Carlin Davison
September 15, 2023
Sean Bairstow
- Nationality: AUS
- Date of Birth: 30/11/00
- Place of Birth: Brisbane (QLD)
- Position:
- Height (CM): 200
- Weight (KG): 93
- Junior Assoc:
- College: Utah State (2019-2023) / Virginia Commonwealth (2023-2024)
- NBL DEBUT: 17/10/24
- AGE AT DEBUT: 23
- LAST NBL GAME: 5/02/25
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 24
- NBL History: New Zealand 2025-26
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Sean Bairstow was born in Brisbane (QLD)
NBL EXPERIENCE
Sean Bairstow made his NBL debut with the New Zealand Breakers at 23 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.
Sean Bairstow currently plays for the New Zealand Breakers and has played 50 games in his NBL career. He has averaged 2.6 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 0.9 assists since entering the league in 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 25 | New Zealand | 13-20 (7) | 24 | 221.2 | 32 | 47 | 16 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 13 | 47 | 28% | 2 | 12 | 17% | 4 | 5 | 80% | 32% | 30% | 5 |
| 2024-25 | 24 | New Zealand | 10-19 (9) | 26 | 395.1 | 98 | 47 | 30 | 31 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 42 | 106 | 40% | 8 | 38 | 21% | 6 | 13 | 46% | 44% | 43% | 12 | Totals | 50 | 616 | 130 | 94 | 46 | 70 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 57 | 55 | 153 | 35.9% | 10 | 50 | 20.0% | 10 | 18 | 55.6% | 40% | 39% | 12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 25 | New Zealand | 13-20 (7) | 24 | 9.2 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 28% | 0.1 | 0.5 | 17% | 0.2 | 0.2 | 80% | 32% | 30% | 5 |
| 2024-25 | 24 | New Zealand | 10-19 (9) | 26 | 15.2 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 40% | 0.3 | 1.5 | 21% | 0.2 | 0.5 | 46% | 44% | 43% | 12 | Total | 50 | 12.3 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 35.9% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0% | 0.2 | 1.0 | 55.6% | 40% | 39% | 12 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
- South West Metro Pirates (2018–2019, 2024)
Bairstow joined South West Metro Pirates for the 2018 QBL season, and he remained with the Pirates in 2019. Across 20 games over those two QBL seasons, he averaged 12.2 points per game with around three rebounds and one assist, while a 2019 recruiting assessment noted that in his most recent QBL action he shot 57 per cent inside the arc and made three three-pointers in 11 games.
Sean Bairstow joined South West Metro Pirates for the 2024 NBL1 North season when the club announced his return, noting that he had left the Pirates in 2019 to head to college in the United States after four years at Utah State and a fifth year at VCU.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
- New Zealand - Tauranga (2025)
Sean Bairstow spent the 2025 season in New Zealand with Tauranga Whai in the NZNBL (Sal’s NBL), featuring on the club’s 2025 roster alongside players including Jayden Bezzant, Anzac Rissetto, Kruz Perrott-Hunt, Mojave King, Denhym Brooke, Sean Murphy, Jett Thompson, and Jayden Boucher, while early-season coverage in March 2025 noted him and Talib Zanna as the team’s import duo and listed Bairstow at 6.3 points and 6.7 rebounds per game at that point of the campaign, with Xanda Marsters and Carter Hopoi also highlighted among Whai’s key contributors.
Sean Bairstow spent late April 2025 delivering one of his top individual games for Tauranga Whai in a 95–90 loss to the Taranaki Airs on 26 April 2025, finishing with 22 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 1 steal while shooting 9/12 from the field and 2/3 from three-point range, and external round coverage listed him among the best players of the round for that performance while match reporting credited him as Whai’s leading scorer in the loss.
Sean Bairstow spent the 2025 NZNBL regular season logging 22 games for Tauranga Whai, averaging 33.5 minutes per game while shooting 47.6 percent from the field (78/164), 25.7 percent from three-point range (18/70), and 73.3 percent from the free-throw line (33/45), and his season-long production placed him among the league’s statistical leaders in rebounding and assists with figures listed at 6.0 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game.
COLLEGE
Bairstow played college basketball beginning at Utah State University during the 2019-20 season and continued there through the 2022-23 season before transferring to Virginia Commonwealth University for the 2023-24 season. In his freshman year at Utah State (2019-20), Bairstow appeared in 32 games, did not start, averaged 11.7 minutes per game, and scored 2.8 points per contest while shooting 44.6 % from the field, 33.3 % on three-pointers, and 71.4 % at the free throw line, adding 1.5 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game. During the 2020-21 season, he appeared in 25 games with one start, averaging 3.7 points, 1.1 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 11.7 minutes per game, shooting 47.4 % overall, 38.5 % from three, and 68.8 % on free throws. In the 2021-22 season, Bairstow played in 25 games and started 18, averaging 9.5 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists with a .516 field goal percentage; he scored in double figures 14 times and had a season-high 20 points at Colorado State on January 12, 2022, while also recording 36 assists, 14 steals, and eight blocks. As a senior in 2022-23 at Utah State, he appeared in and started all 35 games, tied for second in program single-season games started and tied for third in games played; he averaged 10.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists while shooting 47.3 % from the field and 38.6 % from three, scored in double figures 20 times, grabbed a career-best 10 rebounds twice, and posted a career-high ten assists in a game at Colorado State on February 4, 2023. After transferring to VCU for the 2023-24 season, Bairstow suited up for the VCU Rams, appearing in 25 games with 24 starts and averaging 10.0 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game while shooting 39.9 % from the field and 25.4 % from behind the arc, contributing as a key wing for the Atlantic 10 Conference squad. Across his NCAA Division I career at Utah State and VCU, Bairstow played in 142 games, averaging 7.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game with a 46.0 % field goal percentage, 29.6 % three-point percentage and 67.3 % free throw rate.
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