J.League Top Scorer Explained

The J.League Top Scorer is awarded by the J.League to the top scoring player of the season.

Year	Player	Goals	Club	Nationality
1993	Ramón Díaz		Yokohama Marinos
1994	Frank Ordenewitz		JEF United Ichihara	Germany
1995	Masahiro Fukuda		Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan
1996	Kazuyoshi Miura		Verdy Kawasaki
1997	Patrick Mboma		Gamba Osaka
1998	Masashi Nakayama		Júbilo Iwata
1999	Hwang Sun-Hong		Cerezo Osaka
2000	Masashi Nakayama		Júbilo Iwata
2001	Will		Consadole Sapporo	Brazil
2002	Naohiro Takahara		Júbilo Iwata
2003	Ueslei		Nagoya Grampus Eight
2004	Emerson		Urawa Red Diamonds
2005	Araújo		Gamba Osaka
2006	Washington	26	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Magno Alves	Gamba Osaka
2007	Juninho		Kawasaki Frontale
2008	Marquinhos		Kashima Antlers
2009	Ryoichi Maeda		Júbilo Iwata
2010	Ryoichi Maeda	17	Júbilo Iwata
	Joshua Kennedy	Nagoya Grampus	Australia
2011	Joshua Kennedy		Nagoya Grampus
2012	Hisato Satō		Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2013	Yoshito Ōkubo		Kawasaki Frontale
2014	Yoshito Ōkubo		Kawasaki Frontale
2015	Yoshito Ōkubo		Kawasaki Frontale
2016	Peter Utaka	19	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
	Leandro	Vissel Kobe
2017	Yū Kobayashi		Kawasaki Frontale
2018	Jô		Nagoya Grampus
2019	Teruhito Nakagawa	15	Yokohama F. Marinos
	Marcos Júnior	Yokohama F. Marinos
2020	Michael Olunga		Kashiwa Reysol	Kenya
2021	Leandro Damião	23	Kawasaki Frontale
	Daizen Maeda	Yokohama F. Marinos
2022	Thiago Santana		Shimizu S-Pulse	Brazil
2023	Yuya Osako	22	Vissel Kobe
	Anderson Lopes	Yokohama F. Marinos

Wins by club

	Club	Winners
1	Kawasaki Frontale	6
2	Júbilo Iwata	5
	Yokohama F. Marinos	5
4	Nagoya Grampus	4
5	Gamba Osaka	3
	Urawa Red Diamonds	3
7	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2
	Vissel Kobe	2
9	Cerezo Osaka	1
	Consadole Sapporo	1
	JEF United Chiba	1
	Kashima Antlers	1
	Kashiwa Reysol	1
	Shimizu S-Pulse	1
	Tokyo Verdy	1

See also

• J.League awards
• Japanese football champions, for Japan Soccer League predecessors.

References

• ULTRAZONE Website : All-Time Award Winners