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J1 League Top scorers - Japan 2001

The winning top scorer in J1 League, Japan (or J.League Division 1 as the league was called back then) during the season 2001 was Will with 24 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season.

J1 League best goal scorers 2001

#	Player	Team	Nationality	Age	Goals
1.	Will	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Brazil	27	24
2.	Choi Yong-soo	JEF United Chiba	South Korea	28	21
	Ueslei	Nagoya Grampus	Brazil	29	21
4.	Amaral	FC Tokyo	Brazil	35	17
	Masashi Nakayama	Júbilo Iwata	Japan	34	17
	Nino Bule	Gamba Osaka	Croatia	25	17
7.	Baron	Shimizu S-Pulse	Brazil	27	15
	Tatsuhiko Kubo	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	25	15
9.	Alessandro Santos	Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	24	12
	Atsushi Yanagisawa	Kashima Antlers	Japan	24	12
	Yasuyuki Moriyama	Nagoya Grampus	Japan	32	12
12.	Kazuyoshi Miura	Vissel Kobe	Japan	34	11
	Kota Yoshihara	Gamba Osaka	Japan	23	11
	Steve Corica	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Australia	28	11
	Toshiya Fujita	Júbilo Iwata	Japan	30	11
16.	Hwang Sun-hong	Kashiwa Reysol	South Korea	33	10
	Wagner Lopes	FC Tokyo/Avispa Fukuoka	Japan	32	10
18.	Chikara Fujimoto	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	24	9
	Harutaka Ono	Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	23	9
	Katsutomo Oshiba	JEF United Chiba	Japan	28	9
	Kelly	FC Tokyo	Brazil	26	9
	Kenji Oshiba	Cerezo Osaka	Japan	28	9
	Masaaki Sawanobori	Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	31	9
	Ryuji Bando	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Japan	22	9
	Tuto	Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil	22	9
	Yoo Sang-chul	Kashiwa Reysol	South Korea	30	9

The age of the players is when the season ended at 24 November 2001

The first game in J1 League (J.League Division 1) the season 2001 was played 10 March 2001, and the season ended 24 November 2001. More information and the winning top scorers in J1 League between the seasons 2000-2023 here.

Scored hat-tricks in J1 League, season 2001

In total there were 10 scored hat-tricks during the season 2001 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
Ueslei Nagoya Grampus	Nagoya Grampus - JEF United Chiba 5-1 Sat 17 november 2001	3 78', 86', 87'
Amaral FC Tokyo	FC Tokyo - Cerezo Osaka 5-2 Sat 3 november 2001	3 19', 59', 63'
Norihisa Shimizu Júbilo Iwata	FC Tokyo - Júbilo Iwata 2-5 Wed 17 october 2001	3 72', 81', 85'
Baron Shimizu S-Pulse	Vissel Kobe - Shimizu S-Pulse 3-6 Sat 13 october 2001	3 11', 59', 69'
Will Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo - Vissel Kobe 5-2 Sat 29 september 2001	3 29', 62', 78'
Ueslei Nagoya Grampus	Nagoya Grampus - Tokyo Verdy 3-2 Sat 25 august 2001	3 35', 40', 68'
Yasuo Manaka Cerezo Osaka	Cerezo Osaka - Kashiwa Reysol 3-2 Sat 14 july 2001	3 72', 73', 75'
Ueslei Nagoya Grampus	Avispa Fukuoka - Nagoya Grampus 0-4 Sat 7 july 2001	4 36', 60', 63', 87'
Yutaka Takahashi Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Sanfrecce Hiroshima - FC Tokyo 3-0 Thu 3 may 2001	3 11', 44', 61'
Hideaki Kitajima Kashiwa Reysol	Kashiwa Reysol - Vissel Kobe 5-1 Sun 29 april 2001	3 71', 72', 79'