| Callum Mills | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Mills playing for Sydney in June 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Callum Mills | ||
| Nickname | Millsy | ||
| Born | (1997-04-02)2 April 1997 (age 28) Sydney,New South Wales | ||
| Original team | Mosman Swans /North Shore (Sydney AFL)/Sydney Swans Academy | ||
| Draft | No. 3,2015 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 2016,Sydney vs.Collingwood, atSCG | ||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Sydney | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2016– | Sydney | 170 (30) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2020 | All Stars | 1 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 20, 2025. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Callum Mills (born 2 April 1997) is a professionalAustralian rules footballer and current captain of theSydney Swans in theAustralian Football League (AFL). He has been a co-captain of the club since 2022 and the sole captain since 2024. Mills won the2016 NAB AFL Rising Star Award for his outstanding breakout season.
Mills was born inSydney and grew up on theNorthern Beaches. His grandfather,Ray Mills, played Australian rules football for thePerth Football Club and representedWestern Australia through the 1960s.[1] Callum was an avidSydney Swans supporter as a child and idolised Swans' forwardTony Lockett.[2] He began playing Australian rules football at the age of four through theAuskick junior program, but gave the game away at seven years of age to playrugby union with his school friends.[3] He played representative junior rugby withWarringah Rugby Club's underage representative team which won three consecutive state championships (2008-2010) alongsideBrad Parker andSimon Kennewell.[4][5]
In 2010, aged 13, Mills was approached by then-Sydney Swans chairmanAndrew Pridham to fill in for the Mosman Swans junior Australian rules football team. He impressed enough to be placed in the Sydney Swans talent academy later that year and gave up rugby union. Mills later revealed the Swans' academy was the major influence in his decision to play Australian rules football instead of rugby union when he was a teenager.[6] He won the under 16'sbest and fairest at fourteen years of age for the Mosman Swans and he was ultimately named club champion in 2012. In 2014–15, he was cleared to play in theTAC Cup competition as a member of theNSW/ACT Rams and during this period he also played four games forNorth Shore in the premier division of theSydney AFL competition.
Mills was selected by the Sydney Swans with their first selection and third overall in the2015 national draft. He was initially bid on byMelbourne, however Sydney matched the bid under the new live bidding rules implemented in the 2015 draft.[7] He was given the number 14 guernsey, made famous by three-timeBrownlow Medallist andAustralian football hall of famer,Bob Skilton and former club captain and Brownlow medallist, Paul Kelly.[8] He made his debut in the eighty point win againstCollingwood, recording 18 disposals in round one, 2016.[9] After the 38-point win againstGeelong, he was the round 16 nomination for theRising Star where he recorded 23 disposals, six marks, and four rebound-50s.[10] He was ultimately the winner of the Rising Star, receiving the Ron Evans Medal with 49 votes out of a possible 50.[11] He became the third Sydney Swan to win the award.
Following a promising debut season, Mills re-signed with the Swans on a five-year contract that will see him remain at the club until the end of 2023.[12]
At the start of 2022 he was named one of Sydney's co-captains,[13] and later that year signed a contract extension with the Swans to keep him at the club until the end of 2029.[14] Mills later became sole captain of the Swans ahead of the2024 AFL season.[15]
Updated to the end of the 2024 season.[16]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2016 | Sydney | 14 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 231 | 177 | 408 | 105 | 50 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 10.5 | 8.0 | 18.5 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 2017 | Sydney | 14 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 267 | 148 | 415 | 121 | 59 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 11.3 | 6.1 | 17.2 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2018 | Sydney | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 72 | 173 | 44 | 23 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 11.2 | 8.0 | 19.2 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 2019 | Sydney | 14 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 231 | 174 | 405 | 136 | 58 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 7.9 | 18.4 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 0 |
| 2020[a] | Sydney | 14 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 107 | 271 | 77 | 48 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 10.9 | 7.1 | 18.0 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 2 |
| 2021 | Sydney | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 256 | 239 | 495 | 107 | 95 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.2 | 13.3 | 27.5 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 18 |
| 2022 | Sydney | 14 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 360 | 250 | 610 | 165 | 158 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.4 | 10.0 | 24.4 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 21 |
| 2023 | Sydney | 14 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 207 | 196 | 403 | 96 | 88 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 20.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3 |
| 2024 | Sydney | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 49 | 122 | 38 | 16 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 7.0 | 17.4 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 1 |
| 2025 | Sydney | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 162 | 123 | 285 | 79 | 28 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.5 | 10.3 | 23.8 | 6.6 | 2.3 | |
| Career | 174 | 30 | 17 | 2052 | 1535 | 3587 | 967 | 623 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.8 | 8.8 | 20.6 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 48 | ||
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