Lisa Deshaun Leslie (born July 7, 1972, in Gardena, California) is an American professional women's basketball player in the WNBA for the Los Angeles Sparks. She is a three-time WNBA MVP and a four-time Olympic gold medal winner. The number seven pick in the 1997 WNBA draft, she followed a superb career at the University of Southern California with seven WNBA All-Star appearances and two WNBA championships. A 6'5" forward, Leslie is the first player to dunk in a WNBA game.

Considered a pioneer and conerstone of the league during her eleven-year WNBA career, Leslie announced her retirement effective at the end of the upcoming 2009 season on January 4, 2009. Entering that season she is #2 all-time in the WNBA in total rebounds and rebounds per game, and #1 in total blocks and blocks per game.

Lisa grew up as the second of three children of a single mother. Her mother, Christine Lauren Leslie, stood at 6 ft 3 in and started up her own truck driving business. Her father was never a part of her life, as he left her mother soon after she became pregnant. Lisa has two sisters: Dionne, who is five years older than Lisa, and Tiffany, a product of Christine's later relationship, who is eight years younger than Lisa.