James Paton Hunter (born 19 June 1991) is an Australian-New Zealand basketball player for the Maitland Mustangs of the NBL1 East.

Hunter was born in Nowra, New South Wales, but spent much of his childhood living with his grandmother in Taumarunui, New Zealand.

[1] For high school, Hunter attended Cranbrook School in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, where he was selected to represent Australia as part of the Australian Schoolboys' basketball team which traveled to the United States to compete in tournaments throughout North Carolina over a two-week period.

He was also selected for the NSW Schoolboys State team and competed in the School Sport Australia Basketball Championship.

[8] For the 2015–16 season, Hunter played in Spain for Grupo INEC Zamora of the Liga EBA.

[9] Hunter returned to Australia in 2016 and joined the Ballarat Miners of the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL).