List of Sports – J

Here's a list of every sport starting with the letter J:

• Jai Alai – A fast-paced Basque ball sport played with a curved wicker basket (cesta) used to catch and hurl a ball against a court wall at high speed.
• Janggi – A Korean strategy board sport (Korean chess) played on a 9×10 grid where players manoeuvre distinct pieces to checkmate the opponent’s general.
• Jeu Provençal (Boule Lyonnaise) – A French boules variant where players toss hollow metal balls to land as close as possible to a small target ball on a long court.
• Jeu de paume – A historic racket court sport and precursor to modern tennis, originally played by striking a ball with the hand or an early racket inside an enclosed court.
• Jeet Kune Do – A combat sport and martial art system founded by Bruce Lee focused on direct, efficient striking, trapping and interception rather than rigid forms.
• Jereed – A traditional Turkish equestrian team sport in which mounted players throw blunt wooden javelins at opposing riders in fast, tactical exchanges.
• Jegichagi – A Korean kicking game where players keep a small weighted shuttlecock (jegi) airborne using feet and legs, commonly played as a test of control and balance.
• Jianzi – A Chinese sport where players keep a shuttlecock-like object aloft using any part of the body except the hands, often played as a cooperative or competitive net game.
• Jiu-Jitsu / Jujutsu – A Japanese martial art and combat sport using joint-locks, throws and submissions to control or defeat an opponent in close quarters.
• Joggling – A novelty endurance discipline combining running and juggling, in which competitors must run a course while continuously juggling objects.
• Jokgu – A Korean net sport mixing elements of football and volleyball where teams use feet, shins or heads to volley a ball over a net in controlled passes and attacks.
• Jorkyball – A fast two-a-side indoor soccer variant played on a small rectangular glass-walled court, emphasising tight passing and rapid movement.
• Jōdō – A Japanese martial art and sport involving the paired practice of kata and forms with a short wooden staff (jō) for defensive and offensive techniques.
• Jogo do Pau – A Portuguese traditional martial sport where competitors spar or perform demonstrations using long wooden staffs in attack and defence sequences.
• Joule (Juggling) – Juggling — the performance sport of repeatedly keeping multiple objects in motion using coordinated throws and catches, judged by difficulty and control.
• Judo — the objective is to throw or takedown the opposing player to the ground.
• Jugs / Jugger – A team sport inspired by fiction where players use foam-padded “weapons” and a ball-like objective to score while avoiding being “tagged” by opponents’ staffed weapons.
• Jukskei – A South African folk sport in which players throw wooden pins from a distance to knock over a target peg, scoring by accuracy and consistency.
• Juttejutsu – A traditional Japanese defensive martial art practised as a sport or kata set, focusing on techniques with the short baton (jutte) to disarm or control an opponent.
• Jūkendō – A Japanese martial art and sport derived from bayonet training, where practitioners perform kata and controlled sparring with training bayonets.
• Javelin – A track-and-field event where athletes run within a designated approach and throw a spear-like implement for maximum distance.
• Jet Ski Racing – A high-adrenaline water sport where riders race personal watercraft (jet skis) around marked courses, combining speed and buoy handling skills.
• Jetsprint – A time-trial boat racing sport where a driver and navigator steer a high-powered vessel through a twisting, shallow water course at extreme speeds.
• Jukola Relay – A large-scale orienteering relay event (originating in Finland) in which teams of runners navigate night and day legs across varied terrain to reach the finish.
• Jockeying – A horse-riding discipline emphasizing skillful horsemanship and competitive riding, typically in races or performance events where the rider’s control is paramount.
• Jousting – A historical equestrian combat sport revived as competition and display, where two riders charge on horseback attempting to strike or unseat each other with lances.
• Jump Rope (Competitive) – A judged discipline in which individuals or teams perform timed or choreographed routines with one or multiple ropes, scored for difficulty, speed and style.
• Jumping (Equestrian) – An equestrian sport where horse and rider clear a course of obstacles, judged on faults and time for precision and agility.

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