Season trivia for J1 League 2025
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 2025 J1 League season in Japan.
Note that the season is not finished yet, and there for the information below is not necessarily the final version.
Best scoring couple
The players who have been behind the most goals this season so far are Rafael Ratão - Lucas Fernandes (Cerezo Osaka) and Taichi Hara - Rafael Elias (Kyoto Sanga). In total, the different pair of players have scored 6 goals, with one player scoring the goal and the other assisting it.
Fastest goalscorer
So far this season, these are the players who have scored the fastest goals in any of their matches, all in the 2 minute of the match:
Fastest hat-trick
The fastest hat-trick this season was scored by Rafael Elias of Kyoto Sanga, scoring three goals within 10 minutes in the match between Kashima Antlers-Kyoto Sanga.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season is 7 goals, which Rafael Elias (Kyoto Sanga) scored in August 2025.
Most braces by player
The players who have scored at least two goals the most times in a match this season are these, and they have scored braces three times so far:
Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe)
Erison (Kawasaki Frontale)
Rafael Elias (Kyoto Sanga)
Taisei Miyashiro (Vissel Kobe)
Leo Ceara (Kashima Antlers)
Most first goals in a match
Leo Ceara in Kashima Antlers has scored the first goal of the match the most times so far this season, and he has done it in nine matches,
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match has most frequently been scored this season by Kosuke Kinoshita in Kashiwa Reysol/Sanfrecce Hiroshima, in total he has scored the last goal six times.
Most penalty goals by player
The player who has scored the most penalty goals this season is Koya Kitagawa in Shimizu S-Pulse with his six penalty goals.
Most penalty goals by team
two different teams have each scored six penalty goals so far, and these are FC Tokyo and Shimizu S-Pulse.
Most own goals by player
The player who has managed to put the ball into his own net the most times is Kennedy Egbus Mikuni in Nagoya Grampus, in total he has scored two own goals so far this season.
Most own goals by team
The best teams at scoring on their own goalkeeper have done so three times so far this season, and the teams are Nagoya Grampus and FC Machida Zelvia.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Currently, it is Rafael Elias in Kyoto Sanga who has the most consecutive matches with a goal, which is 5 matches in a row.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
Sota Nakamura (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Lucas Fernandes (Cerezo Osaka) and Tomoya Koyamatsu (Kashiwa Reysol) has a streak of 4 consecutive matches with at least one assist, which is the best so far this season.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
The longest streak of matches where a player contributed to at least one goal, either by scoring or assisting, belongs to Tomoya Koyamatsu in Kashiwa Reysol, who did it in 6 consecutive matches.
Players with most goals in the first half
So far this season, it is Leo Ceara in Kashima Antlers who has scored the most goals in the first half with 12 goals.
Players with most goals in the second half
Rafael Elias in Kyoto Sanga has scored the most goals in the second half of the match, having scored 12 goals in the second half so far.
Most consecutive wins
The team with the most consecutive wins so far this season is FC Machida Zelvia, and their streak is 8 straight wins.
Most matches in a row without losing
Kashiwa Reysol have 11 consecutive matches without losing, which is the best in J1 League this season.
Most consecutive losses
The teams Yokohama F. Marinos, Yokohama FC and Shonan Bellmare have all lost 7 matches in a row and lead the league in that regard.
Most matches in a row without a win
Shonan Bellmare is the team with the longest streak of matches without a win so far this season, their run is at 19 straight matches without a win.
Most comebacks from behind to win
Gamba Osaka, Kyoto Sanga and Cerezo Osaka have managed to come back from behind to win in five matches in total, which is the best in J1 League so far this season.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Albirex Niigata is the team that has been the worst at defending their leads, having led in five matches only to lose.