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J1 League Top scorers - Japan 2021

The winning top scorers in J1 League, Japan during the season 2021 were Daizen Maeda and Leandro Damiao with 23 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season.

J1 League best goal scorers 2021

#	Player	Team	Nationality	Age	% team's goals	Goals
1.	Daizen Maeda	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	24	28.0%	23
	Leandro Damiao	Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil	32	28.4%	23
3.	Kyogo Furuhashi	Vissel Kobe	Japan	26	24.2%	15
4.	Ayase Ueda	Kashima Antlers	Japan	23	22.6%	14
5.	Diego Oliveira	FC Tokyo	Brazil	31	26.5%	13
	Patric	Gamba Osaka	Brazil	34	39.4%	13
	Thiago Santana	Shimizu S-Pulse	Brazil	28	35.1%	13
8.	Ado Onaiwu	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	26	14.6%	12
	Anderson Lopes	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Brazil	28	25.0%	12
10.	Leo Ceara	Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	26	12.2%	10
	Ryotaro Araki	Kashima Antlers	Japan	19	16.1%	10
	Yu Kobayashi	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	34	12.3%	10
13.	Adaílton	FC Tokyo	Brazil	30	18.4%	9
	Kasper Junker	Urawa Red Diamonds	Denmark	27	20.0%	9
	Keita Yamashita	Sagan Tosu	Japan	25	20.9%	9
	Marcos Junior	Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	28	11.0%	9
17.	Akihiro Ienaga	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	35	9.9%	8
	Kaoru Mitoma	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	24	9.9%	8
	Sho Inagaki	Nagoya Grampus	Japan	29	18.2%	8
	Yuki Kakita	Tokushima	Japan	24	23.5%	8

The age of the players is when the season ended at 4 December 2021

26 February 2021 was the starting date for the J1 League season 2021, and the final games were played 4 December 2021. More information and the winning top scorers in J1 League between the seasons 2000-2023 here.

Scored hat-tricks in J1 League, season 2021

In total there were 9 scored hat-tricks during the season 2021 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
Patric Gamba Osaka	Oita Trinita - Gamba Osaka 2-3 Sun 7 november 2021	3 29', 53', 84'
Daizen Maeda Yokohama F. Marinos	Yokohama F. Marinos - FC Tokyo 8-0 Sat 6 november 2021	3 10', 41', 48'
Douglas Vieira Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kashiwa Reysol - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0-3 Sat 18 september 2021	3 31', 54', 60'
Leo Ceara Yokohama F. Marinos	Yokohama F. Marinos - Vegalta Sendai 5-0 Sat 21 august 2021	3 25', 62', 70'
Daizen Maeda Yokohama F. Marinos	Yokohama F. Marinos - Oita Trinita 5-1 Sun 15 august 2021	3 30', 75', 83'
Kyogo Furuhashi Vissel Kobe	Vissel Kobe - Yokohama FC 5-0 Wed 23 june 2021	3 31', 34', 62'
Shoma Doi Kashima Antlers	Kashima Antlers - Yokohama F. Marinos 5-3 Sat 15 may 2021	3 40', 46', 53'
Ado Onaiwu Yokohama F. Marinos	FC Tokyo - Yokohama F. Marinos 0-3 Sat 1 may 2021	3 8', 52', 61'
Anderson Lopes Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo - Vissel Kobe 3-4 Sat 20 march 2021	3 45', 45', 46'

League table J1 League 2021

This was the final standings in the 2021 J1 League season.

#	Team	Matches	WinsW	DrawsD	LossesL	Goals	Points
1.	Kawasaki Frontale	38	28	8	2	81-28	92
2.	Yokohama F. Marinos	38	24	7	7	82-35	79
3.	Vissel Kobe	38	21	10	7	62-36	73
4.	Kashima Antlers	38	21	6	11	62-36	69
5.	Nagoya Grampus	38	19	9	10	44-30	66
6.	Urawa Red Diamonds	38	18	9	11	45-38	63
7.	Sagan Tosu	38	16	11	11	43-35	59
8.	Avispa Fukuoka	38	14	12	12	42-37	54
9.	FC Tokyo	38	15	8	15	49-53	53
10.	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	38	14	9	15	48-50	51
11.	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	38	12	13	13	44-42	49
12.	Cerezo Osaka	38	13	9	16	47-51	48
13.	Gamba Osaka	38	12	8	18	33-49	44
14.	Shimizu S-Pulse	38	10	12	16	37-54	42
15.	Kashiwa Reysol	38	12	5	21	37-56	41
16.	Shonan Bellmare	38	7	16	15	36-41	37
17.	Tokushima	38	10	6	22	34-55	36
18.	Oita Trinita	38	9	8	21	31-55	35
19.	Vegalta Sendai	38	5	13	20	31-62	28
20.	Yokohama FC	38	6	9	23	32-77	27