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===Honored members===
{{see also|List of New Jersey Devils players|List of New Jersey Devils award winners}}

====Retired numbers====
[[File:NJD Numbers 2018.jpg|thumb|The retired numbers of [[Patrik Eliáš|Patrik Elias]], [[Martin Brodeur]], [[Scott Niedermayer]], [[Ken Daneyko]] and [[Scott Stevens]]|alt=Five banners with the New Jersey Devils retired numbers, showing the player surname and years with the team: Eilias, 26, 1994–2016; Brodeur, 30 1990–2014; Niedermayer, 27, 1991–2004; Daneyko, 3, 1982–2003; and Stevens, 4, 1991–2005.]]
The Devils have retired five numbers.<ref name="retired">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/devils-to-retire-numbers-of-stevens-daneyko-1.608907|title=Devils to retire numbers of Stevens, Daneyko|access-date=November 13, 2006|publisher=CBC Sports | date=February 3, 2006}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#CC0000 5px solid; border-bottom:#000000 5px solid;" | New Jersey Devils retired numbers
|-
! width=40px|No.
! width=150px|Player
! width=40px|Position
! width=100px|Career
! width=150px|Date of retirement
|-
| '''3''' || [[Ken Daneyko]] <sup>1</sup> || [[Defenseman|D]] || 1982–2003 || March 24, 2006
|-
| '''4''' || [[Scott Stevens]] <sup>2</sup> || [[Defenseman|D]] || 1991–2005 || February 3, 2006
|-
| '''26''' || [[Patrik Eliáš|Patrik Elias]] <sup>3</sup> || [[Winger (ice hockey)|LW]] || 1994–2016 || February 24, 2018
|-
| '''27''' || [[Scott Niedermayer]] <sup>4</sup> || [[Defenseman|D]] || 1991–2004 || December 16, 2011
|-
| '''30''' || [[Martin Brodeur]] <sup>5</sup> || [[Goaltender|G]] || 1990–2014 || February 9, 2016
|}
'''Notes:'''
* <sup>1</sup> Daneyko holds the record for most games played in the Devils uniform with 1,283 (and spent his entire career with the team).<ref>{{cite web|last=Chere|first=Rich|title=Ken Daneyko succeeds Chico Resch as Devils TV analyst alongside Steve Cangelosi|work=The Star-Ledger|date=September 10, 2014|url=http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/2014/09/ken_daneyko_succeeds_chico_resch_as_devils_tv_analyst_alongside_steve_cangialosi.html|access-date=March 11, 2015}}</ref>
* <sup>2</sup> Stevens spent 13 seasons with the Devils, captaining the team for 12 of those seasons (1992–2004) while serving as captain of all three Stanley Cup-winning teams. Note that the banner includes the 2004–05 lockout season, as Stevens did not retire until 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scott Stevens: New Jersey Devils – Co-Head Coach|publisher=New Jersey Devils|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=60287|access-date=March 11, 2015}}</ref><ref name=cap>{{cite web|title=New Jersey Devils Captains: A–Z|publisher=New Jersey Devils|url=http://devils.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=42000|access-date=March 11, 2015}}</ref>
* <sup>3</sup> Elias was the first forward to have his number retired in Devils franchise history. Elias played his entire career with the Devils and holds the franchise record for goals, assists and points.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ryan|first1=Chris|title=Devils retire Patrik Elias' No. 26 'Thank you for letting me be a Devil forever'|url=http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/2018/02/devils_retire_patrik_elias_no_26.html|website=The Star-Ledger|access-date=February 25, 2018|date=February 24, 2018}}</ref>
* <sup>4</sup> Niedermayer spent the first 13 seasons of his career with the Devils, winning the [[James Norris Memorial Trophy]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chere|first1=Rich|title=Devils will retire Scott Niedermayer's No. 27 on Dec. 16|url=http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/2011/09/devils_will_retire_scott_niede.html|website=The Star-Ledger|access-date=May 10, 2018|date=September 26, 2011}}</ref>
* <sup>5</sup> Brodeur holds the NHL goaltenders' record for wins (691), shutouts (125), games played (1266), playoff shutouts (24), and goals scored (3). Brodeur won the [[Vezina Trophy]] four times with the Devils. 
* The NHL retired [[Wayne Gretzky]]'s No. 99 for all its member teams at the [[50th National Hockey League All-Star Game|2000 NHL All-Star Game]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Perfect setting: Gretzky's number retired before All-Star Game |publisher=CNN Sports Illustrated. Associated Press |date=February 6, 2000 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/2000/nhl_allstar/news/2000/02/06/gretsky_99/ |access-date=June 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112022319/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/2000/nhl_allstar/news/2000/02/06/gretsky_99/ |archive-date=November 12, 2013}}</ref>

====Hall of Fame honorees====
Eleven Devils players have been inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]]. [[Peter Šťastný|Peter Stastny]], who played for the Devils from 1989 to 1993, was inducted in 1998. A center who defected from Czechoslovakia, Stastny was one of the NHL's top goal scorers in the 1980s.<ref name="ŠťastnýHall">{{cite web|url=http://www.hhoflegendsclassic.com/players/stastny.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928144500/http://www.hhoflegendsclassic.com/players/stastny.html|archive-date=September 28, 2007|title=Peter Šťastný|access-date=November 13, 2006|year=2006|publisher=HHOFlegendsclassic.com}}</ref> In 2001, Stastny was joined in the Hall of Fame by Devils defenseman [[Viacheslav Fetisov]], who was one of the first Soviet players in the NHL. Fetisov played for the team in the 1989–90 season and again from 1990 to 1995.<ref>{{cite web|title=One on One with Viacheslav Fetisov|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|date=February 27, 2006|url=http://www.hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_oneononep200101.shtml|access-date=April 28, 2013|archive-date=June 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618155524/https://www.hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_oneononep200101.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Slava Fetisov|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fe/slava-fetisov-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000221/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fe/slava-fetisov-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2020|access-date=April 28, 2013}}</ref> [[Scott Stevens]], the Devils' defenseman from 1991 to 2004 and long-time team captain, was inducted in 2007 in his first year of eligibility. In December 2014, Stevens returned as head coach for the Devils' defense.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 28, 2007 |title=Messier leads star-studded Hockey Hall of Fame class |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2919800 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> [[Igor Larionov]], a forward with a 15-year career in the NHL who spent the 2003–04 season with the Devils, was inducted in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Induction Showcase: Igor Larionov|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|url=http://www.hhof.com/htmlInduct/ind08Larionov.shtml|access-date=May 2, 2015|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083054/http://www.hhof.com/htmlInduct/ind08Larionov.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> Two Devils centers were inducted in 2011: [[Doug Gilmour]], who had played for the team from 1996 to 1998, and [[Joe Nieuwendyk]], a member of the club from 2001 to 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Hockey Hall of Fame: Dough Gilmour|publisher=New Jersey Devils|date=November 11, 2011|url=http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=600573|access-date=March 14, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518075310/http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=600573|archive-date=May 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Hockey Hall of Fame: Joe Nieuwendyk|publisher=New Jersey Devils|date=November 11, 2011|url=http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=600577|access-date=March 16, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518075307/http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=600577|archive-date=May 18, 2015}}</ref> In 2013, the Hall of Fame again inducted two former Devils players: left wing [[Brendan Shanahan]], who had played for the team from 1987 to 1991 and again for the 2008–09 season, and defenseman [[Scott Niedermayer]], who was a Devil from 1992 to 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scott Niedermayer|publisher=Hockey-Reference|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/n/niedesc01.html|access-date=March 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Chere|first=Rich|title=Former Devil Brendan Shanahan will enter Hall of Fame with bittersweet thoughts of his dad|work=The Star-Ledger|date=November 10, 2013 |url=http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/2013/11/former_devil_brendan_shanahan_enters_hall_of_fame_with_bittersweet_thoughts_of_his_dad.html|access-date=March 21, 2015}}</ref> In the 2015, defenseman [[Phil Housley]], who briefly played 22 games for the organization after being traded to New Jersey at the 1996 trade deadline, was inducted into the Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burnside |first=Scott |date=October 29, 2015 |title=Phil Housley's Hockey Hall of Fame induction long overdue |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/14002554/nhl-phil-housley-hockey-hall-fame-induction-long-overdue |access-date=February 25, 2019 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> In 2017, left wing [[Dave Andreychuk]], who played for the Devils for four seasons from 1996 to 1999, was inducted into the Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=After Long Wait, Dave Andreychuk Finally Enters Hockey Hall of Fame|magazine=Sports Illustrated|url=https://www.si.com/nhl/2017/11/13/hall-fame-dave-andreychuk|access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref> In 2018, longtime Devils goaltender [[Martin Brodeur]] was inducted into the Hall of Fame, who played with the team from 1991 to 2014, breaking multiple league records including most wins and shutouts while a member of the team.

In 2009, [[Lou Lamoriello]], Devils president and general manager from 1987 to 2015, was inducted into the Hall as a Builder.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lou Lamoriello – President/General Manager|publisher=New Jersey Devils|url=http://devils.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=57342|access-date=March 30, 2015}}</ref> Two Devils head coaches have also been inducted in the category. [[Herb Brooks]], who coached the 1980 U.S. Olympic team to victory in the "[[Miracle on Ice]]" and served as Devils head coach in the 1992–93 season, was inducted in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brooks architect of a miracle by design|publisher=New Jersey Devils|date=November 13, 2006|url=http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=458082|access-date=May 1, 2013}}</ref> [[Pat Burns]], head coach from 2002 to 2004, was inducted posthumously in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last=LeBrun|first=Pierre|title=Burns, players had special bond|publisher=ESPN|date=November 14, 2014|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/11820810/nhl-late-pat-burns-hall-fame-induction-deserved-honor-former-cop-coach-year|access-date=March 21, 2015}}</ref> Longtime Devils broadcaster [[Mike Emrick]] was the 2008 recipient of the [[Foster Hewitt Memorial Award]].<ref>{{cite press release| url=http://www.hhof.com/htmlInduct/ind08prolog.shtml| title=Hockey Hall of Fame Announces 2008 Foster Hewitt Memorial Award and Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award Recipients| publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame| access-date=May 3, 2015| archive-date=May 18, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083046/http://www.hhof.com/htmlInduct/ind08prolog.shtml| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Three Devils head coaches had been inducted as players prior to joining the Devils organization. [[Jacques Lemaire]], a 12-season NHL veteran forward who played primarily for the Canadiens, was inducted in 1984 and served as Devils head coach from 1993 to 1998 and from 2009 to 2011. [[Larry Robinson]], who spent most of his 20-season career with the Canadiens, was inducted in 1995 and subsequently served as Devils head coach from 2000 to 2002 and in 2005. [[Adam Oates]], a center with 19 seasons in the NHL who was inducted in 2012, began serving as the Devils head coach for offense in December 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hockey Hall of Fame Inductees|publisher=Hockey Reference|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/awards/hhof.html|access-date=April 13, 2015}}</ref>

====Devils Ring of Honor====
During the [[2016–17 NHL season|2016–17 season]] the Devils created a Devils Ring of Honor to honor players whose numbers were not retired and other team personnel.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kasan |first1=Sam |title=Committee Established to Select Ring of Honorees |url=https://www.nhl.com/devils/news/committee-established-to-select-ring-of-honorees-feature-roh |website=NHL.com |access-date=November 22, 2023 |date=November 21, 2023}}</ref> [[John McMullen (engineer)|John McMullen]], owner of the Devils from 1982 to 2000, was the inaugural inductee and was inducted on January 6, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. John J. McMullen Named to Devils Ring of Honor |url=https://www.nhl.com/devils/news/dr-john-j-mcmullen-named-to-devils-ring-of-honor-285284754 |website=NHL.com |access-date=November 22, 2023 |date=January 3, 2017}}</ref> [[Sergei Brylin]] was inducted on January 20, 2024, becoming the second inductee. Brylin, a defensive forward, played for the Devils from 1995 to 2008, won three [[Stanley Cup]] titles with the team and is one of only five Devils who played for all three championship teams. He later became an assistant coach with the Devils.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sergei Brylin Named Second Devils Ring of Honor Inductee |url=https://www.nhl.com/devils/news/brylin-roh-release |website=NHL.com |access-date=November 22, 2023 |date=November 21, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Detwiler |first1=Christopher |title=Brylin inducted into Devils Ring of Honor in pregame ceremony |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/short-shifts/sergei-brylin-new-jersey-devils-ring-of-honor-induction |website=NHL.com |access-date=January 28, 2024 |date=January 20, 2024}}</ref> On January 22, 2025, [[Jacques Lemaire]] became the third inductee. Lemaire, a [[Hockey Hall of Fame]]r, was the head coach of the Devils from 1993 to 1998 and again from 2009 to 2011. He coached the Devils to their first Stanley Cup in 1995 and his 11th championship overall.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Detwiler |first1=Christopher |title=Lemaire honored by Devils, inducted to Ring of Honor |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/jacques-lemaire-inducted-to-new-jersey-devils-ring-of-honor |website=NHL.com |access-date=May 7, 2025 |date=January 22, 2025}}</ref>