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John Barton "Bart" King was an American cricketer, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. King was one of the Philadelphian cricketers that played from the end of the 19th century until the outbreak of World War I.

King was a skilled batsman, but proved his worth as a bowler, successfully competing against the best cricketers from England and Australia. During his career, he set numerous records in North America and was the dominant bowler on his team when it toured England in 1897, 1903, and 1908. He led the first-class bowling averages in England in 1908. Sir Pelham Warner described Bart King as one of the finest bowlers of all time, and Donald Bradman called him "America's greatest cricketing son.