J1 League top scorers - Japan 2021

The leading goalscorers in J1 League in the 2021 season, as well as the players with the most assists and all hat-tricks.

Quick overview

Top scorer list winner: Leandro Damiao, Kawasaki Frontale - 23 goals
Most assists: Miki Yamane, Kawasaki Frontale - 11 assists
Number of hat-tricks: 9

J1 League has a break between two seasons right now.

J1 League best goalscorers 2021

Below is the final top scorer list for the J1 League 2021, including the 33 players who scored the most goals during the season. If you want to see each players' goal progression per round during the season you can find it here.

#	Player, Team	Nationality	Age	% team's goals	Min/goal	GoalsGoals
1.	Leandro Damiao Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil	32	28.4%	99	23
2.	Daizen Maeda Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	24	26.8%	127	22
3.	Kyogo Furuhashi Vissel Kobe	Japan	26	24.2%	117	15
4.	Ayase Ueda Kashima Antlers	Japan	23	22.6%	125	14
5.	Diego Oliveira FC Tokyo	Brazil	31	26.5%	188	13
	Patric Gamba Osaka	Brazil	34	39.4%	162	13
7.	Ado Onaiwu Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	26	14.6%	105	12
	Anderson Lopes Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Brazil	28	25.0%	101	12
	Thiago Santana Shimizu S-Pulse	Brazil	28	32.4%	265	12
10.	Leo Ceara Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	26	12.2%	134	10
	Marcos Junior Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	28	12.2%	217	10
	Ryotaro Araki Kashima Antlers	Japan	19	16.1%	229	10
	Yu Kobayashi Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	34	12.3%	119	10
14.	Adaílton FC Tokyo	Brazil	30	18.4%	256	9
	Kasper Junker Urawa Red Diamonds	Denmark	27	20.0%	144	9
	Keita Yamashita Sagan Tosu	Japan	25	20.9%	189	9
17.	Akihiro Ienaga Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	35	9.9%	324	8
	Kaoru Mitoma Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	24	9.9%	153	8
	Noriyoshi Sakai Sagan Tosu	Japan	29	18.6%	189	8
	Yamato Machida Oita Trinita	Japan	31	25.8%	296	8
	Yuki Kakita Tokushima	Japan	24	23.5%	293	8
22.	Ataru Esaka Kashiwa Reysol/Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	29	-	363	7
	Cristiano Kashiwa Reysol	Brazil	34	18.9%	356	7
	Douglas Vissel Kobe	Brazil	33	11.3%	191	7
	Jakub Swierczok Nagoya Grampus	Poland	28	15.9%	112	7
	Junior Santos Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Brazil	27	15.9%	278	7
	Leandro FC Tokyo	Brazil	28	14.3%	206	7
	Mateus Nagoya Grampus	Brazil	27	15.9%	410	7
	Mutsuki Kato Cerezo Osaka	Japan	24	14.9%	234	7
	Sho Inagaki Nagoya Grampus	Japan	29	15.9%	478	7
	Taisei Miyashiro Tokushima	Japan	21	20.6%	365	7
	Takuro Kaneko Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Japan	24	14.6%	459	7
	Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Japan	23	14.6%	334	7

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

Sources: Historical statistics are based on data from our providers and checked against archived season records when needed. Read more in our About Us section.
Methodology: We count league goals, including knockout rounds when they are part of the same competition. Qualification, promotion and relegation playoffs are not included.

The age of the players is when the season ended at 4 December 2021

Most assists in the J1 League 2021

This is the list of the players that assisted to most goals the J1 League during the 2021 season.

#	Player, team	Nationality	Age	Assists
1.	Miki Yamane Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	27	11
2.	Leandro Damiao Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil	32	9
	Kota Mizunuma Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	31	9
4.	Yuki Soma Nagoya Grampus	Japan	24	7
	Hokuto Shimoda Oita Trinita	Japan	30	7
	Tatsuki Seko Yokohama FC	Japan	23	7
	Teruhito Nakagawa Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	29	7
	Ryotaro Araki Kashima Antlers	Japan	19	7
	Yoshinori Muto Vissel Kobe	Japan	29	7
10.	Yuta Higuchi Sagan Tosu	Japan	25	6
	Tatsuhiro Sakamoto Cerezo Osaka	Japan	25	6
	Chanathip Songkrasin Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Thailand	28	6
	Elber Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	29	6
	Leo Ceara Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	26	6
	Yusuke Maruhashi Cerezo Osaka	Japan	31	6
	Ryo Hatsuse Vissel Kobe	Japan	24	6

Scored hat-tricks in J1 League, season 2021

In total there were 9 scored hat-tricks during the season 2021 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	GoalsGoals
Patric Gamba Osaka	Oita Trinita - Gamba Osaka 2-3 Sun 7 November 2021	3 29', 53', 84'
Daizen Maeda Yokohama F. Marinos	Yokohama F. Marinos - FC Tokyo 8-0 Sat 6 November 2021	3 10', 41', 48'
Douglas Vieira Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kashiwa Reysol - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0-3 Sat 18 September 2021	3 30', 54', 60'
Leo Ceara Yokohama F. Marinos	Yokohama F. Marinos - Vegalta Sendai 5-0 Sat 21 August 2021	3 25', 62', 70'
Daizen Maeda Yokohama F. Marinos	Yokohama F. Marinos - Oita Trinita 5-1 Sun 15 August 2021	3 30', 75', 83'
Kyogo Furuhashi Vissel Kobe	Vissel Kobe - Yokohama FC 5-0 Wed 23 June 2021	3 31', 34', 62'
Shoma Doi Kashima Antlers	Kashima Antlers - Yokohama F. Marinos 5-3 Sat 15 May 2021	3 40', 46', 53'
Ado Onaiwu Yokohama F. Marinos	FC Tokyo - Yokohama F. Marinos 0-3 Sat 1 May 2021	3 8', 52', 61'
Anderson Lopes Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo - Vissel Kobe 3-4 Sat 20 March 2021	3 45', 45+8', 46'

26 February 2021 was the starting date for the J1 League season 2021, and the final games were played 4 December 2021.

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