 Delle Donne at the 2014 World Basketball Festival | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1989-09-05)September 5, 1989 (age 36) Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 187 lb (85 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Ursuline Academy (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| College | Delaware (2009–2013) |
| WNBA draft | 2013: 1st round, 2nd overall pick |
| Drafted by | Chicago Sky |
| Playing career | 2013–2023 |
| Position | Small forward /shooting guard |
| Career history | |
| 2013–2016 | Chicago Sky |
| 2017–2023 | Washington Mystics |
| Career highlights | |
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |
Elena Delle Donne (born September 5, 1989) is an American former professionalbasketball player.[1] Delle Donne played college basketball for theDelaware Blue Hens from 2009 to 2013.[2] She was drafted by theChicago Sky with the second overall pick of the2013 WNBA draft,[3] and led the Sky to the2014 WNBA Finals, where they were defeated by thePhoenix Mercury.[4] Delle Donne was traded to the Washington Mystics in 2017[5] and led them to their first WNBA championship in 2019.
Delle Donne has won twoWNBA Most Valuable Player Awards (2015,2019),[6] been selected to seven All-Star teams, and was the first WNBA player to join the50–40–90 club.[7] She was named toThe W25, the league's list of the top 25 players of its first 25 years, in 2021.[8] She is the all-time leader in WNBA career free throw percentage with a mark of 93.7%.[9]
Delle Donne inherited her 6-foot-5-inch (1.96 m) height from both her parents—her father, who played college golf,[10] is 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), and her mother is 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m).[11] Her childhood was marked by a struggle to come to terms with her unusual height. According to a 2016ESPN story, her first memory was going on a shopping trip when she was three years old and hearing other shoppers tell her mother that an 8-year-old should not be using a pacifier. In third grade, her class was assigned to measure themselves using lengths of paper; she was "humiliated" when her paper extended well beyond those of her classmates. Within two years of that incident, a doctor wanted to start her on injections to stunt her growth; her mother refused. By the time she was in eighth grade, she was already 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m). Additionally, according to the same ESPN piece Delle Donne had to come to terms with having "a body that could do a great many things that the body of her older sister, Lizzie, couldn't." Lizzie was born deaf and blind, is unable to speak, and also hascerebral palsy andautism.[10] In another 2016 ESPN story, Delle Donne credits her mother with helping her accept her height:[11]
She's 6–2 and my dad is 6–6, so she understood. She was like, "I'm telling you, one day you are going to realize how beautiful your height is." She would always tell me how unique I am and say, "Why try to be like the rest of the pack? Be your own person."
Delle Donne gained national recognition as a high school basketball star atUrsuline Academy inWilmington, Delaware.[12] She led Ursuline to three straight Delaware State Championship titles and was ranked as the number-one overall high school recruit byScout.com as well as aMcDonald's All-American.[13] She was the first and only student at Ursuline so far to score 2,000+ points during her high school career and also set the girls' high school national record for consecutive free throws made (80) in 2005–2006.[14]
Delle Donne was also named aWBCA All-American.[15] She participated in the 2007 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored 17 points,[15] and earned MVP honors for the Red team.[16]
She also participated in volleyball.[17] Delle Donne won the volleyball DIAA state championship with Ursuline in 2007. She posted a season high 20 kills againstPadua during a game involving the number one and two teams in the state.
Following an outstanding prep career during which she became the most highly touted women's basketball recruit sinceCandace Parker, Delle Donne received a basketball scholarship from theUniversity of Connecticut. However, in early June 2008, Delle Donne abruptly dropped out of Connecticut's summer school program after just two days. Delle Donne was very close to her family, especially her older sister, Lizzie, who hascerebral palsy and isblind anddeaf. She was not ready to be separated from her family.[18] Gene, Elena's brother and the middle child of the Delle Donne family, stated in a 2012 ESPN story on his younger sister:
Her relationship with Lizzie is huge. It's so close. It's a big reason why she is such a homebody who came home from UConn, because she craves to be around Lizzie and to experience Lizzie grabbing her and sniffing her and just spend quality time with her.[19]
A week after leaving Connecticut, Delle Donne said by telephone from her home in Wilmington that she has "a lot of personal issues to fix. Only my family understands what's going on. Right now I am going to take a long personal break."[20] She took a similar break prior to the 2007–08 season in high school.[21]
On August 16, 2008, Delle Donne announced she would not accept the scholarship due toburnout,[22] and instead decided to enroll at theUniversity of Delaware and join their volleyball team as awalk-on.[23] She played middle hitter at UD for the 2008–09 season.[24] The 2008 Delaware Blue Hens finished their season with a record of 19–16. They were 9–5 in their conference (Colonial Athletic Association) and won the conference tournament. They earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament, but lost toOregon in the first round.[25] Delle Donne did not continue on the volleyball team in 2009, but joined the basketball team.
On June 2, 2009, Delle Donne announced that she would play basketball for the Blue Hens in the 2009–10 season as a redshirt freshman.[26] In 2012, ESPN writer Graham Hays said about her return to the sport "it cannot be complete coincidence that it came the year Gene returned to Delaware and went to work for his dad's company."[19] In a 2016 interview with ESPN, Delle Donne also recalled a trip she took during the summer of 2009 to the school that Lizzie was attending. While there, she met another woman at the school, a basketball fan who used a wheelchair due to cerebral palsy, who told her, "Elena, do everything you can with your abilities, just like we do."[10]
Delle Donne had a very productive freshman season. She averaged 26.7 points per game, the third-highest of all Division I women's basketball players.[27] She scored 54 points in a loss againstJames Madison on February 18, 2010, which was the highest single-game point total by any Division I female basketball player that season.[28] She was named the CAA Rookie of the Week six times, and the player of the week once during 2009–10.[29]
She was voted the CAA's "Player of the Year"[30] and "Rookie of the Year" in women's basketball by CAA coaches, sports information directors and media. This was the first time a player had won both awards in one year since Old Dominion'sLucienne Berthieu did so in 1999. No men's player has ever won both awards in the same season.[31]
In her sophomore season, the team started off well, but then Delle Donne began to develop flu-like symptoms. In a game againstPenn State, she asked to be taken out of the game, something she had never done before. After many tests, the doctors finally diagnosed her withLyme disease. She struggled the rest of the season, but she helped her team reach the finals of the conference tournament and an invitation to theWomen's NIT.[18]
As a junior, Delle Donne led the nation in scoring, finishing the season with an average of 28.1 points per game. Her prowess attracted many fans to the Blue Hens games, with attendance rising 250 percent from the previous year.[32] On February 16, 2012, Delle Donne scored 42 points in a win overHofstra, eclipsing the 2,000 point mark for her career. Delaware were the CAA champions, qualifying for the2012 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. Delle Donne scored 39 out of the Blue Hens' first 56 points in their first round victory overUALR.[33] Delaware led at halftime againstKansas in the next game, but despite Delle Donne's 34 points, the Jayhawks still won.[34]
During the 2012–13 season, Delle Donne again fought Lyme disease, missing four games due to the illness.[35] Delle Donne returned on December 12 againstMaryland and led the team with 19 points and 6 rebounds in a 69–53 loss. This game was the largest crowd (5,089) to ever to see a women's basketball game at theBob Carpenter Center, the Blue Hens' homecourt.[36]
Delle Donne led her team in scoring in 22 regular season games during her senior season, as well as in rebounds in 12 games.[37] She scored more than 30 points on five occasions, leading her team to a 27–3 regular season record entering CAA conference tournament play.
After winning the CAA conference tournament, the Blue Hens were the #6 seed in their region of the2013 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. Delle Donne led them to victories over #11West Virginia and #3North Carolina. The Blue Hens then lost to No. 2Kentucky, despite Delle Donne's 33 points.
Following her collegiate career, Delle Donne was one of twelve players to be invited to the2013 WNBA draft.[38] She was selected second overall in that draft by theChicago Sky,[39] a team that went 14–20 in the 2012 season. In her professional debut, Delle Donne scored 22 points against fellow rookieBrittney Griner and thePhoenix Mercury, in a 102–80 victory.[40] She led all players in votes for the2013 WNBA All-Star Game, the first time a rookie had done so in league history.[41] However, a concussion forced her to miss the game.[42] After the All-Star break, Delle Donne returned to action, and continued to play at a high level. The Sky not only qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, but they also earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference. Delle Donne was named the 2013 Rookie of the Year.[43][44]
The 2014 regular season had Delle Donne playing only 16 games due to a flare-up ofLyme disease,[45] averaging less than 19 minutes in the final seven games.[46] Eventually, she rose up during the playoffs, helping the Sky defeat theAtlanta Dream in the first round, scoring 34 points—including a game-winning shot with 8.2 seconds left in overtime—as the Sky erased a 17-point deficit with 8:12 left in regulation in the deciding game. However, Delle Donne was elbowed while going for a rebound in the Atlanta series, and suffered a back injury that reduced her play time in the following round against theIndiana Fever. The Sky still got to the WNBA finals, but they lost to the Phoenix Mercury. Delle Donne played only ten minutes in the first game; she took medication to play 68 minutes and score 45 points over the final two games.[47][48]
On September 16, 2015, Delle Donne was named the WNBA MVP for the 2015 season.[49][50] She scored a league-high 23.4 points per game, shot a career-high 95% from the free throw line, and was ranked third in the league in rebounding.[51] She received 38 of 39 first-place votes.[52] During the regular season, Delle Donne scored a career-high 45 points in an overtime win against theAtlanta Dream, while making 19 consecutive free throws, a WNBA record.[53]
Delle Donne has played in twoNBA All-Star Celebrity Games, in2014[54] and2016.[55]
In the 2016 season, Delle Donne averaged 21.5 points per game,[56] helping the Sky to another playoff berth as they finished 18–16. With the WNBA's new playoff format in effect, the Sky were the No. 4 seed in the league, which earned them a bye to the second round. Unfortunately, Delle Donne had suffered an injury on her rightthumb in a loss to theWashington Mystics. Delle Donne had season-ending surgery that kept her out for the playoffs.[57][58] Delle Donne played 28 games in the season before the injury. Without Delle Donne, the Sky still had a decent playoff run, advancing to the semifinals (the last round before the WNBA finals) where they lost 3–1 to the eventual championLos Angeles Sparks.
With Delle Donne approaching restricted free agent status and her rookie contract expiring in the 2017 offseason, she was traded to theWashington Mystics in exchange forStefanie Dolson,[56]Kahleah Copper and the second overall pick in the2017 WNBA draft just a couple days before the start of free agency.[59]
On May 14, 2017, Delle Donne made her debut for the Mystics, scoring a team-high 26 points in an 89–74 win over theSan Antonio Stars.[60] On May 19, 2017, Delle Donne scored a season-high 27 points in a 99–89 loss to the Los Angeles Sparks.[61] DuringEmma Meesseman's absence, Delle Donne played outside her natural position as the startingpower forward for the Mystics. On July 14, 2017, Delle Donne suffered a sprained right ankle in a game againstIndiana Fever, which caused her to miss the2017 WNBA All-Star Game.[62] On July 25, 2017, Delle Donne scored a new season-high of 29 points along with 10 rebounds in an 85–76 win against theSan Antonio Stars after returning from her ankle injury.[63] On August 1, 2017, Delle Donne suffered a left thumb injury while playing against the Atlanta Dream and was ruled out for two weeks.[64] On August 25, 2017, she returned and scored 15 points in a 74–66 loss to theNew York Liberty.[65] On September 1, 2017, Delle Donne scored a new season-high of 37 points along with a career-high 6 three-pointers in a 110–106 overtime win against theSeattle Storm as the Mystics secured a playoff berth as the No. 6 seed in the league with an 18–16 record.[66] In the first round elimination game, the Mystics defeated theDallas Wings 86–76, Delle Donne scored 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.[67] They advanced to the second round elimination game, where they defeated the #3-seeded New York Liberty, 82–68, advancing to the semi-finals, making it the first time in franchise history where the Mystics have advanced past the second round. Delle Donne scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the win.[68] In the semi-finals, the Mystics were defeated by theMinnesota Lynx in a 3-game sweep.[69]
In the 2018 season, with Meesseman sitting out the season to play for Team Belgium in the FIBA World Tournament,[70] Delle Donne played at the power forward position in the starting lineup. On June 13, 2018, Delle Donne scored a season-high 36 points in a 95–91 victory over the Connecticut Sun.[71] After scoring 23 points in a 77–80 loss to theAtlanta Dream, Delle Donne became the fastest player in WNBA history to score 3,000 points, completing the feat in 148 games. The previous record was held byDiana Taurasi andSeimone Augustus, who both completed the feat in 151 games.[72] Delle Donne was voted into the2018 WNBA All-Star Game,[73] receiving her fifth all-star appearance.[74] By the end of regular season, Delle Donne averaged 20.7 points per game. The Mystics were the number three seed with a 22–12 record, receiving a bye to the second round elimination game. The Mystics defeated the Los Angeles Sparks, 96–64, advancing to the semi-finals for the second year in a row. Delle Donne scored 19 points in the victory. In the semi-finals, the Mystics faced the number 2 seed Atlanta Dream, Delle Donne scored 32 points in Game one, lifting the Mystics to an 87–84 victory. The Mystics ended up winning the series in a hard-fought five-game series, advancing to the WNBA Finals for the first time in franchise history. However, the Mystics were swept by the Storm in the Finals.
During the 2019 season, Delle Donne was voted into the WNBA all-star game,[75] making it her 6th all-star appearance and was also named Team Captain after receiving the top two votes among all-stars in the league for the new all-star game voting format.[76] On July 30, 2019, Delle Donne scored a season-high 33 points in a 99–93 victory over the Phoenix Mercury.[77] By the end of the season and with the help of Meesseman's return, the Mystics finished as the number 1 seed in the league with a 26–8 record, receiving a double-bye to the semi-finals. During the playoffs it was announced that Delle Donne had won the MVP award, making it her second career MVP award. She also made the All-WNBA First Team and finished the regular season with a new career-high in field goal percentage. In the semi-finals, the Mystics defeated theLas Vegas Aces 3–1 to advance to the WNBA Finals for the second year in a row, also making it Delle Donne's third finals appearance. During the finals, Delle Donne battled through injury, with a 1–0 Mystics' series lead, she left Game 2 with back spasms in which the Mystics lost, tying the series 1–1.[78] However, she continued to play through injury for the rest of the series and help the Mystics win the WNBA championship after defeating theConnecticut Sun in five games, earning Delle Donne her first WNBA championship. Delle Donne also became the first woman to join the prestigious50–40–90 club (50% field goals, 40% 3-point shooting and 90% free throws over a single season), marking great all-around shooters. Only nine men had previously achieved the feat in an NBA season:Larry Bird (twice consecutively),Steve Nash (four times in five seasons),Stephen Curry,Kevin Durant,Reggie Miller,Dirk Nowitzki,Mark Price,Malcolm Brogdon andKyrie Irving.
In 2020, Delle Donne opted to sit out the entire season due to health concerns and preexisting risk factors with theCOVID-19 pandemic.[79] She had been denied medical opt out by the league despite recommendation by her physician to not play in thebubble to avoid any risk of exposure to the virus; however, the Mystics were able to resolve the issue and decided to pay Delle Donne her full salary for the season while being absent.[80][81] Without Delle Donne and less of her supporting cast, the Mystics struggled to defend their title as they barely made the playoffs as the number 8 seed with a 9–13 record in the shortened 22-game season; they lost 85–84 to the Phoenix Mercury in the first round elimination game. Delle Donne was limited to three games during the 2021 WNBA season.[82][83] During that season, she was named toThe W25 as one of the top 25 players of the league's first 25 years.[8]
In February 2024, Delle Donne announced that she would step away from basketball and did not sign the contract the Mystics had offered her.[84]
On April 4, 2025, Delle Donne announced her retirement from professional basketball via her Instagram.[85][86]
Unlike the vast majority of WNBA players, Delle Donne has not played much professionally overseas, choosing instead to spend the traditional basketball season in the United States to help care for her sister, Lizzie.[87] Her first experience in an overseas league did not come until 2017, when she signed a short-term deal to play for theChinese teamShanxi in that league's playoffs.[88] Her China sojourn ended prematurely when a flare-up of Lyme disease forced her to return to the US.[89][90]
During her college days, Delle Donne was selected to the 2011 USA Basketball Team for theWorld University Games played August 12–23 inShenzhen, China.[91][92] Delle Donne led the team to a gold medal with a perfect 6–0 record and averaged 15.7 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists. In the Championship game won by the USA 101–66 overTaiwan, Delle Donne scored 18 points on 8–14 shooting and led the team with 11 rebounds and 8 assists.
While Delle Donne was considered for theU.S. team at the2014 World Championship,[93] she was cut due to the back injury suffered in the WNBA Playoffs.[47]
On April 27, 2016, Delle Donne was named to the 2016 United States team that competed at the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro, Brazil.[94][95] During the U.S. team's eighth gold medal campaign, she was a role player, starting off the bench in seven games and sitting out the game againstChina due to an eye injury received during practice.[96][97] The U.S. team won the gold medal as they defeatedSpain 101–72.[98] Delle Donne is the sixth gold medalist hailing from Delaware.[99]
Delle Donne was born in Wilmington, Delaware.[100] Her parents are Ernie, areal estate developer, and Joanie. Her older brother, Gene, played college football as atight end, first atDuke, then atMiddle Tennessee. After he graduated from Middle Tennessee in 2009, he returned to Delaware to work for their father's company.[19] Her older sister, Elizabeth (Lizzie), is blind, deaf,autistic and has cerebral palsy. Delle Donne normally cares for Lizzie during the WNBA offseason.[87]
In 2008, during her senior year in high school, Delle Donne was diagnosed withLyme disease after being bitten by an infectedtick on the property of her family's home in Delaware.[101] Delle Donne has stated that she takes "around 50 supplements a day" and maintains healthy eating to combat the disease.[102] As a result of her condition, she opted not to play in the 2020 WNBA season to limit her exposure to the coronavirus.[103] Delle Donne also struggled with back pain as early as 2014, and after the 2019 WNBA finals teammateNatasha Cloud revealed Delle Donne had been playing with threeherniated discs, operated on in January 2020. During recovery, she felt leg pain that made her go through a second surgery, during which Delle Donne discovered to havespinal stenosis.[104]
In February 2014, Delle Donne was named aSpecial Olympics Global Ambassador.[105][106] She also played in the third annual NBA Cares Special Olympics Unified Basketball Game during All-Star weekend,[107] alongside Special Olympics athletes, NBA legends and current WNBA and NBA players.[108] Delle Donne plans to create The Elena Delle Donne Charitable Foundation,[109][110] which will combine initiatives for both the Special Olympics and Lyme disease awareness.[87]
In 2016, Delle Donne posed nude for ESPN’sThe Body Issue magazine and was one of the athletes featured on a cover.[111] Delle Donne appeared in the issue because she wanted to help people who feel insecure about their bodies like she did when she was growing up:
It’s such an empowering issue because it shows the different shapes and sizes of all kinds of athletes — this isn’t a supermodel issue, you know? It’s not about being the perfect size, perfect shape, or having the perfect face or hair. It’s about the work, the time, and energy that we put into our bodies, and how empowering that can be to an everyday person. They’re like, “Hey, that athlete, she’s really tall. That one is a little thicker.”[112]
Delle Donne announced her engagement to her longtime girlfriend Amanda Clifton in an August 2016 issue ofVogue.[113] On November 3, 2017, Delle Donne and Clifton married.[114]
Since being drafted in the WNBA, Delle Donne has signed multiple endorsement deals with different companies. In 2013, Delle Donne signed endorsement deals withNike andDuPont,[115] a chemical company which is based in her hometownWilmington, Delaware.[116][117] In 2015, Delle Donne signed a representation agreement withOctagon.[118][119]
She is also one of three WNBA players to have career mode icons inNBA Live 19 alongsideCandace Parker andBrittney Griner.[120]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage |
| FT% | Free throw percentage | RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high | * | Led Division I |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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| 2009–10 | Delaware | 29 | 28 | 37.5 | .479 | .413 | .898 | 8.8 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 26.7 |
| 2010–11 | Delaware | 22 | 21 | 35.6 | .419 | .350 | .944 | 7.8 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 25.3 |
| 2011–12 | Delaware | 33 | 32 | 33.8 | .520 | .413 | .889 | 10.3 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 1.7 | *28.1 |
| 2012–13 | Delaware | 30 | 30 | 33.0 | .487 | .452 | .921 | 8.5 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 26.0 |
| Career | 4 years, 1 team | 114 | 111 | 34.9 | .481 | .409 | .910 | 8.9 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 26.7 |
| † | Denotes seasons in which Delle Donne won aWNBA championship |
| ‡ | WNBA record |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Chicago | 30 | 30 | 31.4 | .426 | .438 | .929° | 5.6 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 18.1 |
| 2014 | Chicago | 16 | 9 | 25.4 | .429 | .364 | .933 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 17.9 |
| 2015 | Chicago | 31 | 31 | 33.3 | .460 | .313 | .950° | 8.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 23.4° |
| 2016 | Chicago | 28 | 28 | 33.1 | .485 | .426 | .935 | 7.0 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 21.5 |
| 2017 | Washington | 25 | 25 | 30.3 | .494 | .388 | .953 | 6.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 19.7 |
| 2018 | Washington | 29 | 29 | 32.2 | .488 | .405 | .887 | 7.2 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 20.7 |
| 2019† | Washington | 31 | 31 | 29.1 | .515 | .430 | .974° | 8.3 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 19.5 |
| 2021 | Washington | 3 | 3 | 17.3 | .481 | .600 | 1.000 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 13.7 |
| 2022 | Washington | 25 | 25 | 27.8 | .480 | .368 | .913 | 6.3 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 17.2 |
| 2023 | Washington | 23 | 23 | 27.5 | .485 | .393 | .938° | 5.4 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 16.7 |
| Career | 10 years, 2 teams | 241 | 234 | 30.2 | .475 | .392 | .937‡ | 6.7 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 19.5 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Chicago | 2 | 2 | 32.0 | .381 | .000 | 1.000 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| 2014 | Chicago | 9 | 9 | 31.0 | .482 | .379 | .919 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 16.8 |
| 2015 | Chicago | 3 | 3 | 36.3 | .500 | .438 | 1.000 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 21.7 |
| 2017 | Washington | 5 | 5 | 34.8 | .449 | .444 | .957 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 20.0 |
| 2018 | Washington | 8 | 8 | 34.5 | .453 | .346 | 1.000 | 9.5 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 19.6 |
| 2019† | Washington | 9 | 9 | 30.2 | .504 | .394 | .885 | 6.6 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 16.9 |
| 2022 | Washington | 2 | 2 | 33.0 | .516 | .111 | 1.000 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 19.0 |
| 2023 | Washington | 2 | 2 | 36.5 | .321 | .000 | 1.000 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 |
| Career | 7 years, 2 teams | 40 | 40 | 32.8 | .467 | .348 | .954‡ | 6.1 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 17.9 |
On March 23, 2022, Delle Donne was named byPresident Joe Biden as co-chair of thePresident's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition.[136] She served a two-year term through 2024. The other co-chair named wasJosé Andrés, a chef and founder ofWorld Central Kitchen.
For their first match of March 2019, the women of theUnited States women's national soccer team each wore a jersey with the name of a woman they were honoring on the back;Emily Fox chose the name of Delle Donne.[137]
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