Season trivia for J1 League 2021
It's not all about becoming the top scorer or winning matches - there's also a wealth of fascinating information related to goalscorers and other remarkable records. Below, you'll find trivia and interesting facts from the 2021 J1 League season in Japan.
Best scoring couple
The top goal-scoring pair, in other words two players where one scored the goal and the other player assisted to it, were Miki Yamane and Leandro Damiao. Together they were behind 7 goals for Kawasaki Frontale in the 2021 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2021 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Shoma Doi, playing for Kashima Antlers, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 13 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Kashima Antlers-Yokohama F. Marinos.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2021 was 6 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Daizen Maeda (Yokohama F. Marinos) - March 2021
Leandro Damiao (Kawasaki Frontale) - March 2021
Leo Ceara (Yokohama F. Marinos) - August 2021
Most braces by player
Leandro Damiao in Kawasaki Frontale scored (at least) two goals in a match 5 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2021 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2021 season was Leandro Damiao in Kawasaki Frontale, in total he did it 10 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 4 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 5 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Ryuho Kikuchi (Vissel Kobe)
Daizen Maeda (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Ayase Ueda (Kashima Antlers)
Patric (Gamba Osaka)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2021 season was Marcos Junior, in total he scored 5 penalties for his Yokohama F. Marinos.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 3 teams, and the teams that each scored 7 penalty goals were Gamba Osaka, Yokohama F. Marinos and Urawa Red Diamonds.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 5 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Daiki Watari (Avispa Fukuoka)
Noriyoshi Sakai (Sagan Tosu)
Yu Kobayashi (Kawasaki Frontale)
Patric (Gamba Osaka)
Emil Salomonsson (Avispa Fukuoka)
Most stoppage time goals by team
The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 7 goals, which 2 teams managed to do, and these were Kawasaki Frontale and Avispa Fukuoka.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2021 season was Thomas Vermaelen, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in J1 League, which he did 2 times.
Most own goals by team
3 teams each scored 4 own goals, and the teams that were best at putting the ball into their own net were Nagoya Grampus, Tokushima and Kashiwa Reysol.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Anderson Lopes in Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2021 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Leandro Damiao in Kawasaki Frontale scored or assisted in 8 consecutive matches during the 2021 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Leandro Damiao in Kawasaki Frontale who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 12 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Daizen Maeda in Yokohama F. Marinos scored a total of 13 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in J1 League during the 2021 season.
Most consecutive wins
There were 2 teams that had 7 consecutive wins in the 2021 season, and those teams were Kawasaki Frontale and Yokohama F. Marinos.
Most matches in a row without losing
Kawasaki Frontale were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2021 season, playing 25 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Oita Trinita had a streak of 7 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in J1 League during the 2021 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Yokohama FC managed the feat of not winning a single match in 13 consecutive matches during the 2021 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The teams that were best at trailing and then eventually winning the match were Kawasaki Frontale, Vissel Kobe and FC Tokyo, and these teams turned the game around 4 times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Shonan Bellmare have managed this in 6 matches during the 2021 season, more than any other team in J1 League.
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