J.League records and statistics

This page details J.League records.

J1 League

Ranks

As of October 8th, 2024. ^[1]

In bold the ones who are actually playing in J1. In italic the ones who are still active in other Japanese league.

Caps # Player Caps Career 1 Yasuhito Endo 672 1998–2012, 2014–2020, 2022 2 Seigo Narazaki 631 1995–2016, 2018 3 Shusaku Nishikawa 618 2005– 4 Yuji Nakazawa 593 1999–2018 5 Yuki Abe 590 1998–2010, 2012–2021 6 Hitoshi Sogahata 533 1998–2020 7 Mitsuo Ogasawara 525 1998–2006, 2007–2018 8 Shinzo Koroki 524 2005–2024 9 Teruyoshi Ito 517 1993–2013 10 Nobuhisa Yamada 501 1994–2013 11 Tomokazu Myojin 497 1996–2016 12 Masato Morishige 488 2006–2010, 2012– 13 Yoshito Okubo 477 2001, 2003–2004, 2006–2008, 2009–2019, 2021 14 Kengo Nakamura 471 2005–2020 15 Akihiro Ienaga 461 2004–2010, 2012, 2014, 2016– 16 Satoshi Yamaguchi 448 1996–2011 17 Yasuyuki Konno 443 2001–2002, 2004–2010, 2012, 2014–2019 Toshihiro Aoyama 2004–2007, 2009– 19 Kazuyuki Morisaki 430 1999–2002, 2004–2007, 2009–2018 20 Ryoichi Maeda 429 2000–2013, 2015–2018 21 Toru Araiba 423 1997–2014 22 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 421 1994–2001, 2005–2013 23 Hayuma Tanaka 420 2000–2013, 2015, 2019 24 Toshiya Fujita 419 1994–2003, 2004–2008 25 Kensuke Nagai 418 2010–2012, 2013–

Goals # Player Goals Career 1 Yoshito Okubo 191 2001, 2003–2004, 2006–2008, 2009–2019, 2021 2 Shinzo Koroki 168 2005–2024 3 Hisato Sato 161 2000–2001, 2003, 2005–2007, 2009–2016, 2018 4 Masashi Nakayama 157 1994–2009, 2012 5 Ryoichi Maeda 154 2000–2013, 2015–2018 6 Marquinhos 152 2001–2011, 2012–2015 7 Yu Kobayashi 140 2010– 8 Kazuyoshi Miura 139 1992–1994, 1995–1998, 1999–2005, 2007, 2020–2021 9 Ueslei 124 2000–2005, 2006–2009 10 Juninho 116 2003–2013 11 Edmilson 111 2004–2011, 2012 12 Atsushi Yanagisawa 108 1996–2003, 2006–2014 13 Kazuma Watanabe 104 2005, 2007–2009, 2012, 2014–2021 14 Yasuhito Endo 103 1998–2012, 2014–2020, 2022 15 Patric 101 2013– 16 Toshiya Fujita 100 1994–2003, 2004–2008 17 Keiji Tamada 99 1999–2014, 2018 17 Yohei Toyoda 98 2004–2006, 2009, 2012–2017, 2018–2021 19 Shoji Jo 95 1996–1999, 2000–2002 20 Nobuhiro Takeda 94 1993–2000, 2001 Hiroaki Morishima 1995–2001, 2003–2006 Tatsuhiko Kubo 1995–2007, 2009 Anderson Lopes 2016–2017, 2019–2021, 2022– 24 Masahiro Fukuda 91 1993–1999, 2001–2002 Diego Oliveira 2016–

Individual

• Most career goals : 191 goals

Yoshito Okubo

• Most career hat-tricks : 8 times

Ueslei

• Most career appearances : 672 appearances

Yasuhito Endo

• Most goals in a season : 36 goals

Masashi Nakayama (1998)

• Most hat-tricks in a season : 5 times

Masashi Nakayama (1998)

• Most goals in a game : 5 goals

Koji Noguchi for Bellmare Hiratsuka vs Kashima Antlers (3 May 1995)

Edílson for Kashiwa Reysol vs Gamba Osaka (4 May 1996)

Masashi Nakayama for Jubilo Iwata vs Cerezo Osaka (15 April 1998)

/ Wagner Lopes for Nagoya Grampus Eight vs Urawa Red Diamonds (29 May 1999)

• Youngest player : 15 years 10 months and 6 days

Takayuki Morimoto for Tokyo Verdy 1969 vs Jubilo Iwata (13 March 2004)

• Youngest goalscorer : 15 years 11 months and 28 days

Takayuki Morimoto for Tokyo Verdy 1969 vs JEF United Ichihara (5 May 2004)

• Oldest player : 54 years 12 days

Kazuyoshi Miura for Yokohama FC vs Urawa Red Diamonds (12 March 2021)

• Oldest goalscorer : 41 years 3 months and 12 days

Zico for Kashima Antlers vs Jubilo Iwata (15 June 1994)

• Fastest goal : 8 seconds

Hisato Sato for Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Cerezo Osaka (22 April 2006)

• Fastest hat-trick : 3 minutes

Yasuo Manaka for Cerezo Osaka vs Kashiwa Reysol (14 July 2001)

• First scorer

Henny Meijer for Verdy Kawasaki vs Yokohama Marinos (15 May 1993)

• First hat-trick

Zico for Kashima Antlers vs Nagoya Grampus Eight (16 May 1993)

Club

• Most League championships : 8 times
  • Kashima Antlers (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016)
• Longest uninterrupted spell in J1: 30 seasons (1993-Present)
  • Kashima Antlers
  • Yokohama F. Marinos
• Most goals scored in a season : 107 goals
  • Jubilo Iwata (1998)
• Fewest goals scored in a season : 16 goals
  • Tokushima Vortis (2014)
• Most goals conceded in a season : 111 goals
  • Yokohama Flügels (1995)
• Fewest goals conceded in a season : 24 goals
  • Oita Trinita (2008)
• Biggest goal difference in a season : 68 goals
  • Jubilo Iwata (1998)
• Most points in a season : 108 points
  • Verdy Kawasaki (1995)
• Fewest points in a season : 13 points
  • Bellmare Hiratsuka (1999)
• Most wins in a season : 35 wins
  • Verdy Kawasaki (1995)
• Fewest wins in a season : 2 wins
  • Oita Trinita (2013)
• Most draws in a season : 16 draws
  • Shonan Bellmare (2021)
• Most losses in a season : 34 losses
  • Gamba Osaka (1995)
• Fewest losses in a season : 2 losses
  • Kawasaki Frontale (2021)
• Most goals in a game  : 12 goals
  • Cerezo Osaka 5-7 Kashiwa Reysol (8 August 1998)
• Record win : 9–1, 8-0
  • Jubilo Iwata 9-1 Cerezo Osaka (15 April 1998)
  • Vissel Kobe 0-8 Oita Trinita (26 July 2003)
  • Shimizu S-Pulse 0-8 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo (17 August 2019)
  • Yokohama F. Marinos 8-0 FC Tokyo (6 November 2021)
• Highest scoring draw: 5-5
  • Vissel Kobe 5-5 JEF United Ichihara (14 October 1998)
• Highest average home attendance in a season : 47,609
  • Urawa Red Diamonds (2008)
• Highest home attendance : 63,854 (regular season)
  • Yokohama F. Marinos 3–0 FC Tokyo (7 December 2019)
• 64,899 (Suntory Championship)
  • Yokohama F. Marinos 1–0 Urawa Reds (5 December 2004)

J2 League

As of November 10th, 2024.

Ranks

Updated to November 10th, 2024. ^[2]

In bold the ones who are actually playing in J2. In italic the ones who are still active in other league.

Caps # Player Caps Career 1 Koji Homma 577 2000–2024 2 Yuki Nakashima 531 2006–2009, 2012–2014, 2016–2023 3 Junki Koike 481 2009–2023 4 Kazumasa Uesato 476 2004–2007, 2009–2022 5 Yuki Matsushita 441 2003–2005, 2007–2017 6 Kazuki Kuranuki 435 2000–2005, 2007, 2008–2013 7 Koji Sakamoto 426 2000–2009, 2011–2012 8 Keiji Takachi 414 2005–2016 9 Yasunori Takada 407 2000–2010 10 Yuta Minami 400 2006, 2010–2019, 2021–2023 11 Kohei Kiyama 394 2006–2007, 2009–2011, 2012–2014, 2016–2022 12 Kensuke Sato 388 2011–2019, 2021– 13 Kazumasa Takagi 379 2003, 2005, 2008–2018 14 Makoto Sunakawa 376 2003–2007, 2009–2011, 2013–2015 15 Yusuke Tanaka 372 2004–2005, 2007–2010, 2012–2015, 2018–2019 16 Hisashi Jogo 371 2007–2010, 2012–2015, 2017–2020 Yuya Sato 2004–2005, 2006–2007, 2009–2020, 2022– 18 Tetsuya Ōkubo 370 2003–2004, 2008–2010, 2012–2017 Kentaro Sato 2007–2008, 2012– 20 Atsushi Nagai 368 2000–2009 Kōichi Satō 2008–2019 Hideomi Yamamoto 2003–2005, 2008–2010, 2012, 2018– 23 Jun Suzuki 367 2007–2010, 2012–2015, 2017–2020 24 Kenta Shimizu 365 2005–2008, 2012–2018 Takayuki Funayama 2010–2011, 2013–2014, 2016–2021

Goals # Player Goals Career 1 Masashi Oguro 108 2009–2010, 2014–2019 2 Yuki Nakashima 104 2006–2009, 2012–2014, 2016–2023 3 Takayuki Funayama 96 2010–2011, 2013–2014, 2016–2021 4 Tetsuya Ōkubo 94 2003–2004, 2008–2010, 2012–2017 5 Koichi Sato 93 2008–2019 6 Peter Utaka 89 2018–2021, 2023– 7 Yoshihiro Uchimura 85 2007–2011, 2013–2016 Ken Tokura 2008–2009, 2013–2016, 2021–2023 9 Ibba Laajab 82 2016–2019, 2020–2021 10 Kazushi Mitsuhira 79 2008, 2011–2015, 2017–2018, 2021– 11 Yasunori Takada 76 2000–2010 12 Junki Koike 75 2009–2023 13 Marx 74 2002–2004, 2006 14 Baré 71 2001, 2003–2005 15 Kazuki Hara 69 2012–2018 Daiki Watari 2012–2017, 2023– 17 Hiroyuki Takasaki 68 2009, 2012–2013, 2016–2018, 2021 Juanma Delgado 2017, 2019–2020, 2023– 19 Paulinho 67 2005, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2015 Yuki Oshitani 2009–2011, 2013–2017, 2018–2020 21 Hisashi Jogo 66 2005, 2007–2010, 2012–2015, 2017–2020 22 Juninho 65 2003–2004 Teruaki Kurobe 2001, 2004, 2008–2013 Toyofumi Sakano 2015–2019, 2020–2023 Hiroaki Namba 2006, 2008–2018

Individual

• Most career goals: 108 goals

Masashi Oguro

• Most career hat-tricks: 6 times

Juninho

• Most career appearances: 577 appearances

Koji Homma

• Most goals in a season: 37 goals

Juninho (2004)

Hulk (2007)

• Most hat-tricks in a season: 3 times

Marcus (2003)

Juninho (2003)

Juninho (2004)

Hulk (2007)

• Most J2 titles : 4 titles

Seiya Fujita (2007, 2014, 2017, 2020)

• Most goals in a game : 8 goals

Michael Olunga for Kashiwa Reysol vs Kyoto Sanga (24 November 2019)

• Youngest player : 15 years 10 months and 26 days

Rikuto Hashimoto for Tokyo Verdy vs Avispa Fukuoka (28 February 2021)

• Youngest goalscorer : 16 years 11 months 17 days

Kota Kawano for Renofa Yamaguchi vs V-Varen Nagasaki (29 July 2020)

• Oldest player : 52 years, 8 months and 29 days

Kazuyoshi Miura for Yokohama FC vs Ehime FC (24 November 2019)

• Oldest goalscorer : 50 years and 15 days

Kazuyoshi Miura for Yokohama FC vs Thespakusatsu Gunma (12 March 2017)

• First scorer

Hayato Okamoto for FC Tokyo vs Sagan Tosu (14 March 1999)

• First hat-trick

Koichiro Katafuchi for Sagan Tosu vs Consadole Sapporo (28 March 1999)

Club

• Most League championships : 3 times

Consadole Sapporo (2000, 2007, 2016)

• Most years in J2/Longest uninterrupted spell in J2: 26 seasons (2000-present)

Mito HollyHock

• Most goals scored in a season : 104 goals

Kawasaki Frontale (2004)

• Fewest goals scored in a season : 20 goals

Giravanz Kitakyushu (2010)

• Most goals conceded in a season : 98 goals

Ventforet Kofu (2001)

• Fewest goals conceded in a season : 22 goals

Consadole Sapporo (2000)

FC Tokyo (2011)

• Biggest goal difference in a season : 66 goals

Kawasaki Frontale (2004)

• Most points in a season : 106 points

Vegalta Sendai (2009)

• Fewest points in a season : 15 points

Giravanz Kitakyushu (2010)

• Most wins in a season : 34 wins

Kawasaki Frontale (2004)

• Fewest wins in a season : 1 win

Giravanz Kitakyushu (2010)

• Most draws in a season : 23 draws

Tokushima Vortis (2022)

• Most losses in a season : 34 losses

Ventforet Kofu (2001)

• Fewest losses in a season : 2 losses

Kashiwa Reysol (2010)

• Most goals in a game  : 14 goals

Kashiwa Reysol 13-1 Kyoto Sanga (24 November 2019)

• Record win :

Kashiwa Reysol 13-1 Kyoto Sanga (24 November 2019)

• Highest scoring draw: 4-4

Tokushima Vortis 4-4 Giravanz Kitakyushu (22 August 2010)

Sagan Tosu 4-4 Yokohama FC (17 October 2010)

FC Gifu 4-4 Sagan Tosu (30 October 2011)

JEF United Chiba 4-4 Cerezo Osaka (1 April 2015)

FC Gifu 4-4 V-Varen Nagasaki (21 May 2017)

Omiya Ardija 4-4 Renofa Yamaguchi (26 August 2018)

SC Sagamihara 4-4 Mito HollyHock (3 October 2021)

• Highest average attendance in a season : 30,339

Albirex Niigata (2003)

• Highest attendance : 55,598

Shimizu S-Pulse 1-1 Yokohama FC (28 September 2024)

J3 League

Updated to November 24th, 2024.

Ranks

As of November 24th, 2024. ^[3]

In bold the ones who are actually playing in J3. In italic the ones who are still active in another league.

Caps # Player Caps Career 1 Hiroki Higuchi 272 2015– 2 Kei Munechika 270 2015– 3 Naoyuki Yamada 262 2014–2020, 2022– 4 Akio Yoshida 251 2014–2022 5 Naoto Ando 248 2014–2015, 2017– 6 Takashi Akiyama 231 2015–2022 Kazuki Arinaga 2014–2021 8 Kota Hoshi 226 2015–2020, 2022–2023 9 Hayato Ikegaya 219 2016– 10 Yu Tomidokoro 216 2014–2018, 2023– 11 Ryota Iwabuchi 214 2015–2022, 2024– 12 Takuya Sugimoto 213 2014–2022 13 Makoto Fukoin 209 2016–2020, 2023– 14 Ken Hisatomi 208 2014–2020 Yusei Kayanuma 2015–2018, 2020– 16 Yuta Togashi 207 2015–2018, 2020– 17 Takuto Hashimoto 203 2014–2020 18 Koki Maezawa 202 2017– 19 Takuya Takahashi 201 2014–2015, 2017–2019, 2021–2023 20 Shunta Nishiyama 199 2014– 21 Takuya Sugai 198 2017– Shota Yomesaka 2016– 23 Naoki Sanda 195 2019– 24 Shunta Takahashi 194 2014–2015, 2018–2023 25 Kentaro Shigematsu 192 2015, 2019–

Goals # Player Goals Career 1 Tsugutoshi Oishi 73 2014–2016, 2019–2022 2 Rei Yonezawa 68 2015–2018, 2020–2023 3 Hiroki Higuchi 59 2015– 4 Hayato Asakawa 57 2018–2021, 2023– 5 Kosuke Fujioka 48 2021– 6 Noriaki Fujimoto 44 2016–2017, 2023 7 Yu Tomidokoro 43 2014–2018, 2023– 8 Kaito Taniguchi 42 2018–2020 Naoki Sanda 2019– Hayate Take 2018–2020, 2024– 11 Tsubasa Yoshihira 40 2016, 2018– 12 Yuichiro Edamoto 39 2014–2018, 2020–2021 Fernandinho 2014–2016, 2018–2020 Yuta Togashi 2015–2018, 2020– 15 Yosuke Kamigata 38 2016–2017, 2019–2023 16 Takuma Sonoda 37 2017, 2018, 2020–2022 Shota Kawanishi 2020– 18 Tomohiro Tanaka 36 2015–2019 Taku Ushinohama 2016–2017, 2018, 2020– Yuya Taguchi 2020– Marcus Indio 2023– 22 Kazuhito Kishida 35 2015, 2020 Ryota Iwabuchi 2015–2022, 2024– 24 Keita Tanaka 34 2014–2016, 2017, 2023– 25 Yuki Okada 33 2022–

Individual

• Most career goals : 73 goals

Tsugutoshi Oishi

• Most career hat-tricks : 3 times

Tsugutoshi Oishi, Marcus Vinicius

• Most career appearances : 272 appearances

Hiroki Higuchi

• Most goals in a season : 32 goals

Kazuhito Kishida (2015)

• Most hat-tricks in a season : 2 times

Kazuhito Kishida, Takaki Fukimitsu (2015)

Noriaki Fujimoto (2017)

Tsugutoshi Oishi (2020)

• Most goals in a game : 4 goals

Tsugutoshi Oishi for Fujieda MYFC vs Nagano Parceiro (30 March 2014)

Koji Suzuki for Machida Zelvia vs J. League U-22 Selection (26 April 2014)

Hiroki Higuchi for SC Sagamihara vs Fujieda MYFC (28 June 2015)

Yuta Togashi for FC Ryukyu vs SC Sagamihara (10 June 2018)

Naoki Sanda for Vanraure Hachinohe vs Kamatamare Sanuki (14 July 2019)

• Youngest player : 15 years 5 months and 1 day

Takefusa Kubo for FC Tokyo U-23 vs Nagano Parceiro (5 November 2016)

• Youngest goalscorer : 15 years 10 months and 11 days

Takefusa Kubo for FC Tokyo U-23 vs Cerezo Osaka (15 April 2017)

• Oldest player: 50 years, 2 months, 24 days

Teruyoshi Ito for Azul Claro Numazu vs Matsumoto Yamaga (24 November 2024)

• Oldest goalscorer : 41 years 11 months and 11 days

Hideo Hashimoto for FC Imabari vs Tegevajaro Miyazaki (2 May 2021)

• Fastest hat-trick : 10 minutes

Naoki Sanda for Vanraure Hachinohe vs Kamatamare Sanuki (14 July 2019)

• First scorer

Keisuke Endo for Machida Zelvia vs Fujieda MYFC (9 March 2014)

• First hat-trick

Masao Tsuji for Zweigen Kanazawa vs YSCC Yokohama (29 March 2014)

Club

• Most League championships : 2 times
  • Blaublitz Akita (2017, 2020)
• Longest uninterrupted spell in J3: 11 seasons (2014-present)
  • Fukushima United FC
  • Gainare Tottori
  • Nagano Parceiro
  • YSCC Yokohama
• Most goals scored in a season : 96 goals
  • Renofa Yamaguchi (2015)
• Fewest goals scored in a season : 15 goals
  • YSCC Yokohama (2016)
• Most goals conceded in a season : 80 goals
  • Iwate Grulla Morioka (2024)
• Fewest goals conceded in a season : 18 goals
  • Machida Zelvia (2015)
  • Blaublitz Akita (2020)
• Biggest goal difference in a season : 60 goals
  • Renofa Yamaguchi (2015)
• Most points in a season : 85 points
  • Omiya Ardija (2024)
• Fewest points in a season : 20 points
  • YSCC Yokohama (2016)
• Most wins in a season : 25 wins

Renofa Yamaguchi (2015)

Omiya Ardija (2024)

• Fewest wins in a season : 4 wins
  • YSCC Yokohama (2014)
  • Gainare Tottori (2017)
  • Kamatamare Sanuki (2021)
• Most draws in a season : 18 draws
  • Nara Club (2024)
• Most losses in a season : 26 losses
  • Iwate Grulla Morioka (2024)
• Fewest losses in a season : 3 losses
  • Blaublitz Akita (2020)
  • Omiya Ardija (2024)
• Most goals in a game  : 10 goals
  • FC Ryukyu 4-6 SC Sagamihara (8 November 2015)
  • YSCC Yokohama 5-5 Gamba Osaka U-23 (16 August 2020)
  • Kagoshima United FC 6-4 Gamba Osaka U-23 (13 December 2020)
• Record win :
  • Fukushima United FC 9-0 Iwate Grulla Morioka (28 April 2024)
• Highest scoring draw:
  • YSCC Yokohama 5-5 Gamba Osaka U-23 (16 August 2020)
• Highest average home attendance in a season : 8,489
  • Matsumoto Yamaga (2024)
• Highest home attendance : 16,027
  • Roasso Kumamoto 1-0 Gamba Osaka U-23 (7 September 2019)

J. League Cup

As of March 5th, 2022

Ranks

As of October 21st, 2023. ^[4]

In bold the ones who are actually playing in the J. League Cup. In italic the ones who are still active.

Caps # Player Caps Career 1 Nobuhisa Yamada 109 1994, 1996–2013 2 Yuzo Kurihara 85 2002–2019 3 Hitoshi Sogahata 83 1998–2020 4 Naoki Matsuda 82 1996–2010 Daisuke Nasu 2002–2019 6 Takeshi Aoki 78 2001–2017 Yuki Abe 1999–2006, 2008–2010, 2012–2021 Toru Araiba 1997–2014 Yasuhito Endo 1998–2003, 2005, 2007–2009, 2012, 2014–2020, 2022– 10 Teruyoshi Ito 77 1993–1994, 1997–2011, 2013 11 Yasuto Honda 75 1992–1994, 1996–2006 Ryoichi Maeda 2001–2006, 2009–2013, 2015–2018 13 Takuya Nozawa 74 1999–2017 Satoshi Yamaguchi 1996–2011 15 Norihisa Shimizu 73 1996–2011 16 Go Oiwa 71 1996–2010 Teruyuki Moniwa 1998–2013, 2017 Seigo Narazaki 1996–2016, 2018 Yuhei Tokunaga 2003–2010, 2012–2019 20 Tetsuya Okayama 70 1992–1994, 1996–2006 Naotake Hanyu 2002–2016 Kazuma Watanabe 2009–2021 Shinzo Koroki 2005– Daigo Nishi 2006–2023

Goals # Player Goals Career 1 Hisato Sato 29 2000–2001, 2003, 2005–2007, 2009–2016, 2018 2 Juninho 26 2005–2013 Masashi Nakayama 1994, 1996–2009, 2012 4 Akinori Nishizawa 25 1996–2000, 2003–2008 5 Marquinhos 24 2001–2015 Emerson 2000–2005 7 Yoshiyuki Hasegawa 23 1992–1994, 1996–2003 Kazuma Watanabe 2009–2021 Bismarck 1993–1994, 1996–2001, 2003 10 Edmilson 22 2004–2011 11 Ryoichi Maeda 21 2001–2006, 2009–2013, 2015–2018 Ueslei 2000–2009 Shinzo Koroki 2005– 14 Shun Nagasawa 19 2009–2010, 2014–2023 15 Sho Ito 18 2010–2021 16 Kazuyoshi Miura 17 1992–1994, 1996–1998, 1999–2005, 2007, 2020–2021 Tatsuya Tanaka 2001–2018 18 Wagner Lopes 16 1993–2000, 2001 Tadanari Lee 2005, 2007–2009, 2010–2011, 2013, 2014–2019 20 Akihiro Nagashima 15 1992–1994, 1997–2000 Koji Yamase 2000–2012 22 Atsushi Yanagisawa 14 1996–2003, 2006–2014 Washington 2005–2007 Edílson 1996–1997, 2002–2003 Leandro 2005, 2007–2009, 2012, 2014–2018 Shoji Jo 1996–1999, 2000–2002 Tetsuya Okayama 1992–2006 Masanobu Matsunami 1993–2005 Yuya Osako 2009–2013, 2021–

Individual

• Most career goals : 29 goals

Hisato Sato

• Most career appearances : 109 appearances

Nobuhisa Yamada

• Most goals in a season : 9 goals

Washington (2006)

• Most goals in a game : 4 goals

Shun Nagasawa for Gamba Osaka vs Nagoya Grampus (4 April 2018)

Washington for Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kawasaki Frontale (3 June 2006)

Wagner Lopes for Shonan Bellmare vs Vegalta Sendai (19 March 1997)

Edílson for Kashiwa Reysol vs Vissel Kobe (8 March 1997)

Bismarck for Tokyo Verdy vs Gamba Osaka (3 August 1994)

• Youngest player : 15 years 10 months and 20 days

Takayuki Morimoto for Tokyo Verdy vs Cerezo Osaka (27 March 2004)

• Youngest goalscorer : 16 years 9 months and 18 days

Takefusa Kubo for FC Tokyo vs Albirex Niigata (14 March 2018)

• Oldest player : 54 years 2 months and 23 days

Kazuyoshi Miura for Yokohama FC vs Urawa Red Diamonds (19 May 2021)

• Oldest goalscorer : 42 years 9 months and 9 days

Yukio Tsuchiya for Ventforet Kofu vs Vissel Kobe (10 May 2017)

• First scorer

Kazuyoshi Miura for Tokyo Verdy vs Kashima Antlers (16 October 1992)

Club

• Most League championships : 6 times
  • Kashima Antlers (1997, 2000, 2002, 2011, 2012, 2015)
• Most goals in a game  : 10 goals
  • Shimizu S-Pulse 4.6 Nagoya Grampus (30 August 2000)
• Record win :
  • Cerezo Osaka 8-1 Avispa Fukuoka (3 July 1996)
  • Kashima Antlers 7-0 Consadole Sapporo (18 October 1997)
• Highest home attendance : 56,064
  • Kashima Antlers 1-0 Urawa Red Diamonds (4 November 2002)

All-time J1 League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Played on 2024 at
1	Kashima Antlers	1058	575	165	318	1792	1245	+547	1890	J1 League
2	Yokohama F. Marinos	1058	527	187	344	1706	1273	+433	1768
3	Urawa Red Diamonds	1028	472	186	370	1568	1346	+222	1602
4	Nagoya Grampus	1024	462	172	390	1516	1406	+110	1558
5	Gamba Osaka	1024	454	162	408	1678	1520	+158	1524
6	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	994	428	172	394	1432	1307	+125	1456
7	Shimizu S-Pulse	990	421	167	402	1415	1459	−44	1430	J2 League
8	Júbilo Iwata	848	391	142	315	1374	1170	+204	1315	J1 League
9	Kashiwa Reysol	876	369	159	348	1294	1264	+30	1266
10	Kawasaki Frontale	680	354	142	184	1244	858	+386	1204
11	FC Tokyo	766	319	164	283	1049	980	+69	1121
12	Cerezo Osaka	778	321	137	320	1156	1154	+2	1100
13	Vissel Kobe	828	287	171	370	1116	1279	−163	1032
14	JEF United Chiba	578	227	70	281	874	980	−106	751	J2 League
15	Tokyo Verdy	476	226	43	207	767	713	+54	721	J1 League
16	Albirex Niigata	506	167	127	212	593	719	−126	628
17	Shonan Bellmare	566	174	93	299	703	964	−261	615
18	Vegalta Sendai	472	144	122	206	561	686	−125	554	J2 League
19	Sagan Tosu	412	142	118	152	486	526	−40	544	J1 League
20	Omiya Ardija	408	129	104	175	455	579	−124	491	J3 League
21	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	404	120	78	206	528	714	−186	438	J1 League
22	Kyoto Sanga	420	124	57	239	468	723	−255	429
23	Oita Trinita	370	108	88	174	387	512	−125	412	J2 League
24	Avispa Fukuoka	394	109	57	228	421	685	−264	384	J1 League
25	Yokohama Flügels	228	117	0	111	375	373	+2	351	Defunct
26	Ventforet Kofu	272	69	73	130	255	404	−149	280	J2 League
27	Montedio Yamagata	136	30	36	70	108	199	−91	126
28	Yokohama FC	140	26	27	87	120	261	−141	105
29	Matsumoto Yamaga	68	13	20	35	51	94	−43	59	J3 League
30	Tokushima Vortis	72	13	11	48	50	129	−79	50	J2 League
31	V-Varen Nagasaki	34	8	6	20	39	59	−20	30
32	Machida Zelvia	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	J1 League

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2023, after the end of the 2023 season. Team status as of 2024 Season. Source: J.League

References

1. "J. League Data Site".
2. "J. League Data Site".
3. "J. League Data Site".
4. "J. League Data Site".