Ismael Páez (born September 19, 1950) is a Mexican professional pool and card player, best known for being the runner-up at the 2000 WPA World Nine-ball Championship.

In September 1998, Ismael Páez defeated German Bernd Jahnke [de] the Spanish 9-ball Open becoming the second non-European player after Francisco Bustamante to win a Euro Tour tournament.

[2] In August 2000, he reached the knockout stages of the World Pool Masters.

9-Ball World Cup 2001 he retired in the round of the last 64 against the Swiss Dimitri Jungoout.

In July 2004, he took part in the 2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship for the last time but lost in the preliminary round.