J. League records

This page details J. League records.

J. League Division 1

"As of March 13, 2008"

Individual

*Most career goals : 156 goals:flagicon|Japan Masashi Nakayama
*Most career hat-tricks : 8 times:flagicon|Brazil Ueslei
*Most career appearances : 412 appearances:flagicon|Japan Toshiya Fujita
*Most goals in a season : 36 goals:flagicon|Japan Masashi Nakayama (1998)
*Most hat-tricks in a season : 5 times:flagicon|Japan Masashi Nakayama (1998)
*Most goals in a game : 5 goals:flagicon|Japan Koji Noguchi for Bellmare Hiratsuka vs Kashima Antlers (3 May 1995):flagicon|Brazil Edílson for Kashiwa Reysol vs Gamba Osaka (4 May 1996):flagicon|Japan Masashi Nakayama for Jubilo Iwata vs Cerezo Osaka (15 April 1998):flagicon|Japan Wagner Lopes for Nagoya Grampus Eight vs Urawa Red Diamonds (29 May 1999)
*Youngest player : 15 years 10 months and 6 days:flagicon|Japan Takayuki Morimoto for Tokyo Verdy 1969 vs Jubilo Iwata (13 March 2004)
*Youngest goalscorer : 15 years 11 months and 28 days:flagicon|Japan Takayuki Morimoto for Tokyo Verdy 1969 vs JEF United Ichihara (5 May 2004)
*Oldest goalscorer : 41 years 3 months and 12 days:flagicon|Brazil Zico for Kashima Antlers vs Jubilo Iwata (15 June 1994)
*Fastest goal : 8 seconds:flagicon|Japan Hisato Sato for Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Cerezo Osaka (22 April 2006)
*Fastest hat-trick : 7 minutes:flagicon|Japan Yasuo Manaka for Cerezo Osaka vs Kashiwa Reysol (14 July 2001)
*First scorer:flagicon|Netherlands Hennie Meijer for Verdy Kawasaki vs Yokohama Marinos (15 May 1993)
*First hat-trick:flagicon|Brazil Zico for Kashima Antlers vs Nagoya Grampus Eight (16 May 1993)

Club

*Most League championships : 5 times
**Kashima Antlers (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2007)
*Longest uninterrupted spell in J1: 15 years (1993-present)
**Kashima Antlers
**JEF United
***Including the years in the Japan Soccer League as "Furukawa Electric", JEF United has been in the top flight the longest, 43 years since 1965.
**Shimizu S-Pulse
**Nagoya Grampus
**Gamba Osaka
**Yokohama F. Marinos
*Most goals scored in a season : 107 goals
**Jubilo Iwata (1998)
*Fewest goals scored in a season : 19 goals
**Yokohama FC (2007)
*Most goals conceded in a season : 111 goals
**Yokohama Flügels (1995)
*Fewest goals conceded in a season : 26 goals
**Jubilo Iwata (2001)
*Biggest goal difference in a season : 68 goals
**Jubilo Iwata (1998)
*Most points in a season : 108 points
**Verdy Kawasaki (1995)
*Fewest points in a season : 13 points
**Bellmare Hiratsuka (1999)
*Most wins in a season : 35 wins:Verdy Kawasaki (1995)
*Fewest wins in a season : 4 wins
**Bellmare Hiratsuka (1999)
**Vissel Kobe (2005)
**Kyoto Purple Sanga (2006)
**Yokohama FC (2007)
*Most draws in a season : 14 draws
**FC Tokyo (2005)
*Most losses in a season : 34 losses
**Gamba Osaka (1995)
*Fewest losses in a season : 3 losses
**Jubilo Iwata (2001)
**Jubilo Iwata (2002)
*Most goals in a game : 12 goals
**Cerezo Osaka 5-7 Kashiwa Reysol (8 August 1998)
*Record win : 9-1, 8-0
**Jubilo Iwata 9-1 Cerezo Osaka (15 April 1998)
**Vissel Kobe 0-8 Oita Trinita (26 July 2003)
*Highest scoring draw: 5-5
**Vissel Kobe 5-5 JEF United Ichihara (14 October 1998)
*Highest average home attendance in a season : 46,667
**Urawa Red Diamonds (2007)
*Highest home attendance : 62,241
**Urawa Red Diamonds 3-2 Gamba Osaka (5 December 2006)

J. League Division 2

"As of March 13, 2008"

Individual

*Most career goals : 74 goals:flagicon|Brazil Marcus
*Most career hat-tricks : 6 times:flagicon|Brazil Juninho
*Most career appearances : 305 appearances:flagicon|Japan Tadahiro Akiba :flagicon|Japan Yasunori Takada
*Most goals in a season : 37 goals:flagicon|Brazil Juninho (2004):flagicon|Brazil Hulk (2007)
*Most hat-tricks in a season : 3 times:flagicon|Brazil Marcus (2003):flagicon|Brazil Juninho (2003):flagicon|Brazil Juninho (2004):flagicon|Brazil Hulk (2007)
*Most goals in a game : 4 goals:flagicon|Brazil Emerson for Kawasaki Frontale vs Yokohama FC (12 May 2001):flagicon|Japan Yutaka Takahashi for Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Yokohama FC (19 April 2003):flagicon|Brazil Marcus for Albirex Niigata vs Omiya Ardija (14 May 2003):flagicon|Brazil Marcus for Albirex Niigata vs Consadole Sapporo (2 August 2003):flagicon|Brazil Marcus for Albirex Niigata vs Yokohama FC (13 September 2003):flagicon|Brazil Baron for Ventforet Kofu vs Mito HollyHock (2 May 2004):flagicon|Brazil Hulk for Consadole Sapporo vs Shonan Bellmare (23 September 2006)
*Youngest player : 16 years 2 months and 25 days:flagicon|Japan Daisuke Kikuchi for Shonan Bellmare vs Avispa Fukuoka (7 July 2007)
*Youngest goalscorer : 17 years 3 months and 15 days:flagicon|Japan Daisuke Kikuchi for Shonan Bellmare vs Roasso Kumamoto (27 July 2008)
*Oldest goalscorer : 39 years 7 months 25 days:flagicon|Japan Kazuyoshi Miura for Yokohama FC vs Shonan Bellmare (21 October 2006)
*First scorer:flagicon|Japan Hayato Okamoto for FC Tokyo vs Sagan Tosu (14 March 1999)
*First hat-trick:flagicon|Japan Koichiro Katafuchi for Sagan Tosu vs Consadole Sapporo (28 March 1999)

Team

*Most League championships : 2 times:Consadole Sapporo (2000, 2007):Kawasaki Frontale (1999, 2004):Kyoto Sanga F.C. (2001, 2005)
*Most goals scored in a season : 104 goals:Kawasaki Frontale (2004)
*Fewest goals scored in a season : 26 goals:Thespa Kusatsu (2005)
*Most goals conceded in a season : 98 goals:Ventforet Kofu (2001)
*Fewest goals conceded in a season : 22 goals:Consadole Sapporo (2000)
*Biggest goal difference in a season : 66 goals:Kawasaki Frontale (2004)
*Most points in a season : 105 points:Kawasaki Frontale (2004)
*Fewest points in a season : 18 points:Ventforet Kofu (1999):Ventforet Kofu (2000)
*Most wins in a season : 34 wins:Kawasaki Frontale (2004)
*Fewest wins in a season : 3 wins:Sagan Tosu (2003)
*Most draws in a season : 22 draws:Yokohama FC (2004)
*Most losses in a season : 34 losses:Ventforet Kofu (2001)
*Fewest losses in a season : 4 losses:Consadole Sapporo (2000)
*Most goals in a game : 9 goals:Kawasaki Frontale 6-3 Sagan Tosu (28 June 2003)
*Record win : 7-0:Sagan Tosu 0-7 Urawa Red Diamonds (30 March 2000)
*Highest scoring draw: 3-3:Mito HollyHock 3-3 Sagan Tosu (21 April 2001):Shonan Bellmare 3-3 Omiya Ardija (6 May 2001):Consadole Sapporo 3-3 Ventforet Kofu (21 June 2003):Kawasaki Frontale 3-3 Yokohama FC (19 July 2003):Montedio Yamagata 3-3 Avispa Fukuoka (5 October 2003):Tokushima Vortis 3-3 Vegalta Sendai (13 July 2005):Sagan Tosu 3-3 Tokushima Vortis (6 November 2005):Consadole Sapporo 3-3 Kyoto Purple Sanga (19 November 2005):Ehime FC 3-3 Tokushima Vortis (2 September 2006):Kashiwa Reysol 3-3 Yokohama FC (28 October 2006):Montedio Yamagata 3-3 Vegalta Sendai (25 April 2007):Ehime FC 3-3 Avispa Fukuoka (23 September 2007):Vegalta Sendai 3-3 Mito HollyHock (26 April 2008)
*Highest average attendance in a season : 30,339:Albirex Niigata (2003)
*Highest home attendance : 42,223 :Albirex Niigata 1-0 Omiya Ardija (23 November 2003)

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