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. The most assists this season have been made by Yasuto Wakizaka and Yuma Suzuki. Furthermore, see all the season’s hat-tricks, as well as the final standings.

Season:

J1 League best goal scorers 2022

Below is the final top scorer list for the J1 League 2022, including the 27 players who scored the most goals during the season.

# Player, Team Nationality Age % team's goals GoalsGoals
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
21. Kasper Junker
Urawa Red Diamonds
Denmark
28 14.6%
7
  Kei Chinen
Kawasaki Frontale
Japan 27 10.8%
7
  Kota Mizunuma
Yokohama F. Marinos
Japan 32 10.0%
7
  Teruhito Nakagawa
Yokohama F. Marinos
Japan 30 10.0%
7
  Yuki Muto
Kashiwa Reysol
Japan 33 16.3%
7
  Yuma Suzuki
Kashima Antlers
Japan 26 14.9%
7
  Yuya Osako
Vissel Kobe
Japan 32 20.0%
7
The age of the players is when the season ended at 5 November 2022

Most assists in the J1 League 2022

This is the list of the players that assisted to most goals the J1 League during the 2022 season.

# Player, team Nationality Age Assists
1. Yasuto Wakizaka
Kawasaki Frontale
Japan 27
10
  Yuma Suzuki
Kashima Antlers
Japan 26
10
3. Makoto Mitsuta
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Japan 23
8
  Yuta Higuchi
Kashima Antlers
Japan 26
8
  Gakuto Notsuda
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Japan 28
8
6. Reon Yamahara
Shimizu S-Pulse
Japan 23
7
  Akito Fukuta
Sagan Tosu
Japan 30
7
8. Marcinho
Kawasaki Frontale
Brazil
27
6
  Anderson Lopes
Yokohama F. Marinos
Brazil
29
6
  Thiago Santana
Shimizu S-Pulse
Brazil
29
6
  Teruhito Nakagawa
Yokohama F. Marinos
Japan 30
6
  Carlinhos Júnior
Shimizu S-Pulse
Brazil
28
6
  Tomoya Koyamatsu
Kashiwa Reysol
Japan 27
6
  Kota Mizunuma
Yokohama F. Marinos
Japan 32
6
  Ken Iwao
Urawa Red Diamonds
Japan 34
6

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 GoalsGoals
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+2', 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

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 2000-2025 here.