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=== Retired numbers ===
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="background:#FFFFFF;border-top:#00205B 5px solid;border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid;"|Retired numbers
|-
! width="15"|No.
! width="100"|Player
! width="15"|Position
! width="100"|Tenure
! width="100"|Date of honour{{sfn|LeafsPR|2016|p=374–391}}
! width="100"|Date of retirement<ref name="retnum" />
|-
| style="background:#cfecec;"|'''1''' || style="background:#ffb;"| [[Turk Broda]] || [[Goaltender|G]] || 1935–1943<br />1946–1951 || March 11, 1995 || October 15, 2016
|-
| style="background:#cfecec;"|'''1''' || style="background:#ffb;"| [[Johnny Bower]] || [[Goaltender|G]] || 1958–1969 || March 11, 1995 || October 15, 2016
|-
| style="background:#cfecec;"|'''4''' || style="background:#ffb;"| [[Hap Day]] || [[Defence (ice hockey)|D]] || 1924–1937 || October 4, 2006 || October 15, 2016
|-
| style="background:#cfecec;"|'''4''' || style="background:#ffb;"| [[Red Kelly]] || [[Centre (ice hockey)|C]] || 1960–1967 || October 4, 2006 || October 15, 2016
|-
| '''5''' || [[Bill Barilko]] || [[Defenceman|D]] || 1945–1951 || style="background:#ffbbbb;"| ''Not honoured'' || October 17, 1992<ref name="rethis" />
|-
| '''6''' || style="background:#ffb;"| [[Ace Bailey]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|RW]] || 1926–1933 || style="background:#ffbbbb;"| ''Not honoured'' || February 14, 1934
|-
| style="background:#cfecec;"|'''7''' || style="background:#ffb;"| [[King Clancy]] || [[Defence (ice hockey)|D]] || 1930–1937 || November 21, 1995 || October 15, 2016
|-
| style="background:#cfecec;"|'''7''' || style="background:#ffb;"| [[Tim Horton]] || [[Defence (ice hockey)|D]] || 1949–1970 || November 21, 1995 || October 15, 2016
|-
| style="background:#cfecec;"|'''9''' || style="background:#ffb;"| [[Charlie Conacher]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|RW]] || 1929–1938 || February 28, 1998 || October 15, 2016
|-
| style="background:#cfecec;"|'''9''' || style="background:#ffb;"| [[Ted Kennedy (ice hockey)|Ted Kennedy]] || [[Centre (ice hockey)|C]] || 1942–1955<br />1956–1957 || October 3, 1993 || October 15, 2016
|-
| style="background:#cfecec;"|'''10''' || style="background:#ffb;"| [[Syl Apps]] || [[Centre (ice hockey)|C]] || 1936–1943<br />1945–1948 || October 3, 1993 || October 15, 2016
|-
| style="background:#cfecec;"|'''10''' || style="background:#ffb;"| [[George Armstrong (ice hockey)|George Armstrong]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|RW]] || 1949–1971 || February 28, 1998 || October 15, 2016
|-
| '''13''' || style="background:#ffb;"| [[Mats Sundin]] || [[Centre (ice hockey)|C]] || 1994–2008 || February 11, 2012 || October 15, 2016
|-
|'''14''' || style ="background:#ffb;"| [[Dave Keon]] || [[Centre (ice hockey)|C]] || 1960–1975 || style="background:#ffbbbb;"| ''Not honoured'' || October 15, 2016
|-
| '''17''' || [[Wendel Clark]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|LW]] || 1985–1994<br />1996–1998<br />2000 || November 22, 2008 || October 15, 2016
|-
| '''21''' || style="background:#ffb;"| [[Borje Salming]] || [[Defence (ice hockey)|D]] || 1973–1989 || October 4, 2006 || October 15, 2016
|-
| style="background:#cfecec;"|'''27''' || style="background:#ffb;"| [[Frank Mahovlich]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|LW]] || 1956–1968 || October 3, 2001 || October 15, 2016
|-
| style="background:#cfecec;"|'''27''' || style="background:#ffb;"| [[Darryl Sittler]] || [[Centre (ice hockey)|C]] || 1970–1982 || February 8, 2003 || October 15, 2016
|-
| '''93''' || style="background:#ffb;"| [[Doug Gilmour]] || [[Centre (ice hockey)|C]] || 1992–1997<br />2003 || January 31, 2009 || October 15, 2016
|}
{|class="wikitable floatright"
|style="background:#ffb;"|Player elected to the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]]
|-
|style="background:#cfecec;"|Number retired for multiple players
|-
|style="background:#ffbbbb;"|Number was not honoured before being retired
|}
The Maple Leafs have [[Retired number|retired the numbers]] of 19 players; as some players used the same number, only 13 numbers have been retired.<ref name=retnum>{{cite web|title=Toronto Maple Leafs retire the numbers of 17 players|url=https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/news/toronto-maple-leafs-retire-the-numbers-of-17-players/c-282696202|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=October 16, 2016|date=October 15, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018061302/https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/news/toronto-maple-leafs-retire-the-numbers-of-17-players/c-282696202|archive-date=October 18, 2016}}</ref> Between October 17, 1992, and October 15, 2016, the Maple Leafs took a unique approach to retired numbers. Whereas players who suffered a career-ending injury had their numbers retired, "great" players had their number "honoured".<ref name=rethis>{{cite web|url=http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=42226|title=Honoured Players Process Different For Leafs|first=John|last=Iaboni|work=Leafs Game Day|publisher=Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment|access-date=July 3, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915175519/http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=42226|archive-date=September 15, 2016}}</ref> Honoured numbers remained in general circulation for players, however, during Brian Burke's tenure as the Maple Leafs' general manager, the use of honoured numbers required his approval.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2012/02/11/maple_leafs_honoured_numbers_reserved_for_special_players.html|title=Maple Leafs' honoured numbers reserved for 'special players'|work=Toronto Star|publisher=Torstar Corporation|access-date=January 29, 2018|date=February 11, 2012|last=McGran|first=Kevin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129140805/https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2012/02/11/maple_leafs_honoured_numbers_reserved_for_special_players.html|archive-date=January 29, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

During this period, only two players met the criteria for retirement, the first being number 6, worn by [[Ace Bailey]] and retired on February 14, 1934; and Bill Barilko's number 5, retired on October 17, 1992.<ref name="rethis" /> The retirement of Bailey's number was the first of its kind in professional sports.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Handy Hockey Answer Book|last=Fischler|first=Stan|publisher=Visible Ink Press|year=2015|page=59|isbn=978-1-57859-567-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Greene|first=Nick|title=Who Had the First Jersey Number to Be Retired in Sports?|magazine=[[Mental Floss]]|date=November 7, 2014|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/59830/who-had-first-jersey-number-be-retired-sports|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620001847/http://mentalfloss.com/article/59830/who-had-first-jersey-number-be-retired-sports|archive-date=June 20, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> It was briefly taken out of retirement after Bailey asked that [[Ron Ellis]] be allowed to wear his number.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/former-maple-leaf-ellis-dreaming-of-stanley-cup-for-current-group/c-291553902|title=Former forward Ellis dreaming of Cup for Maple Leafs|last=Stubbs|first=David|website=www.nhl.com|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L.P.|date=October 4, 2017|access-date=February 27, 2020}}</ref> Bailey's number returned to retirement after Ellis's final game on January 14, 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/former-maple-leaf-ellis-dreaming-of-stanley-cup-for-current-group/c-291553902|title=Former forward Ellis dreaming of Cup for Maple Leafs|last=Stubbs|first=Dave|publisher=National Hockey League|date=October 4, 2017|access-date=January 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129141415/https://www.nhl.com/news/former-maple-leaf-ellis-dreaming-of-stanley-cup-for-current-group/c-291553902|archive-date=January 29, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

The first players to have their numbers honoured were Syl Apps and Ted Kennedy, on October 3, 1993.<ref name="rethis" /> Mats Sundin was the last player to have his number honoured on February 11, 2012.{{sfn|LeafsPR|2016|p=391}} On October 15, 2016, before the home opening game of the team's centenary season, the Maple Leafs announced they had changed their philosophy on retiring numbers, and that the numbers of those 16 honoured players would now be retired, in addition to the retirement of Dave Keon's number.<ref name="retnum" />

As well as honouring and retiring the numbers, the club also commissioned statues of former Maple Leafs. The group of statues, known as Legends Row, is a {{convert|9.2|m|ft}} granite hockey bench with statues of former club players. Unveiled in September 2014, it is located outside Gate 5 of Scotiabank Arena, at Maple Leaf Square.{{sfn|LeafsPR|2016|p=370}} As of October 2017, statues have been made of 14 players with retired numbers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/maple-leafs-add-clark-mahovlich-kelly-conacher-legends-row/|title=Maple Leafs add Clark, Mahovlich, Kelly, Conacher to Legends Row|last=Sadler|first=Emily|date=October 6, 2017|access-date=October 28, 2017|work=Sportsnet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028200718/http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/maple-leafs-add-clark-mahovlich-kelly-conacher-legends-row/|archive-date=October 28, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Legends Row photo by Djuradj Vujcic.jpg|thumb|alt=Statues of hockey players in front of a granite bench. The glass facade of Scotiabank Arena is in the background.|Legends Row, a group of statues outside [[Scotiabank Arena]]]]
In addition to the 13 numbers retired by the Maple Leafs, the number 99 is also retired from use in the organization. At the [[2000 NHL All-Star Game]] hosted in Toronto, the NHL announced the league-wide retirement of [[Wayne Gretzky]]'s number 99, retiring it from use throughout all its member teams, including the Maple Leafs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Perfect setting: Gretzky's number retired before All-Star Game |work=CNNSports 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>