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Bryce Cotton wins sixth Andrew Gaze MVP Award
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Bryce Cotton continues to etch his name into NBL folklore, adding yet another Most Valuable Player award to his ever-growing trophy cabinet.
This was the sixth time Cotton accepted the Andrew Gaze Trophy as the NBL's MVP, which puts him just one behind the award's namesake, who won seven over the course of his illustrious career.
Cotton won the award on the back of yet another season of substantial production, averaging 25.7 points and 7.6 assists per game — both league-leading, with the 33-year-old claiming his ninth NBL scoring title — as he guided the Adelaide 36ers to a top-two finish in his first season with the franchise.
League's best rewarded with All-NBL selection
The two prestigious All-NBL teams for the 2025-26 season were named at the competition’s Monday night awards evening, held in front of a star-studded Crown Palladium.
Headlining the First-Team are Andrew Gaze MVP Trophy finalists, Bryce Cotton from the Adelaide 36ers and Kendric Davis from the Sydney Kings.
Rounding out the All-NBL First Team for the 2025-26 season are South East Melbourne duo Nathan Sobey and John Brown III, as well as Perth’s Kristian Doolittle.
Brown III has been a revelation in his first season in the NBL, taking out the Damian Martin Trophy for the Best Defensive Player, while powering the Phoenix to their best-ever regular season record.
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Bryce Cotton is NBL MVP once again, claiming the Andrew Gaze Trophy for the third consecutive season and a remarkable sixth time overall.
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Cotton was the biggest story of the NBL season but for very different reasons, after leaving the Perth Wildcats for the Adelaide 36ers, then leading his new team to second place and a semi-final berth.
He pipped last season’s runner-up Kendric Davis in the tightest race in years.
Cotton won 96 votes to 94, meaning while he won by two, just one person switching from Cotton to Davis would’ve made it a tie for the third time in league history.
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