 Cotton with the Perth Wildcats in 2022 | |
| No. 11 – Perth Wildcats | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
| League | NBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 11, 1992 Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
| Listed height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Listed weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Palo Verde (Tucson, Arizona) |
| College | Providence (2010–2014) |
| NBA draft | 2014: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2014–present |
| Career history | |
| 2014–2015 | Austin Spurs |
| 2015 | Utah Jazz |
| 2015 | Austin Spurs |
| 2015–2016 | Phoenix Suns |
| 2016 | Austin Spurs |
| 2016 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers |
| 2016 | Memphis Grizzlies |
| 2016 | Anadolu Efes |
| 2017–present | Perth Wildcats |
| 2018 | Brescia Leonessa |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Bryce Jiron Cotton (born August 11, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). In the NBL, he is a four-time winner of the Most Valuable Player Award and has won three championships. He is also a two-time grand final MVP, seven-time All-NBL First Team recipient, and has seven scoring titles.
Cotton played college basketball for four seasons with the Providence Friars, where he was a two-time first-team All-Big East honoree in 2013 and 2014. After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Cotton had a number of short stints in the NBA over his first two professional seasons, playing for the Utah Jazz, Phoenix Suns and Memphis Grizzlies. He also played in the NBA Development League, China, and Turkey.
Cotton arrived in Australia to play for the Wildcats midway through the 2016–17 NBL season, going on to lead Perth to the NBL championship in the 2017 NBL Finals behind a grand final MVP performance. After winning his first league MVP in 2018, he won his second and third NBL championships in 2019 and 2020 while also garnering his second NBL MVP and second grand final MVP in 2020. He won his third and fourth NBL MVPs in 2021 and 2024 respectively.