Dwight Elmo Jones (February 27, 1952 – July 25, 2016) was an American professional basketball player.

A 6'10" forward/center, he was the leading scorer and rebounder on the 1972 Olympic team that lost the controversial gold medal game to the Soviet Union.

[3] After playing college basketball at the University of Houston from 1970 to 1973, Jones was selected as the 9th overall pick in 1973 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks.

Jones played for ten seasons in the NBA from 1973 to 1983 with four teams: Atlanta, the Houston Rockets, the Chicago Bulls, and the Los Angeles Lakers.

His son, Dwight Jones II, played at Houston Baptist University.