J1 League Top scorers - Japan 2002

The winning top scorer in J1 League, Japan (or J.League Division 1 as the league was called back then) during the season 2002 was Naohiro Takahara with 26 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season. You can also find all hat-tricks scored during the season.

J1 League best goal scorers 2002

Below is the final top scorer list for the J1 League (J.League Division 1) 2002, including the 26 players who scored the most goals during the season.

#	Player, Team	Nationality	Age	GoalsGoals
1.	Naohiro Takahara Júbilo Iwata	Japan	43	26
2.	Magrão Gamba Osaka	Brazil	48	22
3.	Ueslei Nagoya Grampus	Brazil	50	20
4.	Marcos Vegalta Sendai	Brazil	48	18
5.	Choi Yong-soo JEF United Chiba	South Korea	49	16
	Edmundo Tokyo Verdy	Brazil	51	16
	Masashi Nakayama Júbilo Iwata	Japan	55	16
8.	Amaral FC Tokyo	Brazil	56	15
	Emerson Sheik Urawa Red Diamonds	Qatar	44	15
10.	Will Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	48	14
11.	Teruaki Kurobe Kyoto Sanga	Japan	44	13
12.	Kota Yoshihara Gamba Osaka	Japan	44	11
13.	Ivica Vastic Nagoya Grampus	Austria	53	10
	Toshiya Fujita Júbilo Iwata	Japan	51	10
	Yoshiteru Yamashita Vegalta Sendai	Japan	45	10
16.	Alessandro Santos Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	45	9
	Tuto Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil	43	9
18.	Kelly FC Tokyo	Brazil	47	8
19.	Atsushi Yanagisawa Kashima Antlers	Japan	45	7
	Daisuke Oku Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	46	7
	Euller Kashima Antlers	Brazil	51	7
	Park Ji-sung Kyoto Sanga	South Korea	41	7
	Shingo Suzuki Kyoto Sanga	Japan	44	7
	Sidiclei Vissel Kobe	Brazil	50	7
	Takafumi Ogura Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Japan	49	7
	Tatsuhiko Kubo Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	46	7

The age of the players is when the season ended at 30 November 2022

Player, Team	Match	GoalsGoals
Yushi Soda Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5-4 Sat 30 november 2002	3 55', 88', 99'
Naohiro Takahara Júbilo Iwata	Júbilo Iwata - FC Tokyo 6-1 Sun 22 september 2002	4 15', 47', 68', 87'
Naohiro Takahara Júbilo Iwata	Júbilo Iwata - Vegalta Sendai 4-0 Sat 10 august 2002	3 22', 45', 82'
Ueslei Nagoya Grampus	Vegalta Sendai - Nagoya Grampus 1-4 Wed 7 august 2002	4 25', 33', 35', 71'
Amaral FC Tokyo	Kashiwa Reysol - FC Tokyo 1-3 Sat 3 august 2002	3 38', 63', 75'
Magrão Gamba Osaka	Shimizu S-Pulse - Gamba Osaka 1-4 Sun 14 july 2002	4 25', 32', 35', 58'
Mitsuhiro Toda FC Tokyo	FC Tokyo - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4-0 Sun 14 july 2002	3 37', 43', 84'
Ueslei Nagoya Grampus	JEF United Chiba - Nagoya Grampus 3-4 Sat 13 july 2002	3 50', 73', 98'
Emerson Sheik Urawa Red Diamonds	Urawa Red Diamonds - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4-1 Sun 7 april 2002	3 17', 44', 58'
Teruaki Kurobe Kyoto Sanga	Kyoto Sanga - Tokyo Verdy 5-1 Sat 6 april 2002	3 8', 46', 65'
Marcelo Ramos Nagoya Grampus	Shimizu S-Pulse - Nagoya Grampus 0-4 Sat 6 april 2002	3 59', 69', 77'

The first game in J1 League (J.League Division 1) the season 2002 was played 2 March 2002, and the season ended 30 November 2022. More information and the winning top scorers in J1 League between the seasons 2000-2024 here.