Top 20 price reveals: SuperCoach NBL Classic

01 Sep 2026

Bryce Cotton tops the SuperCoach NBL Classic price list as coaches weigh up their opening-round picks for NBL27.

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basketball.com.au

Six-time NBL MVP Bryce Cotton is the most expensive player in SuperCoach NBL.

Cotton, 33, represents 23.7% of the total $2M salary cap, coming off an average of 45.7 SuperCoach points per game in NBL26.

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The Adelaide 36ers have double-headers in Round 2, Round 3, Round 4 and Round 7, and it means the highest scoring SuperCoach star – with the captain’s armband – has the opportunity to put up big numbers early.

Of course there is a wrinkle; there is always a wrinkle.

The naturalised Australian point guard is a flat-track bully – and chasing Andrew Gaze’s record of seven MVP awards.

Against the bottom four teams in NBL26, Cotton averaged 53.7 points; against the Top 6, it was 43.8, and versus the Kings, 37.0.

In NBL27, five of his first 10 are against NBL26’s better defenses, three of the 10 against the top three and seven of the 10 away. That’s a tough stretch based on NBL26 statistics.

Obviously, every NBL club has retooled its roster, including Melbourne United, which has brought in NBA veteran Cole Anthony to play alongside former Defensive Player of the Year Shea Ili. If his thunderous dunk for the New Zealand Tall Blacks a couple of days ago is any indication, he’s injury-free and ready to wreak havoc on the defensive side of the ball.  

The 36ers face United in Melbourne in the first game of the season, with both Cotton and Cole going at each other with something to prove.

SuperCoach NBL coaches have a decision to make – build around Cotton; he must be the captain in those double-header rounds – or go slightly cheaper to build more flexibility into the rest of the roster.

Five of the top 10 most expensive players are guards: Cotton; Kendic Davis; Parker Jackson-Cartwright; Nathan Sobey and William “Davo” Hickey. There are options, including Cole at $300,000 as a rookie import – $173,500 cheaper than Cotton.

SuperCoach NBL Classic has just launched, and already there are tough choices, bordering on headaches, needing to be made.

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Top 20 most expensive players

1) Bryce Cotton – GRD – $473,900
2) Kendric Davis – GRD – $436,000
3) Parker Jackson-Cartwright – GRD – $405,200
4) Nathan Sobey – GRD – $379,600
5) Jack McVeigh – FWD – $349,800
6) Zylan Cheatham – FWD – $339,500
7) Tyrell Harrison – CTR – $336,100
8) William Hickey – GRD – $331,600
9) Jo Lual-Acuil Jr – CTR – $318,100
10) Kristian Doolittle – FWD – $317,500
11) Josh Bannan – FWD – $317,500
12) Xavier Cooks – FWD – $308,000
13) Taran Armstrong – GRD – $304,700
14) Sam Mennenga – FWD/CTR – $303,100
15) Keanu Pinder – FWD/CTR – $300,000
16) Cole Anthony – GRD – $300,000
17) Joe Ingles – FWD/GRD – $300,000
18) Bryce Hamilton – FWD/GRD – $293,100
19) Luke Travers – GRD/FWD – $292,900
20) Torrey Craig – FWD – $290,400