J.League records and statistics

This page details J. League records.

J1 League

As of 1 December 2018.

Ranks

As of 5 July 2020.[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 632 1998–2012, 2014- 2 Seigo Narazaki 631 1995–2016, 2018 3 Yuji Nakazawa 593 1999–2018 4 Yuki Abe 574 1998–2010, 2012– 5 Hitoshi Sogahata 532 1998– 6 Mitsuo Ogasawara 525 1998–2006, 2007–2018 7 Teruyoshi Ito 517 1993–2013 8 Nobuhisa Yamada 501 1994–2013 9 Tomokazu Myojin 497 1996–2016 10 Kengo Nakamura 458 2005– 11 Shusaku Nishikawa 456 2005– 12 Satoshi Yamaguchi 448 1996–2011 Yoshito Okubo 2001, 2003–2004, 2006–2008, 2009–2019 14 Yasuyuki Konno 443 2001–2002, 2004–2010, 2012, 2014–2019 15 Kazuyuki Morisaki 430 1999–2002, 2004–2007, 2009–2018 16 Ryoichi Maeda 429 2000–2013, 2015–2018 17 Toru Araiba 423 1997–2014 18 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 421 1994–2001, 2005–2013 19 Hayuma Tanaka 420 2000–2013, 2015, 2019 20 Toshiya Fujita 419 1994–2003, 2004–2008 21 Hiroki Mizumoto 416 2004–2019 22 Shinzo Koroki 409 2005– 23 Hisato Sato 404 2000–2001, 2003, 2005–2007, 2009–2016, 2018 24 Takeshi Aoki 400 2001–2017 Daisuke Nasu 2002–2019

Goals # Player Goals Career 1 Yoshito Okubo 185 2001, 2003–2004, 2006–2008, 2009–2019 2 Hisato Sato 161 2000–2001, 2003, 2005–2007, 2009–2016, 2018 3 Masashi Nakayama 157 1994–2009, 2012 4 Ryoichi Maeda 154 2000–2013, 2015–2018 5 Marquinhos 152 2001–2011, 2012–2015 6 Shinzo Koroki 147 2005– 7 Kazuyoshi Miura 139 1992–1994, 1995–1998, 1999–2005, 2007, 2020– 8 Ueslei 124 2000–2005, 2006–2009 9 Juninho 116 2003–2013 10 Edmilson 111 2004–2011, 2012 11 Atsushi Yanagisawa 108 1996–2003, 2006–2014 12 Yu Kobayashi 106 2010– 13 Yasuhito Endo 103 1998–2012, 2014– 14 Toshiya Fujita 100 1994–2003, 2004–2008 15 Keiji Tamada 99 1999–2014, 2018 16 Yohei Toyoda 98 2004–2006, 2009, 2012–2017, 2018– 17 Shoji Jo 95 1996–1999, 2000–2002 18 Nobuhiro Takeda 94 1993–2000, 2001 Hiroaki Morishima 1995–2001, 2003–2006 Tatsuhiko Kubo 1995–2007, 2009 Kazuma Watanabe 2005, 2007–2009, 2012, 2014– 22 Masahiro Fukuda 91 1993–1999, 2001–2002 23 Lucas 90 2004–2010, 2011–2013 24 Yoshiyuki Hasegawa 89 1993–2003 25 Ryuji Bando 87 1998–1999, 2001–2014, 2016–2017 Leandro 2005, 2007–2009, 2012, 2014–2018

Individual

• Most career goals : 181 goals

Yoshito Okubo

• Most career hat-tricks : 8 times

Ueslei

• Most career appearances : 631 appearances

Seigo Narazaki

• 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 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: 27 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 : 14 draws
  • FC Tokyo (2005)
  • Ventforet Kofu (2014)
• Most losses in a season : 34 losses
  • Gamba Osaka (1995)
• Fewest losses in a season : 3 losses
  • Jubilo Iwata (2001)
  • Jubilo Iwata (2002)
• 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)
• 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 17 November 2018

Ranks

Updated to July 21st, 2020.[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 574 2000– 2 Yuki Matsushita 441 2003–2005, 2007–2017 3 Kazuki Kuranuki 435 2000–2005, 2007, 2008–2013 4 Koji Sakamoto 426 2000–2009, 2011–2012 Yuki Nakashima 2006–2009, 2012–2014, 2016– 6 Keiji Takachi 414 2005–2016 7 Yasunori Takada 407 2000–2010 8 Kazumasa Uesato 385 2004–2007, 2009– 9 Kazumasa Takagi 379 2003, 2005, 2008–2018 10 Makoto Sunakawa 376 2003–2007, 2009–2011, 2013–2015 11 Junki Koike 374 2009– 12 Yusuke Tanaka 372 2004–2005, 2007–2010, 2012–2015, 2018–2019 13 Tetsuya Ōkubo 370 2003–2004, 2008–2010, 2012–2017 14 Atsushi Nagai 368 2000–2009 Kōichi Satō 2008–2019 16 Kenta Shimizu 365 2005–2008, 2012–2018 17 Yuta Minami 363 2006, 2010–2019 18 Jun Suzuki 353 2007–2010, 2012–2015, 2017– 19 Hisashi Jogo 352 2007–2010, 2012–2015, 2017– 20 Alex 351 2002–2005, 2007, 2010, 2012–2013, 2015–2018 21 Koji Hirose 347 2006–2015, 2018–2019 22 Kohei Usui 340 2000–2009, 2011–2012 23 Takeshi Hamada 339 2002, 2005–2013, 2015–2017 24 Naoki Chiba 337 1999–2001, 2004–2009 Masaru Akiba 2001–2008, 2012–2017 Atsushi Ichimura 2003–2004, 2008–2018

Goals # Player Goals Career 1 Masashi Oguro 108 2009–2010, 2014–2019 2 Yuki Nakashima 96 2006–2009, 2012–2014, 2016– 3 Tetsuya Ōkubo 94 2003–2004, 2008–2010, 2012–2017 4 Koichi Sato 93 2008–2019 5 Yoshihiro Uchimura 85 2007–2011, 2013–2016 Takayuki Funayama 2010–2011, 2013–2014, 2016– 7 Ibba Laajab 78 2016–2019 8 Yasunori Takada 76 2000–2010 9 Marx 74 2002–2004, 2006 Ken Tokura 2008–2009, 2013–2016 11 Baré 71 2001, 2003–2005 12 Kazuki Hara 69 2012–2018 13 Hiroyuki Takasaki 68 2009, 2012–2013, 2016–2018 14 Paulinho 67 2005, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2015 Yuki Oshitani 2009–2011, 2013–2017, 2018– 16 Juninho 65 2003–2004 Teruaki Kurobe 2001, 2004, 2008–2013 Hiroaki Namba 2006, 2008–2018 Hisashi Jogo 2005, 2007–2010, 2012–2015, 2017– 20 Yoshihito Fujita 64 2006–2008, 2011–2012, 2017 Rui Komatsu 2007–2009, 2013–2016 22 Hulk 62 2006–2007 Ryohei Hayashi 2009–2010, 2012–2014, 2016– 24 Kazuhisa Kawahara 61 2009, 2010–2019 25 Daiki Watari 59 2012–2017

Individual

• Most career goals : 108 goals

Masashi Oguro

• Most career hat-tricks : 6 times

Juninho

• Most career appearances : 574 appearances

Koji Honma*

• 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 goals in a game : 7 goals

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

• Youngest player : 16 years 2 months and 25 days

Daisuke Kikuchi for Shonan Bellmare vs Avispa Fukuoka (7 July 2007)

• Youngest goalscorer : 17 years 3 months and 15 days

Shuto Minami for Tokyo Verdy vs Roasso Kumamoto (22 August 2010)

• 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: 21 seasons

Mito HollyHock (2000-2020)

• 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 : 22 draws

Yokohama FC (2004)

• 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 : 13-1

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)

• Highest average attendance in a season : 30,339

Albirex Niigata (2003)

• Highest attendance : 42,223

Albirex Niigata 1-0 Omiya Ardija (23 November 2003)

J3 League

Updated to December 8th, 2019.

Ranks

As of August 4th, 2020.[3]

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

Caps # Player Caps Career 1 Akio Yoshida 193 2014– 2 Takuto Hashimoto 190 2014– 3 Kazuki Arinaga 187 2014– 4 Ken Hisatomi 185 2014– 5 Naoyuki Yamada 174 2014– 6 Kazuma Umenai 172 2014–2019 7 Takashi Akiyama 168 2015– 8 Kyohei Maeyama 164 2014– Takuya Sugimoto 2014– 10 Daiki Asada 159 2014– 11 Kazuya Oizumi 157 2014– 12 Yu Tomidokoro 156 2014–2018 13 Noritaka Fujisawa 155 2014–2018, 2020– 14 Yuichiro Edamoto 153 2014–2018, 2020– Yuki Matsubara 2014– 16 Ryota Okada 152 2014– 17 Hiroki Higuchi 149 2015– 18 Kei Munechika 148 2015– 19 Park Iru-gyu 147 2014–2018 Yuki Sato 2014–2018 Takahiro Oshima 2014–2019 Kota Hoshi 2015– 23 Keisuke Tanabe 145 2014–2017, 2019– 24 Hikaru Ozawa 142 2014–2018 25 Shunta Nishiyama 141 2014–

Goals # Player Goals Career 1 Tsugutoshi Oishi 60 2014–2016, 2019– 2 Noriaki Fujimoto 39 2016–2017 3 Yuichiro Edamoto 38 2014–2018, 2020– 4 Tomohiro Tanaka 36 2015–2019 5 Fernandinho 35 2014–2016, 2018– Kazuhito Kishida 2015, 2020– 7 Hiroki Higuchi 34 2015– 8 Koji Suzuki 31 2014–2015 9 Yuki Sato 30 2014–2018 Rei Yonezawa 2015–2018, 2020– Yu Tomidokoro 2014–2018 Shota Aoki 2014, 2017–2019 Kyohei Maeyama 2014– 14 Keita Tanaka 29 2014–2016, 2017 Kaito Taniguchi 2018– 15 Keisuke Endo 28 2014–2019 João Gabriel 2017–2019, 2020– Ken Hisatomi 2014– Taichi Hara 2017–2019 Tomoki Ikemoto 2017–2019 21 Masao Tsuji 27 2014, 2016–2019 Junya Kato 2017–2019 Hayate Take 2018– 24 Kenzo Taniguchi 26 2015–2019 25 Leonardo 24 2018 Yuta Togashi 2015–2018, 2020– Takuma Sonoda 2017, 2018, 2020–

Individual

• Most career goals : 51 goals

Tsugutoshi Oishi

• Most career hat-tricks : 2 times

Kazuhito Kishida, Takaki Fukimitsu, Hiroki Higuchi, Masao Tsuji, Noriaki Fujimoto

• Most career appearances : 186 appearances

Akio Yoshida

• 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)

• 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: 43 years 3 months and 18 days

Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi for SC Sagamihara vs Kagoshima United FC (2 December 2018)

• Oldest goalscorer : 38 years 7 months and 21 days

Ryuji Bando for FC Ryukyu vs Gainare Tottori (21 March 2018)

• 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 : 1 time
  • Zweigen Kanazawa (2014)
  • Renofa Yamaguchi (2015)
  • Oita Trinita (2016)
  • Blaublitz Akita (2017)
  • FC Ryukyu (2018)
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu (2019)
• Longest uninterrupted spell in J3: 7 seasons (2014-present)
  • Blaublitz Akita
  • Fukushima United FC
  • Gainare Tottori
  • Grulla Morioka
  • Fujieda MYFC
  • Nagano Parceiro
  • SC Sagamihara
  • 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)
• 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)
• Most draws in a season : 13 draws
  • Fukushima United FC (2018)
• Most losses in a season : 23 losses
  • YSCC Yokohama (2015)
• Fewest losses in a season : 4 losses
  • Zweigen Kanazawa, Nagano Parceiro (2014)
  • Machida Zelvia (2015)
  • Tochigi SC (2017)
• Most goals in a game : 10 goals
  • FC Ryukyu 4-6 SC Sagamihara (8 November 2015)
• Record win : 8-0
  • Renofa Yamaguchi 8-0 J.League U-22 Selection (21 March 2015)
• Highest scoring draw: 3-3
  • Blaublitz Akita 3-3 FC Ryukyu (1 November 2015)
• Highest average home attendance in a season : 7,771
  • Oita Trinita (2016)
• Highest home attendance : 16,027
  • Roasso Kumamoto 1-0 Gamba Osaka U-23 (7 September 2019)

J. League Cup

As of 27 October 2019

Ranks

As of 27 October 2019.[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– 3 Naoki Matsuda 82 1996–2010 Daisuke Nasu 2002– Hitoshi Sogahata 1998– 6 Takeshi Aoki 78 2001–2017 Toru Araiba 1997–2014 8 Teruyoshi Ito 77 1993–1994, 1997–2011, 2013 9 Yasuto Honda 75 1992–1994, 1996–2006 Ryoichi Maeda 2001–2006, 2009–2013, 2015–2018 11 Takuya Nozawa 74 1999–2017 Satoshi Yamaguchi 1996–2011 Yasuhito Endo 1998–2003, 2005, 2007–2009, 2012, 2014– 14 Norihisa Shimizu 73 1996–2011 15 Yuki Abe 72 1999–2006, 2008–2010, 2012– 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

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– Bismarck 1993–1994, 1996–2001, 2003 10 Edmilson 22 2004–2011 11 Ryoichi Maeda 21 2001–2006, 2009–2013, 2015–2018 Ueslei 2000–2009 13 Shinzo Koroki 20 2005– 14 Kazuyoshi Miura 17 1992–1994, 1996–1998, 1999–2005, 2007 Tatsuya Tanaka 2001–2018 16 Wagner Lopes 16 1993–2000, 2001 Tadanari Lee 2005, 2007–2009, 2010–2011, 2013, 2014– 18 Akihiro Nagashima 15 1992–1994, 1997–2000 Koji Yamase 2000–2012 Shun Nagasawa 2009–2010, 2014–

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 :
• Youngest goalscorer :
• Oldest goalscorer :
• 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)

References

1. https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFTP01/
2. https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFTP01/
3. https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFTP01/
4. https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFTP01/