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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 — 2014

Top scorer
Yoshito Okubo Kawasaki Frontale
18
Top assists
Yasuhito Endo Gamba Osaka
15
Top clean sheets
Shusaku Nishikawa Urawa Red Diamonds
16
Most cards
Keisuke Iwashita Gamba Osaka
6
#PlayerPosNat ClubMatMin GAG+APenYCRC G/90A/90Min/G
1 Yoshito Okubo Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Kawasaki Frontale 32 160 18 4 22 2 3 0 10.13 2.25 9
2 Yohei Toyoda Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Sagan Tosu 34 202 15 3 18 2 1 0 6.68 1.34 13
3 Marquinhos Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Vissel Kobe 34 205 14 3 17 3 3 0 6.15 1.32 15
4 Yoshinori Muto Attack - Centre-Forward Japan FC Tokyo 33 192 13 3 16 0 3 0 6.09 1.41 15
5 Pedro Júnior Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Vissel Kobe 32 201 13 7 20 0 7 0 5.82 3.13 15
6 Milivoje Novakovic Attack - Centre-Forward Slovenia Shimizu S-Pulse 34 234 13 3 16 0 3 0 5.00 1.15 18
7 Yu Kobayashi Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Kawasaki Frontale 30 209 12 8 20 0 2 0 5.17 3.44 17
8 Shinzo Koroki Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 31 207 12 3 15 2 1 0 5.22 1.30 17
9 Leandro Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Kashiwa Reysol 28 215 11 10 21 0 3 0 4.60 4.19 20
10 Hisato Sato Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 29 171 11 2 13 2 0 0 5.79 1.05 16
11 Edú Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil FC Tokyo 30 171 11 3 14 3 7 0 5.79 1.58 16
12 Takashi Usami Attack - Second Striker Japan Gamba Osaka 26 203 10 10 20 0 2 0 4.43 4.43 20
13 Yasushi Endo Attack - Second Striker Japan Kashima Antlers 30 225 10 8 18 0 5 0 4.00 3.20 23
14 Patric Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Gamba Osaka 19 154 9 5 14 0 3 0 5.26 2.92 17
15 Shingo Akamine Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Vegalta Sendai 31 244 9 4 13 0 0 0 3.32 1.48 27
16 Caio Lucas Attack - Left Winger United Arab Emirates Brazil Kashima Antlers 30 259 8 5 13 0 4 0 2.78 1.74 32
17 Shoma Doi Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Kashima Antlers 34 343 8 5 13 0 2 0 2.10 1.31 43
18 Hiroyuki Abe Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Gamba Osaka 30 326 7 4 11 0 2 0 1.93 1.10 47
19 Masato Kudo Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Kashiwa Reysol 34 390 7 4 11 0 0 0 1.62 0.92 56
20 Hiroyuki Takasaki Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Tokushima Vortis 30 352 7 1 8 0 2 0 1.79 0.26 50
21 Diego Forlán Attack - Centre-Forward Uruguay Spain Cerezo Osaka 26 239 7 1 8 0 3 0 2.64 0.38 34
22 Tsukasa Shiotani Defender - Centre-Back Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 32 456 6 1 7 0 1 0 1.18 0.20 76
23 Gaku Shibasaki Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Kashima Antlers 34 508 6 7 13 0 3 0 1.06 1.24 85
24 Min-woo Kim Midfield - Attacking Midfield Korea, South Sagan Tosu 34 489 6 2 8 1 3 0 1.10 0.37 82
25 Shohei Takahashi Defender - Centre-Back Japan Omiya Ardija 34 501 6 1 7 0 2 0 1.08 0.18 84
26 Akihiro Ienaga Attack - Right Winger Japan Omiya Ardija 33 487 6 8 14 1 5 0 1.11 1.48 81
27 Tadanari Lee Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 34 319 6 4 10 1 1 0 1.69 1.13 53
28 Shu Kurata Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Gamba Osaka 30 288 6 2 8 0 5 0 1.88 0.63 48
29 Renatinho Midfield - Attacking Midfield Brazil Kawasaki Frontale 30 401 6 9 15 1 2 0 1.35 2.02 67
30 Yasuhito Endo Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Gamba Osaka 34 509 6 15 21 2 3 0 1.06 2.65 85
31 Dudú Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Kashiwa Reysol 14 137 5 1 6 0 3 0 3.28 0.66 27
32 Shuhei Akasaki Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Kashima Antlers 15 160 5 1 6 0 0 0 2.81 0.56 32
33 Cristiano Midfield - Attacking Midfield Brazil Ventforet Kofu 32 497 5 6 11 1 7 0 0.91 1.09 99
34 Kotaro Omori Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Gamba Osaka 23 281 5 0 5 0 0 0 1.60 0.00 56
35 Kenyu Sugimoto Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Cerezo Osaka 32 416 5 5 10 0 3 0 1.08 1.08 83
36 Lins Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Gamba Osaka 26 183 5 1 6 0 2 0 2.46 0.49 37
37 Cacau Attack - Centre-Forward Germany Brazil Cerezo Osaka 12 122 5 0 5 0 4 0 3.69 0.00 24
38 Joshua Kennedy Attack - Centre-Forward Australia Nagoya Grampus 11 190 5 3 8 2 2 0 2.37 1.42 38
39 Kaoru Takayama Midfield - Right Midfield Japan Kashiwa Reysol 32 584 4 3 7 0 3 0 0.62 0.46 146
40 Yuki Muto Attack - Second Striker Japan Vegalta Sendai 30 430 4 1 5 0 1 0 0.84 0.21 108
41 Rafinha Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Yokohama F. Marinos 8 95 4 2 6 1 1 0 3.79 1.89 24
42 Ryota Morioka Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Vissel Kobe 34 725 4 10 14 0 0 0 0.50 1.24 181
43 Manabu Saito Attack - Left Winger Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 31 564 4 2 6 0 0 0 0.64 0.32 141
44 Tetsuro Ota Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Kashiwa Reysol 18 236 4 2 6 0 0 0 1.53 0.76 59
45 Tomoaki Makino Defender - Centre-Back Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 31 686 4 0 4 0 3 0 0.52 0.00 172
46 Shun Nagasawa Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Shimizu S-Pulse 10 156 4 1 5 0 0 0 2.31 0.58 39
47 Kota Mizunuma Attack - Right Winger Japan Sagan Tosu 32 589 4 7 11 0 2 0 0.61 1.07 147
48 Genki Haraguchi Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 14 311 4 3 7 0 1 0 1.16 0.87 78
49 Tsukasa Umesaki Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 33 487 4 2 6 0 3 0 0.74 0.37 122
50 Wilson Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Vegalta Sendai 24 481 4 4 8 1 5 0 0.75 0.75 120
51 Yuki Abe Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 34 765 4 6 10 1 4 0 0.47 0.71 191
52 Sho Sasaki Defender - Centre-Back Japan Ventforet Kofu 34 1,020 3 1 4 0 3 0 0.26 0.09 340
53 Woo-young Jung Midfield - Defensive Midfield Korea, South Vissel Kobe 33 984 3 4 7 0 6 0 0.27 0.37 328
54 Ryo Nagai Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Cerezo Osaka 21 312 3 1 4 0 2 0 0.87 0.29 104
55 Tomoya Ugajin Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 31 882 3 2 5 0 3 0 0.31 0.20 294
56 Yusuke Maruhashi Defender - Left-Back Japan Cerezo Osaka 33 973 3 3 6 0 5 0 0.28 0.28 324
57 Hideomi Yamamoto Defender - Centre-Back Japan Ventforet Kofu 33 990 3 1 4 2 2 0 0.27 0.09 330
58 Ryota Moriwaki Defender - Centre-Back Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 33 980 3 1 4 0 3 0 0.28 0.09 327
59 Yosuke Kashiwagi Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 33 961 3 13 16 0 3 0 0.28 1.22 320
60 Hiroshi Ibusuki Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Albirex Niigata 15 396 3 3 6 0 3 0 0.68 0.68 132
61 Daigo Nishi Defender - Right-Back Japan Kashima Antlers 23 666 3 3 6 0 2 0 0.41 0.41 222
62 Kengo Nakamura Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Kawasaki Frontale 30 849 3 14 17 0 2 0 0.32 1.48 283
63 Takuya Nozawa Attack - Right Winger Japan Vegalta Sendai 24 750 3 2 5 0 0 0 0.36 0.24 250
64 Daisuke Nasu Defender - Centre-Back Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 32 934 3 2 5 0 4 0 0.29 0.19 311
65 Shunsuke Nakamura Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 32 822 3 8 11 1 1 0 0.33 0.88 274
66 Takahiro Sekine Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 21 275 2 1 3 0 0 0 0.65 0.33 138
67 Kentaro Moriya Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Kawasaki Frontale 27 1,029 2 4 6 0 0 0 0.17 0.35 515
68 Takumi Minamino Attack - Left Winger Japan Cerezo Osaka 30 1,201 2 1 3 0 5 1 0.15 0.07 601
69 Gen Shoji Defender - Centre-Back Japan Kashima Antlers 34 1,515 2 1 3 0 4 0 0.12 0.06 758
70 Yoshifumi Kashiwa Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 29 1,152 2 4 6 0 1 0 0.16 0.31 576
71 Akihiro Sato Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Gamba Osaka 23 468 2 3 5 0 2 0 0.38 0.58 234
72 Atsutaka Nakamura Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Kashima Antlers 14 279 2 2 4 0 3 0 0.65 0.65 140
73 Yuya Hashiuchi Defender - Centre-Back Japan Tokushima Vortis 23 1,000 2 1 3 0 1 0 0.18 0.09 500
74 Yasuhito Morishima Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Kawasaki Frontale 12 146 2 1 3 0 1 0 1.23 0.62 73
75 Takuji Yonemoto Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan FC Tokyo 33 1,377 2 2 4 0 3 0 0.13 0.13 689
76 Hiroyuki Komoto Defender - Centre-Back Japan Vissel Kobe 21 665 2 0 2 0 2 0 0.27 0.00 333
77 Daiki Niwa Defender - Centre-Back Japan Gamba Osaka 25 1,033 2 0 2 0 0 0 0.17 0.00 517
78 Takumi Shimohira Defender - Left-Back Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 28 1,247 2 1 3 0 1 0 0.14 0.07 624
79 Koji Hashimoto Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Omiya Ardija 16 465 2 0 2 0 0 0 0.39 0.00 233
80 Jeci Defender - Centre-Back Brazil Kawasaki Frontale 22 854 2 2 4 0 4 1 0.21 0.21 427
81 Yong-gi Ryang Midfield - Central Midfield Korea, North Vegalta Sendai 33 1,442 2 7 9 0 2 0 0.12 0.44 721
82 Kisho Yano Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Nagoya Grampus 26 1,148 2 5 7 0 4 0 0.16 0.39 574
83 Tatsuya Tanaka Attack - Second Striker Japan Albirex Niigata 24 419 2 0 2 0 0 0 0.43 0.00 210
84 Yasuyuki Konno Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Gamba Osaka 33 1,383 2 1 3 0 4 0 0.13 0.07 692
85 Leandro Domingues Attack - Right Winger Brazil Nagoya Grampus 16 490 2 4 6 0 2 0 0.37 0.73 245
86 Satoru Yamagishi Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 538 2 1 3 0 0 0 0.33 0.17 269
87 Keiji Tamada Attack - Second Striker Japan Nagoya Grampus 17 587 2 1 3 0 2 0 0.31 0.15 294
88 Mitsuo Ogasawara Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Kashima Antlers 33 1,417 2 5 7 1 6 0 0.13 0.32 709
89 Shogo Taniguchi Defender - Centre-Back Japan Kawasaki Frontale 30 2,687 1 2 3 0 1 0 0.03 0.07 2,687
90 Byong-jun An Attack - Centre-Forward Korea, North Kawasaki Frontale 5 218 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.41 0.00 218
91 Tomoki Imai Defender - Centre-Back Japan Omiya Ardija 30 2,626 1 1 2 0 3 0 0.03 0.03 2,626
92 Yuhei Sato Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 16 903 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.10 0.00 903
93 Eduardo Defender - Centre-Back Brazil Kashiwa Reysol 6 533 1 0 1 0 2 0 0.17 0.00 533
94 Rafa Silva Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Albirex Niigata 7 316 1 0 1 0 2 0 0.28 0.00 316
95 Takaharu Nishino Defender - Centre-Back Japan Gamba Osaka 12 991 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.09 0.00 991
96 Takuya Iwanami Defender - Centre-Back Japan Vissel Kobe 24 1,860 1 0 1 0 2 0 0.05 0.00 1,860
97 Daisuke Ishizu Attack - Second Striker Japan Vissel Kobe 13 195 1 1 2 0 1 0 0.46 0.46 195
98 Naoyuki Fujita Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Sagan Tosu 32 2,839 1 6 7 0 3 0 0.03 0.19 2,839
99 Yoshiki Takahashi Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Sagan Tosu 30 1,952 1 1 2 0 1 0 0.05 0.05 1,952
100 Jumpei Kusukami Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Cerezo Osaka 26 909 1 1 2 1 1 1 0.10 0.10 909
#PlayerPosClubMatMinAGG+AA/90
1 Yasuhito Endo Midfield - Central Midfield Gamba Osaka 34 509 15 6 21 2.65
2 Kengo Nakamura Midfield - Central Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 30 849 14 3 17 1.48
3 Yosuke Kashiwagi Midfield - Central Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 33 961 13 3 16 1.22
4 Leandro Attack - Centre-Forward Kashiwa Reysol 28 215 10 11 21 4.19
5 Takashi Usami Attack - Second Striker Gamba Osaka 26 203 10 10 20 4.43
6 Ryota Morioka Midfield - Attacking Midfield Vissel Kobe 34 725 10 4 14 1.24
7 Kosuke Ota Defender - Left-Back FC Tokyo 34 3,060 10 1 11 0.29
8 Renatinho Midfield - Attacking Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 30 401 9 6 15 2.02
9 Yu Kobayashi Attack - Centre-Forward Kawasaki Frontale 30 209 8 12 20 3.44
10 Yasushi Endo Attack - Second Striker Kashima Antlers 30 225 8 10 18 3.20
11 Akihiro Ienaga Attack - Right Winger Omiya Ardija 33 487 8 6 14 1.48
12 Shunsuke Nakamura Midfield - Attacking Midfield Yokohama F. Marinos 32 822 8 3 11 0.88
13 Pedro Júnior Attack - Centre-Forward Vissel Kobe 32 201 7 13 20 3.13
14 Gaku Shibasaki Midfield - Central Midfield Kashima Antlers 34 508 7 6 13 1.24
15 Kota Mizunuma Attack - Right Winger Sagan Tosu 32 589 7 4 11 1.07
16 Yong-gi Ryang Midfield - Central Midfield Vegalta Sendai 33 1,442 7 2 9 0.44
17 Cristiano Midfield - Attacking Midfield Ventforet Kofu 32 497 6 5 11 1.09
18 Yuki Abe Midfield - Defensive Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 34 765 6 4 10 0.71
19 Naoyuki Fujita Midfield - Central Midfield Sagan Tosu 32 2,839 6 1 7 0.19
20 Patric Attack - Centre-Forward Gamba Osaka 19 154 5 9 14 2.92
21 Shoma Doi Midfield - Attacking Midfield Kashima Antlers 34 343 5 8 13 1.31
22 Caio Lucas Attack - Left Winger Kashima Antlers 30 259 5 8 13 1.74
23 Kenyu Sugimoto Attack - Centre-Forward Cerezo Osaka 32 416 5 5 10 1.08
24 Mitsuo Ogasawara Midfield - Central Midfield Kashima Antlers 33 1,417 5 2 7 0.32
25 Kisho Yano Attack - Centre-Forward Nagoya Grampus 26 1,148 5 2 7 0.39
26 Michihiro Yasuda Defender - Left-Back Sagan Tosu 33 2,965 5 1 6 0.15
27 Takahiro Futagawa Midfield - Attacking Midfield Gamba Osaka 19 624 5 1 6 0.72
28 Yoshito Okubo Attack - Centre-Forward Kawasaki Frontale 32 160 4 18 22 2.25
29 Shingo Akamine Attack - Centre-Forward Vegalta Sendai 31 244 4 9 13 1.48
30 Masato Kudo Attack - Centre-Forward Kashiwa Reysol 34 390 4 7 11 0.92
31 Hiroyuki Abe Midfield - Attacking Midfield Gamba Osaka 30 326 4 7 11 1.10
32 Tadanari Lee Attack - Centre-Forward Urawa Red Diamonds 34 319 4 6 10 1.13
33 Wilson Attack - Centre-Forward Vegalta Sendai 24 481 4 4 8 0.75
34 Woo-young Jung Midfield - Defensive Midfield Vissel Kobe 33 984 4 3 7 0.37
35 Yoshifumi Kashiwa Midfield - Left Midfield Sanfrecce Hiroshima 29 1,152 4 2 6 0.31
36 Kentaro Moriya Midfield - Central Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 27 1,029 4 2 6 0.35
37 Leandro Domingues Attack - Right Winger Nagoya Grampus 16 490 4 2 6 0.73
38 Tadaaki Hirakawa Midfield - Right Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 25 1,735 4 1 5 0.21
39 Yohei Toyoda Attack - Centre-Forward Sagan Tosu 34 202 3 15 18 1.34
40 Marquinhos Attack - Centre-Forward Vissel Kobe 34 205 3 14 17 1.32
41 Milivoje Novakovic Attack - Centre-Forward Shimizu S-Pulse 34 234 3 13 16 1.15
42 Yoshinori Muto Attack - Centre-Forward FC Tokyo 33 192 3 13 16 1.41
43 Shinzo Koroki Attack - Centre-Forward Urawa Red Diamonds 31 207 3 12 15 1.30
44 Edú Attack - Centre-Forward FC Tokyo 30 171 3 11 14 1.58
45 Joshua Kennedy Attack - Centre-Forward Nagoya Grampus 11 190 3 5 8 1.42
46 Kaoru Takayama Midfield - Right Midfield Kashiwa Reysol 32 584 3 4 7 0.46
47 Genki Haraguchi Midfield - Attacking Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 14 311 3 4 7 0.87
48 Yusuke Maruhashi Defender - Left-Back Cerezo Osaka 33 973 3 3 6 0.28
49 Hiroshi Ibusuki Attack - Centre-Forward Albirex Niigata 15 396 3 3 6 0.68
50 Daigo Nishi Defender - Right-Back Kashima Antlers 23 666 3 3 6 0.41
51 Akihiro Sato Attack - Centre-Forward Gamba Osaka 23 468 3 2 5 0.58
52 Tatsuya Yamashita Defender - Centre-Back Cerezo Osaka 33 2,937 3 1 4 0.09
53 Ryuhei Niwa Defender - Right-Back Sagan Tosu 33 2,911 3 1 4 0.09
54 Hisato Sato Attack - Centre-Forward Sanfrecce Hiroshima 29 171 2 11 13 1.05
55 Min-woo Kim Midfield - Attacking Midfield Sagan Tosu 34 489 2 6 8 0.37
56 Shu Kurata Midfield - Left Midfield Gamba Osaka 30 288 2 6 8 0.63
57 Rafinha Attack - Centre-Forward Yokohama F. Marinos 8 95 2 4 6 1.89
58 Manabu Saito Attack - Left Winger Yokohama F. Marinos 31 564 2 4 6 0.32
59 Tetsuro Ota Midfield - Attacking Midfield Kashiwa Reysol 18 236 2 4 6 0.76
60 Tsukasa Umesaki Midfield - Attacking Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 33 487 2 4 6 0.37
61 Daisuke Nasu Defender - Centre-Back Urawa Red Diamonds 32 934 2 3 5 0.19
62 Takuya Nozawa Attack - Right Winger Vegalta Sendai 24 750 2 3 5 0.24
63 Tomoya Ugajin Midfield - Left Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 31 882 2 3 5 0.20
64 Atsutaka Nakamura Midfield - Attacking Midfield Kashima Antlers 14 279 2 2 4 0.65
65 Jeci Defender - Centre-Back Kawasaki Frontale 22 854 2 2 4 0.21
66 Takuji Yonemoto Midfield - Defensive Midfield FC Tokyo 33 1,377 2 2 4 0.13
67 Chikashi Masuda Midfield - Central Midfield Omiya Ardija 19 1,053 2 1 3 0.17
68 Hotaru Yamaguchi Midfield - Defensive Midfield Cerezo Osaka 19 1,691 2 1 3 0.11
69 Shogo Taniguchi Defender - Centre-Back Kawasaki Frontale 30 2,687 2 1 3 0.07
70 Koki Yonekura Defender - Right-Back Gamba Osaka 21 1,532 2 1 3 0.12
71 Toshihiro Aoyama Midfield - Defensive Midfield Sanfrecce Hiroshima 25 1,980 2 1 3 0.09
72 Jun Ando Defender - Centre-Back Cerezo Osaka 11 803 2 1 3 0.22
73 Yusuke Tanaka Defender - Centre-Back Kawasaki Frontale 27 1,908 2 1 3 0.09
74 Ryota Oshima Midfield - Central Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 28 0 2 0 2 0.00
75 Hiroki Fujiharu Defender - Left-Back Gamba Osaka 25 0 2 0 2 0.00
76 Noriyuki Sakemoto Attack - Centre-Forward Cerezo Osaka 25 0 2 0 2 0.00
77 Min-hyeok Kim Defender - Centre-Back Sagan Tosu 27 0 2 0 2 0.00
78 Hiroyuki Takasaki Attack - Centre-Forward Tokushima Vortis 30 352 1 7 8 0.26
79 Diego Forlán Attack - Centre-Forward Cerezo Osaka 26 239 1 7 8 0.38
80 Shohei Takahashi Defender - Centre-Back Omiya Ardija 34 501 1 6 7 0.18
81 Tsukasa Shiotani Defender - Centre-Back Sanfrecce Hiroshima 32 456 1 6 7 0.20
82 Dudú Attack - Centre-Forward Kashiwa Reysol 14 137 1 5 6 0.66
83 Lins Attack - Centre-Forward Gamba Osaka 26 183 1 5 6 0.49
84 Shuhei Akasaki Attack - Centre-Forward Kashima Antlers 15 160 1 5 6 0.56
85 Shun Nagasawa Attack - Centre-Forward Shimizu S-Pulse 10 156 1 4 5 0.58
86 Yuki Muto Attack - Second Striker Vegalta Sendai 30 430 1 4 5 0.21
87 Sho Sasaki Defender - Centre-Back Ventforet Kofu 34 1,020 1 3 4 0.09
88 Hideomi Yamamoto Defender - Centre-Back Ventforet Kofu 33 990 1 3 4 0.09
89 Ryota Moriwaki Defender - Centre-Back Urawa Red Diamonds 33 980 1 3 4 0.09
90 Ryo Nagai Attack - Centre-Forward Cerezo Osaka 21 312 1 3 4 0.29
91 Takahiro Sekine Midfield - Left Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 21 275 1 2 3 0.33
92 Satoru Yamagishi Midfield - Left Midfield Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 538 1 2 3 0.17
93 Keiji Tamada Attack - Second Striker Nagoya Grampus 17 587 1 2 3 0.15
94 Takumi Shimohira Defender - Left-Back Yokohama F. Marinos 28 1,247 1 2 3 0.07
95 Yasuhito Morishima Attack - Centre-Forward Kawasaki Frontale 12 146 1 2 3 0.62
96 Yuya Hashiuchi Defender - Centre-Back Tokushima Vortis 23 1,000 1 2 3 0.09
97 Yasuyuki Konno Midfield - Defensive Midfield Gamba Osaka 33 1,383 1 2 3 0.07
98 Gen Shoji Defender - Centre-Back Kashima Antlers 34 1,515 1 2 3 0.06
99 Takumi Minamino Attack - Left Winger Cerezo Osaka 30 1,201 1 2 3 0.07
100 Kosei Shibasaki Midfield - Attacking Midfield Sanfrecce Hiroshima 22 1,647 1 1 2 0.05
#GoalkeeperClubMatchesMinutesClean sheetsGoals concededGC / match
1 Shusaku Nishikawa Urawa Red Diamonds 34 3,060 16 32 0.94
2 Masaaki Higashiguchi Gamba Osaka 34 3,060 14 31 0.91
3 Shuichi Gonda FC Tokyo 33 2,925 14 29 0.88
4 Kota Ogi Ventforet Kofu 23 2,070 11 19 0.83
5 Hitoshi Sogahata Kashima Antlers 34 3,060 11 39 1.15
6 Takuto Hayashi Sanfrecce Hiroshima 31 2,790 10 31 1
7 Tatsuya Morita Albirex Niigata 34 3,060 10 36 1.06
8 Jin-hyeon Kim Cerezo Osaka 31 2,759 9 44 1.42
9 Masatoshi Kushibiki Shimizu S-Pulse 29 2,610 7 46 1.59
10 Yohei Nishibe Kawasaki Frontale 20 1,800 7 20 1
11 Kaito Yamamoto Vissel Kobe 27 2,430 5 38 1.41
12 Rikihiro Sugiyama Kawasaki Frontale 14 1,260 4 23 1.64
13 Takashi Kitano Omiya Ardija 15 1,305 4 25 1.67
14 Toru Hasegawa Tokushima Vortis 27 2,430 3 52 1.93
15 Hiroyuki Takeda Cerezo Osaka 4 301 1 4 1
16 Takuya Masuda Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3 270 1 6 2
17 Takashi Aizawa Shimizu S-Pulse 5 450 1 14 2.8
18 Kenta Tokushige Vissel Kobe 7 630 1 12 1.71
19 Atsushi Kimura Gamba Osaka 1 45 1 0 —
#PlayerPosClubMatchesYC2nd YCRCScore
1 Keisuke Iwashita Defender - Centre-Back Gamba Osaka 32 6 0 1 9
2 Takumi Minamino Attack - Left Winger Cerezo Osaka 30 5 0 1 8
3 Takahiro Ogihara Midfield - Defensive Midfield Cerezo Osaka 31 8 0 0 8
4 Cristiano Midfield - Attacking Midfield Ventforet Kofu 32 7 0 0 7
5 Edú Attack - Centre-Forward FC Tokyo 30 7 1 0 7
6 Sung-joon Kim Midfield - Central Midfield Cerezo Osaka 17 7 0 0 7
7 Jeci Defender - Centre-Back Kawasaki Frontale 22 4 0 1 7
8 Pedro Júnior Attack - Centre-Forward Vissel Kobe 32 7 0 0 7
9 Woo-young Jung Midfield - Defensive Midfield Vissel Kobe 33 6 0 0 6
10 Mitsuo Ogasawara Midfield - Central Midfield Kashima Antlers 33 6 0 0 6
11 Wilson Attack - Centre-Forward Vegalta Sendai 24 5 0 0 5
12 Shu Kurata Midfield - Left Midfield Gamba Osaka 30 5 0 0 5
13 Aria Jasuru Hasegawa Midfield - Central Midfield Cerezo Osaka 30 5 0 0 5
14 Masato Morishige Defender - Centre-Back FC Tokyo 33 5 0 0 5
15 Akihiro Ienaga Attack - Right Winger Omiya Ardija 33 5 0 0 5
16 Yusuke Maruhashi Defender - Left-Back Cerezo Osaka 33 5 0 0 5
17 Yasushi Endo Attack - Second Striker Kashima Antlers 30 5 0 0 5
18 Takeshi Aoki Defender - Centre-Back Kashima Antlers 18 2 1 1 5
19 Gen Shoji Defender - Centre-Back Kashima Antlers 34 4 0 0 4
20 Cacau Attack - Centre-Forward Cerezo Osaka 12 4 0 0 4
21 Caio Lucas Attack - Left Winger Kashima Antlers 30 4 0 0 4
22 Michael James Fitzgerald Defender - Centre-Back Albirex Niigata 29 4 0 0 4
23 Naomichi Ueda Defender - Centre-Back Kashima Antlers 20 4 1 0 4
24 Shuto Yamamoto Defender - Left-Back Kashima Antlers 32 4 0 0 4
25 Kisho Yano Attack - Centre-Forward Nagoya Grampus 26 4 0 0 4
26 Jumpei Kusukami Midfield - Left Midfield Cerezo Osaka 26 1 0 1 4
27 Yasuyuki Konno Midfield - Defensive Midfield Gamba Osaka 33 4 0 0 4
28 Yuki Abe Midfield - Defensive Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 34 4 0 0 4
29 Koki Yonekura Defender - Right-Back Gamba Osaka 21 4 0 0 4
30 Hiroki Fujiharu Defender - Left-Back Gamba Osaka 25 4 0 0 4
31 Kyohei Noborizato Defender - Left-Back Kawasaki Frontale 19 4 1 0 4
32 Daisuke Nasu Defender - Centre-Back Urawa Red Diamonds 32 4 0 0 4
33 Yosuke Kashiwagi Midfield - Central Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 33 3 0 0 3
34 Tomoya Ugajin Midfield - Left Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 31 3 1 0 3
35 Ryuhei Niwa Defender - Right-Back Sagan Tosu 33 3 0 0 3
36 Diego Forlán Attack - Centre-Forward Cerezo Osaka 26 3 0 0 3
37 Atsutaka Nakamura Midfield - Attacking Midfield Kashima Antlers 14 3 0 0 3
38 Yohei Fukumoto Defender - Centre-Back Tokushima Vortis 26 3 0 0 3
39 Tsukasa Umesaki Midfield - Attacking Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 33 3 0 0 3
40 Junichi Inamoto Midfield - Defensive Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 14 3 0 0 3
41 Ryota Moriwaki Defender - Centre-Back Urawa Red Diamonds 33 3 1 0 3
42 Milivoje Novakovic Attack - Centre-Forward Shimizu S-Pulse 34 3 0 0 3
43 Gojko Kacar Midfield - Defensive Midfield Cerezo Osaka 12 3 0 0 3
44 Tomoaki Makino Defender - Centre-Back Urawa Red Diamonds 31 3 0 0 3
45 Marquinhos Attack - Centre-Forward Vissel Kobe 34 3 0 0 3
46 Kosuke Ota Defender - Left-Back FC Tokyo 34 3 0 0 3
47 Takuji Yonemoto Midfield - Defensive Midfield FC Tokyo 33 3 0 0 3
48 Yasuhito Endo Midfield - Central Midfield Gamba Osaka 34 3 0 0 3
49 Tatsuya Yamashita Defender - Centre-Back Cerezo Osaka 33 3 1 0 3
50 Paulinho Midfield - Defensive Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 14 3 0 0 3
#ClubCountryPlayersTotal goals
1 Gamba Osaka Japan 26 58
2 Urawa Red Diamonds Japan 24 50
3 Kawasaki Frontale Japan 23 50
4 Kashima Antlers Japan 19 48
5 Vissel Kobe Japan 14 39
6 Nagoya Grampus Japan 13 35
7 Cerezo Osaka Japan 28 33
8 Sagan Tosu Japan 12 30
9 FC Tokyo Japan 14 29
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Japan 16 25
11 Vegalta Sendai Japan 12 23
12 Omiya Ardija Japan 10 17
13 Shimizu S-Pulse Japan 9 17
14 Yokohama F. Marinos Japan 7 14
15 Ventforet Kofu Japan 7 12
16 Nagoya Grampus Japan 7 9
17 Tokushima Vortis Japan 12 9
18 Albirex Niigata Japan 13 8
#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