Antero Lehtonen (born April 12, 1954, in Tampere, Finland) is a former Finnish ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League with the Washington Capitals during the 1979-80 NHL season. He otherwise played in Finland from 1971 to 1987. Lehtonen played in the 1974 World Junior Championship and the 1979 and 1981 World Championships.