Footballers •
Jim Smith (footballer, born 1863) (1863–1937), English football player •
Jim Smith (footballer, born 1937) (1937–2002), Scottish football player (Preston North End) •
Jim Smith (footballer, born 1940) (1940–2019), English football player and manager •
Jim Smith (Cavan Gaelic footballer) (1901–1970), Irish Gaelic footballer •
Jim Smith (Louth Gaelic footballer) (1887–1951), Irish Gaelic footballer •
Jim Smith (footballer, born 1887) (1887–?), Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne •
Jim Smith (footballer, born 1947), Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn •
Jim Ray Smith (born 1932), American football player •
Jim Smith (defensive back) (born 1946), former American football defensive back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins
Other sports •
Jim Smith (baseball coach) (died 2001), LSU Tigers baseball head coach 1966–1978 •
Jim Smith (basketball coach) (born 1934), college basketball head coach •
Jim Smith (basketball, born 1958), former NBA player •
Jim Smith (catcher), Negro league baseball player •
Jim Smith (cricketer, born 1906) (1906–1979), English cricketer •
Jim Smith (cricketer, born 1940), New Zealand cricketer •
Jim Smith (ice hockey, born 1957), (born 1957), President of USA Hockey •
Jim Smith (ice hockey, born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player •
Jim Smith (second baseman), Negro league baseball player •
Jim Smith (shortstop) (born 1954), major league infielder who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1982 season •
Jim Smith (wide receiver) (born 1955), former NFL and USFL wide receiver •
Jim Smith (decathlete) (born 1946), English decathlete •
Jim Smith (runner) (1913–1999), 1937 NCAA mile runner-up for the
Indiana Hoosiers track and field team ==Others==