J.League records and statistics

This page details J. League records.

J1 League

As 19 February 2016.

Ranks

As of 4 November 2016^[1]

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

Caps # Player Caps Career 1 Seigo Narazaki 631 1995–2016 2 Yuji Nakazawa 537 1999– Yasuhito Endo 1998–2012, 2014– 4 Teruyoshi Ito 517 1993–2013 5 Yuki Abe 503 1998–2010, 2012– 6 Nobuhisa Yamada 501 1994–2013 7 Hitoshi Sogahata 498 1998– 8 Tomokazu Myojin 497 1996–2016 9 Mitsuo Ogasawara 494 1998–2006, 2007– 10 Satoshi Yamaguchi 448 1996–2011 11 Toru Araiba 423 1997–2014 12 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 421 1994–2001, 2005–2013 13 Toshiya Fujita 419 1994–2003, 2004–2008 14 Kazuyuki Morisaki 417 1999–2002, 2004–2007, 2009–2016 15 Hisato Sato 395 2000–2001, 2003, 2005–2007, 2009– Marcos Tulio Tanaka 2001–2002, 2004–2015, 2016 17 Takahiro Futagawa 394 1999–2012, 2014– 18 Yutaka Akita 391 1993–2006 19 Yasuyuki Konno 390 2001–2002, 2004–2010, 2012, 2014– 20 Hayuma Tanaka 388 2000–2013, 2015

Goals # Player Goals Career 1 Yoshito Okubo 171 2001, 2003–2004, 2006–2008, 2009– 2 Hisato Sato 161 2000–2001, 2003, 2005–2007, 2009– 3 Masashi Nakayama 157 1994–2009, 2012 4 Ryoichi Maeda 152 2000–2013, 2015– Marquinhos 2001–2011, 2012–2015 6 Kazuyoshi Miura 139 1992–1994, 1995–1998, 1999–2005, 2007 7 Ueslei 124 2000–2005, 2006–2009 8 Juninho 116 2003–2013 9 Edmilson 111 2004–2011, 2012 10 Atsushi Yanagisawa 108 1996–2003, 2006–2014 11 Toshiya Fujita 100 1994–2003, 2004–2008 Yasuhito Endo 1998–2012, 2014– Shinzo Koroki 2005– 14 Keiji Tamada 96 1999–2014 15 Shoji Jo 95 1996–1999, 2000–2002 16 Nobuhiro Takeda 94 1993–2000, 2001 Hiroaki Morishima 1995–2001, 2003–2006 Tatsuhiko Kubo 1995–2007, 2009 19 Masahiro Fukuda 91 1993–1999, 2001–2002 20 Lucas 90 2004–2010, 2011–2013

Individual

• Most career goals : 171 goals

Yoshito Okubo

• Most career hat-tricks : 8 times

Ueslei

• Most career appearances : 615 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 : 7 times
  • Kashima Antlers (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009)
• Longest uninterrupted spell in J1: 24 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)
• 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 : 62,632
  • Yokohama F. Marinos 0-2 Albirex Niigata (30 November 2013)

J2 League

As 31 December 2014

Ranks

Updated to 20 November 2016.^[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 563 2000– 2 Kazuki Kuranuki 435 2000–2005, 2007, 2008–2013 3 Koji Sakamoto 426 2000–2009, 2011–2012 4 Keiji Takachi 414 2005– 5 Yuki Matsushita 409 2003–2005, 2007– 6 Yasunori Takada 407 2000–2010 7 Makoto Sunakawa 376 2003–2007, 2009–2011, 2013–2015 8 Atsushi Nagai 368 2000–2009 9 Tetsuya Ōkubo 348 2003–2004, 2008–2010, 2012– 10 Koji Hirose 347 2006–2015 11 Kohei Usui 340 2000–2009, 2011–2012 12 Naoki Chiba 337 1999–2001, 2004–2009 13 Takeshi Hamada 334 2002, 2005–2013, 2015– 14 Masaru Akiba 333 2001–2008, 2012– 15 Shingo Kumabayashi 332 2002–2004, 2006–2012 16 Tadahiro Akiba 331 1999–2003, 2005–2008 17 Yusuke Tanaka 330 2004–2005, 2007–2010, 2012–2015 18 Katsuya Ishihara 325 2001–2005, 2008–2010, 2012 19 Kazumasa Takagi 319 2003, 2005, 2008– 20 Kosuke Kitani 318 2001–2011, 2013–2014

Goals # Player Goals Career 1 Tetsuya Ōkubo 89 2003–2004, 2008–2010, 2012– 2 Yoshihiro Uchimura 85 2007–2011, 2013–2016 3 Masashi Oguro 84 2009–2010, 2014– 4 Yasunori Takada 76 2000–2010 5 Marx 74 2002–2004, 2006 Ken Tokura 2008–2009, 2013–2016 7 Baré 71 2001, 2003–2005 8 Koichi Sato 70 2008– Yuki Nakashima 2006–2009, 2012–2014, 2016– 10 Paulinho 67 2005, 2007, 2010, 2013 11 Juninho 65 2003–2004 Teruaki Kurobe 2001, 2004, 2008–2013 13 Yoshihito Fujita 64 2006–2008, 2011–2012 Rui Komatsu 2007–2009, 2013–2016 15 Hulk 62 2006–2007 Yuki Oshitani 2009–2011, 2013– 17 Tomoki Ikemoto 58 2008–2014, 2016 18 Bentinho 56 2001–2004 Hideo Oshima 2001–2004, 2011, 2013–2016 Diego Souza 2007–2008, 2011, 2014, 2016–

Individual

• Most career goals : 89 goals

Tetsuya Okubo

• Most career hat-tricks : 6 times

Juninho

• Most career appearances : 563 appearances (at the end of 2016 season)

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 : 4 goals

Emerson for Kawasaki Frontale vs Yokohama FC (12 May 2001)

Yutaka Takahashi for Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Yokohama FC (19 April 2003)

Marcus for Albirex Niigata vs Omiya Ardija (14 May 2003)

Marcus for Albirex Niigata vs Consadole Sapporo (2 August 2003)

Marcus for Albirex Niigata vs Yokohama FC (13 September 2003)

Baron for Ventforet Kofu vs Mito HollyHock (2 May 2004)

Hulk for Consadole Sapporo vs Shonan Bellmare (23 September 2006)

• 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

Daisuke Kikuchi for Shonan Bellmare vs Roasso Kumamoto (27 July 2008)

• Oldest goalscorer : 46 years 4 months 7 days

Kazuyoshi Miura for Yokohama FC vs Tochigi S.C. (3 July 2013)*

• Last 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)

• Asterisk denotes player is still active in J. League Division 2

Club

• Most League championships : 3 times

Consadole Sapporo (2000, 2007, 2016)

• Longest uninterrupted spell in J2: 17 seasons

Mito HollyHock (2000-2016, ongoing)

• 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  : 10 goals

FC Gifu 2-8 Gamba Osaka (3 July 2013)

• Record win : 7-0

Sagan Tosu 0-7 Urawa Red Diamonds (30 March 2000)

• 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

Ranks

As of 20 November 2016^[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 Yuki Sato 99 2014– Akio Yoshida 2014– 3 Ken Hisatomi 98 2014– 4 Kazuki Arinaga 96 2014– 5 Shohei Shinzato 95 2014– Yu Tomidokoro 2014– 7 Yuki Matsubara 93 2014– 8 Park Iru-gyu 91 2014– Daiki Asada 2014– Hikaru Ozawa 2014–

Goals # Player Goals Career 1 Tsugutoshi Oishi 42 2014– 2 Kazuhito Kishida 32 2015 3 Koji Suzuki 31 2014–2015 4 Yuki Sato 28 2014– 5 Keita Tanaka 22 2014– 6 Yoshinori Katsumata 21 2014– Hirochika Miyoshi 2014– 8 Hiroki Higuchi 20 2015– 9 Takaki Fukimitsu 19 2015 Takafumi Suzuki 2014–2015 Fernandinho 2014–

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/