Unseld – 1969
• Mike Davis – 1970
• Phil Chenier – 1972
• Nick Weatherspoon – 1974
• Mitch Kupchak – 1977
• Jeff Ruland- 1982
• Jeff Malone – 1984
• Tom Gugliotta – 1993
• John Wall – 2011
• Bradley Beal – 2013
• Alex Sarr – 2025

NBA All-Rookie Second Team

• Larry Stewart – 1992
• Juwan Howard – 1995
• Rasheed Wallace – 1996
• Courtney Alexander – 2001
• Jarvis Hayes – 2004
• Rui Hachimura – 2020
• Bub Carrington – 2025

 NBA All-Star weekend

NBA All-Star Game Walt Bellamy – 1962*, 1963*, 1964*, 1965 Terry Dischinger – 1963, 1964 Gus Johnson – 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971 Don Ohl – 1965, 1966, 1967 Bailey Howell – 1966* Earl Monroe – 1969*, 1971* Wes Unseld – 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 Archie Clark – 1972 Jack Marin – 1972 Elvin Hayes – 1973, 1974, 1975*, 1976*, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 Phil Chenier – 1974, 1975, 1977 Dave Bing – 1976* Bob Dandridge – 1979 Jeff Ruland – 1984, 1985 Jeff Malone – 1986, 1987 Moses Malone – 1987*, 1988* Bernard King – 1991* Michael Adams – 1992 Juwan Howard – 1996 Chris Webber – 1997 Michael Jordan – 2002*, 2003* Gilbert Arenas – 2005, 2006, 2007* Antawn Jamison – 2005, 2008 Caron Butler – 2007, 2008 John Wall – 2014, 2015*, 2016, 2017, 2018 Bradley Beal – 2018, 2019, 2021* * Starter NBA All-Star Game head coaches Gene Shue – 1969 K. C. Jones – 1975 Dick Motta – 1979 Eddie Jordan – 2007

Three-Point shootout Tim Legler – 1996 (1st), 1997 (2nd) Tracy Murray – 1998 (8th) Gilbert Arenas – 2006 (2nd), 2007 (5th) Bradley Beal – 2014 (2nd), 2018 (5th) Dāvis Bertāns – 2020 (3rd) Slam Dunk Contest JaVale McGee – 2011 John Wall – 2014 Skills Challenge Gilbert Arenas – 2005 (4th) John Wall – 2011, 2012, 2017 Rookie/Rising Stars Challenge Calbert Cheaney – 1994 Juwan Howard – 1995 Anthony Tucker – 1995 Rasheed Wallace – 1996 Richard Hamilton – 2001 (S) Brendan Haywood – 2002 (R) Jarvis Hayes – 2004 (S) John Wall – 2011 (R), 2012 (S) Bradley Beal – 2013 (S), 2014 (S) Moritz Wagner – 2020 (R) Rui Hachimura – 2020 (R), 2021 (R) Deni Avdija – 2021 (S) Bilal Coulibaly – 2024 (R) Rookie/Rising Stars Challenge MVP John Wall – 2011 (R)

 See also

• Sports in Washington, D.C.

 External links

• Official website