J1 League Top scorers - Japan 2025

Below you find the top goal scorers list for the current season 2025 in the J1 League football league in Japan. Highest goal scorer right now is Rafael Elias, with 15 scored goals. The most assists at the moment have been provided by Lucas Fernandes. You can also see all hat-tricks scored so far this season.

J1 League best goal scorers 2025

This is the current top scorer list for the J1 League, showing the 36 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.	Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga	Brazil	26	28.8%	15
2.	Leo Ceara Kashima Antlers	Brazil	30	34.1%	14
3.	Erison Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil	26	20.0%	10
	Rafael Ratão Cerezo Osaka	Brazil	29	23.8%	10
5.	Koya Kitagawa Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	29	29.0%	9
	Taisei Miyashiro Vissel Kobe	Japan	25	24.3%	9
7.	Erik Vissel Kobe	Brazil	31	21.6%	8
	Yuki Soma FC Machida Zelvia	Japan	28	17.8%	8
	Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers	Japan	29	19.5%	8
10.	Kosuke Kinoshita Kashiwa Reysol/Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	30	-	7
	Masaya Okugawa Kyoto Sanga	Japan	29	13.5%	7
	Ryoma Watanabe Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	28	17.9%	7
	Sho Inagaki Nagoya Grampus	Japan	33	20.6%	7
	Takuma Nishimura FC Machida Zelvia	Japan	28	15.6%	7
	Tatsuya Ito Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	28	14.0%	7
16.	Lucas Fernandes Cerezo Osaka	Brazil	31	14.3%	6
	Marcinho Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil	30	12.0%	6
	Motoki Hasegawa Albirex Niigata	Japan	26	22.2%	6
	Ryoya Yamashita Gamba Osaka	Japan	27	15.8%	6
	Takashi Usami Gamba Osaka	Japan	33	15.8%	6
21.	Akito Suzuki Shonan Bellmare	Japan	22	19.2%	5
	Daiya Tono Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	26	19.2%	5
	Deniz Hümmet Gamba Osaka	Sweden	28	13.2%	5
	Issam Jebali Gamba Osaka	Tunisia	33	13.2%	5
	Mao Hosoya Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	23	11.9%	5
	Marcelo Ryan FC Tokyo	Brazil	23	16.7%	5
	Marco Túlio Kyoto Sanga	Brazil	27	9.6%	5
	Mateus Nagoya Grampus	Brazil	30	14.7%	5
	Motohiko Nakajima Cerezo Osaka	Japan	26	11.9%	5
	Na Sang-Ho FC Machida Zelvia	South Korea	29	11.1%	5
	Ryunosuke Sato Fagiano Okayama	Japan	18	19.2%	5
	Sota Nakamura Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	22	14.7%	5
	Takaya Kimura Fagiano Okayama	Japan	27	19.2%	5
	Tojiro Kubo Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	26	11.9%	5
	Yan Matheus Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	27	19.2%	5
	Yuki Kakita Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	28	11.9%	5

Last updated: Sunday 31 August 14:10

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

Most assists in the J1 League 2025

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.	Lucas Fernandes Cerezo Osaka	Brazil	31	15
2.	Taichi Hara Kyoto Sanga	Japan	26	10
3.	Yuki Soma FC Machida Zelvia	Japan	28	8
	Tomoya Koyamatsu Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	30	8
5.	Kosuke Onose Shonan Bellmare	Japan	32	6
	Juan Alano Gamba Osaka	Brazil	29	6
	Sota Nakamura Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	22	6
	Yasuto Wakizaka Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	30	6
	Matheus Sávio Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil	28	6
	Daiju Sasaki Vissel Kobe	Japan	25	6

Scored hat-tricks in J1 League, season 2025

Totally there are 3 hat-tricks 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
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+5'
Leo Ceara Kashima Antlers	Kashiwa Reysol - Kashima Antlers 1-3 Sat 8 march 2025	3 26', 50', 62'

This J1 League season started 14 February 2025 and the last round of matches is planned to be played 6 December 2025.

All top scorers in recent seasons Goal progression graph