Haley Jones

For other people with similar names, see Hayley Jones.

Haley Jones (born May 23, 2001)^[1] is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-12 Conference, helping the team win the national championship in 2021 while being named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player. She was selected sixth overall in the 2023 WNBA draft by the Atlanta Dream.

Haley Jones

Jones with Stanford in 2022
No. 30 – Dallas Wings
Position	Guard
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(2001-05-23) May 23, 2001 (age 24) Santa Cruz, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	187 lb (85 kg)
Career information
High school	Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, California)
College	Stanford (2019–2023)
WNBA draft	2023: 1st round, 6th overall
Drafted by	Atlanta Dream
Playing career	2023–present
Career history
2023–2024	Atlanta Dream
2024–2025	Geelong United
2025	Phoenix Mercury
2025–present	Dallas Wings
Career highlights
NCAA champion (2021) NCAA Tournament MOP (2021) Third-team All-American – AP, USBWA (2023) First-team All-American – AP (2022) Second-team All-American – USBWA (2022) WBCA Coaches' All-American (2022) Pac-12 Co-Player of the Year (2022) Pac-12 Tournament MOP (2022) 3× All-Pac-12 (2021–2023) Naismith Prep Player of the Year (2019) Morgan Wootten Player of the Year (2019) McDonald's All-American (2019)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Women's basketball Representing the  United States FIBA AmeriCup 2021 Puerto Rico Team FIBA Under-17 World Cup 2018 Belarus Team

Early life

Jones was born in Santa Cruz, California. She attended Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, where she was named the Naismith Prep Player of the Year and a McDonald's All-American as a senior in 2019.^[2] A five-star recruit, Jones was ranked the number one recruit in the 2019 class by ESPN.^[3][4]

College career

As a freshman at Stanford University in 2019–20, Jones averaged 11.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.4 assists before suffering a season-ending, knee ligament injury.^[5][6] Jones returned to play in the 2020–21 season, averaging 13.2 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.^[7] She was subsequently named an all-conference selection in the Pac-12 Conference.^[8] Jones and the Cardinal won the 2021 NCAA tournament, their first national title since 1992.^[9] Jones was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player.^[9]

Professional career

WNBA

Atlanta Dream (2023–2024)

Jones was selected sixth overall in the 2023 WNBA draft by the Atlanta Dream. In 40 games during the 2023 WNBA season, she averaged 3.9 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. In 40 games during the 2024 WNBA season, she averaged 3.7 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.^[10]

Jones was waived by the Dream on May 14, 2025.^[11]

Phoenix Mercury (2025)

On June 1, 2025, Jones signed a hardship contract with the Phoenix Mercury.^[12] On June 8, she was waived by the Mercury.^[13]

Dallas Wings (2025)

Over a week later, Jones was signed by the Dallas Wings as part of their hardship exception, with the team losing several players to injury and both Teaira McCowan and Luisa Geiselsöder being unavailable while competing in the 2025 FIBA Women’s Eurobasket.^[14] On June 29, she was waived by the Wings.^[15] The Wings signed Jones to a rest-of-season contract on July 9, 2025.^[16]

Towards the end of the 2025 regular season, Jones was featured — along with Diamond DeShields, Julie Vanloo, Harmoni Turner, and Shyanne Sellers — in an ESPN article on life on the WNBA fringe given the league's limit of only 12 roster spots per team. ^[17]

WNBL

On August 29, 2024, Jones signed with Geelong United of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) for the 2024–25 season.^[18]

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

*	Denotes season(s) in which Jones won an NCAA Championship

WNBA

Regular season

Stats current through game on July 10, 2025

WNBA regular season statistics^[19]

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2023	Atlanta	40	6	14.6	.337	.214	.756	2.4	2.3	0.4	0.3	1.4	3.7
2024	Atlanta	40	24	17.8	.397	.214	.702	2.2	2.1	0.4	0.3	1.7	3.9
2025	Phoenix	4	0	12.0	.333	.500	—	2.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	2.3
	Dallas	3	0	13.0	.545	0.0	0.0	2.7	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	4.0
Career	3 years, 3 teams	87	30	15.9	.370	.217	.727	2.3	2.1	0.4	0.3	1.4	3.7

Playoffs

WNBA playoff statistics

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2023	Atlanta	1	0	3.0	1.000	—	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0
2024	Atlanta	2	0	9.0	.429	—	1.000	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	4.0
Career	2 years, 1 team	3	0	7.0	.500	—	1.000	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	4.0

College

NCAA statistics^[20]

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2019–20	Stanford	18	13	25.8	.528	.273	.627	4.2	2.4	0.8	0.9	2.7	11.4
2020–21*	Stanford	32	32	27.6	.546	.353	.725	7.4	2.8	0.8	0.7	2.5	13.2
2021–22	Stanford	33	31	30.7	.418	.244	.823	7.9	3.7	0.5	1.1	2.9	13.2
2022–23	Stanford	35	35	32.7	.432	.094	.720	9.0	4.0	0.9	0.9	2.8	13.5
Career		118	111	29.7	46.9	21.9	74.3	7.5	3.4	0.8	0.9	2.7	13.0

Off the court

Personal life

On April 13, 2021, the Santa Cruz City Council declared that henceforth April 4 will be known as "Haley Jones Day" in recognition of her athletic accomplishments, specifically winning the national championship with Stanford and receiving the NCAA Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four award.^[21]

In January 2023, Jones started a podcast with The Players' Tribune called "Sometimes I Hoop."^[22]

In 2023, Jones and fellow WNBA player, Jewell Loyd, became co-owners of the Los Angeles Mad Drops, a team within Major League Pickleball (MLP).^[23]

Philanthropy

In February 2024, Jones joined the WNBA Changemakers Collective and their collaboration with VOICEINSPORT (VIS) as a mentor, "aimed at keeping girls in sport and developing diverse leaders on the court and beyond the game."^[24][25]