J1 League Top scorers - Japan 2025

Below you find the top goal scorers list for the current season 2025 in the J1 League football league in Japan. Highest goal scorers right now are Leo Ceara and Rafael Elias, with 8 scored goals. The most assists at the moment have been provided by Sota Miura. You can also see all hat-tricks scored so far this season.

J1 League best goal scorers 2025

This is the current top scorer list for the J1 League, showing the 27 highest goal scorers right now.

#	Player, Team	Nationality	Age	% team's goals	GoalsGoals
1.	Leo Ceara Kashima Antlers	Brazil	30	44.4%	8
	Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga	Brazil	26	50.0%	8
3.	Koya Kitagawa Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	28	29.4%	5
4.	Issam Jebali Gamba Osaka	Tunisia	33	33.3%	4
	Kai Matsuzaki Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	27	23.5%	4
	Ken Yamura Albirex Niigata	Japan	27	36.4%	4
	Motoki Hasegawa Albirex Niigata	Japan	26	36.4%	4
	Rafael Ratão Cerezo Osaka	Brazil	29	25.0%	4
	Ryoma Watanabe Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	28	28.6%	4
	Sota Kitano Cerezo Osaka	Japan	20	25.0%	4
	Takuma Nishimura FC Machida Zelvia	Japan	28	33.3%	4
12.	Akito Suzuki Shonan Bellmare	Japan	21	33.3%	3
	Daiya Tono Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	26	27.3%	3
	Erik Vissel Kobe	Brazil	30	30.0%	3
	Erison Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil	26	15.8%	3
	Kein Sato FC Tokyo	Japan	23	37.5%	3
	Masaya Okugawa Kyoto Sanga	Japan	29	18.8%	3
	Mateus Nagoya Grampus	Brazil	30	23.1%	3
	Ryoya Yamashita Gamba Osaka	Japan	27	25.0%	3
	Ryunosuke Sato Fagiano Okayama	Japan	18	30.0%	3
	Sho Fukuda Shonan Bellmare	Japan	24	33.3%	3
	Sho Inagaki Nagoya Grampus	Japan	33	23.1%	3
	Takaya Kimura Fagiano Okayama	Japan	26	30.0%	3
	Thiago Santana Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil	32	21.4%	3
	Tomoya Miki Avispa Fukuoka	Japan	27	25.0%	3
	Yuki Kakita Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	27	25.0%	3
	Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers	Japan	28	16.7%	3

Last updated: Sunday 20 April 10:16

Most assists in the J1 League 2025

Below you can see the top assists list in the J1 League for the current season, listing the players that have assisted to most goals.

#	Player, team	Nationality	Age	Assists
1.	Sota Miura Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	24	5
2.	Taichi Hara Kyoto Sanga	Japan	25	4
	Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga	Brazil	26	4
	Lucas Fernandes Cerezo Osaka	Brazil	31	4
5.	Koki Anzai Kashima Antlers	Japan	29	3
	Hidehiro Sugai Kyoto Sanga	Japan	26	3
	Yuki Soma FC Machida Zelvia	Japan	28	3
	Juan Alano Gamba Osaka	Brazil	28	3
	Yasuto Wakizaka Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	29	3
10.	Kento Hashimoto Albirex Niigata	Japan	25	2
	Matheus Sávio Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil	28	2
	Yoshio Koizumi Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	28	2
	Matheus Bueno Shimizu S-Pulse	Brazil	26	2
	Sota Nakamura Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	22	2
	Takahiro Yanagi Fagiano Okayama	Japan	27	2
	Kenta Inoue Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	26	2
	Asahi Uenaka Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	23	2
	Hijiri Kato Fagiano Okayama	Japan	23	2
	Issam Jebali Gamba Osaka	Tunisia	33	2
	Naomichi Ueda Kashima Antlers	Japan	30	2
	Erik Vissel Kobe	Brazil	30	2
	Itsuki Someno Tokyo Verdy	Japan	23	2
	Sota Kitano Cerezo Osaka	Japan	20	2
	Kosuke Kinoshita Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	30	2
	Ryuta Koike Kashima Antlers	Japan	29	2
	Sen Takagi Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	23	2
	Yuta Nakayama FC Machida Zelvia	Japan	28	2
	Hiroto Yamami Tokyo Verdy	Japan	25	2
	Genki Haraguchi Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	33	2
	Kosuke Onose Shonan Bellmare	Japan	32	2
	Tsukasa Morishima Nagoya Grampus	Japan	28	2
	Yuki Kakita Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	27	2

Scored hat-tricks in J1 League, season 2025

Totally there are 2 hat-tricks scored this season in J1 League, Japan. Below we are listing all players that have scored 3 or more goals in the one match.

Player, Team	Match	GoalsGoals
Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga	Kashima Antlers - Kyoto Sanga 3-4 Sun 6 april 2025	3 80', 82', 90+5'
Leo Ceara Kashima Antlers	Kashiwa Reysol - Kashima Antlers 1-3 Sat 8 march 2025	3 26', 50', 62'

This J1 League season started 14 February 2025 and the last round of matches is planned to be played 6 December 2025. More information and the winning top scorers in J1 League between the seasons 2000-2024 here.