Taylor Smith (born 13 February 2000) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). She previously played for and . She won two premierships with the Lions in 2021 and 2023, and was the AFL Women's leading goalkicker in 2024.
Smith grew up on the Gold Coast and attended Coomera Anglican College throughout her upbringing. Her first sporting interest came at the age of 10 in the form of athletics where she predominantly focused on high jump and hurdles. She transitioned to heptathlon at the age of 16 and began competing at the national level in just her fourth ever event in the sport. Towards the end of Year 12, she played Australian rules football for the first time in the local APS inter-school competition and was spotted by an AFL Queensland scout who organised a trial with the Gold Coast Suns Academy. She began playing club football for the first time in 2018 for Bond University in the QAFLW.
Less than two years after playing football for the first time, Smith was announced as a priority signing for the Gold Coast Suns' inaugural AFLW list.
Smith made her AFLW debut for Gold Coast in round 6 of the 2020 AFL Women's season.
In August 2020, Smith was traded to Brisbane, along with a couple of picks, for the 24th pick of the 2020 AFL Women's draft.
Smith had a strong first season with the Lions in which she played every game. She had her best game for the season in round 3, in the Lions' 45 point win over . in that game, she tallied a career-high 3 goals, 11 disposals and 8 hitouts, securing her 2 best and fairest votes. Smith became a premiership player in the club's 2021 AFL Women's Grand Final winning side. Smith signed on with for one more year on 15 June 2021.
She won a second premiership in 2023, before kicking 21 goals to share the AFL Women's leading goalkicker award with Aishling Moloney in 2024.
At the end of the 2025 season, Smith was traded to in a three-club deal that also included .
|- | scope="row" | 2020 || || 13 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 7 || 10 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 3.0 || 7.0 || 10.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 4.0 || 0 |- | scope="row" bgcolor=F0E68C | 2021<sup>#</sup> || || 31 || 11 || 5 || 5 || 37 || 18 || 55 || 17 || 18 || 57 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 3.4 || 1.6 || 5.0 || 1.5 || 1.6 || 5.2 || 2 |- | scope="row" | 2022 (S6) || || 31 || 11 || 7 || 2 || 52 || 22 || 74 || 26 || 21 || 37 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 4.7 || 2.0 || 6.7 || 2.4 || 1.9 || 3.4 || 0 |- | scope="row" | 2022 (S7) || || 31 || 13 || 6 || 4 || 43 || 18 || 61 || 18 || 21 || 65 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 3.3 || 1.4 || 4.7 || 1.4 || 1.6 || 5.0 || 0 |- | scope="row" bgcolor=F0E68C | 2023<sup>#</sup> || || 31 || 12 || 9 || 4 || 56 || 20 || 76 || 26 || 24 || 57 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 4.7 || 1.7 || 6.3 || 2.2 || 2.0 || 4.8 || 0 |- | scope="row" | 2024 || || 31 || 14 || bgcolor=CAE1FF | 22<sup>â </sup> || 11 || 75 || 25 || 100 || 26 || 25 || 36 || 1.6 || 0.8 || 5.4 || 1.8 || 7.1 || 1.9 || 1.8 || 2.6 || 9 |- | scope="row" | 2025 || || 31 || 15 || 18 || 11 || 87 || 39 || 126 || 37 || 29 || 33 || 1.2 || 0.7 || 5.8 || 2.6 || 8.4 || 2.5 || 1.9 || 2.2 || 1 |- class=sortbottom ! colspan=3 | Career ! 77 !! 67 !! 37 !! 353 !! 149 !! 502 !! 151 !! 139 !! 289 !! 0.9 !! 0.5 !! 4.6 !! 1.9 !! 6.5 !! 2.0 !! 1.8 !! 3.8 !! 12