Ricardo "JR" Cawaling Jr. (born August 15, 1987) is a Filipino professional basketball coach and former player.

Cawaling played for the FEU Tamaraws beginning in Season 70, when he was Rookie of the Year, beating Mike Gamboa and Kirk Long for the award.

[17] In a loss to the Petron Blaze Boosters, he scored 10 of his 15 points in the 4th quarter as he tried to keep the fight going for San Mig.

[18] He was among the local players of San Mig that went on to win a PBA Grand Slam during the 2013–14 season.

[22][23] He then joined other ex-PBA players such as Jeric Fortuna and Robby Celiz among others in playing for Alab Pilipinas.

[24] A day after his older brother died, he led Alab's bench with 11 points and four rebounds as they beat the defending ABL champions Westports Malaysia Dragons.

[26] Cawaling then reunited with his former FEU teammate Paul Sanga as they both played for the Caloocan Supremos during the 2nd season of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).

[29] In Cawaling's first game with the Nueva Ecija MiGuard, he had 11 points, four rebounds, two assists, and the game-winning putback score.

[35] In 2021, Cawaling joined the MisOr Brew Authoritea in the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup.

[39] [40] In 2019, Cawaling teamed up with former Coffee Mixers teammate Jerwin Gaco when they played for the Vigan MiGuard Wolves in the second leg of the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 Patriot's Cup.

[42] The Valientes didn't make it to Leg 6 of the inaugural tournament, as he was the only one on the team available as the rest suffered multiple injuries.