The Charlotte Hornets’ franchise has had a rather interesting history. They began in the late ’80s and lasted until the early 2000s before being uprooted to New Orleans in devastating fashion. After a couple years of a basketball hiatus in Charlotte, the Bobcat era was born and basketball was back in the Queen City.

Hornets hope was reborn when the New Orleans Hornets became the New Orleans Pelicans (which I still think is a strange name for a professional sports team, but I digress). It didn’t take long at all for Charlotte to reclaim the name, thus beginning the Charlotte Hornets, 2.0.

Success has been hard to come by, particularly since the start of the Bobcats, but basketball passion runs deep in this city. Charlotte has seen plenty of talent walk through its doors, but not many players have stayed for long, as seemingly anyone with talent was traded after two or three seasons.

Because of the many short tenures, these rankings do not reflect much on the amount of time each player spent in a Charlotte uniform, but rather more on their contribution to the team while they were/have been here. Because the Charlotte Hornets have reclaimed stats from the 1988-2002 seasons, the rankings include players from the original Hornets days up to the move to New Orleans, as well as players from the Bobcats’ and new Hornets’ rosters.

Here we go.

Editor’s Note: We decided to include Kobe, despite the fact he didn’t play for the Hornets, because of the impact he left on the franchise. Consider this list 24 who played, plus an honorable mention.