J.League records and statistics

This page details J.League records.

J1 League

Ranks

As of December 12th, 2025. ^[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 Shusaku Nishikawa 660 2005– 3 Seigo Narazaki 631 1995–2016, 2018 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 526 2005–2024 9 Teruyoshi Ito 517 1993–2013 10 Masato Morishige 513 2006–2010, 2012– 11 Nobuhisa Yamada 501 1994–2013 12 Tomokazu Myojin 497 1996–2016 13 Akihiro Ienaga 496 2004–2010, 2012, 2014, 2016– 14 Yoshito Okubo 477 2001, 2003–2004, 2006–2008, 2009–2019, 2021 15 Kengo Nakamura 471 2005–2020 16 Kensuke Nagai 459 2010–2012, 2013– 17 Satoshi Yamaguchi 448 1996–2011 18 Toshihiro Aoyama 444 2004–2007, 2009–2024 19 Yasuyuki Konno 443 2001–2002, 2004–2010, 2012, 2014–2019 20 Shu Kurata 432 2004–2010, 2011–2012, 2014– 21 Kazuyuki Morisaki 430 1999–2002, 2004–2007, 2009–2018 22 Ryoichi Maeda 429 2000–2013, 2015–2018 23 Toru Araiba 423 1997–2014 Kim Jin-hyeon 2010–2014, 2017– 25 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 421 1994–2001, 2005–2013

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 144 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 2013–2024 Anderson Lopes 2016–2017, 2019–2021, 2022–2025 17 Toshiya Fujita 100 1994–2003, 2004–2008 18 Keiji Tamada 99 1999–2014, 2018 19 Yohei Toyoda 98 2004–2006, 2009, 2012–2017, 2018–2021 20 Shoji Jo 95 1996–1999, 2000–2002 21 Nobuhiro Takeda 94 1993–2000, 2001 Hiroaki Morishima 1995–2001, 2003–2006 Tatsuhiko Kubo 1995–2007, 2009 24 Yuya Osako 92 2009–2013, 2021– 25 Masahiro Fukuda 91 1993–1999, 2001–2002 Diego Oliveira 2016–2024

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 7 months and 22 days

Maki Kitahara for FC Tokyo vs Kashima Antlers (1 March 2025)

• 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 : 9 times
  • Kashima Antlers (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2025)
• Longest uninterrupted spell in J1: 34 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 10, 2024.

Ranks

Updated to December 12th, 2025. ^[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 Yuya Sato 392 2004–2005, 2006–2007, 2009–2020, 2022– 13 Kensuke Sato 388 2011–2019, 2021–2024 14 Kazushi Mitsuhira 380 2008, 2011–2015, 2017–2018, 2021– 15 Kazumasa Takagi 379 2003, 2005, 2008–2018 Ryota Kajikawa 2011–2012, 2014– 17 Makoto Sunakawa 376 2003–2007, 2009–2011, 2013–2015 18 Yusuke Tanaka 372 2004–2005, 2007–2010, 2012–2015, 2018–2019 19 Hisashi Jogo 371 2007–2010, 2012–2015, 2017–2020 20 Tetsuya Ōkubo 370 2003–2004, 2008–2010, 2012–2017 Kentaro Sato 2007–2008, 2012–2023 22 Atsushi Nagai 368 2000–2009 Kōichi Satō 2008–2019 Hideomi Yamamoto 2003–2005, 2008–2010, 2012, 2018– 25 Jun Suzuki 367 2007–2010, 2012–2015, 2017–2020

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, 2023–2024 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 81 2008, 2011–2015, 2017–2018, 2021– 11 Yasunori Takada 76 2000–2010 12 Junki Koike 75 2009–2023 Juanma Delgado 2017, 2019–2020, 2023– 14 Marx 74 2002–2004, 2006 Daiki Watari 2012–2017, 2023– 16 Baré 71 2001, 2003–2005 17 Kazuki Hara 69 2012–2018 18 Hiroyuki Takasaki 68 2009, 2012–2013, 2016–2018, 2021 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 5 months 5 days

Keito Kumashiro for Roasso Kumamoto vs JEF United Chiba (30 March 2024)

• 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: 26 seasons (2000-2025)

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 24, 2024.

Ranks

As of December 12th, 2025. ^[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 307 2015– 2 Kei Munechika 270 2015–2024 3 Naoyuki Yamada 262 2014–2020, 2022–2024 4 Naoto Ando 259 2014–2015, 2017– 5 Akio Yoshida 251 2014–2022 6 Yu Tomidokoro 250 2014–2018, 2023– 7 Kota Hoshi 245 2015–2020, 2022–2023, 2025– 8 Makoto Fukoin 241 2016–2020, 2023– Yuta Togashi 2015–2018, 2020– 10 Takashi Akiyama 231 2015–2022 Kazuki Arinaga 2014–2021 12 Ryota Iwabuchi 229 2015–2022, 2024– 13 Hayato Ikegaya 219 2016–2024 14 Naoki Sanda 216 2019– 15 Takuya Sugai 214 2017– 16 Takuya Sugimoto 213 2014–2022 Ryu Kawakami 2017–2019, 2022– 18 Naoya Senoo 212 2016– 19 Rei Yonezawa 210 2015–2018, 2020–2023, 2025– 20 Ken Hisatomi 208 2014–2020 Yusei Kayanuma 2015–2018, 2020–2024 22 Taku Ushinohama 207 2016–2017, 2018, 2020– 23 Hiroto Yukie 205 2019– 24 Takuto Hashimoto 203 2014–2020 25 Koki Maezawa 202 2017–2024

Goals # Player Goals Career 1 Tsugutoshi Oishi 73 2014–2016, 2019–2022 2 Rei Yonezawa 70 2015–2018, 2020–2023, 2025– 3 Hiroki Higuchi 69 2015– 4 Hayato Asakawa 64 2018–2021, 2023– 5 Yuta Togashi 51 2015–2018, 2020– 6 Yu Tomidokoro 50 2014–2018, 2023– 7 Keigo Hashimoto 49 2021– 8 Kosuke Fujioka 48 2021–2024 9 Hayate Take 47 2018–2020, 2024– 10 Noriaki Fujimoto 44 2016–2017, 2023 Yuki Okada 2022– Shota Kawanishi 2020– 13 Naoki Sanda 43 2019– 14 Kaito Taniguchi 42 2018–2020 15 Tsubasa Yoshihira 40 2016, 2018–2024 16 Yuichiro Edamoto 39 2014–2018, 2020–2021 Fernandinho 2014–2016, 2018–2020 18 Yosuke Kamigata 38 2016–2017, 2019–2023 19 Takuma Sonoda 37 2017, 2018, 2020–2022 Taku Ushinohama 2016–2017, 2018, 2020– 21 Tomohiro Tanaka 36 2015–2019 Yuya Taguchi 2020–2024 Marcus Vinicius 2023–2024 Shota Aoki 2014, 2017–2019, 2025– 24 Kazuhito Kishida 35 2015, 2020 Ryota Iwabuchi 2015–2022, 2024– Ryosuke Tamura 2019–2020, 2022–

Individual

• Most career goals : 73 goals

Tsugutoshi Oishi

• Most career hat-tricks : 3 times

Tsugutoshi Oishi, Marcus Vinicius

• Most career appearances : 307 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)

Keigo Hashimoto (2025)

• 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: 12 seasons (2014-present)
  • Fukushima United FC
  • Gainare Tottori
  • Nagano Parceiro
• 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 September 10th, 2025. ^[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, 2022–2023 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 Shinzo Koroki 72 2005–2024 Daigo Nishi 2006–2023 18 Go Oiwa 71 1996–2010 Teruyuki Moniwa 1998–2013, 2017 Seigo Narazaki 1996–2016, 2018 Yuhei Tokunaga 2003–2010, 2012–2019 22 Tetsuya Okayama 70 1992–1994, 1996–2006 Naotake Hanyu 2002–2016 Kazuma Watanabe 2009–2021 25 Tomokazu Myojin 69 1996–2016

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 2005–2024 14 Shun Nagasawa 19 2009–2010, 2014–2022, 2024– 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, 2024 Yuya Osako 2009–2013, 2021– Musashi Suzuki 2012–2020, 2023– 24 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 Kota Mizunuma 2007–2010, 2012–2024

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 2026 at
1	Kashima Antlers	1134	616	183	335	1910	1317	+593	2031	J1 League
2	Yokohama F. Marinos	1134	554	201	379	1813	1382	+431	1863
3	Urawa Red Diamonds	1104	500	209	395	1662	1430	+232	1709
4	Nagoya Grampus	1100	488	187	425	1604	1509	+95	1651
5	Gamba Osaka	1100	489	180	431	1780	1610	+170	1647
6	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1070	467	191	412	1550	1378	+172	1592
7	Shimizu S-Pulse	1028	432	178	418	1456	1510	−54	1474
8	Kashiwa Reysol	952	399	185	368	1393	1349	+44	1382
9	Júbilo Iwata	886	401	150	335	1421	1238	+183	1353	J2 League
10	Kawasaki Frontale	756	382	167	207	1376	971	+405	1313	J1 League
11	FC Tokyo	842	347	184	311	1143	1079	+64	1225
12	Cerezo Osaka	854	348	160	346	1259	1259	0	1204
13	Vissel Kobe	904	326	190	388	1223	1348	−125	1168
14	Tokyo Verdy	552	251	67	234	841	805	+36	820
15	JEF United Chiba	578	227	70	281	874	980	−106	751
16	Albirex Niigata	582	181	151	250	673	845	−172	694	J2 League
17	Shonan Bellmare	642	194	110	338	792	1085	−293	692
18	Sagan Tosu	450	152	123	175	534	594	−60	579
19	Vegalta Sendai	472	144	122	206	561	686	−125	554
20	Kyoto Sanga	496	155	79	262	573	818	−245	544	J1 League
21	Omiya Ardija	408	129	104	175	455	579	−124	491	J2 League
22	Avispa Fukuoka	470	133	83	254	488	761	−273	482	J1 League
23	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	442	129	88	225	571	780	−209	475	J2 League
24	Oita Trinita	370	108	88	174	387	512	−125	412
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	Yokohama FC	178	35	35	108	147	306	−159	140
28	Machida Zelvia	76	36	18	22	106	72	+34	126	J1 League
29	Montedio Yamagata	136	30	36	70	108	199	−91	126	J2 League
30	Matsumoto Yamaga	68	13	20	35	51	94	−43	59	J3 League
31	Tokushima Vortis	72	13	11	48	50	129	−79	50	J2 League
32	Fagiano Okayama	38	12	9	17	33	42	−9	45	J1 League
33	V-Varen Nagasaki	34	8	6	20	39	59	−20	30
34	Mito HollyHock	0	–	–	–	–	–	—	0

Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2025, after the end of the 2025 season. Team status as of 2026 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".