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J1 League Top scorers - Japan 2022

The winning top scorer in J1 League, Japan during the season 2022 was Thiago Santana with 14 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season.

J1 League best goal scorers 2022

#	Player	Team	Nationality	Age	% team's goals	Goals
1.	Thiago Santana	Shimizu S-Pulse	Brazil	29	31.8%	14
2.	Shuto Machino	Shonan Bellmare	Japan	23	41.9%	13
3.	Adaílton	FC Tokyo	Brazil	31	26.1%	12
	Akihiro Ienaga	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	36	18.5%	12
	Marcinho	Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil	27	18.5%	12
6.	Anderson Lopes	Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	29	15.7%	11
	Leo Ceara	Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	27	15.7%	11
8.	Ayase Ueda	Kashima Antlers	Japan	24	21.3%	10
	Takuma Nishimura	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	26	14.3%	10
	Yuya Yamagishi	Avispa Fukuoka	Japan	29	34.5%	10
11.	Arthur Caike	Kashima Antlers	Brazil	30	19.1%	9
	Makoto Mitsuta	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	23	17.3%	9
	Peter Utaka	Kyoto Sanga	Nigeria	38	30.0%	9
14.	David Moberg Karlsson	Urawa Red Diamonds	Sweden	28	16.7%	8
	Elber	Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	30	11.4%	8
	Mao Hosoya	Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	21	18.6%	8
	Mateus	Nagoya Grampus	Brazil	28	26.7%	8
	Ryota Aoki	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Japan	26	17.8%	8
	Taisei Miyashiro	Sagan Tosu	Japan	22	17.8%	8
	Tsukasa Morishima	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	25	15.4%	8

The age of the players is when the season ended at 5 November 2022

The season started 18 February 2022 and the last game of the season was played at 5 November 2022. More information and the winning top scorers in J1 League between the seasons 2000-2023 here.

Scored hat-tricks in J1 League, season 2022

In total there were 5 scored hat-tricks during the season 2022 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	Goals
Ryoma Watanabe FC Tokyo	FC Tokyo - Cerezo Osaka 4-0 Wed 12 october 2022	3 48', 76', 77'
Nassim Ben Khalifa Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Gamba Osaka 5-2 Sat 20 august 2022	3 11', 72', 76'
Marcinho Kawasaki Frontale	Avispa Fukuoka - Kawasaki Frontale 1-4 Sat 20 august 2022	3 7', 45', 64'
Leo Ceara Yokohama F. Marinos	Shimizu S-Pulse - Yokohama F. Marinos 3-5 Sat 2 july 2022	3 45', 49', 52'
Kasper Junker Urawa Red Diamonds	Urawa Red Diamonds - Yokohama F. Marinos 3-3 Wed 18 may 2022	3 47', 81', 89'

League table J1 League 2022

This was the final standings in the 2022 J1 League season.

#	Team	Matches	WinsW	DrawsD	LossesL	Goals	Points
1.	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	20	8	6	70-35	68
2.	Kawasaki Frontale	34	20	6	8	65-42	66
3.	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	15	10	9	52-41	55
4.	Kashima Antlers	34	13	13	8	47-42	52
5.	Cerezo Osaka	34	13	12	9	46-40	51
6.	FC Tokyo	34	14	7	13	46-43	49
7.	Kashiwa Reysol	34	13	8	13	43-44	47
8.	Nagoya Grampus	34	11	13	10	30-35	46
9.	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	10	15	9	48-39	45
10.	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	34	11	12	11	45-55	45
11.	Sagan Tosu	34	9	15	10	45-44	42
12.	Shonan Bellmare	34	10	11	13	31-39	41
13.	Vissel Kobe	34	11	7	16	35-41	40
14.	Avispa Fukuoka	34	9	11	14	29-38	38
15.	Gamba Osaka	34	9	10	15	33-44	37
16.	Kyoto Sanga	34	8	12	14	30-38	36
17.	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	7	12	15	44-54	33
18.	Júbilo Iwata	34	6	12	16	32-57	30