J1 League Top scorers - Japan 2022

The winning top scorer in J1 League, Japan during the season 2022 was Thiago Santana with 14 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season. The most assists this season have been made by Yasuto Wakizaka and Yuma Suzuki. You can also find all hat-tricks scored during the season.

J1 League best goal scorers 2022

Below is the final top scorer list for the J1 League 2022, including the 27 players who scored the most goals during the season.

#	Player, Team	Nationality	Age	% team's goals	GoalsGoals
1.	Thiago Santana Shimizu S-Pulse	Brazil	29	31.8%	14
2.	Shuto Machino Shonan Bellmare	Japan	23	41.9%	13
3.	Adaílton FC Tokyo	Brazil	31	26.1%	12
	Akihiro Ienaga Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	36	18.5%	12
	Marcinho Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil	27	18.5%	12
6.	Anderson Lopes Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	29	15.7%	11
	Leo Ceara Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	27	15.7%	11
8.	Ayase Ueda Kashima Antlers	Japan	24	21.3%	10
	Takuma Nishimura Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	26	14.3%	10
	Yuya Yamagishi Avispa Fukuoka	Japan	29	34.5%	10
11.	Arthur Caike Kashima Antlers	Brazil	30	19.1%	9
	Makoto Mitsuta Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	23	17.3%	9
	Peter Utaka Kyoto Sanga	Nigeria	38	30.0%	9
14.	David Moberg Karlsson Urawa Red Diamonds	Sweden	28	16.7%	8
	Elber Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	30	11.4%	8
	Mao Hosoya Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	21	18.6%	8
	Mateus Nagoya Grampus	Brazil	28	26.7%	8
	Ryota Aoki Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Japan	26	17.8%	8
	Taisei Miyashiro Sagan Tosu	Japan	22	17.8%	8
	Tsukasa Morishima Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	25	15.4%	8
21.	Kasper Junker Urawa Red Diamonds	Denmark	28	14.6%	7
	Kei Chinen Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	27	10.8%	7
	Kota Mizunuma Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	32	10.0%	7
	Teruhito Nakagawa Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	30	10.0%	7
	Yuki Muto Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	33	16.3%	7
	Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers	Japan	26	14.9%	7
	Yuya Osako Vissel Kobe	Japan	32	20.0%	7

The age of the players is when the season ended at 5 November 2022

Most assists in the J1 League 2022

This is the list of the players that assisted to most goals the J1 League during the 2022 season.

#	Player, team	Nationality	Age	Assists
1.	Yasuto Wakizaka Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	27	10
	Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers	Japan	26	10
3.	Makoto Mitsuta Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	23	8
	Yuta Higuchi Kashima Antlers	Japan	26	8
	Gakuto Notsuda Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	28	8
6.	Reon Yamahara Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	23	7
	Akito Fukuta Sagan Tosu	Japan	30	7
8.	Marcinho Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil	27	6
	Anderson Lopes Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	29	6
	Thiago Santana Shimizu S-Pulse	Brazil	29	6
	Teruhito Nakagawa Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	30	6
	Carlinhos Júnior Shimizu S-Pulse	Brazil	28	6
	Tomoya Koyamatsu Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	27	6
	Kota Mizunuma Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	32	6
	Ken Iwao Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	34	6

Scored hat-tricks in J1 League, season 2022

In total there were 5 scored hat-tricks during the season 2022 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
Ryoma Watanabe FC Tokyo	FC Tokyo - Cerezo Osaka 4-0 Wed 12 october 2022	3 48', 76', 77'
Nassim Ben Khalifa Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Gamba Osaka 5-2 Sat 20 august 2022	3 11', 72', 76'
Marcinho Kawasaki Frontale	Avispa Fukuoka - Kawasaki Frontale 1-4 Sat 20 august 2022	3 7', 45', 64'
Leo Ceara Yokohama F. Marinos	Shimizu S-Pulse - Yokohama F. Marinos 3-5 Sat 2 july 2022	3 45+2', 49', 52'
Kasper Junker Urawa Red Diamonds	Urawa Red Diamonds - Yokohama F. Marinos 3-3 Wed 18 may 2022	3 47', 81', 89'

The season started 18 February 2022 and the last game of the season was played at 5 November 2022. More information and the winning top scorers in J1 League between the seasons 2000-2024 here.