Australian NBA Players: Every Player Born in Australia (2026-27)
All 6 players on an NBA roster this season who were born in Australia.
Updated Sep 1, 2026 · rosters as of the 2026-27 preseason
- Players
- 6
- Average height
- 6'6"
- Average age
- 25.8
- Teams represented
- 5 of 30
- Tallest
- Jock Landale (6'11")
- Shortest
- Kyrie Irving (6'2")
- Oldest
- Kyrie Irving (34)
- Youngest
- Johnny Furphy (21)
Birthplace, not citizenship. These lists group players by the country they were born in, which is what the public roster data records. A player born in one country may hold another nationality, may have grown up elsewhere, and may represent a different country internationally.
Six NBA players on 2026-27 rosters were born in Australia, spread across 5 teams. The group skews heavily toward guards — 5 of the 6 play the position — with Jock Landale the lone center.
Victoria accounts for 4 of the 6 birthplaces, with Melbourne and Sydney each home to 2 players on this list. Australia is one of 43 countries represented among the NBA's international-born players this season.
Think you'd know these players from their team, height, age and jersey number alone?
Play Guess-the-Player with only players born in Australia →| Player | Team | Pos | Ht | Age | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dyson Daniels
|
Atlanta Hawks
|
G | 6'7" | 23 | Bendigo, VIC |
Jock Landale
|
Atlanta Hawks
|
C | 6'11" | 30 | E Malvern, VIC |
Johnny Furphy
|
Indiana Pacers
|
G | 6'8" | 21 | Melbourne, VIC |
Josh Green
|
Utah Jazz
|
G | 6'6" | 25 | Sydney, NSW |
Kyrie Irving
|
Dallas Mavericks
|
G | 6'2" | 34 | Melbourne, VIC |
Tyrese Proctor
|
Cleveland Cavaliers
|
G | 6'4" | 22 | Sydney, NSW |
Click any column heading to sort. Players with no college listed came into the league from overseas or straight out of high school.
Heights and Ages Across the Group
The tallest player born in Australia is Jock Landale at 6'11", while Kyrie Irving is the shortest at 6'2". Irving, born March 23, 1992, in Melbourne, is also the oldest at age 34. The youngest is Johnny Furphy of the Indiana Pacers — born December 7, 2004, in Melbourne — who is 21 years old and stands 6'8".
Colleges and Teams on the Current Rosters
Among those who attended college in the United States, Duke produced 2 players on this list — Kyrie Irving and Tyrese Proctor. The Atlanta Hawks are the only team carrying 2 Australian-born players, with Dyson Daniels (#5) and Jock Landale (#31) both on their roster. The remaining players are spread one to a team across Indiana, Utah, Dallas, and Cleveland.
Not every player here took the college route: Dyson Daniels has no college listed, having come through a different pathway to the NBA.
Notable Individual Details
Tyrese Proctor, born in Sydney and wearing #24 for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Josh Green, also born in Sydney and playing for the Utah Jazz, give New South Wales 2 representatives. Proctor attended Duke; Green went to Arizona. Landale, who played at Saint Mary's, wears #31 for Atlanta and is the only center in the group at 6'11".