Charlotte Hornets accomplishments and records

Emeka Okafor won Rookie of the Year honors in 2005 and is the Hornets' all-time leader in Rebounds

This is a list of the accomplishments and records of the current Charlotte Hornets. The Hornets, known from their creation in 2004 until May 2014 as the Charlotte Bobcats, are an American professional basketball team currently playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The current Hornets are the second NBA team to have played under that name. The original Hornets played in Charlotte from 1988 until moving to New Orleans in 2002; since 2013, they have been known as the New Orleans Pelicans.

Individual records

Franchise leaders

Italic denotes still active with team.

Asterisk denotes still active but not with team.

(As of end of the 2023–24 season)^[1]

Points scored (regular season)
Player	Points
Kemba Walker	12,009
Dell Curry	9,839
Gerald Wallace	7,437
Larry Johnson	7,405
Terry Rozier*	5,974
Glen Rice	5,651
Muggsy Bogues	5,531
Miles Bridges	5,342
Raymond Felton	5,311
David Wesley	5,241
Gerald Henderson Jr.	4,701
Emeka Okafor	4,630
Alonzo Mourning	4,569
Kendall Gill	4,159
Marvin Williams	4,149
Cody Zeller*	4,051
P. J. Washington*	3,946
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	3,738
Nicolas Batum*	3,728
LaMelo Ball	3,675

Most minutes played
Player	Minutes
Kemba Walker	20,607
Muggsy Bogues	19,768
Dell Curry	17,613
Gerald Wallace	16,718
Larry Johnson	14,635
Raymond Felton	13,939
David Wesley	13,046
Marvin Williams	11,615
Emeka Okafor	11,212
Miles Bridges	11,041
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	10,857
Gerald Henderson Jr.	10,756

Most rebounds
Player	Rebounds
Emeka Okafor	3,516
Larry Johnson	3,479
Gerald Wallace	3,398
Cody Zeller*	2,820
Bismack Biyombo*	2,623
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	2,388
Anthony Mason	2,354
Kemba Walker	2,317
Marvin Williams	2,293
Alonzo Mourning	2,176

Most assists
Player	Assists
Muggsy Bogues	5,557
Kemba Walker	3,308
Raymond Felton	2,573
David Wesley	1,911
Baron Davis	1,605
Larry Johnson	1,553
Nicolas Batum*	1,521
Brevin Knight	1,497
Dell Curry	1,429
Terry Rozier*	1,395

Most steals
Player	Steals
Muggsy Bogues	1,067
Gerald Wallace	827
Kemba Walker	799
Dell Curry	747
Raymond Felton	565
David Wesley	551
Baron Davis	439
Kendall Gill	398
Brevin Knight	355
Terry Rozier*	347

Most blocks
Player	Blocks
Alonzo Mourning	684
Emeka Okafor	621
Bismack Biyombo*	607
Gerald Wallace	531
Elden Campbell	484
Cody Zeller*	315
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	301
P. J. Washington*	295
Marvin Williams	287
Kenny Gattison	283

Most three-pointers made
Player	3-pointers made
Kemba Walker	1,283
Dell Curry	929
Terry Rozier*	864
Marvin Williams	681
Miles Bridges	591
P. J. Washington*	536
LaMelo Ball	526
Glen Rice	508
Nicolas Batum*	496
Devonte Graham*	428

Individual Accomplishments and Awards

All-NBA Team

Second Team

Larry Johnson – 1993
Glen Rice – 1997

Third Team

Anthony Mason – 1997
Glen Rice – 1998
Eddie Jones – 2000
Al Jefferson – 2014
Kemba Walker – 2019

All-NBA Defensive Team

First Team

Gerald Wallace – 2010

Second Team

Anthony Mason – 1997
Eddie Jones – 1999, 2000
P.J. Brown – 2001

Executive of the Year

Bob Bass – 1997

Sixth Man of the Year

Dell Curry – 1994

Rookie of the Year

Larry Johnson – 1992
Emeka Okafor – 2005
LaMelo Ball – 2021

NBA Sportsmanship Award

Kemba Walker – 2017, 2018

NBA All-Rookie First Team

Kendall Gill – 1991
Larry Johnson – 1992
Alonzo Mourning – 1993
Emeka Okafor – 2005
LaMelo Ball – 2021

NBA All-Rookie Second Team

All-Stars and All-Star Weekend participants

NBA All-Star Game Selections^[2]

Larry Johnson – 1993, 1995
Alonzo Mourning – 1994, 1995
Glen Rice – 1996, 1997, 1998
Eddie Jones – 2000
Baron Davis – 2002
Gerald Wallace – 2010
Kemba Walker - 2017, 2018, 2019
LaMelo Ball - 2022

All-Star Game MVP

Glen Rice – 1997

NBA Rising Stars Challenge

George Zidek – 1996 (East)
Baron Davis – 2001 (Sophomores)
Lee Nailon – 2002 (Sophomores)
Emeka Okafor – 2005 (Rookies)
Emeka Okafor – 2006 (Sophomores)
Adam Morrison – 2007 (Rookies)
Raymond Felton – 2007 (Sophomores)
Kemba Walker – 2012 (Team Shaq)
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist – 2013 (Team Shaq)
Kemba Walker – 2013 (Team Shaq)
Cody Zeller – 2015 (Team USA)
Frank Kaminsky – 2017 (Team USA)
P. J. Washington – 2020 (Team USA)
Miles Bridges – 2020 (Team USA)
Devonte' Graham – 2020 (Team USA)
LaMelo Ball – 2021 (Team USA)
LaMelo Ball – 2022 (Sophomores)

Slam Dunk Contest

Rex Chapman – 1990, 1991
Kendall Gill – 1991
Larry Johnson – 1992
Ricky Davis – 2000
Baron Davis – 2001
Gerald Wallace – 2010
Miles Bridges - 2019

Three-point Shootout

Dell Curry – 1992, 1994
Scott Burrell – 1995
Glen Rice – 1996, 1997, 1998
Kemba Walker – 2017

Basketball Hall of Famers

Players
No.	Name	Position	Tenure	Inducted
00	Robert Parish	C	1994–96	2003
33	Alonzo Mourning	C/F	1992–95	2014
12	Vlade Divac	C	1996–98	2019

Coaches
Name	Position	Tenure	Inducted
Dave Cowens ^[a]	Coach	1996–99	1991
Larry Brown ^[b]	Coach	2008–10	2002

Notes

^ Inducted as player.
^ Coached the team when they were known as the Charlotte Bobcats.

FIBA Hall of Famers

Players
No.	Name	Position	Tenure	Inducted
12	Vlade Divac	C	1996–98	2010

Retired numbers

Charlotte Hornets retired numbers
No.	Name	Position	Tenure
13	Bobby Phills	G	1997–2000

The Charlotte Hornets retired Phills' number on February 9, 2000, after he was killed in an automobile accident in Charlotte. His jersey hung from the rafters of the Charlotte Coliseum until the franchise relocated in May 2002. It was displayed in the New Orleans Arena until the franchise became the Pelicans in 2013. On November 1, 2014, his jersey was returned to Charlotte, where it was re-honored and currently hangs in Spectrum Center.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Other franchise records

Team (regular season)

Largest margin of victory in a game – 61 (Score: 140 – 79) Mar. 22, 2018 vs. Memphis ^[6]
Largest margin of victory in a playoffs game - 30 (Score: 119 – 89) May 3, 1993 vs. Boston Celtics ^[7]

in Eastern Conference First Round