J1 League Top scorers - Japan 2021

The winning top scorers in J1 League, Japan during the season 2021 were Daizen Maeda and Leandro Damiao with 23 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season. You can also find all hat-tricks scored during the season.

J1 League best goal scorers 2021

Below is the final top scorer list for the J1 League 2021, including the 20 players who scored the most goals during the season.

#	Player, Team	Nationality	Age	% team's goals	GoalsGoals
1.	Daizen Maeda Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	24	28.0%	23
	Leandro Damiao Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil	32	28.4%	23
3.	Kyogo Furuhashi Vissel Kobe	Japan	26	24.2%	15
4.	Ayase Ueda Kashima Antlers	Japan	23	22.6%	14
5.	Diego Oliveira FC Tokyo	Brazil	31	26.5%	13
	Patric Gamba Osaka	Brazil	34	39.4%	13
	Thiago Santana Shimizu S-Pulse	Brazil	28	35.1%	13
8.	Ado Onaiwu Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	26	14.6%	12
	Anderson Lopes Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Brazil	28	25.0%	12
10.	Leo Ceara Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	26	12.2%	10
	Ryotaro Araki Kashima Antlers	Japan	19	16.1%	10
	Yu Kobayashi Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	34	12.3%	10
13.	Adaílton FC Tokyo	Brazil	30	18.4%	9
	Kasper Junker Urawa Red Diamonds	Denmark	27	20.0%	9
	Keita Yamashita Sagan Tosu	Japan	25	20.9%	9
	Marcos Junior Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	28	11.0%	9
17.	Akihiro Ienaga Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	35	9.9%	8
	Kaoru Mitoma Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	24	9.9%	8
	Sho Inagaki Nagoya Grampus	Japan	29	18.2%	8
	Yuki Kakita Tokushima	Japan	24	23.5%	8

The age of the players is when the season ended at 4 December 2021

Scored hat-tricks in J1 League, season 2021

In total there were 9 scored hat-tricks during the season 2021 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
Patric Gamba Osaka	Oita Trinita - Gamba Osaka 2-3 Sun 7 november 2021	3 29', 53', 84'
Daizen Maeda Yokohama F. Marinos	Yokohama F. Marinos - FC Tokyo 8-0 Sat 6 november 2021	3 10', 41', 48'
Douglas Vieira Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kashiwa Reysol - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0-3 Sat 18 september 2021	3 31', 54', 60'
Leo Ceara Yokohama F. Marinos	Yokohama F. Marinos - Vegalta Sendai 5-0 Sat 21 august 2021	3 25', 62', 70'
Daizen Maeda Yokohama F. Marinos	Yokohama F. Marinos - Oita Trinita 5-1 Sun 15 august 2021	3 30', 75', 83'
Kyogo Furuhashi Vissel Kobe	Vissel Kobe - Yokohama FC 5-0 Wed 23 june 2021	3 31', 34', 62'
Shoma Doi Kashima Antlers	Kashima Antlers - Yokohama F. Marinos 5-3 Sat 15 may 2021	3 40', 46', 53'
Ado Onaiwu Yokohama F. Marinos	FC Tokyo - Yokohama F. Marinos 0-3 Sat 1 may 2021	3 8', 52', 61'
Anderson Lopes Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo - Vissel Kobe 3-4 Sat 20 march 2021	3 45', 45', 46'

26 February 2021 was the starting date for the J1 League season 2021, and the final games were played 4 December 2021. More information and the winning top scorers in J1 League between the seasons 2000-2024 here.