J1 League Top scorers - Japan 2023

The winning top scorers in J1 League, Japan during the season 2023 were Anderson Lopes and Yuya Osako with 22 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season. The most assists this season have been made by Yan Matheus and Elber. You can also find all hat-tricks scored during the season.

J1 League best goal scorers 2023

Below is the final top scorer list for the J1 League 2023, including the 30 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.

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.	Anderson Lopes Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	30	34.9%	129	22
	Yuya Osako Vissel Kobe	Japan	33	36.7%	128	22
3.	Kasper Junker Nagoya Grampus	Denmark	29	39.0%	162	16
4.	Diego Oliveira FC Tokyo	Brazil	33	35.7%	172	15
5.	Mao Hosoya Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	22	42.4%	199	14
	Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers	Japan	27	32.6%	202	14
7.	Yuki Ohashi Shonan Bellmare	Japan	27	32.5%	140	13
8.	Yuya Asano Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Japan	26	21.4%	221	12
9.	Leo Ceara Cerezo Osaka	Brazil	28	28.2%	240	11
10.	Patric Kyoto Sanga	Brazil	36	25.0%	123	10
	Yoichi Naganuma Sagan Tosu	Japan	26	23.3%	273	10
	Yoshinori Muto Vissel Kobe	Japan	31	16.7%	291	10
	Yuta Toyokawa Kyoto Sanga	Japan	29	25.0%	171	10
	Yuya Yamagishi Avispa Fukuoka	Japan	30	27.0%	289	10
15.	Elber Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	31	14.3%	266	9
	Shuto Machino Shonan Bellmare	Japan	24	22.5%	177	9
	Yasuto Wakizaka Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	28	17.6%	273	9
18.	Douglas Vieira Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Brazil	36	19.0%	157	8
	José Kanté Urawa Red Diamonds	Guinea	33	19.0%	161	8
	Taisei Miyashiro Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	23	15.7%	228	8
	Takuro Kaneko Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Japan	26	14.3%	236	8
	Yuji Ono Sagan Tosu	Japan	30	18.6%	210	8
23.	Alexander Scholz Urawa Red Diamonds	Denmark	31	16.7%	437	7
	Daiju Sasaki Vissel Kobe	Japan	24	11.7%	278	7
	Juan Alano Gamba Osaka	Brazil	27	18.4%	328	7
	Matheus Sávio Kashiwa Reysol	Brazil	26	21.2%	365	7
	Mutsuki Kato Sanfrecce Hiroshima/Cerezo Osaka	Japan	26	-	275	7
	Ryotaro Ito Albirex Niigata	Japan	25	19.4%	195	7
	Supachok Sarachat Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Thailand	25	12.5%	168	7
	Taichi Hara Kyoto Sanga	Japan	24	17.5%	136	7

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

The age of the players is when the season ended at 3 December 2023

Most assists in the J1 League 2023

This is the list of the players that assisted to most goals the J1 League during the 2023 season.

#	Player, team	Nationality	Age	Assists
1.	Yan Matheus Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	25	11
	Elber Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	31	11
3.	Yuta Higuchi Kashima Antlers	Japan	27	10
	Matheus Sávio Kashiwa Reysol	Brazil	26	10
	Yoshinori Muto Vissel Kobe	Japan	31	10
6.	Yuya Osako Vissel Kobe	Japan	33	8
	Ryo Hatsuse Vissel Kobe	Japan	26	8
8.	Kota Mizunuma Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	33	7
9.	Yasuto Wakizaka Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	28	6
	Adaílton FC Tokyo	Brazil	32	6

Scored hat-tricks in J1 League, season 2023

In total there were 4 scored hat-tricks during the season 2023 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
Yuji Ono Sagan Tosu	Shonan Bellmare - Sagan Tosu 0-6 Sat 24 June 2023	3 2', 30', 49'
Ryotaro Ito Albirex Niigata	Albirex Niigata - Avispa Fukuoka 3-2 Sat 15 April 2023	3 47', 90+3', 90+5'
Shuto Machino Shonan Bellmare	Shonan Bellmare - Gamba Osaka 4-1 Sat 1 April 2023	4 21', 38', 40', 42'
Yuki Ohashi Shonan Bellmare	Sagan Tosu - Shonan Bellmare 1-5 Sat 18 February 2023	3 3', 36', 60'

The season started 17 February 2023 and the last game of the season was played at 3 December 2023.

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