Jesse Wagstaff
Wagstaff with the Perth Wildcats in 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 – Perth Wildcats | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward | |||||||||||||||||
| League | NBL | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 April 1986 Canberra, ACT, Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 103 kg (227 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||||||||
| High school | Radford College (Canberra, ACT) | |||||||||||||||||
| College | Metro State (2005–2009) | |||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2009: undrafted | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2004–present | |||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | ACT Academy of Sport | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Canberra Nationals | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Canberra Gunners | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–present | Perth Wildcats | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Perth Redbacks | |||||||||||||||||
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Jesse Kendall James Wagstaff (born 30 April 1986) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). After playing college basketball for the Metro State Roadrunners in the United States, he joined the Wildcats in 2009 and won Rookie of the Year and a championship in his first season in the NBL. He went on to earn NBL Best Sixth Man in 2012 and then won five more championships in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020. In November 2024, he played his 483rd game for the Wildcats, breaking the club's all-time games played record. He has also represented Australia in two Commonwealth Games including gold at Gold Coast 2018 and silver at Birmingham 2022.