[4] On 16 June 2015 Wright became the first surfer to post two perfect scores in a single event, during Round 5 and the final of the Fiji Pro.

[9] As a junior, along with his sister Tyler and fellow south coast local World Tour competitor Sally Fitzgibbons, he competed in GromSearch, a national series development program that gives under 16 year olds the opportunity to compete against top senior surfers.

In 2011 he won his first Champions Tour event at Long Island, New York, receiving surfing's largest-ever prize of $300,000.

In his comeback, Wright won the Champions Tour calendar's opening event, the Quiksilver Pro at Snapper Rocks on Australia's Gold Coast.

In August 2023, Wright released his debut memoir, Against The Water, which tells the story of "his relationship with the ocean, his children, and his brain".