Kurt Baptiste (born 15 March 1991) is a Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the Sunshine Coast Falcons in the Queensland Cup.

He has also previously played for the Brisbane Broncos, Canberra Raiders, Sydney Roosters and the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL, and the Leigh Centurions in the Betfred Championship.

[3] He played his junior rugby league for the Aspley Devils and attended Wavell State High School, where he represented the Australian Schoolboys in 2008, before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos.

He scored the first try of his NRL career in the Broncos' Round 16, 16–12 loss to the South Sydney Rabbitohs in Perth, Western Australia.

[24] After missing the entire pre-season and first two rounds due to injury, Baptiste played two games for the Northern Pride, the Cowboys' Queensland Cup feeder club.

[26] Baptiste played just eight more games for the Cowboys in 2019 before tearing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in Papua New Guinea's loss to Samoa in June, ruling him out for the season.