Pelota (Spanish for ball) can refer to the popular and shortened names for a number of ball games:
- Basque pelota
- Chaza
- Jai alai
- Mesoamerican ballgame
- Palla
- Pelota mixteca
- Valencian pilota
- Frontenis
- Pétanque
- Racketlon
- Pelota (boat), an improvised skin boat for crossing rivers.