J.League Top Scorer

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
28
 Yokohama Marinos  Argentina
1994 Frank Ordenewitz
30
 JEF United Ichihara  Germany
1995 Masahiro Fukuda
32
 Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan
1996 Kazuyoshi Miura
23
 Verdy Kawasaki  Japan
1997 Patrick Mboma
25
 Gamba Osaka  Cameroon
1998 Masashi Nakayama
36
 Júbilo Iwata  Japan
1999 Hwang Sun-Hong
24
 Cerezo Osaka  South Korea
2000 Masashi Nakayama
20
 Júbilo Iwata  Japan
2001 Will
24
 Consadole Sapporo  Brazil
2002 Naohiro Takahara
26
 Júbilo Iwata  Japan
2003 Ueslei
22
 Nagoya Grampus Eight  Brazil
2004 Emerson
27
 Urawa Red Diamonds  Brazil
2005 Araújo
33
 Gamba Osaka  Brazil
2006 Washington 26 Urawa Red Diamonds  Brazil
Magno Alves Gamba Osaka  Brazil
2007 Juninho
22
 Kawasaki Frontale  Brazil
2008 Marquinhos
21
 Kashima Antlers  Brazil
2009 Ryoichi Maeda
20
 Júbilo Iwata  Japan
2010 Ryoichi Maeda 17 Júbilo Iwata  Japan
Joshua Kennedy Nagoya Grampus  Australia
2011 Joshua Kennedy
19
 Nagoya Grampus  Australia
2012 Hisato Satō
22
 Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Japan
2013 Yoshito Ōkubo
26
 Kawasaki Frontale  Japan
2014 Yoshito Ōkubo
18
 Kawasaki Frontale  Japan
2015 Yoshito Ōkubo
23
 Kawasaki Frontale  Japan
2016 Peter Utaka 19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Nigeria
Leandro Vissel Kobe  Brazil
2017 Yū Kobayashi
23
 Kawasaki Frontale  Japan
2018 Jô
24
 Nagoya Grampus  Brazil
2019 Teruhito Nakagawa 15 Yokohama F. Marinos  Japan
Marcos Júnior Yokohama F. Marinos  Brazil
2020 Michael Olunga
28
 Kashiwa Reysol  Kenya
2021 Leandro Damião 23 Kawasaki Frontale  Brazil
Daizen Maeda Yokohama F. Marinos  Japan
2022 Thiago Santana
14
 Shimizu S-Pulse  Brazil
2023 Yuya Osako 22 Vissel Kobe  Japan
Anderson Lopes Yokohama F. Marinos  Brazil