J.League records and statistics

This page details J.League records.

J1 League

Ranks

As of March 17th, 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 Yuji Nakazawa 593 1999–2018 4 Shusaku Nishikawa 592 2005– 5 Yuki Abe 590 1998–2010, 2012–2021 6 Hitoshi Sogahata 533 1998–2020 7 Mitsuo Ogasawara 525 1998–2006, 2007–2018 8 Teruyoshi Ito 517 1993–2013 9 Shinzo Koroki 513 2005– 10 Nobuhisa Yamada 501 1994–2013 11 Tomokazu Myojin 497 1996–2016 12 Yoshito Okubo 477 2001, 2003–2004, 2006–2008, 2009–2019, 2021 13 Kengo Nakamura 471 2005–2020 14 Masato Morishige 470 2006–2010, 2012– 15 Satoshi Yamaguchi 448 1996–2011 16 Yasuyuki Konno 443 2001–2002, 2004–2010, 2012, 2014–2019 17 Toshihiro Aoyama 441 2004–2007, 2009– 18 Akihiro Ienaga 435 2004–2010, 2012, 2014, 2016– 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 Hiroki Mizumoto 416 2004–2019

Goals # Player Goals Career 1 Yoshito Okubo 191 2001, 2003–2004, 2006–2008, 2009–2019, 2021 2 Shinzo Koroki 168 2005– 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 Kazuyoshi Miura 139 1992–1994, 1995–1998, 1999–2005, 2007, 2020–2021 Yu Kobayashi 2010– 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 Toshiya Fujita 100 1994–2003, 2004–2008 16 Keiji Tamada 99 1999–2014, 2018 17 Yohei Toyoda 98 2004–2006, 2009, 2012–2017, 2018–2021 18 Patric 96 2013– 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 23 Masahiro Fukuda 91 1993–1999, 2001–2002 24 Lucas 90 2004–2010, 2011–2013 25 Yoshiyuki Hasegawa 89 1993–2003

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 December 2nd, 2023.

Ranks

Updated to March 17th, 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 576 2000– 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 Kazumasa Takagi 379 2003, 2005, 2008–2018 13 Makoto Sunakawa 376 2003–2007, 2009–2011, 2013–2015 14 Yusuke Tanaka 372 2004–2005, 2007–2010, 2012–2015, 2018–2019 15 Hisashi Jogo 371 2007–2010, 2012–2015, 2017–2020 16 Tetsuya Ōkubo 370 2003–2004, 2008–2010, 2012–2017 Kentaro Sato 2007–2008, 2012– Kensuke Sato 2011–2019, 2021– 19 Atsushi Nagai 368 2000–2009 Kōichi Satō 2008–2019 21 Jun Suzuki 367 2007–2010, 2012–2015, 2017–2020 22 Kenta Shimizu 365 2005–2008, 2012–2018 Takayuki Funayama 2010–2011, 2013–2014, 2016–2021 24 Yuya Sato 364 2004–2005, 2006–2007, 2009–2020, 2022– 25 Koji Yamase 357 2000, 2013–

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 Yoshihiro Uchimura 85 2007–2011, 2013–2016 Ken Tokura 2008–2009, 2013–2016, 2021–2023 8 Peter Utaka 83 2018–2021, 2023– 9 Ibba Laajab 82 2016–2019, 2020–2021 10 Yasunori Takada 76 2000–2010 11 Junki Koike 75 2009–2023 12 Marx 74 2002–2004, 2006 Kazushi Mitsuhira 2008, 2011–2015, 2017–2018, 2021– 14 Baré 71 2001, 2003–2005 15 Kazuki Hara 69 2012–2018 16 Hiroyuki Takasaki 68 2009, 2012–2013, 2016–2018, 2021 17 Paulinho 67 2005, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2015 Yuki Oshitani 2009–2011, 2013–2017, 2018–2020 19 Hisashi Jogo 66 2005, 2007–2010, 2012–2015, 2017–2020 20 Juninho 65 2003–2004 Teruaki Kurobe 2001, 2004, 2008–2013 Toyofumi Sakano 2015–2019, 2020–2023 Hiroaki Namba 2006, 2008–2018 24 Yoshihito Fujita 64 2006–2008, 2011–2012, 2017 Rui Komatsu 2007–2009, 2013–2016 Yohei Toyoda 2007–2008, 2010–2011, 2021–2023 Ryohei Hayashi 2009–2010, 2012–2014, 2016–2020

Individual

• Most career goals: 108 goals

Masashi Oguro

• Most career hat-tricks: 6 times

Juninho

• Most career appearances: 576 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 titless : 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: 25 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 : 47,628

Shimizu S-Pulse 2-2 JEF United Chiba (16 July 2023)

J3 League

Updated to December 2nd, 2023.

Ranks

As of April 14th, 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 Naoyuki Yamada 261 2014–2020, 2022– 2 Hiroki Higuchi 254 2015– 3 Akio Yoshida 251 2014–2022 4 Kei Munechika 245 2015– 5 Takashi Akiyama 231 2015–2022 Kazuki Arinaga 2014–2021 7 Kota Hoshi 226 2015–2020, 2022–2023 8 Naoto Ando 218 2014–2015, 2017– 9 Takuya Sugimoto 213 2014– 10 Ken Hisatomi 208 2014–2020 11 Takuto Hashimoto 203 2014–2020 12 Takuya Takahashi 201 2014–2015, 2017–2019, 2021–2023 13 Hayato Ikegaya 195 2016– 14 Shunta Takahashi 194 2014–2015, 2018–2023 15 Makoto Fukoin 190 2016–2020, 2023– 16 Keisuke Tanabe 189 2014–2017, 2019–2021 Hiroshi Azuma 2016–2022 Yu Tomidokoro 2014–2018, 2023– 19 Shunta Nishiyama 187 2014– Yusei Kayanuma 2015–2018, 2020– 21 Kenji Dai 186 2015–2019, 2021– Rei Yonezawa 2015–2018, 2020–2023 Ryota Iwabuchi 2015–2022, 2024– 24 Kazuya Oizumi 185 2014–2022 25 Tsugutoshi Oishi 184 2014–2016, 2019–2022

Goals # Player Goals Career 1 Tsugutoshi Oishi 73 2014–2016, 2019–2022 2 Rei Yonezawa 68 2015–2018, 2020–2023 3 Hiroki Higuchi 52 2015– 4 Hayato Asakawa 45 2018–2021, 2023– 5 Noriaki Fujimoto 44 2016–2017, 2023 6 Kaito Taniguchi 42 2018–2020 7 Naoki Sanda 41 2019– 8 Yuichiro Edamoto 39 2014–2018, 2020–2021 Fernandinho 2014–2016, 2018–2020 10 Yuta Togashi 38 2015–2018, 2020– 11 Yosuke Kamigata 37 2016–2017, 2019–2023 Takuma Sonoda 2017, 2018, 2020–2022 13 Tomohiro Tanaka 36 2015–2019 Kosuke Fujioka 2021– 15 Kazuhito Kishida 35 2015, 2020 16 Taku Ushinohama 34 2016–2017, 2018, 2020– Hayate Take 2018–2020, 2024– Yu Tomidokoro 2014–2018, 2023– Tsubasa Yoshihira 2016, 2018– Ryota Iwabuchi 2015–2022, 2024– 21 Keita Tanaka 33 2014–2016, 2017, 2023– Shota Kawanishi 2020– 23 Kazaki Nakagawa 32 2017–2018, 2022–2023 Shunta Takahashi 2014–2015, 2018–2023 24 Koji Suzuki 31 2014–2015

Individual

• Most career goals : 73 goals

Tsugutoshi Oishi

• Most career hat-tricks : 3 times

Tsugutoshi Oishi

• Most career appearances : 255 appearances

Naoyuki Yamada

• 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: 48 years 1 month 28 days

Teruyoshi Ito for Azul Claro Numazu vs SC Sagamihara (30 October 2022)

• 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 : 71 goals
  • J.League U-22 Selection (2015)
• 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 : 78 points
  • Renofa Yamaguchi, Machida Zelvia (2015)
• Fewest points in a season : 20 points
  • YSCC Yokohama (2016)
• Most wins in a season : 25 wins

Renofa Yamaguchi (2015)

• Fewest wins in a season : 4 wins
  • YSCC Yokohama (2014)
  • Gainare Tottori (2017)
  • Kamatamare Sanuki (2021)
• Most draws in a season : 13 draws
  • Fukushima United FC (2018)
  • SC Sagamihara, Gainare Tottori (2023)
• Most losses in a season : 23 losses
  • YSCC Yokohama (2015)
• Fewest losses in a season : 3 losses
  • Blaublitz Akita (2020)
• 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 :
  • Renofa Yamaguchi 8-0 J.League U-22 Selection (21 March 2015)
• Highest scoring draw:
  • YSCC Yokohama 5-5 Gamba Osaka U-23 (16 August 2020)
• Highest average home attendance in a season : 8,401
  • Matsumoto Yamaga (2022)
• 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 2022 at
1	Kashima Antlers	1024	561	155	308	1749	1211	+538	1838	J1 League
2	Yokohama F. Marinos	1024	508	180	336	1643	1233	+410	1704
3	Urawa Red Diamonds	994	457	174	363	1526	1319	+207	1545
4	Nagoya Grampus	990	448	162	380	1475	1370	+105	1506
5	Gamba Osaka	990	445	155	390	1640	1459	+181	1490
6	Shimizu S-Pulse	990	421	167	402	1415	1459	−44	1430
7	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	960	411	165	384	1390	1279	+111	1398
8	Júbilo Iwata	848	391	142	315	1374	1170	+204	1315
9	Kashiwa Reysol	842	363	144	335	1261	1217	+44	1233
10	Kawasaki Frontale	646	340	134	172	1193	813	+380	1154
11	FC Tokyo	732	307	157	268	1007	934	+73	1078
12	Cerezo Osaka	744	306	133	305	1117	1120	−3	1051
13	Vissel Kobe	794	266	163	365	1056	1250	−194	961
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
16	Albirex Niigata	472	156	115	201	557	679	−122	583
17	Shonan Bellmare	532	166	83	283	663	908	−245	581	J1 League
18	Vegalta Sendai	472	144	122	206	561	686	−125	554	J2 League
19	Sagan Tosu	378	133	107	138	443	479	−36	506	J1 League
20	Omiya Ardija	408	129	104	175	455	579	−124	491	J2 League
21	Oita Trinita	370	108	88	174	387	512	−125	412
22	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	370	110	68	192	472	653	−181	398	J1 League
23	Kyoto Sanga	386	112	53	221	428	678	−250	389
24	Yokohama Flügels	228	117	0	111	375	373	+2	351	Defunct
25	Avispa Fukuoka	360	94	51	215	384	642	−258	333	J1 League
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	106	19	19	68	89	203	−114	76
29	Matsumoto Yamaga FC	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

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2022, after the end of the 2022 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".