The 2025–26 Perth Wildcats season was the 45th season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL), and their fourth under the leadership of head coach John Rillie.
Roster
Depth chart
Standings
Ladder
The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the overall points percentage will determine order of seeding.
Ladder progression
Game log
Pre-season
The 2025 NBL Blitz will run from 27 to 31 August 2025 with games being played at the AIS Arena, Canberra.
|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 1 | 27 August | Melbourne | W 84–78 | Ben Henshall (16) | Ben Henshall (7) | three players (2) | AIS Arenan/a | 1–0 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 2 | 29 August | @ Illawarra | L 100–92 | Dylan Windler (27) | Dontae Russo-Nance (8) | three players (5) | AIS Arenan/a | 1–1
Regular season
The regular season will begin on 18 September 2025. It will consist of 165 games (33 games each) spread across 22 rounds, with the final game being played on 20 February 2026.
|-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 1 | 20 September | Tasmania | L 72–75 | Mason Jones (16) | Jo Lual-Acuil (14) | Jones, Windler (3) | Perth Arena11,701 | 0–1 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 2 | 27 September | @ New Zealand | W 78–89 | Jo Lual-Acuil (21) | Dylan Windler (15) | Doolittle, Henshall (3) | Spark Arena4,047 | 1–1
|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 3 | 2 October | Illawarra | W 92–84 | Jo Lual-Acuil (22) | Dylan Windler (14) | Doolittle, Jones (4) | Perth Arena11,572 | 2–1 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 4 | 10 October | @ Cairns | W 77–80 | Jo Lual-Acuil (30) | Dylan Windler (11) | Russo-Nance, Windler (3) | Cairns Convention Centre3,985 | 3–1 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 5 | 15 October | Brisbane | L 93–110 | Mason Jones (19) | Kristian Doolittle (5) | Kristian Doolittle (6) | Perth Arena6,110 | 3–2 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 6 | 19 October | @ Sydney | L 94–72 | Jo Lual-Acuil (17) | Kristian Doolittle (10) | Lual-Acuil, Rillie (3) | Sydney SuperDome8,032 | 3–3 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 7 | 22 October | @ Cairns | W 78–110 | Jo Lual-Acuil (24) | Kristian Doolittle (8) | three players (4) | Cairns Convention Centre3,317 | 4–3 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 8 | 25 October | Illawarra | L 84–85 | Jo Lual-Acuil (18) | Jo Lual-Acuil (12) | Kristian Doolittle (5) | Perth Arena12,497 | 4–4 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 9 | 29 October | @ Tasmania | W 84–95 | Jo Lual-Acuil (23) | Dontae Russo-Nance (7) | Kristian Doolittle (4) | Derwent Entertainment Centre4,139 | 5–4
|-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 10 | 2 November | @ S.E. Melbourne | L 94–89 | Kristian Doolittle (19) | Kristian Doolittle (13) | Jaron Rillie (7) | John Cain Arena9,386 | 5–5 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 11 | 9 November | @ Adelaide | W 87–94 | Dylan Windler (18) | Dylan Windler (12) | Dylan Windler (5) | Adelaide Entertainment Centre10,029 | 6–5 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 12 | 15 November | New Zealand | W 88–75 | Kristian Doolittle (24) | Kristian Doolittle (14) | three players (2) | Perth Arena12,350 | 7–5 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 13 | 21 November | Tasmania | W 101–95 | Kristian Doolittle (30) | Jo Lual-Acuil (8) | Kristian Doolittle (6) | Perth Arena10,930 | 8–5 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 14 | 23 November | @ Melbourne | L 98–87 | Kristian Doolittle (20) | Kristian Doolittle (11) | Kristian Doolittle (6) | John Cain Arena9,212 | 8–6
|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 15 | 4 December | Melbourne | W 96–84 | Jo Lual-Acuil (18) | Kristian Doolittle (9) | Kristian Doolittle (7) | Perth Arena10,210 | 9–6 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 16 | 7 December | Adelaide | L 94–95 | Jo Lual-Acuil (19) | Kristian Doolittle (11) | Kristian Doolittle (6) | Perth Arena13,661 | 9–7 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 17 | 12 December | Sydney | L 79–108 | Dylan Windler (14) | Dylan Windler (8) | David Duke Jr. (7) | Perth Arena10,958 | 9–8 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 18 | 14 December | @ Brisbane | W 62–86 | Ben Henshall (15) | Jo Lual-Acuil (9) | David Duke Jr. (3) | Brisbane Entertainment Centre5,167 | 10–8 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 19 | 18 December | S.E. Melbourne | L 76–77 | David Duke Jr. (21) | Dylan Windler (11) | David Duke Jr. (5) | Perth Arena10,802 | 10–9 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 20 | 21 December | @ Tasmania | W 85–94 | Kristian Doolittle (30) | Kristian Doolittle (6) | David Duke Jr. (5) | Derwent Entertainment Centre4,340 | 11–9 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 21 | 28 December | @ Adelaide | L 95–84 | Kristian Doolittle (18) | Kristian Doolittle (6) | Ben Henshall (4) | Adelaide Entertainment Centre10,041 | 11–10
|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 22 | 1 January | @ Brisbane | W 75–95 | Jo Lual-Acuil (17) | Jo Lual-Acuil (8) | David Okwera (4) | Brisbane Entertainment Centre3,984 | 12–10 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 23 | 4 January | @ New Zealand | W 91–99 | Kristian Doolittle (21) | Dylan Windler (10) | Henshall, Rillie (4) | Spark Arena5,141 | 13–10 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 24 | 10 January | @ S.E. Melbourne | W 97–107 | Dylan Windler (27) | Kristian Doolittle (12) | Doolittle, Rillie (4) | State Basketball Centre3,422 | 14–10 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 25 | 16 January | Illawarra | W 92–87 | Kristian Doolittle (21) | Kristian Doolittle (11) | Ben Henshall (7) | Perth Arena12,507 | 15–10 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 26 | 22 January | Cairns | W 106–69 | Elijah Pepper (25) | Jo Lual-Acuil (6) | Ben Henshall (7) | Perth Arena11,377 | 16–10 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 27 | 25 January | Melbourne | L 73–74 | Jo Lual-Acuil (24) | Jo Lual-Acuil (11) | three players (3) | Perth Arena12,707 | 16–11 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 28 | 28 January | S.E. Melbourne | W 101–93 | Dylan Windler (23) | Dylan Windler (11) | Ben Henshall (9) | Perth Arena6,245 | 17–11 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 29 | 31 January | @ Illawarra | W 99–106 | Kristian Doolittle (26) | Ben Henshall (9) | Ben Henshall (6) | Wollongong Entertainment Centre4,234 | 18–11
|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 30 | 6 February | Cairns | W 98–84 | Kristian Doolittle (32) | Dylan Windler (11) | Ben Henshall (5) | Perth Arena11,161 | 19–11 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 31 | 13 February | Brisbane | W 94–75 | Kristian Doolittle (28) | Jo Lual-Acuil (8) | Kristian Doolittle (6) | Perth Arena11,447 | 20–11 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 32 | 15 February | @ Sydney | L 102–84 | Kristian Doolittle (19) | Elijah Pepper (10) | Jesse Wagstaff (3) | Sydney SuperDome13,613 | 20–12 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 33 | 20 February | Adelaide | W 86–74 | Elijah Pepper (22) | Jesse Wagstaff (7) | Kristian Doolittle (8) | Perth Arena13,574 | 21–12
NBL Ignite Cup
The NBL introduced the new NBL Ignite Cup tournament for the 2025–26 season, with all games except the championship final counting towards the regular-season standings.
Postseason
|-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 1 | 4 March | @ S.E. Melbourne | L 111–94 | Kristian Doolittle (22) | three players (6) | Dylan Windler (7) | John Cain Arena3,891 | 0–1
|-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 2 | 7 March | Melbourne | W 95–77 | Jo Lual-Acuil (28) | Jo Lual-Acuil (12) | Doolittle, Henshall (6) | Perth Arena6,731 | 1–1
|-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 1 | 11 March | @ Sydney | L 105–104 | Kristian Doolittle (31) | Jo Lual-Acuil (12) | David Duke Jr. (8) | Sydney SuperDome10,132 | 0–1 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 2 | 14 March | Sydney | L 75–89 | Ben Henshall (20) | Jo Lual-Acuil (14) | David Duke Jr. (5) | Perth Arena9,711 | 0–2
Transactions Free agency began on 4 April 2025. Re-signed Player Date Signed Contract Ref. Dylan Windler 20 April 2025 2-year deal David Okwera 24 April 2025 1-year deal
Additions Player Date Signed Contract Former team Ref. Cameron Huefner 4 April 2025 3-year deal Sam Houston Bearkats Sunday Dech 23 April 2025 3-year deal (mutual option) Adelaide 36ers Lat Mayen 23 April 2025 2-year deal Adelaide 36ers Jo Lual-Acuil 22 July 2025 2-year deal Al Ittihad Alexandria Mason Jones 8 September 2025 1-year deal Stockton Kings David Duke Jr. 24 October 2025 1-year deal San Antonio Spurs
Subtractions Player Reason left Date Left New Team Ref. Michael Harris Free agent 7 April 2025 Adelaide 36ers Bryce Cotton Free agent 22 May 2025 Adelaide 36ers Mason Jones Released 17 October 2025 n/a
Awards Club awards Club MVP: Kristian Doolittle Coaches’ Award: Thomas Gerovich Most Improved Player: David Okwera Best Defensive Player: Kristian Doolittle Players’ Player: Jesse Wagstaff
See also 2025–26 NBL season Perth Wildcats
References
External links
Official Website