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2026
Casualty Ward
Every injured NBL player, with expected return dates
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NBL Injury Report: every injured player and expected return dates
- Every player the NBL has listed as out, day-to-day or in doubt
- The injury behind each listing, and the return date the league expects
- Every rostered player at every club's listed availability
The NBL Injury Report is where you find out who is missing and when they are due back.
It carries every player on every NBL roster, club by club, so a club's count here will run higher than its count on our depth charts.
Read the four states carefully, because one of them is not what it looks like. Out and Day-to-Day both mean the NBL has listed that player or basketball.com.au has monitored an injury not significant for the player to added to the NBL Injury Report. TBC means the player has a listed an injury with no return date attached to it. Available means only the is not on the NBL's Injury List, which is not the same thing they will play.
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36ers (4) · Bullets (5) · Taipans (3) · Hawks (1) · Melbourne United (1) · Breakers (4) · Wildcats (4) · Phoenix (1) · Kings (2) · JackJumpers (4)
Adelaide 36ers – 4 injuries
14 of 16 contracted players · 4 injuries · 3 on the NBL list, 1 from our own reporting
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flynn Cameron | Day-to-Day | Ankle | Possibly 12 November |
| Hurt his right ankle in Adelaide’s opener on 19 September 2026 and has missed 11 games. He was available for the game against the Illawarra Hawks on 7 November but was rested as a precaution, ABC Sport’s Aaron Bryans reported. Coach Trevor Gleeson said he would “go through the checklist this week” before Thursday’s game against Melbourne United, and the club is hopeful (NBL.com.au). The NBL’s list still has his return as TBC. | |||
| Isaac Humphries (retired) | Out | Knee | Retired |
| Retired on October 20, 2026. Adelaide 36ers announced that a persistent knee injury had forced him to end his career, after 173 NBL games, 124 of them for Adelaide. He did not play in NBL27 and moves into a non-playing role with the club. | |||
| John Jenkins III | Available | ||
| Played 20 minutes and 49 seconds and scored seven points for Adelaide in the 98-97 loss at Perth on Thursday 24 September 2026, off the bench. He had been carried Day-to-Day with back spasms after being ruled out of the NBL27 season opener against Melbourne United; that complaint no longer keeps him out, and the NBL removed him from its own injury list in the 26 September refresh. | |||
| Matt Kenyon | Available | ||
| Returned from a back injury against the New Zealand Breakers on Friday 30 October 2026, playing 21 minutes. The NBL removed him from its list that day. | |||
| Bul Kuol | Out | ACL | TBC |
| Mangok Mathiang | Out | Personal reasons | Round 9 |
| Out of the game against the Illawarra Hawks on Saturday 7 November 2026 for personal reasons, the club confirmed (reported by Fox Sports). The 36ers say he will return to the club next week, which points to Thursday 12 November against Melbourne United, Adelaide’s next game. ABC Sport’s Aaron Bryans also reported on 7 November that he will return from Africa next week. | |||
| Zylan Cheatham | Available | ||
| Bryce Cotton | Available | ||
| Ben Griscti | Available | ||
| Nick Rakocevic | Available | ||
| Keanu Rasmussen | Available | ||
| Jacob Rigoni | Available | ||
| Corey Webster | Available | ||
| Isaac White | Available | ||
Brisbane Bullets – 5 injuries
15 of 17 contracted players · 5 injuries · 4 on the NBL list, 1 from our own reporting
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrell Harrison | Available | ||
| Returned in Brisbane’s game at the Illawarra Hawks on Saturday 24 October 2026, starting at centre. He had missed the 21 October game at Tasmania with the ankle injury from the 15 October win over South East Melbourne. The NBL removed him from its list on 24 October. | |||
| Jacob Holt | Out | Ankle | Round 10 |
| Expected to miss five weeks with the ankle injury from 15 October 2026, Walshly News reported on 21 October. Archie Woodhill suits up in his place. | |||
| Max Mackinnon | Out | Concussion | Round 9 |
| Still in concussion protocol and out of the game against the Perth Wildcats on Wednesday 4 November 2026, the Herald Sun reported that day. He last played on 29 October. | |||
| Lat Mayen | Available | ||
| Returns against the Perth Wildcats on Wednesday 4 November 2026, the Herald Sun reported that day, after missing the 1 November game. The NBL removed him from its injury list on 8 November. | |||
| Sam McDaniel | Out | Lower leg | Round 10 |
| Hurt his lower leg against Tasmania on 3 October 2026 and ruled out for about six weeks; Mawot Mag is his injury replacement. The NBL lists Round 10, and the Herald Sun reported on 4 November he could return around the FIBA break. | |||
| Raul Neto | Available | ||
| Left the 109-104 win over the Perth Wildcats on 4 November 2026 with tightness, which coach Will Weaver called "just precaution". He played 18 minutes in the loss to Melbourne United on 7 November. | |||
| Arnas Velicka | Out | Lower limb | Early December |
| Hurt against the Cairns Taipans on 8 October 2026. Brisbane expect him back in early December and the NBL lists Rounds 11 to 12; the Herald Sun reported on 4 November he could return around the FIBA break. Raul Neto is his injury replacement. | |||
| Jaylin Williams | Day-to-Day | Shoulder | TBC |
| Left the 120-92 loss to Melbourne United on 7 November 2026 with a shoulder injury after 10 minutes, NBL.com.au reported. Brisbane have not given a timeline. Their next game is at the New Zealand Breakers on Friday 13 November. | |||
| Rio Bruton | Available | ||
| Josh Duach | Available | ||
| Nate Hinton | Available | ||
| Taine Murray | Available | ||
| Cleared to play against Tasmania on 21 October 2026, Walshly News reported, after the lower limb injury he carried out of the off-season. The NBL removed him from its list on 20 October. | |||
| Mitch Norton | Available | ||
| Harry Rouhliadeff | Available | ||
| Archie Woodhill | Available | ||
Cairns Taipans – 3 injuries
14 of 16 contracted players · 3 injuries · all 3 on the NBL list
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Brown | Out | Ankle | Round 9 |
| Out of both Round 8 games, the Taipans confirmed on 4 November 2026 (Fox Sports, @NBLPleb). The NBL’s list of 8 November has an ankle injury, with a Round 9 return. | |||
| Shaun Bruce | Available | ||
| In for Thursday 8 October’s home game against Brisbane, reported by SuperCoach Hoops (@SuperCoachHoops) on 8 October 2026, after the groin injury that kept him out of the 3 October game against Melbourne United. The NBL removed him from its injury list on 13 October. | |||
| Sunday Dech | Out | Hamstring | TBC |
| Out of both Round 8 games, the Taipans confirmed on 4 November 2026 (Fox Sports, @NBLPleb). | |||
| Jaylin Galloway | Out | Back | Round 14 |
| Low-grade spinal compression fracture. The club said on 4 November 2026 he is due back 23 December, with Luca Yates his replacement. | |||
| Luke Paul | Available | ||
| Set to make his NBL debut against Brisbane at home on Thursday 8 October, reported by Michael Randall of the Herald Sun on 7 October 2026, after the August ankle ligament injury that had ruled him out. He missed the 3 October game against Melbourne United after a morning fitness test. | |||
| Keanu Pinder | Available | ||
| Played 21 minutes against the New Zealand Breakers on 25 October 2026 after being listed as a test with illness, and 18 minutes against the Brisbane Bullets on 29 October. The NBL removed him from its list on 30 October. | |||
| Jonah Bolden | Available | ||
| Jaylon Brown | Available | ||
| Kyrin Galloway | Available | ||
| The NBL listed him with an ankle complaint and removed him in its 6:30pm update on 21 September 2026. His brother Jaylin remains on the list with a shoulder. That is the league’s own edit rather than a club clearance, and we hold no independent report either way. | |||
| Malique Lewis | Available | ||
| Jack McVeigh | Available | ||
| Lloyd McVeigh | Available | ||
| Reyne Smith | Available | ||
| Luca Yates | Available | ||
Illawarra Hawks – 1 injury
14 of 16 contracted players · 1 injury · on the NBL list
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Blanchfield | Available | ||
| Returned against the Sydney Kings on Thursday 22 October 2026, scoring eight points in 15 minutes, after the broken finger first reported on 27 September. Illawarra had announced his return the day before. The NBL removed him from its list on 22 October. | |||
| Dan Grida | Available | ||
| Back for Illawarra against Sydney on 27 September 2026, confirmed by basketball.com.au, after a calf complaint kept him out from the opener on 20 September. | |||
| Mason Peatling | Out for the season | Foot | Season |
| Illawarra announced on 9 October 2026 that he will have season-ending foot surgery, NBL.com.au reported. | |||
| Kyle Adnam | Available | ||
| Wani Swaka Lo Buluk | Available | ||
| Amarco Doyle | Available | ||
| Milton Doyle | Available | ||
| Sam Froling | Available | ||
| Tyler Harvey | Available | ||
| William "Davo" Hickey | Available | ||
| Fletcher MacDonald | Available | ||
| Makur Maker | Available | ||
| Kelan Martin | Available | ||
| Johny Narkle | Available | ||
Melbourne United – 1 injury
15 of 17 contracted players · 1 injury · on the NBL list
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Anthony | Available | ||
| Started for Melbourne United against the Phoenix on 24 September 2026 after carrying an undisclosed injury, on basketball.com.au’s own information. | |||
| Chris Goulding | Available | ||
| The NBL said on 30 October 2026 that Goulding will return from a calf injury against the Cairns Taipans on Saturday 31 October, after missing seven games. He last played on 24 September. | |||
| Shea Ili | Available | ||
| basketball.com.au reported on Saturday 3 October 2026 that Ili is back for Melbourne United, after missing every game of NBL27 so far with a hamstring injury sustained in game two of the Blitz. The Taipans’ game preview had him set to make his NBL27 debut against Cairns at John Cain Arena the same night. | |||
| Sean Macdonald | Out for the season | ACL | Season |
| Melbourne United have confirmed the graft from his August 2025 reconstruction failed under rehab loading. He is having a second ACL reconstruction, 9-12 months, and is targeting a return for NBL28 pre-season. | |||
| Josh Oduro | Available | ||
| basketball.com.au reported on Saturday 19 September 2026 that Oduro is in Melbourne United’s starting line-up for the NBL27 opener against Adelaide at John Cain Arena. He had been carried Day-to-Day after jamming an ankle at practice and icing it for the back portion of the session; that complaint is resolved and he is available. | |||
| Sam Waardenburg | Available | ||
| Played 23 minutes and 44 seconds and scored five points for Melbourne United in the 86-61 win at South East Melbourne on Thursday 24 September 2026. He had been carried TBC after leaving United’s NBL27 opener against Adelaide at John Cain Arena with a lower left leg complaint. | |||
| Kyle Bowen | Available | ||
| Jensen Bradtke | Available | ||
| Christian D'Angelo | Available | ||
| Joe Ingles | Available | ||
| The NBL listed him with an ankle complaint on 10 September and removed him when it updated its list at 9:00am on 15 September. That is the league’s own edit rather than a club clearance, and basketball.com.au holds no independent report on his fitness either way. | |||
| Fabijan Krslovic | Available | ||
| Malith Machar | Available | ||
| Austin Shelley | Available | ||
| Luke Travers | Available | ||
| Tom Wilson | Available | ||
New Zealand Breakers – 4 injuries
14 of 17 contracted players · 4 injuries · 2 on the NBL list, 2 from our own reporting
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Bediako | Day-to-Day | Back | Possibly 13 November |
| Played four minutes and 30 seconds of the New Zealand Breakers’ 79-77 loss at Tasmania on Friday 6 November 2026 before a hard fall on his back. He left the game and did not return. The Breakers’ next game is against the Brisbane Bullets at Spark Arena on Friday 13 November. | |||
| Preston Le Gassick | Out | Neck and shoulder | TBC |
| New Zealand Breakers general manager Dillon Boucher said on 3 October 2026 that Le Gassick is managing a nerve impingement in his neck and shoulder, and that his return-to-play timeline is not yet certain, reported by Jai at Fox Sports (@NBLPleb). The NBL had listed him with an ankle injury before removing him from its list in the 26 September refresh. He has not played in NBL27. | |||
| Parker Jackson-Cartwright | Day-to-Day | Lower body (leg) | Possibly 13 November |
| Played 11 minutes in the New Zealand Breakers’ 79-77 loss at Tasmania on Friday 6 November 2026 and has a lower-body injury, to his leg. The Breakers’ next game is against the Brisbane Bullets at Spark Arena on Friday 13 November. | |||
| Josiah-Jordan James | Out | Hamstring | TBC |
| The Breakers say James has a torn left hamstring, reported by Olgun Uluc on 16 September 2026. On 3 October general manager Dillon Boucher said James is three weeks post-injury and will be assessed at the four-to-six-week mark of his rehabilitation, reported by Jai at Fox Sports (@NBLPleb). Mojave King has joined as injury cover, and Boucher said the club will keep monitoring the import market. | |||
| Kouat Noi | Available | ||
| Played 15 minutes and 40 seconds and scored eight points for the New Zealand Breakers in the 97-93 loss at Perth on Friday 26 September 2026. He had been carried TBC after being seen riding a stationary bike during the Breakers’ NBL27 Round 1 warm-up, an observation nobody ever put a timeline on. | |||
| Tukaha Cooper | Available | ||
| Carlin Davison | Available | ||
| Kazlo Evans Jr. | Available | ||
| Izayah Le'Afa | Available | ||
| Sam Mennenga | Available | ||
| Reuben Te Rangi | Available | ||
| Anzac Rissetto | Available | ||
| Kael Robinson | Available | ||
| Dejan Vasiljevic | Available | ||
Perth Wildcats – 4 injuries
15 of 14 contracted players · 4 injuries · all 4 on the NBL list
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kristian Doolittle | Available | ||
| Will return against Melbourne United at RAC Arena on Friday 23 October, the Perth Wildcats announced on 22 October 2026. He missed the 17 October game against the Sydney Kings with a foot injury. The NBL removed him from its list on 22 October. | |||
| Brandon Knight | Out | Soreness | Round 9 |
| Ruled out of Perth’s game against the Brisbane Bullets at Nissan Arena on Wednesday 4 November with soreness, the Perth Wildcats confirmed on Tuesday 3 November 2026, as reported by Fox Sports. The NBL’s list of 8 November has him back in Round 9. He made his NBL debut against the New Zealand Breakers on Saturday 10 October after missing Perth’s first four games. | |||
| Jo Lual-Acuil Jr | Out | Calf | Round 11 |
| Perth said on 21 October that he has had a setback with the injury and will be re-evaluated after the November FIBA break. The NBL listed his return as Round 11 on 22 October. The club had ruled him out on 1 October with a calf injury and a review in about three weeks. Development player Tana Kopa replaced him on the roster. He left Perth’s 97-93 win over the New Zealand Breakers on 26 September after 7 minutes and 38 seconds, first reported by basketball.com.au that night. | |||
| Blake Nielsen | Out for the season | ACL | Season |
| Perth have confirmed a successful reconstruction of a torn ACL in his right knee and say he is expected to miss the entirety of the 2026-27 season. He is a development player, announced by the club on 9 June 2026, and is not in our 12-man projected Perth depth chart. The NBL added him to its own list in the 21 September 2026 refresh. | |||
| Jaron Rillie | Available | ||
| Perth confirmed on 1 October that he will make his NBL27 debut at home against South East Melbourne at RAC Arena on Friday 2 October. He had missed Perth’s first three games of the season with a lower leg injury, first reported by ESPN’s Olgun Uluc on 18 September. The NBL list still carried the injury when the club announced his return. | |||
| Marley Sam | Available | ||
| Played 7 minutes for Perth in the 97-93 win over the New Zealand Breakers at RAC Arena on Friday 26 September 2026. He had been carried Out with a wrist injury and was in the match-day squad without taking the floor against Adelaide two days earlier. The NBL also removed him from its own injury list in the 26 September refresh. | |||
| Jimmy Whitt | Out | Personal Reasons | TBC |
| Angus Brandt | Available | ||
| Anthony Dell'Orso | Available | ||
| Alex Higgins-Titsha | Available | ||
| Cameron Huefner | Available | ||
| Tana Kopa | Available | ||
| Elijah Pepper | Available | ||
| Jesse Wagstaff | Available | ||
| The NBL listed him with a wrist complaint and removed him in its 6:30pm update on 21 September 2026. He had already played 12 minutes in Perth’s Round 1 loss to South East Melbourne on 19 September, so the listing and his availability had disagreed for two days. We hold no club clearance. | |||
| Dylan Windler | Available | ||
| The NBL listed him with a foot complaint and removed him in its 6:30pm update on 21 September 2026. He had already played 26 minutes in Perth’s Round 1 loss on 19 September, so the listing and his availability had disagreed for two days. We hold no club clearance. | |||
South East Melbourne Phoenix – 1 injury
13 of 14 contracted players · 1 injury · on the NBL list
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Goodrick | Out | Knee | TBC |
| Nathan Sobey | Available | ||
| Played 26 minutes and scored 29 points against the Cairns Taipans on 17 October 2026, after being day to day with a corked quad. | |||
| Akech Aliir | Available | ||
| Ellis Biggar | Available | ||
| Dash Daniels | Available | ||
| Sam Davidson | Available | ||
| Daniel Foster | Available | ||
| Played 13 minutes for seven points against the Cairns Taipans on 17 October 2026. The NBL removed him from its list on 20 October. | |||
| Angus Glover | Available | ||
| Jordan Hunter | Available | ||
| Tanner Krebs | Available | ||
| The NBL removed him from its list on 24 October 2026. He missed the 17 October game against the Cairns Taipans with a neck complaint after failing a fitness test. That is the league’s own edit rather than a club clearance. | |||
| Skylar Mays | Available | ||
| Yannis Morin | Available | ||
| D'Shawn Schwartz | Available | ||
Sydney Kings – 2 injuries
14 of 15 contracted players · 2 injuries · 1 on the NBL list, 1 from our own reporting
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kendric Davis | Available | ||
| Davis landed in Australia on Saturday 12 September, reported by ESPN’s Olgun Uluc and carried by the NBL, and the Kings have since pictured him back with the squad. basketball.com.au rated him available on Saturday 12 September, while the NBL’s list - last edited on Thursday 10 September, before he arrived - still carried him. The league updated that list at 9:00am on Tuesday 15 September and removed him. | |||
| Matthew Dellavedova | Available | ||
| Passed a game-day fitness test and cleared to return against the South East Melbourne Phoenix on Sunday 8 November 2026, the Sydney Kings said, after missing six games with a calf injury since Round 4. The NBL removed him from its injury list the same day. | |||
| Keli Leaupepe | Out for the season | ACL | Season |
| Jayden Stone | Out | Illness | Possibly 15 November |
| Out of the Sydney Kings’ game against the South East Melbourne Phoenix on Sunday 8 November 2026 with illness, basketball.com.au understands. Expected back for the next game, against the New Zealand Breakers on Sunday 15 November. | |||
| Lachlan Bofinger | Available | ||
| Andrew Carr | Available | ||
| Xavier Cooks | Available | ||
| Torrey Craig | Available | ||
| Bailey Hanson | Available | ||
| Will Johnston | Available | ||
| Makuach Maluach | Available | ||
| Tyler Robertson | Available | ||
| Jason Spurgin | Available | ||
| Harry Wessels | Available | ||
Tasmania JackJumpers – 4 injuries
14 of 15 contracted players · 4 injuries · all 4 on the NBL list
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| Player | Status | Injury | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Ayre | Available | ||
| Available for Tasmania’s 79-77 win against the New Zealand Breakers on Friday 6 November 2026, but did not get on the court. Head coach Scott Roth said the plan had been to give him “three, four or five minutes” and that he will “get another swing in the next couple of days to get some more practice under him”. He is yet to play in NBL27 after a hip flexor injury. Tasmania’s next game is at the Perth Wildcats on Thursday 12 November. The NBL removed him from its injury list on 8 November. | |||
| Josh Bannan | Available | ||
| Reported on 1 October that Tasmania have confirmed he will make his season debut at home against Melbourne United at MyState Bank Arena on Thursday 1 October. He had missed Tasmania’s first two games of the season. The NBL list still carried a rib injury when the report was published. | |||
| Majok Deng | Out | Lower leg | Mid-December |
| Fractured fibula. The NBL said on 30 October 2026 he will miss a further six weeks, and its list of that date has him back in Round 13. | |||
| Ben Gold | Out | Foot | Round 11 |
| Head coach Scott Roth said after Tasmania’s loss to the Sydney Kings on Friday 30 October 2026 that Gold has been dealing with a foot problem, has not practised in about two weeks and will be shut down “for a while”. The NBL’s list of 8 November carries him as a heel injury, with a Round 11 return. | |||
| Bryce Hamilton | Out | ACL | TBC |
| Tasmania have confirmed the knee injury is an ACL, and have signed Nick Stoddart as a Nominated Replacement Player to cover him for the Blitz and the start of the season. | |||
| David Johnson | Out | Calf | Round 11 |
| Johnson left Tasmania’s loss to the Sydney Kings on Friday 30 October 2026 in the second quarter and did not return. Head coach Scott Roth said afterwards the calf injury “is going to be quite a while”. | |||
| Taran Armstrong | Available | ||
| Biwali Bayles | Available | ||
| Ryley Haywood | Available | ||
| Will Magnay | Available | ||
| Nick Marshall | Available | ||
| Dakota Mathias | Available | ||
| Jed Richardson | Available | ||
| Kody Stattmann | Available | ||
Two sources, joined. Who is on each roster comes from our own NBL27 projected depth charts; the injury, the status and the expected return come from the NBL’s own list. A player sits under the club our depth chart puts him at, not the club named in his injury line.
Where these figures come from, and how current they are
The league updates its list by hand, so this page is only ever as current as their last edit. The NBL last updated on Sunday, November 8, 2:00pm AEDT; we read it at Monday 9 November 2026.
Available usually means the league has not listed him, which is not the same as a club saying he is fit.
Where a row is basketball.com.au's rather than the league's, the note under it says so and gives the date. That covers three kinds: a player the NBL has never listed, a player it has dropped while we still hold him out, and a player we clear before it does.
Available usually means the league has not listed him, which is not the same as a club saying he is fit.
Where a row is basketball.com.au's rather than the league's, the note under it says so and gives the date. That covers three kinds: a player the NBL has never listed, a player it has dropped while we still hold him out, and a player we clear before it does.
Every player on every NBL roster, and whether he is available. Four states: Out, TBC for an injury with no expected return, Day-to-Day for a minor knock, and Available. “Available” usually means the league has not listed him, which is not the same as a club saying he is fit. Where we call a player available over a league listing, the note beneath his row says why. Source: NBL.com.au and basketball.com.au
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