Season trivia for J1 League 2026
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 2026 J1 League season in Japan.
Note that the season is not finished yet, and therefor the information below is not necessarily the final version.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2026 season were the players Yuma Suzuki - Leo Ceara (Kashima Antlers), Yuya Yamagishi - Katsuhiro Nakayama (Nagoya Grampus) and Yoshio Koizumi - Yuki Kakita (Kashiwa Reysol). Together they scored 4 goals for their teams, where one of the players scored the goal and the other one assisted to it.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2026 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Kyosuke Mochiyama, playing for Kawasaki Frontale, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 27 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Mito HollyHock-Kawasaki Frontale.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In May 2026, Kaina Tanimura (Yokohama F. Marinos) scored 5 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2026 season.
Most braces by player
Yuya Yamagishi in Nagoya Grampus scored (at least) two goals in a match three times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2026 season.
Most first goals in a match
The first goal of a match means a lot, and these players each scored it in a total of five matches during the season:
Yuya Yamagishi (Nagoya Grampus)
Erik (FC Machida Zelvia)
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were two players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, four times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Leo Ceara (Kashima Antlers)
Ryunosuke Sato (FC Tokyo)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2026 season was Takahiro Ogihara, in total he scored three penalties for his Vissel Kobe.
Most penalty goals by team
Vissel Kobe was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2026 season, in total they scored five of their goals from penalties.
Most own goals by team
Gamba Osaka scored four own goals in all their matches, making them the "best" at it in the entire league during the 2026 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Sota Nakamura in Sanfrecce Hiroshima scored in 4 consecutive matches during the 2026 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Yuma Suzuki in Kashima Antlers scored or assisted in 5 consecutive matches during the 2026 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 6 goals, and the players who did this were Yudai Kimura (Nagoya Grampus) and Deniz Hümmet (Gamba Osaka).
Players with most goals in the second half
Leo Ceara in Kashima Antlers scored a total of 8 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in J1 League during the 2026 season.
Most consecutive wins
Kashima Antlers was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2026 season, with a total of 7 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Kashima Antlers were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2026 season, playing 12 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Kashiwa Reysol had a streak of 6 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in J1 League during the 2026 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Avispa Fukuoka managed the feat of not winning a single match in 8 consecutive matches during the 2026 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 Kyoto Sanga, FC Tokyo, Cerezo Osaka, Avispa Fukuoka, Tokyo Verdy and Gamba Osaka, and these teams turned the game around two times in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but V-Varen Nagasaki have managed this in three matches during the 2026 season, more than any other team in J1 League.