J1 League Top scorers - Japan 2020

The winning top scorer in J1 League, Japan during the season 2020 was Michael Olunga with 28 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season. Furthermore, see all the seasons hat-tricks, as well as the final standings.

Season:

J1 League best goal scorers 2020

Below is the final top scorer list for the J1 League 2020, including the 24 players who scored the most goals during the season.

#	Player, Team	Nationality	Age	% team's goals	GoalsGoals
1.	Michael Olunga Kashiwa Reysol	Kenya	26	46.7%	28
2.	Everaldo Kashima Antlers	Brazil	29	32.7%	18
3.	Leandro Pereira Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Brazil	29	32.6%	15
4.	Yu Kobayashi Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	33	15.9%	14
5.	Erik Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	26	18.8%	13
	Junior Santos Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	26	18.8%	13
	Kaoru Mitoma Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	23	14.8%	13
	Leandro Damiao Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil	31	14.8%	13
9.	Kyogo Furuhashi Vissel Kobe	Japan	25	24.0%	12
10.	Akihiro Ienaga Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	34	12.5%	11
	Leonardo Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil	23	25.6%	11
	Marcos Junior Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	27	15.9%	11
13.	Ayase Ueda Kashima Antlers	Japan	22	18.2%	10
	Carlinhos Júnior Shimizu S-Pulse	Brazil	26	20.8%	10
	Shinzo Koroki Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil	34	23.3%	10
16.	Anderson Lopes Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Brazil	27	19.1%	9
	Ataru Esaka Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	28	15.0%	9
	Bruno Mendes Cerezo Osaka	Brazil	26	19.6%	9
	Daichi Hayashi Sagan Tosu	Japan	23	24.3%	9
	Diego Oliveira FC Tokyo	Brazil	30	19.1%	9
	Leandro FC Tokyo	Brazil	27	19.1%	9
	Mateus Nagoya Grampus	Brazil	26	20.0%	9
	Patric Gamba Osaka	Brazil	33	19.6%	9
	Shun Nagasawa Vegalta Sendai	Japan	32	25.0%	9

The age of the players is when the season ended at 19 December 2020

Scored hat-tricks in J1 League, season 2020

In total there were 6 scored hat-tricks during the season 2020 in J1 League, Japan. All players scoring these hat-tricks (or more than 3 goals), and the matches they scored it in, are listed here.

Player, Team	Match	GoalsGoals
Akihiro Ienaga Kawasaki Frontale	Kawasaki Frontale - Gamba Osaka 5-0 Wed 25 november 2020	3 45', 49', 73'
Junior Santos Yokohama F. Marinos	Yokohama F. Marinos - Urawa Red Diamonds 6-2 Sat 14 november 2020	3 2', 37', 90'
Shun Nagasawa Vegalta Sendai	Gamba Osaka - Vegalta Sendai 0-4 Sat 14 november 2020	3 17', 44', 75'
Naoki Maeda Nagoya Grampus	Nagoya Grampus - Urawa Red Diamonds 6-2 Sat 8 august 2020	4 9', 10', 38', 50'
Everaldo Kashima Antlers	Oita Trinita - Kashima Antlers 1-4 Sat 1 august 2020	3 15', 40', 55'
Michael Olunga Kashiwa Reysol	Kashiwa Reysol - Vegalta Sendai 5-1 Sun 26 july 2020	3 40', 58', 73'

League table J1 League 2020

This was the final standings in the 2020 J1 League season.

#	Team	Matches	WinsW	DrawsD	LossesL	Goals	Points
1.	Kawasaki Frontale	34	26	5	3	88-31	83
2.	Gamba Osaka	34	20	5	9	46-42	65
3.	Nagoya Grampus	34	19	6	9	45-28	63
4.	Cerezo Osaka	34	18	6	10	46-37	60
5.	Kashima Antlers	34	18	5	11	55-44	59
6.	FC Tokyo	34	17	6	11	47-42	57
7.	Kashiwa Reysol	34	15	7	12	60-46	52
8.	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	13	9	12	46-37	48
9.	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	14	5	15	69-59	47
10.	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	13	7	14	43-56	46
11.	Oita Trinita	34	11	10	13	36-45	43
12.	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	34	10	9	15	47-58	39
13.	Sagan Tosu	34	7	15	12	37-43	36
14.	Vissel Kobe	34	9	9	16	50-59	36
15.	Yokohama FC	34	9	6	19	38-60	33
16.	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	7	7	20	48-70	28
17.	Vegalta Sendai	34	6	10	18	36-61	28
18.	Shonan Bellmare	34	6	9	19	29-48	27

The season started 21 February 2020 and the last game of the season was played at 19 December 2020. More information and the winning top scorers in J1 League between the seasons 2000-2025 here.