J.League records and statistics

This page details J. League records.

J. League Division 1

As 30 July 2015

Ranks

As of 30 July 2015

In bold the ones who are actually playing in J1. In italic the ones who are still active, but no more in J1.

Caps

#	Player	Caps	Career
1	Seigo Narazaki	592	1995–
2	Teruyoshi Ito	517	1993–2013
3	Nobuhisa Yamada	501	1994–2013
4	Yasuhito Endo	492	1998–2012, 2014–
5	Yuji Nakazawa	491	1999–
6	Tomokazu Myojin	480	1996–
7	Yuki Abe	457	1998–2010, 2012–
8	Hitoshi Sogahata	452	2006–
	Mitsuo Ogasawara		1998–2006, 2007–
10	Satoshi Yamaguchi	448	1996–2011
11	Toru Araiba	423	1997–2014
12	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	421	1994–2001, 2005–2013
13	Toshiya Fujita	419	1994–2003, 2004–2008
14	Takahiro Futagawa	393	1999–2012, 2014–
15	Yutaka Akita	391	1993–2006
16	Go Oiwa	386	1995–2010
17	Naoki Matsuda	385	1995–2010
	Chikara Fujimoto		1996–2011
19	Norio Omura	381	1993–2006
	Masaaki Sawanobori		1993–2005
	Toshihiro Hattori		1994–2006, 2008

Goals

#	Player	Goals	Career
1	Masashi Nakayama	157	1994–2009, 2012
1	Hisato Sato	157	2000–2001, 2003, 2005–2007, 2009–
3	Marquinhos	152	2001–2011, 2012–
4	Yoshito Okubo	147	2001, 2003–2004, 2006–2008, 2009–
5	Ryoichi Maeda	142	2000–2013, 2015–
6	Kazuyoshi Miura	139	1992–1994, 1995–1998, 1999–2005, 2007
7	Ueslei	124	2000–2005, 2006–2009
8	Juninho	116	2003–2013
9	Edmilson	111	2004–2011, 2012
10	Atsushi Yanagisawa	108	1996–2003, 2006–2014
11	Toshiya Fujita	100	1994–2003, 2004–2008
12	Yasuhito Endo	98	1998–2012, 2014–
13	Keiji Tamada	96	1999–2014
14	Shoji Jo	95	1996–1999, 2000–2002
15	Nobuhiro Takeda	94	1993–2000, 2001
	Hiroaki Morishima		1995–2001, 2003–2006
	Tatsuhiko Kubo		1995–2007, 2009
18	Masahiro Fukuda	91	1993–1999, 2001–2002
19	Lucas	90	2004–2010, 2011–2013
20	Yoshiyuki Hasegawa	89	1993–2003

Individual

• Most career goals : 157 goals

Masashi Nakayama

• Most career hat-tricks : 8 times

Ueslei

• Most career appearances : 599 appearances

Seigo Narazaki

• Most goals in a season : 36 goals

Masashi Nakayama (1998)

• Most hat-tricks in a season : 5 times

Masashi Nakayama (1998)

• Most goals in a game : 5 goals

Koji Noguchi for Bellmare Hiratsuka vs Kashima Antlers (3 May 1995)

Edílson for Kashiwa Reysol vs Gamba Osaka (4 May 1996)

Masashi Nakayama for Jubilo Iwata vs Cerezo Osaka (15 April 1998)

Wagner Lopes for Nagoya Grampus Eight vs Urawa Red Diamonds (29 May 1999)

• Youngest player : 15 years 10 months and 6 days

Takayuki Morimoto for Tokyo Verdy 1969 vs Jubilo Iwata (13 March 2004)

• Youngest goalscorer : 15 years 11 months and 28 days

Takayuki Morimoto for Tokyo Verdy 1969 vs JEF United Ichihara (5 May 2004)

• Oldest goalscorer : 41 years 3 months and 12 days

Zico for Kashima Antlers vs Jubilo Iwata (15 June 1994)

• Fastest goal : 8 seconds

Hisato Sato for Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Cerezo Osaka (22 April 2006)

• Fastest hat-trick : 3 minutes

Yasuo Manaka for Cerezo Osaka vs Kashiwa Reysol (14 July 2001)

• First scorer

Hennie Meijer for Verdy Kawasaki vs Yokohama Marinos (15 May 1993)

• First hat-trick

Zico for Kashima Antlers vs Nagoya Grampus Eight (16 May 1993)

Club

• Most League championships : 7 times
  • Kashima Antlers (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009)
• Longest uninterrupted spell in J1: 24 seasons (1993 - Present)
  • Kashima Antlers
  • Nagoya Grampus
  • Yokohama F. Marinos
• Most goals scored in a season : 107 goals
  • Jubilo Iwata (1998)
• Fewest goals scored in a season : 16 goals
  • Tokushima Vortis (2014)
• Most goals conceded in a season : 111 goals
  • Yokohama Flügels (1995)
• Fewest goals conceded in a season : 24 goals
  • Oita Trinita (2008)
• Biggest goal difference in a season : 68 goals
  • Jubilo Iwata (1998)
• Most points in a season : 108 points
  • Verdy Kawasaki (1995)
• Fewest points in a season : 13 points
  • Bellmare Hiratsuka (1999)
• Most wins in a season : 35 wins

Verdy Kawasaki (1995)

• Fewest wins in a season : 2 wins
  • Oita Trinita (2013)
• Most draws in a season : 14 draws
  • FC Tokyo (2005)
  • Ventforet Kofu (2014)
• Most losses in a season : 34 losses
  • Gamba Osaka (1995)
• Fewest losses in a season : 3 losses
  • Jubilo Iwata (2001)
  • Jubilo Iwata (2002)
• Most goals in a game  : 12 goals
  • Cerezo Osaka 5-7 Kashiwa Reysol (8 August 1998)
• Record win : 9-1, 8-0
  • Jubilo Iwata 9-1 Cerezo Osaka (15 April 1998)
  • Vissel Kobe 0-8 Oita Trinita (26 July 2003)
• Highest scoring draw: 5-5
  • Vissel Kobe 5-5 JEF United Ichihara (14 October 1998)
• Highest average home attendance in a season : 47,609
  • Urawa Red Diamonds (2008)
• Highest home attendance : 62,632
  • Yokohama F. Marinos 0-2 Albirex Niigata (30 November 2013)

J. League Division 2

As 31 December 2014

Individual

• Most career goals : 74 goals

Marcus

• Most career hat-tricks : 6 times

Juninho

• Most career appearances : 508 appearances (at the end of 2014 season)

Koji Honma*

• Most goals in a season : 37 goals

Juninho (2004)

Hulk (2007)

• Most hat-tricks in a season : 3 times

Marcus (2003)

Juninho (2003)

Juninho (2004)

Hulk (2007)

• Most goals in a game : 4 goals

Emerson for Kawasaki Frontale vs Yokohama FC (12 May 2001)

Yutaka Takahashi for Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Yokohama FC (19 April 2003)

Marcus for Albirex Niigata vs Omiya Ardija (14 May 2003)

Marcus for Albirex Niigata vs Consadole Sapporo (2 August 2003)

Marcus for Albirex Niigata vs Yokohama FC (13 September 2003)

Baron for Ventforet Kofu vs Mito HollyHock (2 May 2004)

Hulk for Consadole Sapporo vs Shonan Bellmare (23 September 2006)

• Youngest player : 16 years 2 months and 25 days

Daisuke Kikuchi for Shonan Bellmare vs Avispa Fukuoka (7 July 2007)

• Youngest goalscorer : 17 years 3 months and 15 days

Daisuke Kikuchi for Shonan Bellmare vs Roasso Kumamoto (27 July 2008)

• Oldest goalscorer : 46 years 4 months 7 days

Kazuyoshi Miura for Yokohama FC vs Tochigi S.C. (3 July 2013)*

• Last scorer

Hayato Okamoto for FC Tokyo vs Sagan Tosu (14 March 1999)

• First hat-trick

Koichiro Katafuchi for Sagan Tosu vs Consadole Sapporo (28 March 1999)

• Asterisk denotes player is still active in J. League Division 2

Club

• Most League championships : 2 times

Consadole Sapporo (2000, 2007)

Kawasaki Frontale (1999, 2004)

Kyoto Sanga F.C. (2001, 2005)

• Longest uninterrupted spell in J2: 17 seasons

Mito HollyHock (2000-2016, ongoing)

• Most goals scored in a season : 104 goals

Kawasaki Frontale (2004)

• Fewest goals scored in a season : 20 goals

Giravanz Kitakyushu (2010)

• Most goals conceded in a season : 98 goals

Ventforet Kofu (2001)

• Fewest goals conceded in a season : 22 goals

Consadole Sapporo (2000)

FC Tokyo (2011)

• Biggest goal difference in a season : 66 goals

Kawasaki Frontale (2004)

• Most points in a season : 106 points

Vegalta Sendai (2009)

• Fewest points in a season : 15 points

Giravanz Kitakyushu (2010)

• Most wins in a season : 34 wins

Kawasaki Frontale (2004)

• Fewest wins in a season : 1 win

Giravanz Kitakyushu (2010)

• Most draws in a season : 22 draws

Yokohama FC (2004)

• Most losses in a season : 34 losses

Ventforet Kofu (2001)

• Fewest losses in a season : 2 losses

Kashiwa Reysol (2010)

• Most goals in a game  : 10 goals

FC Gifu 2-8 Gamba Osaka (3 July 2013)

• Record win : 7-0

Sagan Tosu 0-7 Urawa Red Diamonds (30 March 2000)

• Highest scoring draw: 4-4

Tokushima Vortis 4-4 Giravanz Kitakyushu (22 August 2010)

Sagan Tosu 4-4 Yokohama FC (17 October 2010)

FC Gifu 4-4 Sagan Tosu (30 October 2011)

• Highest average attendance in a season : 30,339

Albirex Niigata (2003)

• Highest attendance : 42,223

Albirex Niigata 1-0 Omiya Ardija (23 November 2003)