Major Jones

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1953)}}

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

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Major Jones

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| number = 11, 35

| position = Power forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 225

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|07|09}}

| birth_place = McGehee, Arkansas, U.S.

| high_school = Desha Central (Rohwer, Arkansas)

| college = Albany State (1972–1976)

| draft_year = 1976

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 20

| draft_team = Portland Trail Blazers

| career_start = 1976

| career_end = 1985

| years1 = 1976–1978

| team1 = Allentown Jets

| years2 = 1978–1979

| team2 = Fresno Stars

| years3 = {{nbay|1979|start}}–{{nbay|1983|end}}

| team3 = Houston Rockets

| years4 = {{nbay|1984|full=y}}

| team4 = Detroit Pistons

| highlights =

• 2× All-EBA Second Team (1977, 1978)
• EBA Rookie of the Year (1977)
• First-team Parade All-American (1972)

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 1,643 (4.4 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 1,323 (3.5 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 215 (0.6 apg)

| bbr = jonesma01

}}

Major James Brooks Jones (born July 9, 1953) is an American retired professional basketball player who played in the NBA and other leagues. Born in McGehee, Arkansas, he played college basketball for the Albany State Golden Rams.

He was drafted by the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1974 by the San Diego Conquistadors, and in 1976 by the National Basketball Association's Portland Trail Blazers. Jones played for the Allentown Jets of the Eastern Basketball Association from 1976 to 1978.{{cite web |title=Major Jones minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-jonesmaj001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 19, 2025}} He was selected as the EBA Rookie of the Year in 1977 and named to the All-EBA Second Team in 1977 and 1978.

Jones' brothers Wil (born 1947), Caldwell (born 1950) and Charles (born 1957) all played at Albany State and in the NBA.