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===Retired numbers=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | colspan="5" style="{{Gridiron primary style|New York Giants}};"|'''New York Giants retired numbers''' |- ! width=40px style="{{Gridiron alt primary style|New York Giants}};"|No. ! width=150px style="{{Gridiron alt primary style|New York Giants}};"|Player ! width=40px style="{{Gridiron alt primary style|New York Giants}};"|Position ! width=100px style="{{Gridiron alt primary style|New York Giants}};"|Career ! width=160px style="{{Gridiron alt primary style|New York Giants}};"|Retired |- | '''1''' || [[Ray Flaherty]] <sup>1</sup> || [[End (American football)|E]] || 1928β1935 || 1935 |- | '''<s> 3 </s>''' || <s>{{sortname|Len|Grant}}</s> <sup>2</sup> <sup>3</sup>|| [[End (American football)|OT]] || 1930β1937 || 1938β1966 |- | '''4''' ||[[Tuffy Leemans]] || [[Running back|RB]] || 1936β1943 || 1940 |- | '''7''' || [[Mel Hein]] || [[Center (American football)|C]], [[Linebacker|LB]] || 1931β1945 || 1963 |- | '''10''' || [[Eli Manning]] || [[Quarterback|QB]] || 2004β2019 || September 26, 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.giants.com/news/eli-manning-rejoins-giants-ring-of-honor-jersey-retired-vs-falcons-tickets |title=Eli Manning rejoins Giants organization; date set for jersey retirement & Ring of Honor induction |publisher=New York Giants |date=July 5, 2021 |access-date=October 27, 2021 }}</ref> |- | '''11''' || [[Phil Simms]] || [[Quarterback|QB]] || 1979β1993 || September 4, 1995 |- | rowspan=2| '''14''' || [[Ward Cuff]] <sup>4</sup>|| [[Halfback (American football)|HB, WB]] || 1937β1945 || 1946 |- | [[Y. A. Tittle]] <sup>4</sup>|| [[Quarterback|QB]] || 1961β1964 || 1965 |- | '''16''' || [[Frank Gifford]] || [[Halfback (American football)|HB]], [[Wide receiver|WR]] || 1952β1964 || October 19, 2000 |- | '''32''' || [[Al Blozis]] <sup>3</sup>|| [[Offensive tackle|OT]] || 1942β1944 || 1945 |- | '''40''' || [[Joe Morrison]] || [[Running back|RB]], [[Wide receiver|WR]] || 1959β1972 || 1972 |- | '''42''' || [[Charlie Conerly]] || [[Quarterback|QB]] || 1948β1961 || 1962 |- | '''50''' || [[Ken Strong]] || [[Halfback (American football)|HB]] || 1933β1947 || 1947 |- | '''56''' || [[Lawrence Taylor]] || [[Linebacker|LB]] || 1981β1993 || October 11, 1994 |- | '''92''' || [[Michael Strahan]] || [[Defensive end|DE]] || 1993β2007 || November 28, 2021<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Pickman |first1=Ben |title=Strahan Says Giants Will Retire His Jersey |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/01/28/michael-strahan-giants-retire-jersey-fallon |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=August 2, 2020 |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611192132/https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/01/28/michael-strahan-giants-retire-jersey-fallon |url-status=live }}</ref> |} ;'''Notes:''' * <sup>1</sup> Retired in 1935, this was the first number to be retired in professional football. The number was unretired in 2024 for Malik Nabers after he received permission to wear it from the Flaherty family.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2105810_2105811_2105882,00.html |magazine=Time Magazine |last=Berry |first=Allison |title=Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About the New York Giants |page=7 |date=February 2, 2012 |access-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-date=January 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131101613/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2105810_2105811_2105882,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Eisen |first=Michael |title=Malik Nabers to wear No. 1 with permission from Flaherty family |url=https://www.giants.com/news/malik-nabers-to-wear-no-1-with-permission-from-flahery-family |website=Giants.com |access-date=28 August 2024 |date=28 August 2024 }}</ref> * <sup>2</sup> The Giants retired the #3 in honor of tackle and team captain Len Grant, who was killed by a lightning strike while golfing just before training camp opened in 1938. His number was returned to service in 1966 at the request of Pete Gogolak and has remained in use.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Eric |title=New York Giants Retired Jersey Numbers |url=http://www.bigblueinteractive.com/information-pages/new-york-giants-retired-jersey-numbers/ |access-date=May 6, 2024 |website=Big Blue Interactive |date=September 20, 2007 |language=en-us}}</ref> * <sup>3</sup> Posthumous honor. * <sup>4</sup> The number 14 was retired in honor of Ward Cuff in 1946. Y. A. Tittle requested 14 after the Giants traded for him in 1961, and it was retired a second time in 1964 at the conclusion of Tittle's playing career. The number is now retired in honor of both players.<ref>{{cite web|title=New York Giants Retired Jersey Numbers|date=September 20, 2007 |url=http://www.bigblueinteractive.com/information-pages/new-york-giants-retired-jersey-numbers/|publisher=Big Blue Interactive|access-date=August 25, 2016|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220144626/http://www.bigblueinteractive.com/information-pages/new-york-giants-retired-jersey-numbers/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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