Thunder Primary Logo
The Oklahoma City Thunder logo has undergone several changes throughout the team's history. The original logo, used when the team was based in Seattle as the SuperSonics from 1967-2008, featured a green and yellow circular logo with a green and yellow basketball in the center and the word "SuperSonics" written in green. When the team moved to Oklahoma City in 2008, it was renamed the Thunder and adopted a new logo. The logo featured a blue, orange and yellow circular logo with a stylized thunderbolt in the center and the word "Thunder" written in blue. From 2010-2017, the logo featured a blue and orange circular logo with a stylized thunderbolt in the center and the word "Thunder" written in blue. From 2017-2021, The logo featured a stylized letter "OKC" in blue, orange and yellow with a thunderbolt graphic in the background. In 2021, the team announced a new logo that is a stylized letter "T" in blue, orange and yellow color scheme, with a thunderbolt graphic on the right side of the letter.
2009 - Present
The Oklahoma City Thunder unveiled their first logo on September 3, 2008. The logo is a large blue and yellow banner with the logo in the middle with the wordmark “OKC,” and splashes of yellow at the top and reddish-orange at the bottom. On top is the wordmark “THUNDER.”
2002 - 2008
The final Supersonics logo is a white colored “S” representing Seattle and Sonics written on a yellow basketball. The “S” is shaped to be circular so that it covers the ball. The logos is written on a green background which represents the team colors. On top is wordmark “SEATTLE” in white and “SONICS” in yellow with a green line throughout.
1996 - 2001
The Space Needle is forming the “I” in the wordmark SONICS” on a brown with orange trim and bold font. All of this on a green oval background with red and orange trim and a basketball for the dot in the “I.” Also, a wordmark “SEATTLE” in white above Sonics.
1976 - 1995
In 1976 the Sonics added a new color to the logo, yellow. The logo featured a basketball with the Seattle cityscape, including the space needle on a yellow background. Below is a wordmark “SEATTLE SUPERSONICS” in green.
1972 - 1975
The next Sonic logo again all in green, with a basketball to the right. The wordmark “SONICS” is shaped like a space ship flying with the wordmark “SEATTLE SUPER” above the first “S” in Sonics.
1971
In 1971 the Sonics logo changed to a green basketball with a white outline. A wordmark “Seattle SuperSonics” in the center of the basketball in white lettering.
1968 - 1970
The original SuperSonics logo is an all green logo. The space needle is inside a basketball with a Sonic shuttle flying around the basketball. A wordmark “SEATTLE SUPERSONICS” in green.