José María Esteban (born May 27, 1954) is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s.
Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Montreal in 1976.
Esteban also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 1000 m: 1975), a silver (K-4 500 m: 1978), and two bronzes (K-4 1000 m: 1977, 1978).