Jón Axel Guðmundsson (born 27 October 1996) is an Icelandic professional basketball player for CB Lucentum Alicante of the Spanish LEB Oro.

[1] Jón Axel started the 2014–2015 season with Church Farm School,[2] averaging a team best 21 points per game before the christmas break.

He had a rough first-round series against eventual champions KR, going scoreless in game two and averaging only 6.7 points in the three-game sweep.

Jón Axel posted a triple double in the first game, with 10 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assist but despite his performance, KR won 85-67.

[12][13] On 11 March 2018, Jón Axel won the Atlantic 10 Conference championship with Davidson[14] and helped the team advance to the 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

[17] On 17 November 2018, Jón Axel scored 33 points in Davidson's 57–53 victory over Wichita State in the opening round of the Charleston Classic.

[18][19] On 26 January 2019, Jón Axel scored 27 points, including two free throws with 5 seconds left,[20] in Davidson's 54–53 victory against Saint Louis.

[23][24] On 12 March 2019, Jón Axel was named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year as well as being selected to the First-team All-Atlantic 10 after averaging 17.2 points, 7.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game for the season.

[28] In December 2019, Jón Axel was named to the U.S. Basketball Writers Association watch list for the Oscar Robertson Trophy.

[42] In 2014, Jón Axel was named tournament MVP of U-18 Nordic Championship after averaging 29.3 points per game for the Icelandic U-18 team.