Since Nike became the NBA’s official jersey partner in 2017, the Utah Jazz have seen a total of 16 new jerseys.
Some are among the greatest the NBA have ever seen, and others are an abomination to the sport of basketball.
For no particular reason, I’ve decided to rank every single Utah Jazz jersey in the Nike era, to see what truly is the best and worst jersey during this time.
Note: I will not be ranking any throwbacks. That includes the 2019-20 and 2022-23 90s throwbacks, the 2023-24 New Orleans throwbacks and the 2018-19
80s purple throwbacks.
16. 2022-25 Icon “The highlighters”
A contender for one of the worst uniforms in Jazz history, NBA history, sports history… maybe the worst piece of clothing ever conceived. There’s a reason that Utah only wore these once during its last season in the rotation during 2024-25. These will forever be a symbol of the worst rebrand in modern American sports history.
15. 2022-25 Association
The yellow trim on these are so offensively bad, and yet the white and black is somehow just as offensively boring. I genuinely think I’ve seen more fans wearing the highlighter jerseys than these. That’s how boring and ugly these were.
14. 2021 Earned
These jerseys had the potential to be a lot cooler, but the lime green clashed with the dark green and blue of the court. If they had made a specialty court with the right colors, these could have been ranked a lot higher, but they never looked as good as I wanted.
13. 2025-26 City
After speculation about the Jazz returning to the beloved sunset city jerseys from the Donovan Mitchell days, instead fans were given gray. Everything great about the sunsets is everything that’s wrong with these. Dull colors, boring, don’t stick out, etc. I would never go as far to call these “ugly,” but they are by far the worst city editions Utah has ever had.
12. 2022-25 Statement
These aren’t nearly as egregious as the other two yellow ones from this era. In fact, they actually didn’t look too bad when paired with the Jazz’s black court, but I refuse to give points to the most basic jersey in the franchise’s history. These look like rec league jerseys.
11. 2017-22 Statement
Who could forget Rodney Hood debuting the Jazz’s first ever “statement” edition jerseys at the NBA’s unveiling of their new alternate uniforms in 2017. Donovan Mitchell performed a lot of highlights in these during his rookie season, and the all-gold/yellow look was actually pretty well-received by fans. The problem is, they haven’t aged well at all. By the end of their run in 2022, this look was hardly being used. I would go as far as saying that of any jersey during the Nike era, this one has aged the worst.
10. 2024-25 City
A good jersey, but in my opinion it’s the much lesser version of the 90s set. I liked the other purple jerseys that have come out in the last two years far more than this one. Every time they wore this, I was wishing they would just wear the old throwbacks instead.
9. 2018-19 Earned
One of two “earned edition” jerseys that the NBA rolled out to teams who made the playoffs the year prior, the Jazz debuted these on Christmas Day against the Trail Blazers in 2018. These were my favorite green jerseys of the 2010s/2020s, and I think were severely underused. That’s the shame of the Nike era. So many beautiful NBA jerseys were only worn a handful of times in a season, only to be never seen again.
8. 2017-22 Icon
Not much to say about these. A really good set of jerseys to have in your main rotation. These aren’t gonna make any list of the greatest Jazz jerseys, but as Jazz fans came to learn in 2022, you can never take good jerseys for granted.
7. 2024-present Statement
These are really good. Great even. But they are definitely a tier below the home and away (association and icon) sets the Jazz wear currently. These had a really cool court paired with them in 2024-25, that made for a really cool scene live. Parts of me wishes that court could’ve made its way into this season to be worn with these.
6. 2017-22 Association
I know my love for these is irrational, but for whatever reason, I have such a soft spot in my heart for this set of home whites. Whiteouts at the Vivint in this era were gorgeous, and who could forget Mitt Romney taunting Russell Westbrook with this jersey over a long-sleeved dress shirt?
5. 2020-22 City
We’re officially in the elite category. Like all-time great NBA jerseys from here on out. After the success of the original sunset jerseys for three years, Utah decided to roll out a black version called, “dark mode.” These were just as popular and the court was just as beautiful. When the Jazz regretfully rebranded to black and neon yellow, Ryan Smith used these as an excuse, because these were also black and yellow? Seems like a stretch Ryan.
4. 2023-24 City
These were the biggest breath of fresh air after the 2022 rebrand. The perfect blend of nostalgia and bold modernism, these were the best city jerseys in the league in 2023-24. These combined with the purple in-season tournament court were… rough on television, but in person it was a sight to behold.
3. 2025-26 Icon
Everything I just said about the 2023-24 city jersey, but a tad better. The only difference on these is the thin, baby-blue trim.
2. 2025-26 Association
If the Jazz were good, these would be legitimately brought up when talked about the best jerseys in the league. I think these are the best white jerseys the Jazz have ever had, and I don’t think it’s close. If the Jazz ever do make the playoffs with these in the rotation, a Delta Center whiteout would be amazing.
1. 2017-2020 City
Maybe the best city jerseys in NBA history? It’s either these or the Heat’s Miami vice. These jerseys were bold, ambitious, different, exciting, basically anything good that can be said about a piece of clothing. I am still shocked that these were even designed in the first place. It was so much more different than anything the Jazz — or any NBA franchise — had done to that point, and they were actually really influential. The amount of gradient jerseys that came out across the NBA after this can be traced back to the success of the sunsets.
What’s weird about these, is that the Jazz for five years just had a second branding and identity — and it worked. To this day, there are still fans walking around in the sunsets, and even outside of Utah, these were universally loved. They made ESPN’s top-74 NBA jerseys of all time list in 2020 while these were still in use.
