Lewis Edward Buxton (born 10 December 1983) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender.

A promising young defender, after working his way up through the Portsmouth youth ranks, Buxton made his first team debut at the beginning of the 2001–02 season, aged 17, in a 1–0 win at Stockport County.

However, following Harry Redknapp's appointment as manager at the club, and the subsequent influx of new players, Buxton found games harder to come by.

After turning down several loan offers he decided to call time on his Portsmouth career and transferred to Football League Championship club Stoke City in January 2005.

[5] He made his comeback as a substitute for Stephen Wright in the 33rd minute of Stoke's 2–1 win over Charlton Athletic on 18 August 2007.

[7] This was made a full deal on 26 January 2009 after Buxton expressed his desire to leave Stoke and move to Wednesday.

[9] After Rotherham had succeeded in surviving from relegation in the Championship, finishing one place above the drop in 21st,[10] the club decided to opt in not keeping Buxton for a further season, and instead let his contract run out, releasing him.