Ben Ayre

Ben Ayre
Ayre with the Cairns Taipans in 2022
No. 4 EWE Baskets Oldenburg
PositionGuard
LeagueBasketball Bundesliga
Personal information
Born (1995-12-08) 8 December 1995
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Listed height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Listed weight80 kg (176 lb)
Career information
High schoolDe La Salle College
(Melbourne, Victoria)
College
NBA draft2019: undrafted
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019Nunawading Spectres
2019–2020Adelaide 36ers
2020BC Mažeikiai
2021Knox Raiders
2021–2023Cairns Taipans
2022Cairns Marlins
2023Sandringham Sabres
2023–2025South East Melbourne Phoenix
2024Wellington Saints
2025–presentBaskets Oldenburg
2025–presentSandringham Sabres
2025–presentTasmania JackJumpers
Career highlights

Benjamin Ayre (born 8 December 1995) is an Australian professional basketball player for Baskets Oldenburg of the Basketball Bundesliga. He is also contracted with the Sandringham Sabres of the NBL1 South and the Tasmania JackJumpers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball in the United States for Skagit Valley College and Newman University before joining the Adelaide 36ers of the NBL as a development player in 2019. He played briefly in Lithuania for BC Mažeikiai in 2020 and in 2022 had a breakout stint with the Cairns Taipans.