Jeff Sanders

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1966)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Jeff Sanders

| image =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 225

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|1|14}}

| birth_place = Augusta, Georgia, U.S.

| high_school = T. W. Josey (Augusta, Georgia)

| college = Georgia Southern (1985–1989)

| draft_year = 1989

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 20

| draft_team = Chicago Bulls

| career_start = 1989

| career_end = 2002

| career_number = 42, 20, 34

| career_position = Small forward

| years1 ={{nbay|1989|full=y}}

| team1 = Chicago Bulls

| years2 =1990–1991

| team2 = Albany Patroons

| years3 ={{nbay|1990|end}}

| team3 = Charlotte Hornets

| years4 = 1991

| team4 = Albany Patroons

| years5 = 1991–1992

| team5 = Grand Rapids Hoops

| years6 = 1992

| team6 = Fort Wayne Fury

| years7 = 1992

| team7 = Atlanta Hawks

| years8 = 1992–1993

| team8 = Grupo Libro Valladolid

| years9 = 1993–1994

| team9 = Estudiantes Caja Postal

| years10 = 1994

| team10 = Fort Wayne Fury

| years11 = 1994–1995

| team11 = Teorematour Roma

| years12 = 1995

| team12 = Baloncesto Salamanca

| years13 = 1995–1996

| team13 = Fórum Filatélico

| years14 = 1996–1998

| team14 = Kombassan Konya

| years15 = 1998-1999

| team15 = Batangas Blades

| years16 = 1999–2000

| team16 = Fenerbahçe

| years17 = 2000–2002

| team17 = Rockford Lightning

| highlights =

• All-CBA First Team (2002)
• Metropolitan Basketball Association champion (1999)
• Metropolitan Basketball Association All-Star First-Team (1999)
• 2× TAAC Player of the Year (1988, 1989)
• 2× First-team All-TAAC (1988, 1989)

}}

Jeffery Raynard Sanders (born January 14, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the first round (20th pick overall) of the 1989 NBA draft. Sanders played for the Bulls, Charlotte Hornets and Atlanta Hawks in four NBA seasons. In his NBA career, he appeared in 55 games and scored a total of 112 points. He played collegiately at Georgia Southern University. He also played for Fenerbahçe and Kombassan Konyaspor in Turkey.

He also appeared in the now defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association in the Philippines, as an import for the Batangas Blades, where he was listed as one of the league's top players. He also made an All-Star appearance for the 1998–1999 season and was a key contributor in the team's 1999 championship.{{cite web |title=Ala Eh!:The Story of Batangas Blades|url=https://servssports.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/ala-eh-champion-na-hari-pa/ |website=Servs Sports |access-date=September 13, 2021}}

Sanders played for the Rockford Lightning of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) during the 2001–02 season and was selected to the All-CBA First Team.{{cite web |title=Jeff Sanders minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-sandejef001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=June 27, 2021}}