Xavier Cooks is an Australian expert ball player for the Sydney Rulers of the Public B-ball Association (NBL).

He played school b-ball for the Winthrop Falcons, where he was named the 2018 Big South Meeting Player of the Year.

In 2022, he assisted the Sydney Lords with bringing home the NBL title while procuring Fantastic Last MVP praises. In 2023, he was named NBL MVP.

PositionPower forward
LeagueNBL
Born19 August 1995 (age 27)
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Listed height203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight83 kg (183 lb)
High schoolHoly Spirit College
(Wollongong, New South Wales)
CollegeWinthrop (2014–2018)
NBA draft2018 / Undrafted
Playing career2013–present
2013Illawarra Hawks (Waratah)
2014BA Centre of Excellence
2018–2019s.Oliver Würzburg
2019–presentSydney Kings
2022Wellington Saints
  • 2× NBL champion (2022, 2023)
  • NBL Grand Final MVP (2022)
  • NBL Most Valuable Player (2023)
  • All-NBL First Team (2023)
  • All-NBL Second Team (2022)
  • NZNBL MVP (2022)
  • NZNBL All-Star Five (2022)
  • NZNBL Most Outstanding Forward (2022)
  • Big South Player of the Year (2018)
  • 2× First-team All-Big South (2017, 2018)
  • Second-team All-Big South (2016)
  • Big South All-Freshman Team (2015)

Xavier Cooks was born in Ballarat, Victoria. He experienced childhood in Wollongong, New South Grains, and went to Essence of God School. In 2013, Cooks played for the Illawarra Birds of prey in the Waratah Association.

The next year, he moved to Canberra and played for the BA Focus of Greatness in the South East Australian B-ball Association (SEABL).

Xavier Cooks has an expected total assets of $5 million as of February 2023.Instagram account.