Jaylin Galloway
Australian-American professional basketball player
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Jaylin Galloway (born December 21, 2002) is an Australian-American professional basketball player for the Sydney Kings of the National Basketball League (NBL). He is also contracted with Vaqueros de Bayamón of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. Galloway also plays for the Australia national team, and led them to the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup title.
| No. 6 – Sydney Kings | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | NBL | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | December 21, 2002 Townsville, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Sprayberry (Marietta, Georgia, U.S.) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2022: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2020–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2020–present | Sydney Kings | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Mackay Meteors | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Ipswich Force | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Wisconsin Herd | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Bankstown Bruins | ||||||||||||||
| 2026–present | Vaqueros de Bayamón | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Early life
Galloway was born on December 21, 2002, in Townsville, Queensland, Australia.[1][2] He was born to an Australian mother and American father and grew up in the U.S., playing basketball as a youth in Atlanta, Georgia.[2][3] He attended Sprayberry High School in Marietta, Georgia, and helped the basketball team reach the regional championship.[1][4]
Professional career
Sydney Kings / Mackay Meteors / Ipswich Force (2020–2024)
Galloway began his professional career immediately after high school, rather than attend college.[2] He moved to Australia and joined the Sydney Kings of the National Basketball League (NBL) as a development player for the 2020–21 season, appearing in eight games while scoring two points.[2][5] He returned as a development player for the 2021–22 season and scored 13 points in 14 games while helping the team win the NBL championship.[2][5] He played forn the Mackay Meteors of NBL1 North during the 2022 NBL1 season, joining his brother, Kyrin.[6]
Galloway was eligible to be selected in the 2022 NBA draft, but was not chosen.[7]
Galloway was part of the full roster for the Kings in the 2022–23 season and helped them repeat as NBL champions, averaging 5.1 points and 1.8 rebounds per game.[2][8] After the season, he played for the Ipswich Force along with his brother during the 2023 NBL1 season,[9][10] averaging 18.1 points and 5.4 rebounds per game[11] while helping the team win the NBL1 North championship over the Gold Coast Rollers.[12] He signed a three-year contract extension with the Kings in March 2023[8] and after briefly joining the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 2023 NBA Summer League,[13] he played 23 games in the 2023–24 NBL season for the Kings, averaging 10.3 points and 3.4 rebounds in 22.3 minutes a game.[14]
Wisconsin Herd (2024)
On March 3, 2024, after the Kings' season ended, Galloway signed a two-way contract with the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).[15][16][17][18] He appeared in seven games for the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League to finish the 2023–24 season.[19] He was waived by the Bucks on August 1, 2024, without having appeared in an NBA game.[20]
Return to Sydney (2024–present)
On August 26, 2024, Galloway signed a three-year deal to return to the Sydney Kings.[21] On November 2, 2024, he was ruled out indefinitely with a shoulder injury.[22] After undergoing surgery, he was ruled out for the rest of the 2024–25 NBL season on November 20.[23]
Galloway joined the Bankstown Bruins of the NBL1 East for the 2025 season.[24][25]
In the 2025–26 NBL season, Galloway established himself as one of Brian Goorjian's key two-way players on the wing.[26]
He is set to join Vaqueros de Bayamón of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional for the 2026 season.[27]
National team career
Galloway played for the Australia men's national under-19 basketball team at the 2021 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup.[28] He made his senior debut for Australian national team in February 2022 during a FIBA Asia Cup qualifying game against Taiwan.[29]
In July 2025, Galloway was named in the Boomers squad in the lead up to the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup in Saudi Arabia.[30][31] He scored 23 points for the Boomers in the final against China to win the title.[32] He was subsequently named the Asia Cup MVP, following his averages of 14.2 points per game.[33]
In October 2025, Galloway was named in the Boomers squad for the first window of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers.[34]
Personal life
Galloway has an American father, Erin, and an Australian mother, Kylie (née Page).[2] Both his parents played basketball collegiately at the University of Hawaii, after his mother transferred from San Jose State.[35] Galloway's brother, Kyrin, is also a basketball player.[10]