Tornike "Toko" Shengelia (; born 5 October 1991) is a Georgian professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Shengelia also represents the senior Georgian national team. He earned an All-EuroLeague First Team selection in 2018.
From 2008 to 2010, Shengelia played for both Valencia Basket and its junior team, Valencia BC Sunny Delight. In 2010, he signed with Spirou Charleroi of Belgium, who later loaned him to VOO Verviers-Pepinster for the 2010âÂÂ11 season. In August 2011, it was announced that he would play for Spirou Charleroi in 2011âÂÂ12.
Shengelia was selected with the 54th overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by Philadelphia 76ers. He was later traded to the Brooklyn Nets on draft night. In July 2012, he joined the Nets for the 2012 NBA Summer League. In 5 games, he averaged 10.2 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
On July 24, 2012, Shengelia signed with the Nets. During his rookie and sophomore seasons, he had multiple assignments with the Springfield Armor of the NBA D-League.
On January 21, 2014, Shengelia was traded to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Marquis Teague. On April 14, 2014, he was waived by the Bulls.
On June 21, 2014, Shengelia signed a three-year deal with Baskonia.
On March 1, 2015, the Basque derby with Bilbao Basket ended in a brawl that started with a confrontation between Dejan TodoroviÃÂ and Shengelia. Both players were disqualified and 12 players were ejected due to the court invasion that took place during the fight. With mere seconds on the clock and Bilbao leading the game, Shengelia fouled TodoroviÃÂ as the latter attempted a dunk. The Serbian player pushed Shengelia from behind and the Georgian forward threw a punch in response. The exchange prompted the bench players of both teams to enter the court and subsequently started the brawl. When Shengelia was leaving the court after the disqualifying foul, he apologized to a child who was in the first row of the arena.
The ACB announced the brawl would have severe consequences and sanctions and initiated talks with the Spanish Basketball Federation to strengthen disciplinary regulations. On March 5, the league provisionally suspended TodoroviÃÂ and Shengelia until the final resolution of the case.
After the cautionary suspension of both players was announced, Bilbao and Baskonia released a joint statement expressing their disapproval. On March 11, Shengelia would finally receive a 5 game suspension while Todoroviàwas suspended for four games. Additionally, Dairis BertÃÂns of Bilbao Basket and the brothers Mamadou and Ilimane Diop of Baskonia received a â¬3,000 fine.
On June 7, 2017, Shengelia signed a three-year contract extension with Baskonia. In May 2018, he was named to the All-EuroLeague First Team for the 2017âÂÂ18 season. Over 33 EuroLeague games, he averaged career-highs of 13.7 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. On 24 May 2018, he finished in second place behind Luka DonÃÂiàin voting for the Liga ACB MVP of the season. On August 19, 2018, Shengelia signed a four-year contract extension with Baskonia until 2022. However, the Georgian forward left Baskonia in July 2020, after 6 seasons with the Basque team.
On 9 July 2020, he signed a three-year contract with Russian club CSKA Moscow.
On 26 February 2022, Shengelia terminated the contract in protest of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He said: "I take this decision in protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. I do not consider it possible to continue playing for the Red Army club." CSKA's name abbreviates as the Central Sports Club of the Army. The team accused him and others of violating their contracts; however, with Russia being suspended from the Euroleague and FIBA, CSKA cannot pursue any legal action.
On 7 March 2022, Shengelia signed a deal with the Italian club Virtus Bologna until the end of the season. Moreover, after having ousted Lietkabelis, Ulm and Valencia in the first three rounds of the playoffs, on 11 May 2022, Virtus defeated Frutti Extra Bursaspor by 80âÂÂ67 at the Segafredo Arena, winning its first EuroCup and qualifying for the EuroLeague after 14 years. However, despite having ended the regular season at the first place and having ousted 3âÂÂ0 both Pesaro and Tortona in the first two rounds of playoffs, Virtus was defeated 4âÂÂ2 in the national finals by Olimpia Milano.
On 13 September, Shengelia signed a two-year deal with Virtus until June 2024. On 29 September 2022, after having ousted Milano in the semifinals, Virtus won its third Supercup, defeating 72âÂÂ69 Banco di Sardegna Sassari and achieving a back-to-back, following the 2021 trophy. However, Shengelia did not play due to a shoulder injury occurred before the 2022 EuroBasket. However, despite good premises Virtus ended the EuroLeague season at the 14th place, thus it did not qualify for the playoffs. Moreover, the team was defeated in the Italian Basketball Cup final by Brescia. In June, after having ousted 3âÂÂ0 both Brindisi and Tortona, Virtus was defeated 4âÂÂ3 by Olimpia Milan in the national finals, following a series which was widely regarded among the best in the latest years of Italian basketball.
On 24 September 2023, after having ousted Olimpia Milano in the semifinals, Virtus won its fourth Supercup, and the third in a row, defeating 97âÂÂ60 Germani Brescia. Shengelia was appointed MVP of the tournament. Despite an impressive first half of the season, Virtus ended the EuroLeague regular season at the 10th place, qualifying only for the play-in, where after having defeated 67âÂÂ64 Anadolu Efes, it lost against Baskonia 89âÂÂ77, not qualifying for the playoffs. Moreover, the Black V placed first during the Italian regular season but, after having knocked out Tortona by 3âÂÂ2 and Reyer Venezia by 3âÂÂ1, it lost the third consecutive final against Milan by 3âÂÂ1.
In the 2024-25 EuroLeague season, he scored a career-high 35 points against Fenerbahçe Beko, marking the highest-scoring game of his EuroLeague career. The 2024âÂÂ25 LBA season was Shengelia's most successful with Virtus, winning the Italian championship. Beating Pallacanestro Brescia in the finals, Shengelia was named LBA Finals MVP. Additionally, he was selected to the season's All-Lega Serie A Team.
On July 21, 2025, Shengelia signed a three season contract with FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and EuroLeague. On October 31, 2025, he won his ninth EuroLeague MVP of the Round award after recoding a PIR of 42 during an away win against Partizan Belgrade.
Shengelia is a member of the senior Georgian national team. With Georgia, he played at the 2011 EuroBasket, the 2015 EuroBasket, and the 2017 EuroBasket.
In February 2023, Shengelia was a key player on the roster of Georgia that qualified for its first-ever World Cup in 2023.
|- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Brooklyn | 19 || 0 || 4.9 || .435 || .500 || .563 || 1.2 || .2 || .2 || .1 || 1.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Brooklyn | 17 || 0 || 8.1 || .458 || .000 || .375 || .8 || .7 || .1 || .1 || 1.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 9 || 0 || 1.9 || .500 || .000 || .000 || .2 || .2 || .1 || .0 || .4 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 45 || 0 || 5.5 || .451 || .125 || .500 || .9 || .4 || .1 || .1 || 1.3
|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2011âÂÂ12 | style="text-align:left;"| Charleroi | 9 || 9 || 20.6 || .500 || .286 || .682 || 4.3 || 1.0 || .3 || .1 || 8.3 || 7.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2014âÂÂ15 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="6"| Baskonia | 24 || 23 || 21.6 || .439 || .229 || .820 || 4.8 || .8 || .6 || .7 || 9.5 || 10.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015âÂÂ16 | 9 || 7 || 19.2 || .561 || .500 || .682 || 3.8 || 1.2 || .8 || .6 || 9.1 || 10.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2016âÂÂ17 | 24 || 13 || 20.8 || .511 || .542 || .778 || 4.1 || 1.4 || .8 || .3 || 10.8 || 12.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2017âÂÂ18 | 33 || 17 || 25.5 || .569 || .326 || .681 || 6.1 || 2.2 || .8 || .5 || 13.7 || 18.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2018âÂÂ19 | 20 || 15 || 24.2 || .503 || .393 || .529 || 4.3 || 1.6 || 1.1 || .6 || 11.4 || 13.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2019âÂÂ20 | style="background:#CFECEC;"|28* || style="background:#CFECEC;"|28* || 30.4 || .533 || .391 || .769 || 5.6 || 2.9 || 1.0 || .5 || 15.9 || 18.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2020âÂÂ21 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| CSKA Moscow | 37 || 35 || 24.9 || .455 || .315 || .651 || 4.9 || 2.3 || 1.2 || .2 || 11.2 || 12.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2021âÂÂ22 | 15 || 13 || 24.8 || .474 || .341 || .733 || 4.7 || 2.5 || .9 || .3 || 12.7 || 14.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2022âÂÂ23 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Virtus Bologna | 23 || 17 || 22.6 || .484 || .462 || .753 || 3.1 || 3.1 || .9 || .4 || 9.4 || 11.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2023âÂÂ24 | 33 || 31 || 27.4 || .491 || .255 || .788 || 5.0 || 3.3 || 1.0 || .2 || 14.5 || 17.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2024âÂÂ25 | 28 || 25 || 27.7 || .513 || .362 || .824 || 5.0 || 2.7 || .7 || .4 || 15.6 || 17.5 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career | 283 || 233 || 24.5 || .537 || .343 || .729 || 4.8 || 2.3 || .9 || .4 || 12.4 || 14.4