J1 League Top scorers - Japan 2026

Below you find the top goal scorers list for the current season 2026 in the J1 League football league in Japan. Highest goal scorers right now are Erik together with 2 other players, with 4 scored goals. The most assists at the moment have been provided by Katsuhiro Nakayama. You can also see all hat-tricks scored so far this season.

J1 League best goal scorers 2026

This is the current top scorer list for the J1 League, showing the 28 highest goal scorers right now. 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.	Erik FC Machida Zelvia	Brazil	31	44.4%	4
	Erison Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil	26	50.0%	4
	Matheus Jesus V-Varen Nagasaki	Brazil	28	57.1%	4
4.	Chihiro Kato Mito HollyHock	Japan	27	50.0%	3
	Deniz Hümmet Gamba Osaka	Sweden	29	42.9%	3
	Leo Ceara Kashima Antlers	Brazil	31	33.3%	3
	Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga	Brazil	26	50.0%	3
	Renji Hidano Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	22	33.3%	3
	Yuki Soma FC Machida Zelvia	Japan	29	33.3%	3
	Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers	Japan	29	33.3%	3
	Yuya Yamagishi Nagoya Grampus	Japan	32	37.5%	3
12.	Daichi Ishikawa JEF United Chiba	Japan	30	50.0%	2
	Daiya Tono Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	26	40.0%	2
	Itsuki Someno Tokyo Verdy	Japan	24	22.2%	2
	Marcelo Ryan FC Tokyo	Brazil	23	28.6%	2
	Marco Túlio Kyoto Sanga	Brazil	27	33.3%	2
	Masaya Matsumoto Fagiano Okayama	Japan	31	40.0%	2
	Norman Campbell V-Varen Nagasaki	Jamaica	26	28.6%	2
	Ryo Germain Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	30	28.6%	2
	Ryoma Watanabe Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	29	22.2%	2
	Solomon Sakuragawa Cerezo Osaka	Japan	24	66.7%	2
	Taiju Yoshida Tokyo Verdy	Japan	25	22.2%	2
	Takumi Tsukui JEF United Chiba	Japan	23	50.0%	2
	Yasuto Wakizaka Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	30	25.0%	2
	Yoshiki Torikai Mito HollyHock	Japan	27	33.3%	2
	Yoshinori Muto Vissel Kobe	Japan	33	40.0%	2
	Yudai Kimura Nagoya Grampus	Japan	25	25.0%	2
	Yusuke Segawa Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	32	28.6%	2

Last updated: Sunday 8 March 07:32

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

Most assists in the J1 League 2026

Below you can see the top assists list in the J1 League for the current season, listing the players that have assisted to most goals.

#	Player, team	Nationality	Age	Assists
1.	Katsuhiro Nakayama Nagoya Grampus	Japan	29	3
2.	Reiya Sakata Cerezo Osaka	Japan	21	2
	Koki Morita Tokyo Verdy	Japan	25	2
	Gaku Shibasaki Kashima Antlers	Japan	33	2
	Matheus Jesus V-Varen Nagasaki	Brazil	28	2
	Yasuto Wakizaka Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	30	2
	Marcus Vinícius Nagoya Grampus	Brazil	52	2
	Norman Campbell V-Varen Nagasaki	Jamaica	26	2
	Kein Sato FC Tokyo	Japan	24	2
	Yuta Higuchi Kashima Antlers	Japan	29	2

Scored hat-tricks in J1 League, season 2026

Totally there is one hat-trick scored this season in J1 League, Japan. Below we are listing all players that have scored 3 or more goals in the one match.

Player, Team	Match	GoalsGoals
Erison Kawasaki Frontale	Kawasaki Frontale - Kashiwa Reysol 5-3 Sun 8 february 2026	3 6', 11', 25'

This J1 League season started 6 February 2026 and the last round of matches is planned to be played 24 May 2026.

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