J1 League Top scorers - Japan 2002

The winning top scorer in J1 League, Japan (or J.League Division 1 as the league was called back then) during the season 2002 was Naohiro Takahara with 26 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season.

J1 League best goal scorers 2002

#	Player	Team	Nationality	Age	Goals
1.	Naohiro Takahara	Júbilo Iwata	Japan	43	26
2.	Magrão	Gamba Osaka	Brazil	48	22
3.	Ueslei	Nagoya Grampus	Brazil	50	20
4.	Marcos	Vegalta Sendai	Brazil	48	18
5.	Choi Yong-soo	JEF United Chiba	South Korea	49	16
	Edmundo	Tokyo Verdy	Brazil	51	16
	Masashi Nakayama	Júbilo Iwata	Japan	55	16
8.	Amaral	FC Tokyo	Brazil	56	15
	Emerson Sheik	Urawa Red Diamonds	Qatar	44	15
10.	Will	Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	48	14
11.	Teruaki Kurobe	Kyoto Sanga	Japan	44	13
12.	Kota Yoshihara	Gamba Osaka	Japan	44	11
13.	Ivica Vastic	Nagoya Grampus	Austria	53	10
	Toshiya Fujita	Júbilo Iwata	Japan	51	10
	Yoshiteru Yamashita	Vegalta Sendai	Japan	45	10
16.	Alessandro Santos	Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	45	9
	Tuto	Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil	43	9
18.	Kelly	FC Tokyo	Brazil	47	8
19.	Atsushi Yanagisawa	Kashima Antlers	Japan	45	7
	Daisuke Oku	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	46	7
	Euller	Kashima Antlers	Brazil	51	7
	Park Ji-sung	Kyoto Sanga	South Korea	41	7
	Shingo Suzuki	Kyoto Sanga	Japan	44	7
	Sidiclei	Vissel Kobe	Brazil	50	7
	Takafumi Ogura	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Japan	49	7
	Tatsuhiko Kubo	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	46	7

The first game in J1 League (J.League Division 1) the season 2002 was played 2 March 2002, and the season ended 30 November 2022. More information and the winning top scorers in J1 League between the seasons 2000-2023 here.

Scored hat-tricks in J1 League, season 2002

In total there were 11 scored hat-tricks during the season 2002 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	Goals
Yushi Soda Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5-4 Sat 30 november 2002	3 55', 88', 99'
Naohiro Takahara Júbilo Iwata	Júbilo Iwata - FC Tokyo 6-1 Sun 22 september 2002	4 15', 47', 68', 87'
Naohiro Takahara Júbilo Iwata	Júbilo Iwata - Vegalta Sendai 4-0 Sat 10 august 2002	3 22', 45', 82'
Ueslei Nagoya Grampus	Vegalta Sendai - Nagoya Grampus 1-4 Wed 7 august 2002	4 25', 33', 35', 71'
Amaral FC Tokyo	Kashiwa Reysol - FC Tokyo 1-3 Sat 3 august 2002	3 38', 63', 75'
Magrão Gamba Osaka	Shimizu S-Pulse - Gamba Osaka 1-4 Sun 14 july 2002	4 25', 32', 35', 58'
Mitsuhiro Toda FC Tokyo	FC Tokyo - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4-0 Sun 14 july 2002	3 37', 43', 84'
Ueslei Nagoya Grampus	JEF United Chiba - Nagoya Grampus 3-4 Sat 13 july 2002	3 50', 73', 98'
Emerson Sheik Urawa Red Diamonds	Urawa Red Diamonds - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4-1 Sun 7 april 2002	3 17', 44', 58'
Teruaki Kurobe Kyoto Sanga	Kyoto Sanga - Tokyo Verdy 5-1 Sat 6 april 2002	3 8', 46', 65'
Marcelo Ramos Nagoya Grampus	Shimizu S-Pulse - Nagoya Grampus 0-4 Sat 6 april 2002	3 59', 69', 77'