Kirk Penney

Kirk Penney
	Penney with Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2005
Personal information
Born	23 November 1980; Auckland, New Zealand
Listed height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight	98 kg (216 lb)
Career information
High school	Westlake Boys; (Auckland, New Zealand)
College	Wisconsin (1999–2003)
NBA draft	2003: undrafted
Playing career	1998–2018; 2022
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
Number	6, 20
Career history
1998–2000	North Harbour Kings
2003	Miami Heat
2003–2004	Gran Canaria
2004	Asheville Altitude
2004–2005	Los Angeles Clippers
2005	Asheville Altitude
2005–2006	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2006–2007	Žalgiris Kaunas
2007	ALBA Berlin
2007–2010	New Zealand Breakers
2010	Sioux Falls Skyforce
2010–2011	New Zealand Breakers
2011–2012	Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
2012–2013	TED Ankara Kolejliler
2013–2014	Trabzonspor
2015	Baloncesto Sevilla
2015–2016	Illawarra Hawks
2016–2018	New Zealand Breakers
2022	Auckland Tuatara
Career highlights
	NBL champion (2011); NBL Most Valuable Player (2009); 4× All-NBL First Team (2008–2011); All-NBL Second Team (2016); 3× NBL scoring champion (2009–2011); NZNBL Most Outstanding Kiwi Guard (1999); NZNBL Rookie of the Year (1998); 2× TBL All-Star (2013, 2014); 2× TBL Three-Point Shootout champion (2013, 2014); Lithuanian LKL champion (2007); Lithuanian LKF Cup winner (2007); Baltic League All-Star (2007); Israeli League champion (2006); Israeli Basketball State Cup winner (2006); NBA D-League champion (2005); AP honorable mention All-American (2003); 2× First-team All-Big Ten (2002, 2003);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Representing New Zealand
Men's Basketball
Oceanian Championship

Kirk Samuel Penney (born 23 November 1980) is a New Zealand former professional basketball player. He is the all-time leading scorer for New Zealand's national team and he ranks 12th all-time in points scored at the FIBA World Cup. In 2024, he was inducted in the FIBA Hall of Fame.

Penney played four years of college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers between 1999 and 2003, where he was twice named first-team all-conference and as an all-American. He became the second New Zealander in the NBA when he appeared briefly for the Miami Heat in 2003 and the Los Angeles Clippers in 2005. He went on to play professionally in Spain, the NBA Development League, Israel, Lithuania, Germany and Turkey. He also played six seasons for the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He was named the NBL MVP in 2009, named to the All-NBL First Team four times, led the NBL in scoring three times and won an NBL championship with the Breakers in 2011.

Penney represented New Zealand at the Sydney and Athens Olympics and averaged 16.9 points at the World Championships in Indianapolis in 2002 and 24.7 points at the World Championships in Turkey in 2010.