Dato' James Selvaraj Joseph DPTJ (born 21 November 1950) is a Malaysian former badminton player and coach.

[1] James was a former national shuttler during the mid 1970s to early 1980s.

He was a national singles champion for three consecutive years from 1974 to 1976.

In the 1975/76 Thomas Cup series, he was a member of the team who were runner-up to Indonesia.

Among his other achievements were a bronze medal at the 1977 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur and a bronze medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.