John Jenkins
July 21, 2026
Tohi Smith-Milner
- Nationality: NZL/AUS
- Date of Birth: 6/10/95
- Place of Birth: Auckland (New Zealand)
- Position: F/C
- Height (CM): 205
- Weight (KG): 112
- Junior Assoc: NZ - Waitakere
- College: Polk State College (2014–2015)
NBL CAREER OVERVIEW
NBL DEBUT
24/10/15
Age 20
LAST NBL GAME
20/02/26
Age 30
TEAM HISTORY
- Melbourne2016-20
- South East Melbourne2022-23
- Adelaide2024
- Brisbane Bullets2025-26
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Melbourne (2018)#VALUE!
Tohi Smith-Milner played ten seasons across four NBL teams. This included the Melbourne United, South East Melbourne Phoenix, Adelaide 36ers and Brisbane Bullets. He averaged 2.9 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 0.6 assists in 196 NBL games.
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 | 30 | Brisbane | 6-27 (10) | 28 | 387 | 112 | 75 | 49 | 17 | 58 | 15 | 1 | 30 | 48 | 37 | 99 | 37% | 15 | 62 | 24% | 23 | 32 | 72% | 50% | 45% | 12 |
| 2024-25 | 29 | Brisbane | 12-17 (8) | 27 | 306 | 138 | 79 | 18 | 18 | 61 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 50 | 44 | 102 | 43% | 26 | 69 | 38% | 24 | 30 | 80% | 60% | 56% | 16 |
| 2023-24 | 28 | Adelaide | 12-16 (9) | 14 | 151 | 50 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 36 | 44% | 5 | 18 | 28% | 13 | 20 | 65% | 56% | 51% | 11 |
| 2022-23 | 27 | South East Melbourne | 15-13 (5) | 17 | 94 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 28 | 46% | 4 | 12 | 33% | 9 | 13 | 69% | 58% | 54% | 14 |
| 2021-22 | 26 | South East Melbourne | 15-13 (6) | 23 | 93 | 34 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 26 | 54% | 3 | 10 | 30% | 3 | 4 | 75% | 61% | 60% | 6 |
| 2019-20 | 24 | Melbourne | 15-13 (4) | 28 | 329 | 97 | 58 | 14 | 21 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 43 | 29 | 80 | 36% | 13 | 53 | 25% | 26 | 33 | 79% | 51% | 44% | 19 |
| 2018-19 | 23 | Melbourne | 18-10 (2) | 24 | 90 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 25% | 2 | 8 | 25% | 15 | 19 | 79% | 48% | 30% | 7 |
| 2017-18 | 22 | Melbourne | 20-8 (1) | 25 | 164 | 56 | 31 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 19 | 38.00 | 50% | 6 | 17 | 35% | 12 | 19 | 63% | 60% | 58% | 11 |
| 2016-17 | 21 | Melbourne | 13-15 (6) | 8 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17% | 1 | 4 | 25% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 25% | 25% | 3 |
| 2015-16 | 20 | Melbourne | 18-10 (1) | 2 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 43% | 2 | 5 | 40% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 57% | 57% | 5 | Totals | 196 | 1657 | 564 | 322 | 120 | 93 | 229 | 38 | 25 | 101 | 257 | 181 | 442 | 41.0% | 77 | 258 | 29.8% | 125 | 170 | 73.5% | 55% | 50% | 19 |
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 | 30 | Brisbane | 6-27 (10) | 28 | 13.8 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 37% | 0.5 | 2.2 | 24% | 0.8 | 1.1 | 72% | 50% | 45% | 12 |
| 2024-25 | 29 | Brisbane | 12-17 (8) | 27 | 11.4 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 43% | 1.0 | 2.6 | 38% | 0.9 | 1.1 | 80% | 60% | 56% | 16 |
| 2023-24 | 28 | Adelaide | 12-16 (9) | 14 | 10.8 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 44% | 0.4 | 1.3 | 28% | 0.9 | 1.4 | 65% | 56% | 51% | 11 |
| 2022-23 | 27 | South East Melbourne | 15-13 (5) | 17 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 46% | 0.2 | 0.7 | 33% | 0.5 | 0.8 | 69% | 58% | 54% | 14 |
| 2021-22 | 26 | South East Melbourne | 15-13 (6) | 23 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 54% | 0.1 | 0.4 | 30% | 0.1 | 0.2 | 75% | 61% | 60% | 6 |
| 2019-20 | 24 | Melbourne | 15-13 (4) | 28 | 11.8 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 36% | 0.5 | 1.9 | 25% | 0.9 | 1.2 | 79% | 51% | 44% | 19 |
| 2018-19 | 23 | Melbourne | 18-10 (2) | 24 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 25% | 0.1 | 0.3 | 25% | 0.6 | 0.8 | 79% | 48% | 30% | 7 |
| 2017-18 | 22 | Melbourne | 20-8 (1) | 25 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 50% | 0.2 | 0.7 | 35% | 0.5 | 0.8 | 63% | 60% | 58% | 11 |
| 2016-17 | 21 | Melbourne | 13-15 (6) | 8 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 17% | 0.1 | 0.5 | 25% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 25% | 25% | 3 |
| 2015-16 | 20 | Melbourne | 18-10 (1) | 2 | 11.2 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 43% | 1.0 | 2.5 | 40% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 57% | 57% | 5 | Total | 196 | 8.5 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 41.0% | 0.4 | 1.3 | 29.8% | 0.6 | 0.9 | 73.5% | 55% | 50% | 19 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
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STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
- Sandringham (2016, 2022–2023), Frankston (2017), Dandenong (2018), Kilsyth (2019)
Smith-Milner joined the Sandringham Sabres for the 2016 SEABL season, beginning his Australian state league run with Sandringham before later returning to the club in 2022 and remaining attached to the Sabres into 2023.
Smith-Milner joined the Frankston Blues for the 2017 SEABL season, for his second season in the Victorian state league.
Smith-Milner also had a 2018 stop with Dandenong in his Australian state league timeline before moving on to Kilsyth the following year.
Smith-Milner joined the Kilsyth Cobras for the 2019 NBL1 season and averaged 15.5 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. He produced one of his best known performances with 28 points against Dandenong, and earlier in the season had another strong outing with 18 points, 13 rebounds and four assists. Kilsyth used him as part of a highly rated frontcourt group that helped keep the Cobras among the stronger teams in the competition before his season was later interrupted by injury.
Smith-Milner returned to the Sandringham Sabres for the 2022 NBL1 South season and delivered several major individual games. He scored 28 points with seven rebounds against Diamond Valley, hit the game winner and finished with 17 points and seven rebounds in an 83–82 win over Nunawading, put up 25 points against the Melbourne Tigers, added 23 points and 13 rebounds in a road win over Dandenong, and had 22 points and 10 rebounds against Waverley. In Sandringham’s finals opener against Hobart, he top-scored with 16 points while adding seven rebounds and seven assists.
FIBA EXPERIENCE
Represented the Tall Blacks at the 2017 Asia Cup in Lebanon, where he averaged 10.5 points and 4.2 rebounds.
The following year, he was a member of the bronze-medal winning Tall Blacks squad at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Smith-Milner was then selected for his first major FIBA tournament as part of New Zealands 2019 FIBA World Cup squad, where he averaged 5.2 points and 2.8 rebounds. In what was a rebuilding year for the Tall Blacks, with legends Kirk Penney, Mika Vukona, Phil Jones and Pero Cameron all retiring since the previous World Cup campaign, New Zealand opened their campaign with a loss to Brazil (94–102), a win over Montenegro (83–93) and a second loss to Greece (97–103) which eliminated them from medal contention. The Tall Blacks, led by Corey Webster (22.8 ppg and 5.6 apg), would beat Japan (111–81) and Turkey (102–101) in the classification games to finish in nineteenth place.
In 2022, Smith-Milner played for New Zealand during the FIBA World Cup Qualifying window and with the bronze medal winning Tall-Blacks side that competed at the FIBA Asia Cup in Indonesia. Tohi was also named in the tournaments All-Star Five.
He was also a part of the team for New Zealands Q6 World Qualifiers in February 2023.
Smith-Milner played for New Zealand at the 2023 FIBA World Cup where the team finished in 22nd place.
Smith-Milner made the New Zealand team for the 2027 FIBA World Cup qualifiers in November 2025.
Tohi Smith-Milner (4.6 points and 4.2 rebounds across five games) played for New Zealand during the 2027 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers. Smith-Milner had 11 points and 9 rebounds against Guam on July 6 as the Tall Blacks completed the First Round with a fourth consecutive victory and advanced to the Second Round.
FIBA TOTAL STATISTICS
| YEAR | AGE | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 28 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 25.0% | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 3 | 5 | 60.0% |
| 2019 | 24 | 5 | 64 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 50.0% | 5 | 12 | 41.7% | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | Total | 10 | 89 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 46% | 6 | 14 | 43% | 4 | 7 | 57% |
FIBA PER GAME STATISTICS
| YEAR | AGE | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 28 | 5 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 25.0% | 0.2 | 0.4 | 50.0% | 0.6 | 1.0 | 60.0% |
| 2019 | 24 | 5 | 12.8 | 5.2 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 50.0% | 1.0 | 2.4 | 41.7% | 0.2 | 0.4 | 50.0% | Total | 10 | 8.9 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 46% | 0.6 | 1.4 | 43% | 0.4 | 0.7 | 57% |
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
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New Zealand
- Auckland2012, 2020
- Super City2013-2015
- Canterbury2017, 2025
- Nelson2018
- Wellington2021, 2023-2024
Smith-Milner joined the Auckland Pirates for the 2012 New Zealand NBL season, playing his first season in New Zealand, and he won a championship while appearing in five games and averaging 3.4 points and 1.2 rebounds.
Smith-Milner began playing in the New Zealand NBL 2012, winning a championship in his first season with the Auckland Pirates.
The following season, he joined the Super City Rangers but did not play, he would however take the court for the Rangers 2014 and averaging 12.9 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.8 assists across 9 games.
In 2015, Smith-Milner averaged 1.1 points and 1.7 rebounds for the Super City Rangers and 0.6 assists across 7 games.
In 2017, Smith-Milner played for the Canterbury Rams in the NZNBL and averaged 5.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 0.7 assists across 10 games.
Smith-Milner again switched teams in the NZNBL, playing with the Nelson Giants in 2018, where he averaged 11.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 2.2 assists across 18 games.
In 2020, Smith-Milner played for the Auckland Huskies during the shortened COVID season and averaged 15.4 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 1.8 assists across 15 games.
In 2021 Smith-Milner won a NZNBL championship playing for for the Wellington Saints. He averaged 14.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 2.7 assists across 20 games.
He returned to the Wellington Saints for the 2023 New Zealand NBL season and averaged 12.4 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 1.8 assists across 18 games.
He remained with the Wellington Saints for the 2024 New Zealand NBL season and averaged 18.1 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 1.9 assists across 21 games while scoring 30 points against the Otago Nuggets.
On March 3, 2025, the Canterbury Rams officially announced Tohi Smith-Milners return for the 2025 New Zealand NBL season. It marked a return to the club he had represented in 2017 and followed his career-best 2024 campaign with Wellington, where he averaged 18.1 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. At Canterbury he formed a starting group alongside fellow NBL players Taylor Britt, Sean McDonald and Kyle Bowen, under head coach Quinn Clinton.
His interior scoring and veteran presence provided a key boost to the Rams throughout the season.
One of Smith-Milner’s standout performances came in a dominant 110 to 78 win over the Hawke’s Bay Hawks, where he posted (19 points and 9 rebounds) while shooting 7 of 12 from the field (58%).
In that same game, Taylor Britt contributed 23 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists on 9 of 15 shooting (60%), while Sean McDonald added 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists while shooting 6 of 10 (60%) in a complete team performance.
COLLEGE
Tohi Smith-Milner played one season of US college basketball at Polk State College in 2014–15, competing in NJCAA Division I and the Suncoast Conference.
During the 2014–15 season, he appeared in 25 games and made 18 starts, logging 640 total minutes at 25.6 minutes per game as a regular in Polk State’s frontcourt rotation.
Smith-Milner averaged 12.8 points per game while shooting 47.7 percent from the field, 28.6 percent from three-point range, and 71.9 percent at the free-throw line, and he was also credited in season summaries with roughly 6.5 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game.
Polk State finished the 2014–15 season with a 21–10 overall record and a 6–3 conference record, with Smith-Milner’s scoring and interior presence helping power one of the program’s stronger win totals for that campaign.
His year at Polk State was also recognised with First-team All-Suncoast Conference honours in 2015, marking a major individual accolade during his lone US college season.
AWARDS
- 2× NZNBL champion (2012, 2021)
- First-team All-Suncoast Conference (2015)
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