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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1974)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name            = Delisha Milton-Jones
| image           = DeLisha Milton-Jones-2007-All-Star-July-15-2007.jpg
| caption         = Milton-Jones at the 2007 WNBA All-Star game.
| width           = 150
| height_ft       = 6
| height_in       = 1
| weight_lb       = 185
| league          = [[Sun Belt Conference]]
| team            = Old Dominion Monarchs
| position        = [[Head coach]]
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1974|9|11|mf=y}}
| birth_place     = [[Riceboro, Georgia]], U.S.
| high_school     = [[Bradwell Institute]]<br/>([[Hinesville, Georgia]])
| college         = [[Florida Gators women's basketball|Florida]] (1993–1997)
| draft_league    = WNBA
| draft_year      = 1999
| draft_round     = Supplemental
| draft_pick      = 4
| draft_team      = [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| career_start    = 1999
| career_number   = 8, 3, 1
| career_position = [[Small forward]] / [[Power forward (basketball)|power forward]]
| career_end      = 2015
| coach_start     = 2016
| years1           = 1997–1998
| team1           = [[Portland Power (basketball)|Portland Power]]
| years2          = 1999–2004
| team2           = [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| years3          = 2002–2003
| team3           = [[UMMC Ekaterinburg]]
| years4          = 2005–2007
| team4           = [[Washington Mystics]]
| years5          = 2005–2006
| team5           = [[Gambrinus Brno]] 
| years6          = 2006–2008
| team6           = [[Ros Casares Valencia]]
| years7          = 2008–2009
| team7           = Ros Casares Valencia
| years8          = 2008–2012
| team8           = Los Angeles Sparks
| years9          = 2013
| team9           = [[San Antonio Silver Stars]]
| years10          = 2013–2014
| team10           = [[New York Liberty]]
| years11         = 2014–2015
| team11          = [[Atlanta Dream]]
| cyears1         = 2016–2017
| cteam1          = [[Pepperdine Waves women's basketball|Pepperdine]] (assistant)
| cyears2         = 2017–2019
| cteam2          = Pepperdine
| cyears3         = 2019–2020
| cteam3          = [[Syracuse Orange women's basketball|Syracuse]] (assistant)
| cyears4         = 2020–present 
| cteam4          = [[Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball|Old Dominion]]
| highlights      = 
'''As player:'''
* 2× [[List of WNBA champions|WNBA champion]] ([[2001 WNBA Finals|2001]], [[2002 WNBA Finals|2002]])
* 3× [[WNBA All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star]] ([[2000 WNBA All-Star Game|2000]], [[2004 WNBA All-Star Game|2004]], [[2007 WNBA All-Star Game|2007]])
* [[Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award]] (2015)
* [[Wade Trophy]] (1997)
* [[Honda Sports Award (basketball)|Honda Sports Award]] for basketball (1997)
* [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association|Kodak]] All-American (1997)
* First-team [[All-American]] – AP (1997)
* [[Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year|SEC Player of the Year]] (1997)
* 2× First-team All-[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] (1996, 1997)
* SEC All-Freshman Team (1994)
| stat1label      = Field goals completed
| stat1value      = .440
| stat2label      = Free throws completed
| stat2value      = .790
| stat3label      = Points scored
| stat3value      = 5,571
| bbr_wnba        = miltode01w
| letter          = m
| medal_templates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIBA World Championship for Women|FIBA World Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1998 FIBA World Championship for Women|1998 Germany]] | Team competition}}
{{MedalGold | [[2002 FIBA World Championship for Women|2002 China]] | Team competition}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2006 FIBA World Championship for Women|2006 Brazil]] | Team competition}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1997 Summer Universiade|1997 Sicily]] | [[Basketball at the 1997 Summer Universiade|Team competition]]}}
| medal_templates-expand = true
| wnba_profile    = delisha-milton-jones
}}
'''DeLisha Lachell Milton-Jones''' (born September 11, 1974) is an American retired professional [[basketball]] player and head coach of [[Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball|Old Dominion]]. Milton-Jones played [[college basketball]] for the [[University of Florida]]. She was a first-team [[All-American]] and [[SEC Player of the Year]] her senior season.

Milton-Jones began her professional career in 1997 with the [[Portland Power (basketball)|Portland Power]], who drafted her second overall in the [[American Basketball League (1996–1998)|American Basketball League]] (ABL). After the dissolution of the ABL in 1998, Milton-Jones entered into the [[1999 WNBA draft]] and was selected fourth overall by the [[Los Angeles Sparks]]. In her seventeen-season WNBA career, she has played for the Los Angeles Sparks (1999–2004, 2008–2012), the [[Washington Mystics]] (2005–07), the [[San Antonio Stars]] (2013), and the [[New York Liberty]] (2013–14).

Milton-Jones is a two-time [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[gold medal]]ist ([[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]], [[Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]]) and a two-time WNBA champion ([[2001 WNBA Championship|2001]], [[2002 WNBA Finals|2002]]) and has been selected to the [[WNBA All-Star Game]] three times ([[2000 WNBA All-Star Game|2000]], [[The Game at Radio City|2004]], [[2007 WNBA All-Star Game|2007]]).

== Early life ==
Milton-Jones was born DeLisha Lachell Milton in [[Riceboro, Georgia]], in 1974. She attended [[Bradwell Institute]] in [[Hinesville, Georgia]], where she played high school basketball for the Bradwell Tigers.  Milton-Jones graduated from Bradwell in 1993.

== College career ==
Milton-Jones accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the [[University of Florida]] in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach [[Carol Ross]]'s [[Florida Gators women's basketball]] team from 1993 to 1997.  She was a four-year letterman, and led the Lady Gators to four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.  As a senior in 1996–97, she was recognized as an [[All-American]] by the Associated Press, Kodak and the ''Basketball Times''; she was also the winner of the [[Wade Trophy]] and the [[Honda Sports Award (basketball)|Honda Sports Award]] for basketball, recognizing the best women's basketball player in NCAA [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]].<ref name="Wade Trophy"/>

Milton-Jones was inducted into the [[List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members|University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame]] as a "Gator Great" in 2007.<ref>F Club, Hall of Fame, [http://www.gatorfclub.org/hall-of-fame/greats  Gator Greats].  Retrieved December 13, 2014.</ref><ref>"[http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=12022  Nine Members Inducted Into University of Florida Athletics Hall of Fame] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924044847/http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=12022 |date=2015-09-24 }}," GatorZone.com (April 13, 2007).  Retrieved July 21, 2011.</ref>

===Florida statistics===
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Year !!Team !!GP !!Points !!FG% !!3P% !!FT% !!RPG !!APG !!SPG !!BPG !!PPG
|-
|1993-94 ||Florida ||29 ||339 ||48.7% ||0.0% ||61.2% ||'''11.5''' ||1.1 ||2.4 ||0.4 ||11.7
|-
|1994-95 ||Florida ||'''33''' ||444 ||'''56.8%''' ||0.0% ||61.8% ||6.6 ||0.8 ||2.5 ||0.4 ||13.5
|-
|1995-96 ||Florida ||30 ||462 ||47.9% ||0.0% ||69.0% ||8.7 ||1.6 ||1.5 ||0.5 ||15.4
|-
|1996-97 ||Florida ||'''33''' ||'''613''' ||56.3% ||0.0% ||'''75.6%''' ||8.9 ||'''2.0''' ||2.6 ||'''0.6''' ||'''18.6'''
|-
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
|125 ||1858 ||52.7% ||0.0% ||67.9% ||8.9 ||1.4 ||2.2 ||0.1 ||14.9
|}
:{{small|''Source''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://floridagators.com/documents/2016/11/10//2016_17_UF_Womens_Basketball_Supplement.pdf?id=16107|title=Florida Media Guide|access-date=2017-09-10}}</ref>}}

==USA Basketball==

Milton-Jones represented the US at the 1997 World University Games held in [[Marsala|Marsala, Sicily]], [[Italy]], in August 1997. The USA team won all six games, earning the gold medal at the event. Milton-Jones averaged 10.3 points per game and recorded 14 steals, second highest on the team.<ref name="1997 WUG"/>

Milton-Jones was named to the U.S. national team in 1998. The national team traveled to [[Berlin, Germany]], in July and August 1998 for the FIBA World Championships. The U.S. team won a close opening game against Japan 95–89, then won their next six games easily. In the semifinal game against Brazil, the U.S. team was behind as much as ten points in the first half, but the U.S. team went on to win 93–79. The gold medal game was a rematch against Russia. In the first game, the Americans dominated almost from the beginning, but in the rematch, the Russian team took the early lead and led much of the way. With under two minutes remaining, the U.S. team was down by two points but the Americans responded, then held on to win the gold medal 71–65. Milton-Jones averaged 7.1 points per game.<ref name="1998 WC"/>

Milton-Jones is well known for the unusual length of her arms, which give her an {{convert|84|inch|cm|adj=on|spell=in}} wingspan—typical of that of a seven-foot person.  She was a member of the [[United States women's national basketball team|U.S. national women's basketball team]]s that won the gold medal at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney, Australia]] and the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing, China]],<ref>Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000323/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/delisha-milton-jones-1.html  DeLisha Milton-Jones].  Retrieved September 12, 2011.</ref> as well as the U.S. women's teams that won world championships in 1998 and 2002.

== Professional career ==
===ABL===
Milton-Jones was drafted second overall by the [[Portland Power (basketball)|Portland Power]] in the 1997 [[American Basketball League (1996–1998)|American Basketball League]] (ABL) Draft.<ref>{{cite news |title=Portland makes Milton No. 2 overall pick in ABL draft |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1997/05/06/portland-makes-milton-no-2-overall-pick-in-abl-draft/ |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=Tampa Bay Times |date=1 October 2005}}</ref> During her rookie season, Milton-Jones played in all 44 games and started in 35 of them. She averaged 28.1 [[minutes per game]], 8.5 [[points per game|points]], 2.3 [[assist (basketball)|assists]], 1.5 [[steal (basketball)|steals]] and 4.9 [[rebound (basketball)|rebounds]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1997-98 Portland Power Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/womensbasketball/stats/t-PRT/y-1997 |website=statscrew.com |publisher=Stats Crew |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref> The ABL folded in December 1998. The Power played 13 games, all of which Milton-Jones started. She averaged 29.2 minutes per game, 11.9 points, 2.0 assists, 2.4 steals and 9.8 rebounds.<ref>{{cite web |title=1998-99 Portland Power Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/womensbasketball/stats/t-PRT/y-1998 |website=statscrew.com |publisher=Stats Crew |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref>

===WNBA===
In 1999, Milton-Jones was drafted 4th overall by the [[Los Angeles Sparks]]. She would play the first six years of her career with the Sparks from 1999 to 2004, playing alongside [[Lisa Leslie]]. During her six-year tenure with the Sparks, Milton-Jones won two WNBA championships in 2001 and 2002.

In 2005, she was traded to the [[Washington Mystics]] in exchange for [[Chamique Holdsclaw]] and a first-round draft pick in the 2004 off-season.

On April 22, 2008, Milton-Jones was reacquired by the Los Angeles Sparks in a trade for [[Taj McWilliams-Franklin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/mystics/news/MYSTICS_ACQUIRE_TAJ_MCWILLIAMS-268626-230.html|title=MYSTICS: MYSTICS ACQUIRE TAJ MCWILLIAMS-FRANKLIN|website=www.wnba.com|access-date=2017-09-10}}</ref>

In 2013, she signed with the [[San Antonio Silver Stars]] before being released and then signed by the [[New York Liberty]]. On July 9, 2014, Milton-Jones was traded to the [[Atlanta Dream]] in exchange for [[Swin Cash]].

In August 2015, Milton-Jones played in her 497th WNBA game, a then league-record for most WNBA games played (since broken by [[Sue Bird]]).<ref name="WNBA record"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/24168716/sue-bird-seattle-storm-sets-wnba-record-games-played|title=Sue Bird sets WNBA record for games played|date=July 22, 2018|website=ESPN.com}}</ref>

In 2016, Milton-Jones was released by the Dream.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/3f5246f91c9f461389a7b3ca02483394|title=Atlanta cuts 41-year-old Milton-Jones, WNBA's oldest player|website=AP NEWS|date=12 May 2016 }}</ref>

In September 2016, Miton-Jones officially announced her retirement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/17650159/wnba-veteran-delisha-milton-jones-retires-ready-next-phase|title=Milton-Jones ready for next phase|date=September 27, 2016|website=ESPN.com}}</ref>

===Overseas===
In 2003, she won the Euroleague Championship with team [[Ekaterinburg]] in [[Russia]]. In the 2005–06 season, she won the Euroleague with [[Gambrinus Brno]] of the [[Czech Republic]] and for the season 2006–07 she signed a two-year contract with Ros Casares Valencia of Spain.  During the 2008–2009 WNBA off-season, Milton-Jones played for Ros Casares Valencia in Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/overseas_0809.html|title=WNBA.com: Offseason 2008-09: Overseas Roster|website=wnba.com}}</ref> for whom she also played during the 2007-08 off-season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/overseas_0708.html|title=WNBA.com: Offseason 2007-08: Overseas Roster|website=wnba.com}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
She became the second woman (after [[Ashley McElhiney]]) to coach a men's professional basketball team when, in 2005, she took over the [[American Basketball Association (2000-)|ABA]]'s [[Los Angeles Stars (2004–2005)|Los Angeles Stars]].

On March 29, 2017, she was named the head coach of [[Pepperdine Waves women's basketball]] replacing [[Ryan Weisenberg]]. In 2019, Milton-Jones resigned from Pepperdine to become an assistant at [[Syracuse Orange women's basketball|Syracuse]]. On April 17, 2020, she was named head coach at [[Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball|Old Dominion University]].

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type=coach | conference= |postseason=}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=[[Pepperdine Waves women's basketball|Pepperdine Waves]]
|startyear=2017
|conference=[[West Coast Conference]]
|endyear=2019
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2017–18]]
 | name         = [[2017–18 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team|Pepperdine]]
 | overall      = 10–20
 | conference   = 5–13
 | confstanding = T–8th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2018–19]]
 | name         = [[2018–19 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team|Pepperdine]]
 | overall      = 22–12
 | conference   = 12–6
 | confstanding = T–3rd
 | postseason   = [[2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament|WNIT Third Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Pepperdine
 | overall    = {{Winning percentage|32|32|record=y}}
 | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|17|19|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=[[Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball|Old Dominion Lady Monarchs]]
|startyear=2020
|conference=[[Conference USA]]
|endyear=2022
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2020–21]]
 | name         = [[2020–21 Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball team|Old Dominion]]
 | overall      = 13–11
 | conference   = 7–9
 | confstanding = T–5th (East)
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2021–22]]
 | name         = [[2021–22 Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball team|Old Dominion]]
 | overall      = 24–10
 | conference   = 12–6
 | confstanding = 3rd (East)
 | postseason   = [[2022 Women's National Invitation Tournament|WNIT Second round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=[[Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball|Old Dominion Monarchs]]
|startyear=2022
|conference=[[Sun Belt Conference]]
|endyear=
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2022–23]]
 | name         = [[2022–23 Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball team|Old Dominion]]
 | overall      = 22–12
 | conference   = 12–6
 | confstanding = T–4th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2023–24]]
 | name         = [[2023–24 Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball team|Old Dominion]]
 | overall      = 22–10
 | conference   = 12–6
 | confstanding = 4th
 | postseason   = [[2024 Women's National Invitation Tournament|WNIT Second round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2024–25]]
 | name         = [[2024–25 Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball team|Old Dominion]]
 | overall      = 17–15
 | conference   = 9–9
 | confstanding = T–5th
 | postseason   = [[2025 Women's National Invitation Tournament|WNIT]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Old Dominion
 | overall    = {{Winning percentage|98|58|record=y}}
 | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|52|36|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 |overall     = {{Winning percentage|130|90|record=y}}
}}

==Personal life==
Milton-Jones appeared in the 2000 movie ''[[Love and Basketball]]'' as Delisha Milton.  In 2003, Milton-Jones married Roland Jones.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://josephyoo.com/delisha-milton-jones-and-her-husband-and-moving-on-ad14cc4c4ff9|title=DeLisha Milton-Jones and Her Husband (And Moving On)}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== Europe ==

* 2001-2002: Lavezzini Basket Parma (Italy)
* 2002-2004: UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia)
* 2007-2009: Ros Casares Valencia (Spain)

== Awards and honors ==

Milton-Jones has received numerous awards and honors, some of which are listed below.

===WNBA===
*2015 [[Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award]]<ref name="Perrot 2015"/>

=== Gold Medals ===

*2000 & 2008 Olympic Games
*2007 Tournament of Americas
*1998 & 2002 FIBA World Championship
*2002 Opals World Challenge
*1999 U.S. Olympic Cup
*1997 World University Games
*1994 U.S. Olympic Festival

=== Bronze Medal ===

*2006 FIBA World Championship

=== Collegiate honors ===

*1997 SEC Player of the Year
*1997 State Farm Wade Trophy
*1997 First-team All-American
*1997 First-team All-Southeastern Conference
*1996 First-team All-Southeastern Conference
*1995 Second-team All-Southeastern Conference
*1994 Southeastern Conference All-Freshman team
*SEC Player of the Week (February 27, 1995; December 15, 1996; January 5, 1997; January 26, 1997)

== WNBA career statistics ==
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|†
|Denotes seasons in which Milton-Jones won a [[WNBA Finals|WNBA championship]]
|}

=== Regular season ===
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | [[1999 WNBA season|1999]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 32 || 32 || 26.1 || '''.530''' || .000 || .791 || 5.5 || 1.6 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 2.2 || 9.9
|-
| align="left" | [[2000 WNBA season|2000]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 32 || 32 || 30.7 || .512 || .250 || .745 || 6.1 || 2.1 || 1.4 || 0.9 || 2.0 || 11.8
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2001 WNBA season|2001]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 32 || 27 || 29.3 || .453 || .343 || .794 || 5.3 || 2.1 || 1.5 || 0.9 || 1.8 || 10.3
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2002 WNBA season|2002]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 32 || 25 || 30.2 || .487 || .420 || .740 || 6.6 || 1.4 || 1.6 || 1.1 || 2.9 || 11.3
|-
| align="left" | [[2003 WNBA season|2003]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 31 || 30 || '''35.0''' || .424 || .377 || .804 || '''7.1''' || 2.1 || 1.6 || '''1.3''' || 2.5 || 13.4
|-
| align="left" | [[2004 WNBA season|2004]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 19 || 19 || 31.8 || .404 || .297 || .726 || 4.7 || 1.6 || 1.2 || 0.5 || 2.5 || 9.8
|-
| align="left" | [[2005 WNBA season|2005]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Mystics|Washington]]
| 33 || 30 || 32.4 || .417 || .328 || .798 || 5.2 || 1.8 || '''1.7''' || 0.5 || 2.2 || 11.9
|-
| align="left" | [[2006 WNBA season|2006]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Mystics|Washington]]
| 23 || 20 || 29.3 || .472 || '''.430''' || .810 || 4.9 || 2.1 || 1.5 || 0.7 || 2.9 || 14.6
|-
| align="left" | [[2007 WNBA season|2007]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Mystics|Washington]]
| '''34''' || '''34''' || 33.6 || .349 || .235 || .845 || 6.4 || 1.6 || 1.5 || 1.1 || 3.5 || 13.4
|-
| align="left" | [[2008 WNBA season|2008]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 31 || 31 || 32.8 || .480 || .358 || .774 || 6.3 || 2.4 || 1.1 || 0.6 || 3.0 || 13.9
|-
| align="left" | [[2009 WNBA season|2009]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 33 || 33 || 31.6 || .401 || .293 || .757 || 4.8 || 2.2 || 1.2 || 0.2 || 2.2 || 10.2
|-
| align="left" | [[2010 WNBA season|2010]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| '''34''' || '''34''' || 32.2 || .470 || .317 || '''.866''' || 4.7 || '''2.5''' || 1.1 || 0.6 || 2.8 || '''15.4'''
|-
| align="left" | [[2011 WNBA season|2011]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| '''34''' || '''34''' || 26.2 || .462 || .352 || .831 || 4.6 || 2.0 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 2.4 || 11.7
|-
| align="left" | [[2012 WNBA season|2012]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| '''34''' || '''34''' || 27.2 || .417 || .326 || .823 || 4.2 || 1.8 || 1.0 || 0.7 || 1.8 || 10.0
|-
| align="left" | [[2013 WNBA season|2013]]
| align="left" | [[San Antonio Stars|San Antonio]]*
| 15 || 15 || 27.3 || .421 || .214 || .607 || 4.9 || 2.0 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 1.7 || 9.2
|-
| align="left" | [[2013 WNBA season|2013]]
| align="left" | [[New York Liberty|New York]]*
| 11 || 2 || 19.4 || .348 || .200 || .788 || 3.3 || 1.7 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 1.5 || 6.7
|-
| align="left" | [[2013 WNBA season|2013]]
| align="left" | Total
| 26 || 17 || 23.9 || .398 || .208 || .705 || 4.2 || 1.9 || 0.7 || 0.3 || '''1.6''' || 8.2
|-
| align="left" | [[2014 WNBA season|2014]]
| align="left" | [[New York Liberty|New York]]*
| 19 || 2 || 16.8 || .404 || .200 || .714 || 2.5 || 1.1 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 1.1 || 5.7
|-
| align="left" | [[2014 WNBA season|2014]]
| align="left" | [[Atlanta Dream|Atlanta]]*
| 2 || 0 || 11.5 || .286 || .500 || 1.000 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 1.5 || 1.5 || 4.5
|-
| align="left" | [[2014 WNBA season|2014]]
| align="left" | Total
| 21 || 2 || 27.2 || .417 || .326 || .823 || 4.2 || 1.8 || 1.0 || 0.7 || 1.8 || 2.1
|-
| align="left" | [[2015 WNBA season|2015]]
| align="left" | [[Atlanta Dream|Atlanta]]
| 18 || 1 || 8.9 || .340 || .100 || .556 || 1.8 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 0.7 || 1.7 || 2.1
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 17 years, 5 teams
| 499 || 435 || 28.8 || .440 || .325 || .790 || 5.2 || 1.8 || 1.2 || 0.7 || 2.4 || 11.2
{{S-end}}

=== Postseason ===
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | [[WNBA Playoffs#1999 season|1999]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 4 || 4 || 31.8 || .450 || .000 || .429 || 5.3 || 2.5 || 1.8 || '''1.5''' || '''1.2''' || 9.8
|-
| align="left" | [[WNBA Playoffs#2000 season|2000]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 4 || 4 || 34.0 || .541 || .000 || .833 || 5.5 || '''3.0''' || 1.5 || 0.5 || 2.5 || 12.5
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|[[WNBA Playoffs#2001 season|2001]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 7 || 7 || 32.3 || '''.547''' || .375 || .684 || 6.3 || 2.9 || 1.0 || 1.4 || 1.5 || 12.3
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|[[WNBA Playoffs#2002 season|2002]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 6 || 3 || 34.0 || .450 || .563 || .938 || 6.8 || 1.3 || 1.7 || '''1.5''' || 1.8 || 13.0
|-
| align="left" | [[WNBA Playoffs#2003 season|2003]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| '''9''' || '''9''' || '''37.6''' || .443 || .556 || .771 || 6.3 || 2.8 || '''1.9''' || 1.4 || 2.2 || '''14.6'''
|-
| align="left" | [[2006 WNBA Playoffs|2006]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Mystics|Washington]]
| 2 || 2 || 34.5 || .379 || .444 || '''1.000''' || '''9.0''' || 2.5 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 3.0 || 14.0
|-
| align="left" | [[2008 WNBA Playoffs|2008]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 6 || 6 || 34.3 || .407 || .357 || .733 || 6.0 || 1.8 || 1.3 || 0.7 || 2.1 || 10.7
|-
| align="left" | [[2009 WNBA Playoffs|2009]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 6 || 6 || 31.7 || .351 || .308 || .625 || 5.8 || 2.5 || 1.7 || 0.2 || 2.1 || 9.0
|-
| align="left" | [[2010 WNBA Playoffs|2010]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 2 || 2 || 35.5 || .360 || '''1.000''' || .500 || 8.5 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 2.5 || 10.5
|-
| align="left" | [[2012 WNBA Playoffs|2012]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 4 || 4 || 25.3 || .375 || .500 || .778 || 3.5 || 1.8 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 2.2 || 5.5
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 10 years, 2 teams
| 50 || 47 || 33.4 || .440 || .459 || .741 || 6.1 || 2.3 || 1.5 || 1.0 || 2.1 || 11.5
{{S-end}}

== See also ==

{{Portal|Biography|Olympics}}
* [[List of Florida Gators in the WNBA]]
* [[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists]]
* [[List of Olympic medalists in basketball]]
* [[List of University of Florida alumni]]
* [[List of University of Florida Olympians]]
*[[List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members]]

==References==
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<ref name="Wade Trophy">{{cite web|title=The Wade Trophy|url=http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_wade-trophy|publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association|access-date=June 30, 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="1997 WUG">{{cite web|title=Eighteenth World University Games -- 1993|url=http://www.usab.com/history/world-university-games-womens/eighteenth-world-university-games-1997.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=12 October 2015| archive-url     = https://web.archive.org/web/20150907193900/http://www.usab.com/history/world-university-games-womens/eighteenth-world-university-games-1997.aspx | archive-date    =7 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="1998 WC">{{cite web|title=Thirteenth World Championship For Women -- 1998|date=June 10, 2010|url=http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/thirteenth-world-championship-for-women-1998.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905203810/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/thirteenth-world-championship-for-women-1998.aspx|archive-date=5 September 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="WNBA record">{{cite web|title=DeLisha Milton-Jones plays in 497th WNBA game, setting record|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/13535637/delisha-milton-jones-atlanta-dream-breaks-wnba-record-games-played|website=ESPN|date=29 August 2015 |access-date=August 29, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="Perrot 2015">{{cite web|title=Dream's Delisha Milton-Jones Wins 2015 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award|date=October 1, 2015|url=http://www.wnba.com/news/dreams-delisha-milton-jones-wins-2015-kim-perrot-sportsmanship-award/|website=www.wnba.com/|access-date=1 Oct 2015}}</ref>

}}

== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051129200229/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/delisha_milton/ WNBA player profile] of Delisha Milton-Jones
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050827002536/http://www.usabasketball.com/bioswomen/delisha_milton_bio.html USA basketball bio] of Delisha Milton-Jones
* [http://www.wnba.com/features/photographic_milton-jones.html WNBA mini-interview] with Delisha Milton-Jones

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