J1 League Top scorers - Japan 2025

The winning top scorer in J1 League, Japan during the season 2025 was Leo Ceara with 21 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season. The most assists this season have been made by Lucas Fernandes. You can also find all hat-tricks scored during the season.

J1 League has a break between two seasons right now.

J1 League best goal scorers 2025

Below is the final top scorer list for the J1 League 2025, including the 31 players who scored the most goals during the season. If you want to see each players' goal progression per round during the season you can find it here.

TIP! Click on the number of goals to see the matches in which the player scored.

#	Player, Team	Nationality	Age	% team's goals	GoalsGoals
1.	Leo Ceara Kashima Antlers	Brazil	30	36.2%	21
2.	Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga	Brazil	26	30.6%	19
3.	Rafael Ratão Cerezo Osaka	Brazil	30	30.0%	18
4.	Tatsuya Ito Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	28	19.4%	13
5.	Erison Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil	26	17.9%	12
6.	Mao Hosoya Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	24	18.3%	11
	Sho Inagaki Nagoya Grampus	Japan	33	25.0%	11
	Taisei Miyashiro Vissel Kobe	Japan	25	23.9%	11
9.	Koya Kitagawa Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	29	24.4%	10
	Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers	Japan	29	17.2%	10
11.	Akito Suzuki Shonan Bellmare	Japan	22	25.0%	9
	Erik Vissel Kobe	Brazil	31	19.6%	9
	Kosuke Kinoshita Kashiwa Reysol/Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	31	-	9
	Yuki Soma FC Machida Zelvia	Japan	28	17.3%	9
15.	Asahi Uenaka Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	24	17.4%	8
	Marcelo Ryan FC Tokyo	Brazil	23	19.5%	8
	Takashi Usami Gamba Osaka	Japan	33	15.1%	8
	Yuya Osako Vissel Kobe	Japan	35	17.4%	8
19.	Deniz Hümmet Gamba Osaka	Sweden	29	13.2%	7
	Issam Jebali Gamba Osaka	Tunisia	33	13.2%	7
	Kein Sato FC Tokyo	Japan	24	17.1%	7
	Lucas Fernandes Cerezo Osaka	Brazil	31	11.7%	7
	Marco Túlio Kyoto Sanga	Brazil	27	11.3%	7
	Masaya Okugawa Kyoto Sanga	Japan	29	11.3%	7
	Motoki Hasegawa Albirex Niigata	Japan	26	19.4%	7
	Ryoma Watanabe Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	29	15.6%	7
	Ryoya Yamashita Gamba Osaka	Japan	28	13.2%	7
	Takuma Nishimura FC Machida Zelvia	Japan	29	13.5%	7
	Tojiro Kubo Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	26	11.7%	7
	Yasuto Wakizaka Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	30	10.4%	7
	Yoshio Koizumi Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	29	11.7%	7

Last updated: Monday 8 December 09:01

TIP! Click on the number of goals to see the matches in which the player scored.

Most assists in the J1 League 2025

This is the list of the players that assisted to most goals the J1 League during the 2025 season.

#	Player, team	Nationality	Age	Assists
1.	Lucas Fernandes Cerezo Osaka	Brazil	31	15
2.	Taichi Hara Kyoto Sanga	Japan	26	10
	Yuki Soma FC Machida Zelvia	Japan	28	10
	Tomoya Koyamatsu Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	30	10
5.	Juan Alano Gamba Osaka	Brazil	29	7
	Yasuto Wakizaka Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	30	7
	Matheus Sávio Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil	28	7
8.	Sota Miura Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	25	6
	Kosuke Onose Shonan Bellmare	Japan	32	6
	Sota Nakamura Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	23	6
	Sho Inagaki Nagoya Grampus	Japan	33	6
	Taiki Hirato Kyoto Sanga	Japan	28	6
	Yuta Matsumura Kashima Antlers	Japan	24	6
	Daiju Sasaki Vissel Kobe	Japan	26	6
	Issam Jebali Gamba Osaka	Tunisia	33	6

Scored hat-tricks in J1 League, season 2025

In total there were 4 scored hat-tricks during the season 2025 in J1 League, Japan. All players scoring these hat-tricks (or more than 3 goals), and the matches they scored it in, are listed here.

Player, Team	Match	GoalsGoals
Mao Hosoya Kashiwa Reysol	Albirex Niigata - Kashiwa Reysol 1-3 Sun 30 november 2025	3 20', 45', 55'
Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga	FC Tokyo - Kyoto Sanga 0-4 Sun 24 august 2025	3 8', 13', 81'
Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga	Kashima Antlers - Kyoto Sanga 3-4 Sun 6 april 2025	3 80', 82', 90'
Leo Ceara Kashima Antlers	Kashiwa Reysol - Kashima Antlers 1-3 Sat 8 march 2025	3 26', 50', 63'

14 February 2025 was the starting date for the J1 League season 2025, and the final games were played 6 December 2025.

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