Hunter Madden
- Nationality: AUS
- Date of Birth: 18/03/01
- Place of Birth: Sydney (NSW)
- Position: GRD
- Height (CM): 184
- Weight (KG): 83
- Junior Assoc: NSW - Northern Suburbs
- College: Idaho (2020-2021) / Abilene Christian University (2021-2024)
- NBL DEBUT: 17/11/19
- AGE AT DEBUT: 18
- LAST NBL GAME: 26/01/20
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 18
- NBL History: Sydney 2020
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Hunter Madden was born in Sydney (NSW) and began playing basketball as a junior with the Northern Suburbs basketball program.
NBL EXPERIENCE
Hunter Madden made his NBL debut with the Sydney Kings at 18 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.
Hunter Madden played one season in the NBL.
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 19 | Sydney | 20-8 (1) | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | Totals | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | 0 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 19 | Sydney | 20-8 (1) | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | Total | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | 0 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
|---|
STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
- Sydney (2019–2020)
Madden joined Norths Bears for the 2019 Waratah League season and began his senior state league career with his junior club, featuring in the Norths program during the same period that he was emerging as one of the association’s leading young guards.
He joined Norths Bears again for the 2020 Waratah League season, with the guard remaining tied to the club for a second straight year before the Basketball NSW senior representative season was wiped out by the COVID-19 shutdown.
Across his Norths years, the Sydney guard’s state league foundation came through a club pathway that had already produced major junior recognition, including back-to-back Norths Junior Male Player of the Year awards in 2017 and 2018, before he moved on from his 2019–20 Bears stint.
COLLEGE
Madden committed to University of Idaho in April 2020 after spending time as a development player with the Sydney Kings, joining the Vandals for the 2020–21 NCAA season.
In his lone season at Idaho (2020–21), Madden appeared in 17 games and averaged 4.9 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, with his playmaking standing out early in his college run. He also went a perfect 15-for-15 at the free-throw line during the season, a stat the program highlighted in-game notes.
After that freshman year, Madden moved into the transfer pathway and continued his NCAA career at Abilene Christian University from 2021–22 onward, where he became a regular rotation guard and later a consistent starter across multiple seasons. Over his Abilene Christian stretch, his year-by-year production climbed from a 5.9-point season (2022–23) to an 11.8-point season (2023–24), while maintaining a steady assist rate around two per game.
By 2023–24 at Abilene Christian, he played in all 32 games and started 29, logging heavy minutes and finishing the season at 9.0 points per game while knocking down threes in volume (52 makes on the year) and converting free throws at a high clip (63-of-69, 91%). That season also included 14 double-digit scoring games, underlining how his role had shifted from “connector” to a reliable scoring option in their guard mix.
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