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J1 League

20 clubs 1,443 players 26 seasons 2000 – 2025 5,666 records

About J1 League

The J1 League , a.k.a. the J.League or the Meiji Yasuda J1 League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Japan and the highest level of the Japanese football league system.

Leaders — 2006

Top scorer
Magno Alves Gamba Osaka
26
Top assists
Yasuhito Endo Gamba Osaka
9
Top clean sheets
Yohei Nishibe Shimizu S-Pulse
11
Most cards
Jung-woo Kim Nagoya Grampus
13
#PlayerPosNat ClubMatMin GAG+APenYCRC G/90A/90Min/G
1 Magno Alves Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Gamba Osaka 31 105 26 2 28 0 2 0 22.29 1.71 4
2 Hisato Sato Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 33 160 18 0 18 0 5 0 10.13 0.00 9
3 Lucas Severino Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil FC Tokyo 31 145 18 2 20 4 6 0 11.17 1.24 8
4 Ryuji Bando Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Gamba Osaka 30 97 16 1 17 0 4 0 14.85 0.93 6
5 Jae-jin Cho Attack - Centre-Forward Korea, South Shimizu S-Pulse 32 173 16 0 16 0 7 0 8.32 0.00 11
6 Paulinho Attack - Second Striker Brazil Kyoto Purple Sanga 31 192 14 0 14 0 4 0 6.56 0.00 14
7 Baré Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Germany Ventforet Kofu 30 177 14 1 15 0 7 0 7.12 0.51 13
8 Marquinhos Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Shimizu S-Pulse 29 207 11 1 12 0 4 0 4.78 0.43 19
9 Yuki Abe Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan JEF United Chiba 33 267 11 1 12 1 7 0 3.71 0.34 24
10 Edmílson Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Albirex Niigata 25 203 10 0 10 0 4 0 4.43 0.00 20
11 Kengo Nakamura Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Kawasaki Frontale 34 300 10 0 10 0 2 0 3.00 0.00 30
12 Alex Mineiro Attack - Right Winger Brazil Portugal Kashima Antlers 31 255 10 1 11 0 4 0 3.53 0.35 26
13 Takuya Nozawa Attack - Right Winger Japan Kashima Antlers 29 196 9 0 9 0 2 0 4.13 0.00 22
14 Yasuhito Endo Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Gamba Osaka 25 236 9 9 18 0 2 0 3.43 3.43 26
15 Akinori Nishizawa Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Cerezo Osaka 33 346 8 0 8 0 7 0 2.08 0.00 43
16 Tatsuya Furuhashi Attack - Second Striker Japan Cerezo Osaka 32 377 7 0 7 0 4 0 1.67 0.00 54
17 Yuzo Tashiro Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Kashima Antlers 20 137 7 0 7 0 0 0 4.60 0.00 20
18 Fernando Midfield - Central Midfield Brazil Kashima Antlers 19 182 7 0 7 0 3 0 3.46 0.00 26
19 Naotake Hanyu Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan JEF United Chiba 32 363 7 0 7 0 4 0 1.74 0.00 52
20 Fernandinho Attack - Left Winger Brazil Gamba Osaka 19 191 6 1 7 0 1 0 2.83 0.47 32
21 Satoshi Yamaguchi Defender - Centre-Back Japan Gamba Osaka 32 466 6 0 6 0 1 0 1.16 0.00 78
22 Takahiro Futagawa Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Gamba Osaka 33 452 6 2 8 0 3 0 1.19 0.40 75
23 Nobuhisa Yamada Midfield - Right Midfield Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 32 390 6 4 10 0 2 0 1.38 0.92 65
24 Keisuke Honda Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Nagoya Grampus 29 418 6 0 6 0 5 0 1.29 0.00 70
25 Kisho Yano Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Albirex Niigata 33 426 6 0 6 0 6 0 1.27 0.00 71
26 Satoru Yamagishi Midfield - Left Midfield Japan JEF United Chiba 34 494 6 0 6 0 0 0 1.09 0.00 82
27 Keiji Tamada Attack - Second Striker Japan Nagoya Grampus 26 318 6 0 6 0 0 0 1.70 0.00 53
28 Yoshito Okubo Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Cerezo Osaka 21 236 6 0 6 0 3 1 2.29 0.00 39
29 Takehito Shigehara Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Ventforet Kofu 22 321 5 0 5 0 3 0 1.40 0.00 64
30 Mitsunori Yabuta Attack - Second Striker Japan Avispa Fukuoka 29 365 5 1 6 0 5 0 1.23 0.25 73
31 Zé Carlos Defender - Left-Back Brazil Cerezo Osaka 24 402 5 0 5 0 6 0 1.12 0.00 80
32 Yasuyuki Konno Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan FC Tokyo 28 504 5 5 10 0 3 0 0.89 0.89 101
33 Hayuma Tanaka Defender - Right-Back Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 34 506 5 0 5 0 2 0 0.89 0.00 101
34 Robert Cullen Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Júbilo Iwata 23 241 5 1 6 0 0 0 1.87 0.37 48
35 Shinji Ono Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 28 332 5 1 6 0 4 0 1.36 0.27 66
36 Fabinho Santos Midfield - Attacking Midfield Brazil Albirex Niigata 23 381 4 0 4 0 3 0 0.94 0.00 95
37 Kota Fujimoto Defender - Centre-Back Japan Cerezo Osaka 14 311 4 0 4 0 4 0 1.16 0.00 78
38 Hisashi Jogo Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Avispa Fukuoka 25 297 4 1 5 0 2 0 1.21 0.30 74
39 Hideo Oshima Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 25 292 4 0 4 0 1 0 1.23 0.00 73
40 Yuichiro Nagai Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 23 217 4 0 4 0 4 0 1.66 0.00 54
41 Fabrício Midfield - Defensive Midfield Brazil Júbilo Iwata 31 686 4 5 9 0 10 0 0.52 0.66 172
42 Tatsuya Tanaka Attack - Second Striker Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 18 296 4 4 8 0 2 0 1.22 1.22 74
43 Yuto Sato Midfield - Central Midfield Japan JEF United Chiba 26 553 4 0 4 0 4 0 0.65 0.00 138
44 Masaki Fukai Attack - Left Winger Japan Kashima Antlers 23 212 4 0 4 0 1 0 1.70 0.00 53
45 Atsushi Yanagisawa Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Kashima Antlers 23 354 4 0 4 0 4 0 1.02 0.00 89
46 Takanori Nunobe Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Avispa Fukuoka 22 511 3 0 3 0 3 0 0.53 0.00 170
47 Hiroaki Morishima Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Cerezo Osaka 26 608 3 0 3 0 5 0 0.44 0.00 203
48 Sidiclei Defender - Centre-Back Brazil Gamba Osaka 31 895 3 0 3 0 5 0 0.30 0.00 298
49 Shingo Akamine Attack - Centre-Forward Japan FC Tokyo 16 223 3 1 4 0 0 0 1.21 0.40 74
50 Tsukasa Umesaki Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Oita Trinita 25 603 3 0 3 0 1 0 0.45 0.00 201
51 Toshihiro Matsushita Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Gamba Osaka 20 374 3 0 3 0 0 0 0.72 0.00 125
52 Osmar Attack Brazil Oita Trinita 10 207 3 0 3 0 2 0 1.30 0.00 69
53 Jin-kyu Kim Defender - Centre-Back Korea, South Júbilo Iwata 23 644 3 2 5 2 8 1 0.42 0.28 215
54 Daiki Iwamasa Defender - Centre-Back Japan Kashima Antlers 30 872 3 0 3 0 4 0 0.31 0.00 291
55 Mitsuo Ogasawara Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Kashima Antlers 20 587 3 1 4 0 1 0 0.46 0.15 196
56 Jung-woo Kim Midfield - Central Midfield Korea, South Nagoya Grampus 25 716 3 0 3 0 13 0 0.38 0.00 239
57 André Pinto Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Kyoto Purple Sanga 11 254 3 0 3 0 5 0 1.06 0.00 85
58 Fábio Santos Defender - Left-Back Brazil Portugal Kashima Antlers 20 547 3 0 3 0 6 0 0.49 0.00 182
59 Masatoshi Matsuda Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Kyoto Purple Sanga 14 190 2 0 2 0 1 0 0.95 0.00 95
60 Satoshi Nakayama Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Gamba Osaka 22 256 2 0 2 0 1 0 0.70 0.00 128
61 Yutaka Akita Defender - Centre-Back Japan Nagoya Grampus 12 333 2 0 2 0 3 0 0.54 0.00 167
62 Kazuyuki Morisaki Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 26 1,134 2 0 2 0 2 0 0.16 0.00 567
63 Kota Ueda Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Júbilo Iwata 20 840 2 3 5 0 2 0 0.21 0.32 420
64 Akihiro Ienaga Attack - Right Winger Japan Gamba Osaka 28 1,067 2 2 4 0 8 0 0.17 0.17 534
65 Takenori Hayashi Attack - Second Striker Japan Kyoto Purple Sanga 23 489 2 0 2 0 0 0 0.37 0.00 245
66 Kota Yoshihara Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Omiya Ardija 15 472 2 0 2 0 3 0 0.38 0.00 236
67 Alemão Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Kyoto Purple Sanga 10 286 2 0 2 0 3 0 0.63 0.00 143
68 Túlio Guerreiro Midfield - Defensive Midfield Brazil Oita Trinita 30 1,324 2 0 2 0 9 0 0.14 0.00 662
69 Makoto Hasebe Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 32 1,366 2 3 5 0 6 0 0.13 0.20 683
70 Atsuto Uchida Defender - Right-Back Japan Kashima Antlers 28 1,189 2 0 2 0 6 0 0.15 0.00 595
71 Takeshi Aoki Defender - Centre-Back Japan Kashima Antlers 31 1,346 2 0 2 0 2 0 0.13 0.00 673
72 Toru Araiba Defender - Left-Back Japan Kashima Antlers 30 1,288 2 0 2 0 3 0 0.14 0.00 644
73 Masashi Motoyama Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Kashima Antlers 27 870 2 1 3 0 2 0 0.21 0.10 435
74 Marcão Defender - Centre-Back Brazil Kawasaki Frontale 28 1,183 2 0 2 0 5 0 0.15 0.00 592
75 Toshiya Fujita Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Nagoya Grampus 24 842 2 0 2 0 5 0 0.21 0.00 421
76 Gakuya Horii Attack Japan Ventforet Kofu 16 319 1 1 2 0 3 0 0.28 0.28 319
77 Daisuke Hoshi Midfield Japan Kyoto Purple Sanga 19 906 1 0 1 0 2 0 0.10 0.00 906
78 Noriyuki Sakemoto Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Cerezo Osaka 12 729 1 0 1 0 2 0 0.12 0.00 729
79 Kazuya Maeda Defender - Centre-Back Japan Cerezo Osaka 29 2,610 1 0 1 0 8 0 0.03 0.00 2,610
80 Yosuke Kashiwagi Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 17 1,321 1 0 1 0 3 0 0.07 0.00 1,321
81 Toshihiro Aoyama Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 19 1,620 1 0 1 0 4 0 0.06 0.00 1,620
82 Rychely Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil FC Tokyo 9 399 1 2 3 0 1 0 0.23 0.45 399
83 Kiyokazu Kudo Midfield - Right Midfield Japan Avispa Fukuoka 29 1,847 1 2 3 0 7 0 0.05 0.10 1,847
84 Masataka Sakamoto Defender - Right-Back Japan JEF United Chiba 34 2,957 1 1 2 0 2 0 0.03 0.03 2,957
85 Teppei Nishiyama Midfield - Right Midfield Japan Oita Trinita 24 1,216 1 0 1 0 4 0 0.07 0.00 1,216
86 Yuichi Nemoto Defender - Left-Back Japan Oita Trinita 34 3,049 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.03 0.00 3,049
87 Shinji Murai Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Júbilo Iwata 11 918 1 2 3 0 1 0 0.10 0.20 918
88 Yukio Tsuchiya Defender - Centre-Back Japan Omiya Ardija 31 2,733 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.03 0.00 2,733
89 Masahiko Inoha Defender - Centre-Back Japan FC Tokyo 28 1,950 1 1 2 0 5 0 0.05 0.05 1,950
90 Yohei Toyoda Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Nagoya Grampus 9 345 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.26 0.00 345
91 Seiji Koga Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Avispa Fukuoka 21 1,657 1 4 5 0 2 0 0.05 0.22 1,657
92 Takaaki Tokushige Attack - Right Winger Japan Cerezo Osaka 19 748 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.12 0.00 748
93 Naoya Saeki Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Omiya Ardija 22 1,868 1 0 1 0 6 0 0.05 0.00 1,868
94 Kenta Kano Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 13 634 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.14 0.00 634
95 Satoshi Horinouchi Defender - Centre-Back Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 28 2,520 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.04 0.00 2,520
96 Tadaaki Hirakawa Midfield - Right Midfield Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 28 2,004 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.04 0.00 2,004
97 Jun Uchida Defender - Right-Back Japan Albirex Niigata 14 1,104 1 0 1 0 2 0 0.08 0.00 1,104
98 Chong Tese Attack - Centre-Forward Korea, North Kawasaki Frontale 16 250 1 0 1 0 2 0 0.36 0.00 250
99 Keita Suzuki Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 31 2,754 1 1 2 0 6 0 0.03 0.03 2,754
100 Santiago Salcedo Attack - Centre-Forward Paraguay FC Tokyo 6 393 1 1 2 0 1 0 0.23 0.23 393
#PlayerPosClubMatMinAGG+AA/90
1 Yasuhito Endo Midfield - Central Midfield Gamba Osaka 25 236 9 9 18 3.43
2 Yasuyuki Konno Midfield - Defensive Midfield FC Tokyo 28 504 5 5 10 0.89
3 Fabrício Midfield - Defensive Midfield Júbilo Iwata 31 686 5 4 9 0.66
4 Nobuhisa Yamada Midfield - Right Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 32 390 4 6 10 0.92
5 Tatsuya Tanaka Attack - Second Striker Urawa Red Diamonds 18 296 4 4 8 1.22
6 Seiji Koga Midfield - Left Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 21 1,657 4 1 5 0.22
7 Kota Ueda Midfield - Defensive Midfield Júbilo Iwata 20 840 3 2 5 0.32
8 Makoto Hasebe Midfield - Defensive Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 32 1,366 3 2 5 0.20
9 Magno Alves Attack - Centre-Forward Gamba Osaka 31 105 2 26 28 1.71
10 Lucas Severino Attack - Centre-Forward FC Tokyo 31 145 2 18 20 1.24
11 Takahiro Futagawa Midfield - Attacking Midfield Gamba Osaka 33 452 2 6 8 0.40
12 Jin-kyu Kim Defender - Centre-Back Júbilo Iwata 23 644 2 3 5 0.28
13 Akihiro Ienaga Attack - Right Winger Gamba Osaka 28 1,067 2 2 4 0.17
14 Shinji Murai Midfield - Left Midfield Júbilo Iwata 11 918 2 1 3 0.20
15 Kiyokazu Kudo Midfield - Right Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 29 1,847 2 1 3 0.10
16 Rychely Attack - Centre-Forward FC Tokyo 9 399 2 1 3 0.45
17 Ryuji Bando Attack - Centre-Forward Gamba Osaka 30 97 1 16 17 0.93
18 Baré Attack - Centre-Forward Ventforet Kofu 30 177 1 14 15 0.51
19 Yuki Abe Midfield - Defensive Midfield JEF United Chiba 33 267 1 11 12 0.34
20 Marquinhos Attack - Centre-Forward Shimizu S-Pulse 29 207 1 11 12 0.43
21 Alex Mineiro Attack - Right Winger Kashima Antlers 31 255 1 10 11 0.35
22 Fernandinho Attack - Left Winger Gamba Osaka 19 191 1 6 7 0.47
23 Robert Cullen Attack - Centre-Forward Júbilo Iwata 23 241 1 5 6 0.37
24 Shinji Ono Midfield - Attacking Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 28 332 1 5 6 0.27
25 Mitsunori Yabuta Attack - Second Striker Avispa Fukuoka 29 365 1 5 6 0.25
26 Hisashi Jogo Attack - Centre-Forward Avispa Fukuoka 25 297 1 4 5 0.30
27 Shingo Akamine Attack - Centre-Forward FC Tokyo 16 223 1 3 4 0.40
28 Mitsuo Ogasawara Midfield - Central Midfield Kashima Antlers 20 587 1 3 4 0.15
29 Masashi Motoyama Midfield - Attacking Midfield Kashima Antlers 27 870 1 2 3 0.10
30 Takayuki Chano Defender - Centre-Back Júbilo Iwata 20 1,215 1 1 2 0.07
31 Gakuya Horii Attack Ventforet Kofu 16 319 1 1 2 0.28
32 Masataka Sakamoto Defender - Right-Back JEF United Chiba 34 2,957 1 1 2 0.03
33 Keita Suzuki Midfield - Defensive Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 31 2,754 1 1 2 0.03
34 Masahiko Inoha Defender - Centre-Back FC Tokyo 28 1,950 1 1 2 0.05
35 Santiago Salcedo Attack - Centre-Forward FC Tokyo 6 393 1 1 2 0.23
36 Hideo Hashimoto Midfield - Defensive Midfield Gamba Osaka 28 0 1 0 1 0.00
37 Masayuki Okano Attack - Right Winger Urawa Red Diamonds 8 0 1 0 1 0.00
38 Yuki Inoue Defender - Right-Back Ventforet Kofu 11 0 1 0 1 0.00
39 Tomoyuki Sakai Midfield - Central Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 3 0 1 0 1 0.00
40 Hisato Sato Attack - Centre-Forward Sanfrecce Hiroshima 33 160 0 18 18 0.00
41 Jae-jin Cho Attack - Centre-Forward Shimizu S-Pulse 32 173 0 16 16 0.00
42 Paulinho Attack - Second Striker Kyoto Purple Sanga 31 192 0 14 14 0.00
43 Edmílson Attack - Centre-Forward Albirex Niigata 25 203 0 10 10 0.00
44 Kengo Nakamura Midfield - Central Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 34 300 0 10 10 0.00
45 Takuya Nozawa Attack - Right Winger Kashima Antlers 29 196 0 9 9 0.00
46 Akinori Nishizawa Attack - Centre-Forward Cerezo Osaka 33 346 0 8 8 0.00
47 Tatsuya Furuhashi Attack - Second Striker Cerezo Osaka 32 377 0 7 7 0.00
48 Yuzo Tashiro Attack - Centre-Forward Kashima Antlers 20 137 0 7 7 0.00
49 Fernando Midfield - Central Midfield Kashima Antlers 19 182 0 7 7 0.00
50 Naotake Hanyu Midfield - Attacking Midfield JEF United Chiba 32 363 0 7 7 0.00
51 Keiji Tamada Attack - Second Striker Nagoya Grampus 26 318 0 6 6 0.00
52 Satoshi Yamaguchi Defender - Centre-Back Gamba Osaka 32 466 0 6 6 0.00
53 Keisuke Honda Midfield - Attacking Midfield Nagoya Grampus 29 418 0 6 6 0.00
54 Kisho Yano Attack - Centre-Forward Albirex Niigata 33 426 0 6 6 0.00
55 Yoshito Okubo Attack - Centre-Forward Cerezo Osaka 21 236 0 6 6 0.00
56 Satoru Yamagishi Midfield - Left Midfield JEF United Chiba 34 494 0 6 6 0.00
57 Takehito Shigehara Midfield - Defensive Midfield Ventforet Kofu 22 321 0 5 5 0.00
58 Hayuma Tanaka Defender - Right-Back Yokohama F. Marinos 34 506 0 5 5 0.00
59 Zé Carlos Defender - Left-Back Cerezo Osaka 24 402 0 5 5 0.00
60 Yuto Sato Midfield - Central Midfield JEF United Chiba 26 553 0 4 4 0.00
61 Masaki Fukai Attack - Left Winger Kashima Antlers 23 212 0 4 4 0.00
62 Hideo Oshima Attack - Centre-Forward Yokohama F. Marinos 25 292 0 4 4 0.00
63 Kota Fujimoto Defender - Centre-Back Cerezo Osaka 14 311 0 4 4 0.00
64 Atsushi Yanagisawa Attack - Centre-Forward Kashima Antlers 23 354 0 4 4 0.00
65 Fabinho Santos Midfield - Attacking Midfield Albirex Niigata 23 381 0 4 4 0.00
66 Yuichiro Nagai Attack - Centre-Forward Urawa Red Diamonds 23 217 0 4 4 0.00
67 Osmar Attack Oita Trinita 10 207 0 3 3 0.00
68 Takanori Nunobe Midfield - Central Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 22 511 0 3 3 0.00
69 André Pinto Attack - Centre-Forward Kyoto Purple Sanga 11 254 0 3 3 0.00
70 Sidiclei Defender - Centre-Back Gamba Osaka 31 895 0 3 3 0.00
71 Tsukasa Umesaki Midfield - Attacking Midfield Oita Trinita 25 603 0 3 3 0.00
72 Jung-woo Kim Midfield - Central Midfield Nagoya Grampus 25 716 0 3 3 0.00
73 Fábio Santos Defender - Left-Back Kashima Antlers 20 547 0 3 3 0.00
74 Hiroaki Morishima Midfield - Attacking Midfield Cerezo Osaka 26 608 0 3 3 0.00
75 Toshihiro Matsushita Midfield - Central Midfield Gamba Osaka 20 374 0 3 3 0.00
76 Daiki Iwamasa Defender - Centre-Back Kashima Antlers 30 872 0 3 3 0.00
77 Kazuyuki Morisaki Midfield - Defensive Midfield Sanfrecce Hiroshima 26 1,134 0 2 2 0.00
78 Kota Yoshihara Attack - Centre-Forward Omiya Ardija 15 472 0 2 2 0.00
79 Takenori Hayashi Attack - Second Striker Kyoto Purple Sanga 23 489 0 2 2 0.00
80 Toru Araiba Defender - Left-Back Kashima Antlers 30 1,288 0 2 2 0.00
81 Takeshi Aoki Defender - Centre-Back Kashima Antlers 31 1,346 0 2 2 0.00
82 Marcão Defender - Centre-Back Kawasaki Frontale 28 1,183 0 2 2 0.00
83 Yutaka Akita Defender - Centre-Back Nagoya Grampus 12 333 0 2 2 0.00
84 Toshiya Fujita Midfield - Central Midfield Nagoya Grampus 24 842 0 2 2 0.00
85 Satoshi Nakayama Attack - Centre-Forward Gamba Osaka 22 256 0 2 2 0.00
86 Alemão Attack - Centre-Forward Kyoto Purple Sanga 10 286 0 2 2 0.00
87 Masatoshi Matsuda Attack - Centre-Forward Kyoto Purple Sanga 14 190 0 2 2 0.00
88 Atsuto Uchida Defender - Right-Back Kashima Antlers 28 1,189 0 2 2 0.00
89 Túlio Guerreiro Midfield - Defensive Midfield Oita Trinita 30 1,324 0 2 2 0.00
90 Seiji Kaneko Defender - Centre-Back Avispa Fukuoka 18 1,521 0 1 1 0.00
91 Kenta Kano Midfield - Attacking Midfield Yokohama F. Marinos 13 634 0 1 1 0.00
92 Takaaki Tokushige Attack - Right Winger Cerezo Osaka 19 748 0 1 1 0.00
93 Kazuya Maeda Defender - Centre-Back Cerezo Osaka 29 2,610 0 1 1 0.00
94 Toshihiro Aoyama Midfield - Defensive Midfield Sanfrecce Hiroshima 19 1,620 0 1 1 0.00
95 Yuichi Nemoto Defender - Left-Back Oita Trinita 34 3,049 0 1 1 0.00
96 Tomi Shimomura Midfield - Defensive Midfield Cerezo Osaka 23 1,876 0 1 1 0.00
97 Naoya Saeki Midfield - Central Midfield Omiya Ardija 22 1,868 0 1 1 0.00
98 Akira Kaji Defender - Right-Back Gamba Osaka 29 2,459 0 1 1 0.00
99 Kozo Yuki Defender - Centre-Back JEF United Chiba 9 631 0 1 1 0.00
100 Yosuke Kashiwagi Midfield - Central Midfield Sanfrecce Hiroshima 17 1,321 0 1 1 0.00
#GoalkeeperClubMatchesMinutesClean sheetsGoals concededGC / match
1 Yohei Nishibe Shimizu S-Pulse 34 3,060 11 41 1.21
2 Norihiro Yamagishi Urawa Red Diamonds 24 2,115 10 22 0.92
3 Shusaku Nishikawa Oita Trinita 30 2,622 9 39 1.3
4 Yuichi Mizutani Avispa Fukuoka 33 2,970 7 55 1.67
5 Yosuke Fujigaya Gamba Osaka 26 2,340 7 35 1.35
6 Tatsuya Enomoto Yokohama F. Marinos 18 1,620 5 24 1.33
7 Hitoshi Sogahata Kashima Antlers 22 1,980 5 36 1.64
8 Motohiro Yoshida Cerezo Osaka 34 3,060 3 70 2.06
9 Takashi Aizawa Kawasaki Frontale 24 2,160 3 36 1.5
10 Takashi Kitano Albirex Niigata 24 2,160 3 42 1.75
11 Tomonori Tateishi JEF United Chiba 21 1,890 3 35 1.67
12 Hitoshi Shiota FC Tokyo 2 180 2 0 —
13 Naoki Matsuyo Gamba Osaka 8 720 2 13 1.63
14 Yosuke Nozawa Albirex Niigata 10 900 2 23 2.3
15 Masahiro Okamoto JEF United Chiba 13 1,170 2 23 1.77
16 Hideaki Ozawa Kashima Antlers 12 1,080 2 17 1.42
17 Seigo Shimokawa Oita Trinita 5 438 1 6 1.2
#PlayerPosClubMatchesYC2nd YCRCScore
1 Jung-woo Kim Midfield - Central Midfield Nagoya Grampus 25 13 2 0 13
2 Jin-kyu Kim Defender - Centre-Back Júbilo Iwata 23 8 0 1 11
3 Fabrício Midfield - Defensive Midfield Júbilo Iwata 31 10 0 0 10
4 Túlio Guerreiro Midfield - Defensive Midfield Oita Trinita 30 9 1 0 9
5 Kazuya Maeda Defender - Centre-Back Cerezo Osaka 29 8 0 0 8
6 Ryuji Kawai Defender - Centre-Back Yokohama F. Marinos 25 8 0 0 8
7 Akihiro Ienaga Attack - Right Winger Gamba Osaka 28 8 0 0 8
8 Akinori Nishizawa Attack - Centre-Forward Cerezo Osaka 33 7 0 0 7
9 Baré Attack - Centre-Forward Ventforet Kofu 30 7 0 0 7
10 Kazumichi Takagi Defender - Centre-Back Shimizu S-Pulse 32 7 0 0 7
11 Yuki Abe Midfield - Defensive Midfield JEF United Chiba 33 7 0 0 7
12 Kiyokazu Kudo Midfield - Right Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 29 7 0 0 7
13 Jae-jin Cho Attack - Centre-Forward Shimizu S-Pulse 32 7 0 0 7
14 Hideomi Yamamoto Defender - Centre-Back Ventforet Kofu 32 6 1 0 6
15 Makoto Hasebe Midfield - Defensive Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 32 6 0 0 6
16 Atsuto Uchida Defender - Right-Back Kashima Antlers 28 6 0 0 6
17 Lucas Severino Attack - Centre-Forward FC Tokyo 31 6 0 0 6
18 Zé Carlos Defender - Left-Back Cerezo Osaka 24 6 0 0 6
19 Fábio Santos Defender - Left-Back Kashima Antlers 20 6 1 0 6
20 Naoya Saeki Midfield - Central Midfield Omiya Ardija 22 6 0 0 6
21 Daisuke Saito Defender - Centre-Back JEF United Chiba 28 6 0 0 6
22 Kisho Yano Attack - Centre-Forward Albirex Niigata 33 6 0 0 6
23 Keita Suzuki Midfield - Defensive Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 31 6 1 0 6
24 Yoshito Okubo Attack - Centre-Forward Cerezo Osaka 21 3 1 1 6
25 Shusaku Nishikawa Goalkeeper Oita Trinita 30 5 0 0 5
26 Mitsunori Yabuta Attack - Second Striker Avispa Fukuoka 29 5 1 0 5
27 Toshiya Fujita Midfield - Central Midfield Nagoya Grampus 24 5 0 0 5
28 Hisato Sato Attack - Centre-Forward Sanfrecce Hiroshima 33 5 0 0 5
29 Masahiko Inoha Defender - Centre-Back FC Tokyo 28 5 1 0 5
30 Keisuke Honda Midfield - Attacking Midfield Nagoya Grampus 29 5 1 0 5
31 Sidiclei Defender - Centre-Back Gamba Osaka 31 5 0 0 5
32 Hiroaki Morishima Midfield - Attacking Midfield Cerezo Osaka 26 5 0 0 5
33 André Pinto Attack - Centre-Forward Kyoto Purple Sanga 11 5 0 0 5
34 Marcão Defender - Centre-Back Kawasaki Frontale 28 5 2 0 5
35 Naotake Hanyu Midfield - Attacking Midfield JEF United Chiba 32 4 0 0 4
36 Koki Mizuno Midfield - Attacking Midfield JEF United Chiba 25 4 0 0 4
37 Paulinho Attack - Second Striker Kyoto Purple Sanga 31 4 0 0 4
38 Toshihiro Aoyama Midfield - Defensive Midfield Sanfrecce Hiroshima 19 4 0 0 4
39 Shinji Ono Midfield - Attacking Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 28 4 0 0 4
40 Tatsuya Furuhashi Attack - Second Striker Cerezo Osaka 32 4 1 0 4
41 Yuto Sato Midfield - Central Midfield JEF United Chiba 26 4 1 0 4
42 Teppei Nishiyama Midfield - Right Midfield Oita Trinita 24 4 0 0 4
43 Masato Yamazaki Attack - Second Striker Oita Trinita 25 4 0 0 4
44 Alex Mineiro Attack - Right Winger Kashima Antlers 31 4 0 0 4
45 Chikashi Masuda Midfield - Central Midfield Kashima Antlers 23 4 1 0 4
46 Daiki Iwamasa Defender - Centre-Back Kashima Antlers 30 4 0 0 4
47 Arata Kodama Defender - Centre-Back Kyoto Purple Sanga 31 4 0 0 4
48 Edmílson Attack - Centre-Forward Albirex Niigata 25 4 1 0 4
49 Marquinhos Attack - Centre-Forward Shimizu S-Pulse 29 4 1 0 4
50 Akira Kaji Defender - Right-Back Gamba Osaka 29 4 1 0 4
#ClubCountryPlayersTotal goals
1 Gamba Osaka Japan 22 78
2 Kashima Antlers Japan 27 59
3 Cerezo Osaka Japan 23 37
4 JEF United Chiba Japan 13 32
5 FC Tokyo Japan 12 29
6 Shimizu S-Pulse Japan 9 27
7 Urawa Red Diamonds Japan 16 24
8 Gamba Osaka Japan 11 24
9 Kyoto Purple Sanga Japan 11 24
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Japan 8 22
11 Nagoya Grampus Japan 11 20
12 Ventforet Kofu Japan 5 20
13 Júbilo Iwata Japan 6 16
14 Omiya Ardija Japan 14 16
15 Kawasaki Frontale Japan 5 13
16 Yokohama F. Marinos Japan 11 12
17 Oita Trinita Japan 12 10
18 Omiya Ardija Japan 7 3
#ClubCountrySeasons
1 Albirex Niigata (8344) Japan 26
2 Avispa Fukuoka (9597) Japan 26
3 Cerezo Osaka (1022) Japan 26
4 Fagiano Okayama (22171) Japan 26
5 FC Tokyo (6631) Japan 26
6 Gamba Osaka (596) Japan 26
7 Kashima Antlers (2241) Japan 26
8 Kashiwa Reysol (6632) Japan 26
9 Kawasaki Frontale (9598) Japan 26
10 Kyoto Sanga (593) Japan 26
11 Machida Zelvia (23568) Japan 26
12 Nagoya Grampus (1066) Japan 26
13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (2697) Japan 26
14 Shimizu S-Pulse (1062) Japan 26
15 Shonan Bellmare (8457) Japan 26
16 Tokyo Verdy (3734) Japan 26
17 Urawa Red Diamonds (828) Japan 26
18 Vissel Kobe (3958) Japan 26
19 Yokohama F. Marinos (3828) Japan 26
20 Yokohama FC (943) Japan 26

Top scorer of each season in this competition (across 20 tracked seasons). Ties resolved by player_id order.

SeasonPlayerPosNatClubGoalsMatches
2025 Rafael Elias Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Kyoto Sanga 15 21
2024 Anderson Lopes FW Brazil Yokohama F. Marinos 24 0
2023 Yuya Osako FW Japan Vissel Kobe 22 0
2022 Thiago Santana FW Brazil Shimizu S-Pulse 14 0
2021 Daizen Maeda Attack - Left Winger Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 23 36
2020 Everaldo Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Kashima Antlers 18 33
2019 Teruhito Nakagawa Attack - Right Winger Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 15 33
2018 Jô Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Nagoya Grampus 24 33
2017 Yu Kobayashi Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Kawasaki Frontale 23 34
2014 Yoshito Okubo Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Kawasaki Frontale 18 32
2013 Yoshito Okubo Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Kawasaki Frontale 26 33
2012 Hisato Sato Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 22 34
2011 Joshua Kennedy Attack - Centre-Forward Australia Nagoya Grampus 19 31
2010 Joshua Kennedy Attack - Centre-Forward Australia Nagoya Grampus 17 31
2009 Edmílson Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Urawa Red Diamonds 17 33
2008 Marquinhos Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Kashima Antlers 21 30
2007 Baré Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Germany Gamba Osaka 20 31
2006 Magno Alves Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Gamba Osaka 26 31
2005 Araújo Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Gamba Osaka 33 33
1996 Kazuyoshi Miura Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Verdy Kawasaki 23 27

Players with the most goals across all seasons of this competition in our dataset.

#PlayerPositionNationalityTotal goalsSeasons
1 Shinzo Koroki Attack - Centre-Forward Japan 142 16
2 Hisato Sato Attack - Centre-Forward Japan 134 9
3 Yu Kobayashi Attack - Centre-Forward Japan 124 13
4 Yoshito Okubo Attack - Centre-Forward Japan 120 13
5 Marquinhos Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil 119 9
6 Anderson Lopes Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil 99 8
7 Edmílson Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil 96 8
8 Yuya Osako Attack - Centre-Forward Japan 89 10
9 Patric Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil 87 10
10 Diego Oliveira Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil 79 8
11 Lucas Severino Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil 79 8
12 Keiji Tamada Attack - Second Striker Japan 75 11
13 Yohei Toyoda Attack - Centre-Forward Japan 69 8
14 Akihiro Ienaga Attack - Right Winger Japan 69 14
15 Shingo Akamine Attack - Centre-Forward Japan 68 9
16 Yasuhito Endo Midfield - Central Midfield Japan 64 12
17 Joshua Kennedy Attack - Centre-Forward Australia 64 6
18 Takashi Usami Attack - Second Striker Japan 63 9
19 Kengo Nakamura Midfield - Central Midfield Japan 63 14
20 Chong Tese Attack - Centre-Forward Korea, North 61 8

Highest single-season goal hauls in this competition.

#PlayerTeamSeasonGoals
1 Araújo Gamba Osaka 2005 33
2 Magno Alves Gamba Osaka 2006 26
3 Yoshito Okubo Kawasaki Frontale 2013 26
4 Anderson Lopes Yokohama F. Marinos 2024 24
5 Jô Nagoya Grampus 2018 24
6 Anderson Lopes Yokohama F. Marinos 2024 24
7 Kazuyoshi Miura Verdy Kawasaki 1996 23
8 Leandro Damião Kawasaki Frontale 2021 23
9 Daizen Maeda Yokohama F. Marinos 2021 23
10 Yu Kobayashi Kawasaki Frontale 2017 23