Elena Delle Donne, Salary and Net Worth

Originally posted on May 28, 2017 @ 12:05 pm

When talking about women and sports, there come many names. Among such a long list is Elena Delle Donne, who has been successful in writing her name in golden letters. Born on 5th September 1989, now aged 29, she is an American Basketball player. Her height is 1.96m, weight 85kg. She is a professional basketball player since 2013- present. You need to check out Elena Delle Donne’s net worth in 2019 briefly in our Wiki-bio highlight.

Elena Delle Donne Net worth in 2019: $1.4 Million

Elena Delle Donne is one of the most critical players of Chicago sky; her salary was $60,000 in 2015. In 2016, her salary increased to $65,000, and by 2017, it was $70,000. This year, she earns an annual income of $800 thousand.

Elena is one of the highest-paid WNBA players while her present market value is $300,000. However, she also made some mistakes in the game and paid $750 as a penalty. Regardless, Elena Delle Donne’s net worth as of 2019 holds steady at $1.4 million. She is still very popular, and her net worth will increase in the coming years.

Elena Delle Donne Career highlight, Awards and Achievements.

Since her high school days, the athlete had always wanted to prove that she was the best. She got the opportunity to back up her talent at the Ursuline Academy where she won three straight Championship titles. Similarly, Elena also tinkered with a bit of Volleyball in the school and won the DIAA state championship.

However, when push came to shove, she chose basketball instead at Illinois University. While there, she became the WNBA MVP in 2015 as well as a six-time WNBA All-Star. The same year, Donne also became the WNBA Scoring Champion and Peak Performer.

As a result, she represented the US Women’s Basketball team in the Olympic Games in 2016 and won a Gold medal. Similarly, she also participated in the 2018 World Cup in Spain and 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen. Both had her winning gold medals.

Elena Delle Donne is a lesbian. Meet her wife, Amanda Clifton

Aside from her life in the basketball court, Donne is happily married to her longtime girlfriend, Amanda Clifton. The pair met during her collegiate career at the Illinois University in Chicago and dated for ten good years. Soon after the gay marriage law became legal, the couple exchanged their vows on November 3rd, 2017.

Even though Amanda is relatively shorter than the Elena who sports a height of 6 feet4 inches, they make a great couple. Clifton manages the Elena Delle Academy which oversees nurtures young talent. Together, they own two dogs, named Wrigley and Rasta and live a happy life with no controversial rumours.

Elena Delle Age, Family, Early life, Wiki-bio and other facts.

Elena is the daughter of a real estate developer named Ernie and her mother, Joanie. She was born on September 5th, 1989 in Wilmington, Delaware and is currently aged 29. Her childhood was full of struggles because of her unusual height. Her sister Lizzie was born deaf and blind, whereas she also had Lyme disease in 2008.

Moreover, she also has a brother named Gene, who played football. During her college days in 2011, Elena was selected to the Basketball team for university games. In 2013, she was chosen for Chicago Sky.

The athlete has also played in NBA All-star celebrity games in 2014 and 2016 and was their Olympics global ambassador. However, before all that, she attended the Ursuline Academy as part of her high school experience.

Similarly, she also created a charitable foundation to create an initiative for both special Olympics and Lyme disease awareness. Till now Elena signed many endorsements deals with many companies like Nike, Wasserman, Media group, Octagon etc.

Quick Facts

Name	Elena Delle Donne
Net worth	$1.4 million
Profession	Professional Basketball player
Spouse	Amanda Clifton
Age	29
Birthdate	September 5th, 1989