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 scorer right now is Erison, with 6 scored goals. The most assists at the moment have been provided by Katsuhiro Nakayama and Koki Morita. 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 41 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.	Erison Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil	26	54.5%	6
2.	Deniz Hümmet Gamba Osaka	Sweden	29	45.5%	5
	Erik FC Machida Zelvia	Brazil	31	38.5%	5
4.	Leo Ceara Kashima Antlers	Brazil	31	26.7%	4
	Marco Túlio Kyoto Sanga	Brazil	28	40.0%	4
	Matheus Jesus V-Varen Nagasaki	Brazil	28	40.0%	4
	Yuki Soma FC Machida Zelvia	Japan	29	30.8%	4
	Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers	Japan	29	26.7%	4
	Yusuke Segawa Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	32	36.4%	4
	Yuya Yamagishi Nagoya Grampus	Japan	32	36.4%	4
11.	Chihiro Kato Mito HollyHock	Japan	27	37.5%	3
	Daiya Tono Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	27	25.0%	3
	Itsuki Someno Tokyo Verdy	Japan	24	30.0%	3
	Kaina Tanimura Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	28	25.0%	3
	Oh Se-hun Shimizu S-Pulse	South Korea	27	33.3%	3
	Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga	Brazil	26	30.0%	3
	Ren Komatsu Vissel Kobe	Japan	27	23.1%	3
	Renji Hidano Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	22	27.3%	3
	Ryo Germain Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	30	25.0%	3
	Solomon Sakuragawa Cerezo Osaka	Japan	24	42.9%	3
	Thiago Santana V-Varen Nagasaki	Brazil	33	30.0%	3
	Yasuto Wakizaka Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	30	27.3%	3
	Yudai Kimura Nagoya Grampus	Japan	25	27.3%	3
24.	Akito Suzuki Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	22	16.7%	2
	Aleksandar Cavric Kashima Antlers	Serbia	31	13.3%	2
	Daichi Ishikawa JEF United Chiba	Japan	30	33.3%	2
	Henrique Trevisan Kyoto Sanga	Brazil	29	20.0%	2
	Jun Amano Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	34	16.7%	2
	Koya Kitagawa Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	29	22.2%	2
	Marcelo Ryan FC Tokyo	Brazil	23	20.0%	2
	Masaya Matsumoto Fagiano Okayama	Japan	31	25.0%	2
	Naomichi Ueda Kashima Antlers	Japan	31	13.3%	2
	Norman Campbell V-Varen Nagasaki	Jamaica	26	20.0%	2
	Ryoma Watanabe Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	29	18.2%	2
	Ryunosuke Sato FC Tokyo	Japan	19	20.0%	2
	Sei Muroya FC Tokyo	Japan	31	20.0%	2
	Taiju Yoshida Tokyo Verdy	Japan	25	20.0%	2
	Takumi Tsukui JEF United Chiba	Japan	23	33.3%	2
	Werik Popó Fagiano Okayama	Brazil	24	25.0%	2
	Yoshiki Torikai Mito HollyHock	Japan	27	25.0%	2
	Yoshinori Muto Vissel Kobe	Japan	33	15.4%	2

Last updated: Monday 30 March 09:00

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
	Koki Morita Tokyo Verdy	Japan	25	3
3.	Issam Jebali Gamba Osaka	Tunisia	34	2
	Marcus Índio Nagoya Grampus	Brazil	28	2
	Yasuto Wakizaka Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	30	2
	Matheus Jesus V-Varen Nagasaki	Brazil	28	2
	Daiju Sasaki Vissel Kobe	Japan	26	2
	Yuki Soma FC Machida Zelvia	Japan	29	2
	Jordy Croux Yokohama F. Marinos	Belgium	32	2
	Yuta Higuchi Kashima Antlers	Japan	29	2
	Hiromu Mitsumaru Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	32	2
	Kein Sato FC Tokyo	Japan	24	2
	Norman Campbell V-Varen Nagasaki	Jamaica	26	2
	Zento Uno Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	22	2
	Kento Hashimoto FC Tokyo	Japan	26	2
	Keisuke Tada Mito HollyHock	Japan	23	2
	Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers	Japan	29	2
	Gaku Shibasaki Kashima Antlers	Japan	33	2
	Hayao Kawabe Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	30	2
	Ren Komatsu Vissel Kobe	Japan	27	2
	Reiya Sakata Cerezo Osaka	Japan	21	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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