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 Deniz Hümmet together with 2 other players, with 6 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 26 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	Min/goal	GoalsGoals
1.	Deniz Hümmet Gamba Osaka	Sweden	29	46.2%	102	6
	Erison Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil	26	42.9%	91	6
	Yuya Yamagishi Nagoya Grampus	Japan	32	42.9%	100	6
4.	Erik FC Machida Zelvia	Brazil	31	38.5%	103	5
	Leo Ceara Kashima Antlers	Brazil	31	31.3%	161	5
	Oh Se-hun Shimizu S-Pulse	South Korea	27	41.7%	159	5
7.	Marco Túlio Kyoto Sanga	Brazil	28	40.0%	199	4
	Matheus Jesus V-Varen Nagasaki	Brazil	28	40.0%	202	4
	Yuki Soma FC Machida Zelvia	Japan	29	30.8%	190	4
	Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers	Japan	29	25.0%	202	4
	Yusuke Segawa Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	32	28.6%	116	4
12.	Chihiro Kato Mito HollyHock	Japan	27	33.3%	138	3
	Daiya Tono Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	27	25.0%	155	3
	Itsuki Someno Tokyo Verdy	Japan	24	25.0%	242	3
	Kaina Tanimura Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	28	25.0%	181	3
	Katsuya Nagato Vissel Kobe	Japan	31	15.8%	296	3
	Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga	Brazil	26	30.0%	154	3
	Ren Komatsu Vissel Kobe	Japan	27	15.8%	205	3
	Renji Hidano Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	22	23.1%	132	3
	Ryo Germain Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	30	25.0%	148	3
	Solomon Sakuragawa Cerezo Osaka	Japan	24	42.9%	240	3
	Taiju Yoshida Tokyo Verdy	Japan	25	25.0%	85	3
	Takahiro Ogihara Vissel Kobe	Japan	34	15.8%	208	3
	Thiago Santana V-Varen Nagasaki	Brazil	33	30.0%	143	3
	Yasuto Wakizaka Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	30	21.4%	238	3
	Yudai Kimura Nagoya Grampus	Japan	25	21.4%	229	3

Last updated: Sunday 5 April 11:36

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	4
2.	Koki Morita Tokyo Verdy	Japan	25	3
	Kein Sato FC Tokyo	Japan	24	3
4.	Yuki Yamamoto Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	28	2
	Matheus Sávio Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil	28	2
	Marcus Vinícius Nagoya Grampus	Brazil	52	2
	Issam Jebali Gamba Osaka	Tunisia	34	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
	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
	Yosuke Ideguchi Vissel Kobe	Japan	29	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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