diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/encoding.cc b/cpp/src/parquet/encoding.cc
index e3c8ab196f4..0564ea2b93f 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/encoding.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/encoding.cc
@@ -3300,7 +3300,11 @@ class DeltaByteArrayDecoderImpl : public DecoderImpl, virtual public TypedDecode
 
   void SetData(int num_values, const uint8_t* data, int len) override {
     num_values_ = num_values;
-    decoder_ = std::make_shared<::arrow::bit_util::BitReader>(data, len);
+    if (decoder_) {
+      decoder_->Reset(data, len);
+    } else {
+      decoder_ = std::make_shared<::arrow::bit_util::BitReader>(data, len);
+    }
     prefix_len_decoder_.SetDecoder(num_values, decoder_);
 
     // get the number of encoded prefix lengths
@@ -3323,7 +3327,7 @@ class DeltaByteArrayDecoderImpl : public DecoderImpl, virtual public TypedDecode
 
     // TODO: read corrupted files written with bug(PARQUET-246). last_value_ should be set
     // to last_value_in_previous_page_ when decoding a new page(except the first page)
-    last_value_ = "";
+    last_value_.clear();
   }
 
   int DecodeArrow(int num_values, int null_count, const uint8_t* valid_bits,
diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/encoding_benchmark.cc b/cpp/src/parquet/encoding_benchmark.cc
index 6726810911f..717c7163305 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/encoding_benchmark.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/encoding_benchmark.cc
@@ -737,6 +737,114 @@ static void BM_DeltaLengthDecodingSpacedByteArray(benchmark::State& state) {
 BENCHMARK(BM_PlainDecodingSpacedByteArray)->Apply(ByteArrayCustomArguments);
 BENCHMARK(BM_DeltaLengthDecodingSpacedByteArray)->Apply(ByteArrayCustomArguments);
 
+struct DeltaByteArrayState {
+  int32_t min_size = 0;
+  int32_t max_size;
+  int32_t array_length;
+  int32_t total_data_size = 0;
+  double prefixed_probability;
+  std::vector<uint8_t> buf;
+
+  explicit DeltaByteArrayState(const benchmark::State& state)
+      : max_size(static_cast<int32_t>(state.range(0))),
+        array_length(static_cast<int32_t>(state.range(1))),
+        prefixed_probability(state.range(2) / 100.0) {}
+
+  std::vector<ByteArray> MakeRandomByteArray(uint32_t seed) {
+    std::default_random_engine gen(seed);
+    std::uniform_int_distribution<int> dist_size(min_size, max_size);
+    std::uniform_int_distribution<int> dist_byte(0, 255);
+    std::bernoulli_distribution dist_has_prefix(prefixed_probability);
+    std::uniform_real_distribution<double> dist_prefix_length(0, 1);
+
+    std::vector<ByteArray> out(array_length);
+    buf.resize(max_size * array_length);
+    auto buf_ptr = buf.data();
+    total_data_size = 0;
+
+    for (int32_t i = 0; i < array_length; ++i) {
+      int len = dist_size(gen);
+      out[i].len = len;
+      out[i].ptr = buf_ptr;
+
+      bool do_prefix = i > 0 && dist_has_prefix(gen);
+      int prefix_len = 0;
+      if (do_prefix) {
+        int max_prefix_len = std::min(len, static_cast<int>(out[i - 1].len));
+        prefix_len =
+            static_cast<int>(std::ceil(max_prefix_len * dist_prefix_length(gen)));
+      }
+      for (int j = 0; j < prefix_len; ++j) {
+        buf_ptr[j] = out[i - 1].ptr[j];
+      }
+      for (int j = prefix_len; j < len; ++j) {
+        buf_ptr[j] = static_cast<uint8_t>(dist_byte(gen));
+      }
+      buf_ptr += len;
+      total_data_size += len;
+    }
+    return out;
+  }
+};
+
+static void BM_DeltaEncodingByteArray(benchmark::State& state) {
+  DeltaByteArrayState delta_state(state);
+  std::vector<ByteArray> values = delta_state.MakeRandomByteArray(/*seed=*/42);
+
+  auto encoder = MakeTypedEncoder<ByteArrayType>(Encoding::DELTA_BYTE_ARRAY);
+  const int64_t plain_encoded_size =
+      delta_state.total_data_size + 4 * delta_state.array_length;
+  int64_t encoded_size = 0;
+
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    encoder->Put(values.data(), static_cast<int>(values.size()));
+    encoded_size = encoder->FlushValues()->size();
+  }
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * delta_state.array_length);
+  state.SetBytesProcessed(state.iterations() * delta_state.total_data_size);
+  state.counters["compression_ratio"] =
+      static_cast<double>(plain_encoded_size) / encoded_size;
+}
+
+static void BM_DeltaDecodingByteArray(benchmark::State& state) {
+  DeltaByteArrayState delta_state(state);
+  std::vector<ByteArray> values = delta_state.MakeRandomByteArray(/*seed=*/42);
+
+  auto encoder = MakeTypedEncoder<ByteArrayType>(Encoding::DELTA_BYTE_ARRAY);
+  encoder->Put(values.data(), static_cast<int>(values.size()));
+  std::shared_ptr<Buffer> buf = encoder->FlushValues();
+
+  const int64_t plain_encoded_size =
+      delta_state.total_data_size + 4 * delta_state.array_length;
+  const int64_t encoded_size = buf->size();
+
+  auto decoder = MakeTypedDecoder<ByteArrayType>(Encoding::DELTA_BYTE_ARRAY);
+  for (auto _ : state) {
+    decoder->SetData(delta_state.array_length, buf->data(),
+                     static_cast<int>(buf->size()));
+    decoder->Decode(values.data(), static_cast<int>(values.size()));
+    ::benchmark::DoNotOptimize(values);
+  }
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * delta_state.array_length);
+  state.SetBytesProcessed(state.iterations() * delta_state.total_data_size);
+  state.counters["compression_ratio"] =
+      static_cast<double>(plain_encoded_size) / encoded_size;
+}
+
+static void ByteArrayDeltaCustomArguments(benchmark::internal::Benchmark* b) {
+  for (int max_string_length : {8, 64, 1024}) {
+    for (int batch_size : {512, 2048}) {
+      for (int prefixed_percent : {10, 90, 99}) {
+        b->Args({max_string_length, batch_size, prefixed_percent});
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  b->ArgNames({"max-string-length", "batch-size", "prefixed-percent"});
+}
+
+BENCHMARK(BM_DeltaEncodingByteArray)->Apply(ByteArrayDeltaCustomArguments);
+BENCHMARK(BM_DeltaDecodingByteArray)->Apply(ByteArrayDeltaCustomArguments);
+
 static void BM_RleEncodingBoolean(benchmark::State& state) {
   std::vector<bool> values(state.range(0), true);
   auto encoder = MakeEncoder(Type::BOOLEAN, Encoding::RLE);