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

The age of the players is when the season ended at 30 November 2022

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'