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 scorer right now is Leo Ceara, with 13 scored goals. The most assists at the moment have been provided by Lucas Fernandes. 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 48 highest goal scorers right now.

# Player, Team Nationality Age % team's goals GoalsGoals
1. Leo Ceara
Kashima Antlers
Brazil
30 36.1%
13
2. Rafael Ratão
Cerezo Osaka
Brazil
29 27.0%
10
3. Taisei Miyashiro
Vissel Kobe
Japan 25 26.5%
9
4. Koya Kitagawa
Shimizu S-Pulse
Japan 29 27.6%
8
  Rafael Elias
Kyoto Sanga
Brazil
26 20.0%
8
6. Erik
Vissel Kobe
Brazil
31 20.6%
7
  Ryoma Watanabe
Urawa Red Diamonds
Japan 28 21.9%
7
  Sho Inagaki
Nagoya Grampus
Japan 33 25.0%
7
  Yuki Soma
FC Machida Zelvia
Japan 28 20.6%
7
  Yuma Suzuki
Kashima Antlers
Japan 29 19.4%
7
11. Kosuke Kinoshita
Kashiwa Reysol/​Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Japan 30 -
6
  Masaya Okugawa
Kyoto Sanga
Japan 29 15.0%
6
  Motoki Hasegawa
Albirex Niigata
Japan 26 25.0%
6
  Takuma Nishimura
FC Machida Zelvia
Japan 28 17.6%
6
15. Daiya Tono
Yokohama F. Marinos
Japan 26 21.7%
5
  Erison
Kawasaki Frontale
Brazil
26 13.2%
5
  Issam Jebali
Gamba Osaka
Tunisia
Tunisia
33 17.2%
5
  Marcelo Ryan
FC Tokyo
Brazil
23 18.5%
5
  Marcinho
Kawasaki Frontale
Brazil
30 13.2%
5
  Marco Túlio
Kyoto Sanga
Brazil
27 12.5%
5
  Mateus
Nagoya Grampus
Brazil
30 17.9%
5
  Ryoya Yamashita
Gamba Osaka
Japan 27 17.2%
5
  Yan Matheus
Yokohama F. Marinos
Brazil
26 21.7%
5
  Yuki Kakita
Kashiwa Reysol
Japan 28 15.2%
5
25. Akito Suzuki
Shonan Bellmare
Japan 21 20.0%
4
  Daiju Sasaki
Vissel Kobe
Japan 25 11.8%
4
  Kai Matsuzaki
Shimizu S-Pulse
Japan 27 13.8%
4
  Kein Sato
FC Tokyo
Japan 24 14.8%
4
  Ken Yamura
Albirex Niigata
Japan 28 16.7%
4
  Lucas Fernandes
Cerezo Osaka
Brazil
31 10.8%
4
  Luiz Phellype
Shonan Bellmare
Brazil
31 20.0%
4
  Lukian
Shonan Bellmare/​Yokohama FC
Brazil
33 -
4
  Mao Hosoya
Kashiwa Reysol
Japan 23 12.1%
4
  Motohiko Nakajima
Cerezo Osaka
Japan 26 10.8%
4
  Ryo Germain
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Japan 30 13.8%
4
  Ryunosuke Sato
Fagiano Okayama
Japan 18 20.0%
4
  Shu Kurata
Gamba Osaka
Japan 36 13.8%
4
  Sota Kawasaki
Kyoto Sanga
Japan 23 10.0%
4
  Sota Kitano
Cerezo Osaka
Japan 20 10.8%
4
  Takashi Usami
Gamba Osaka
Japan 33 13.8%
4
  Takaya Kimura
Fagiano Okayama
Japan 27 20.0%
4
  Thiago Andrade
Cerezo Osaka
Brazil
24 10.8%
4
  Thiago Santana
Urawa Red Diamonds
Brazil
32 12.5%
4
  Tomoya Ando
Avispa Fukuoka
Japan 26 19.0%
4
  Tomoya Miki
Avispa Fukuoka
Japan 27 19.0%
4
  Yasuto Wakizaka
Kawasaki Frontale
Japan 30 10.5%
4
  Yoshio Koizumi
Kashiwa Reysol
Japan 28 12.1%
4
  Yuya Osako
Vissel Kobe
Japan 35 11.8%
4
Last updated: Wednesday 23 July 14:32

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. Lucas Fernandes
Cerezo Osaka
Brazil
31
14
2. Taichi Hara
Kyoto Sanga
Japan 26
7
3. Juan Alano
Gamba Osaka
Brazil
28
6
  Sota Nakamura
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Japan 22
6
  Tomoya Koyamatsu
Kashiwa Reysol
Japan 30
6
  Daiju Sasaki
Vissel Kobe
Japan 25
6
7. Sota Miura
Kawasaki Frontale
Japan 24
5
  Yuki Soma
FC Machida Zelvia
Japan 28
5
  Matheus Sávio
Urawa Red Diamonds
Brazil
28
5
  Tsukasa Morishima
Nagoya Grampus
Japan 28
5

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.