# 2022 J1 League

The 2022 J1 League, also known as the 2022 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2022 明治安田生命J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2022 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This was eighth season of J1 League as renamed from J. League Division 1.
Kawasaki Frontale were the defending champions, having won their fourth and second consecutive title in 2021 with four rounds to play. Yokohama F. Marinos reclaimed the trophy, winning its fifth J.League and seventh Japanese title on the final day of the season. Brazilian forward Thiago Santana scored 14 goals for Shimizu S-Pulse, the least number of goals from a player who became the league top scorer and the first to also suffer relegation in the same season.

## Overview

Due to 2022 FIFA World Cup, the league began from February to November 2022.

## Changes from the previous season

There were four teams instead of two relegated last season to 2022 J2 League due to impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic to made up the decision of no relegation in the 2020 season, which saw the number of teams rise to 20. They were Tokushima Vortis, Oita Trinita, Vegalta Sendai, and Yokohama FC.
Two teams were promoted from the 2021 J2 League: Júbilo Iwata, who won the title and returned to J1 after a two-year absence, and Kyoto Sanga who finished second, returning to J1 after 11 seasons.

## Clubs

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Previous season rank |
| Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Hokkaido | Sapporo Dome | 41,484 | J1 (10th) |
| Kashima Antlers | Ibaraki Prefecture | Kashima Soccer Stadium | 40,728 | J1 (4th) |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Saitama Prefecture | Saitama Stadium 2002 | 63,700 | J1 (6th) |
| Kashiwa Reysol | Chiba Prefecture | Hitachi Kashiwa Stadium | 15,900 | J1 (15th) |
| FC Tokyo | Tokyo | Ajinomoto Stadium | 49,970 | J1 (9th) |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Kanagawa Prefecture | Nissan Stadium | 72,327 | J1 (2nd) |
| Kawasaki Frontale | Kanagawa Prefecture | Todoroki Stadium | 26,232 | J1 (1st) |
| Shonan Bellmare | Kanagawa Prefecture | Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka | 18,500 | J1 (16th) |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Shizuoka Prefecture | IAI Stadium Nihondaira | 20,339 | J1 (14th) |
| Júbilo Iwata | Shizuoka Prefecture | Yamaha Stadium | 15,165 | ↑ J2 (1st) |
| Nagoya Grampus | Aichi Prefecture | Toyota Stadium | 45,000 | J1 (5th) |
| Kyoto Sanga | Kyoto Prefecture | Sanga Stadium by Kyocera | 21,600 | ↑ J2 (2nd) |
| Gamba Osaka | Osaka Prefecture | Panasonic Stadium Suita | 39,694 | J1 (13th) |
| Cerezo Osaka | Osaka Prefecture | Yanmar Stadium | 47,853 | J1 (12th) |
| Vissel Kobe | Hyōgo Prefecture | Noevir Stadium | 30,132 | J1 (3rd) |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Hiroshima Prefecture | Edion Stadium | 36,894 | J1 (11th) |
| Avispa Fukuoka | Fukuoka Prefecture | Best Denki Stadium | 21,562 | J1 (8th) |
| Sagan Tosu | Saga Prefecture | Ekimae Real Estate Stadium | 24,130 | J1 (7th) |

### Personnel and kits

| Club | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Main shirt sponsor |
| Avispa Fukuoka | Shigetoshi Hasebe | Hiroyuki Mae | Yonex | Shin Nihon Seiyaku |
| Cerezo Osaka | Akio Kogiku | Hiroshi Kiyotake | Puma | Yanmar |
| FC Tokyo | Albert Puig | Masato Morishige | New Balance | Mixi |
| Gamba Osaka | Hiroshi Matsuda | Shu Kurata | Umbro | Panasonic |
| Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Mihailo Petrović | Hiroki Miyazawa | Mizuno | Ishiya |
| Júbilo Iwata | Hiroki Shibuya | Kosuke Yamamoto | Admiral | Yamaha |
| Kashima Antlers | Daiki Iwamasa | Shoma Doi | Nike | LIXIL |
| Kashiwa Reysol | Nelsinho Baptista | Hidekazu Otani | Yonex | Hitachi |
| Kawasaki Frontale | Toru Oniki | Shogo Taniguchi | Puma | Fujitsu |
| Kyoto Sanga | Cho Kwi-jae | Temma Matsuda | Puma | Kyocera |
| Nagoya Grampus | Kenta Hasegawa | Sho Inagaki | Mizuno | Toyota |
| Sagan Tosu | Kenta Kawai | Naoyuki Fujita | New Balance | Kimura Information Technology |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Michael Skibbe | Sho Sasaki | Nike | EDION |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Zé Ricardo | Valdo | Puma | Suzuyo |
| Shonan Bellmare | Satoshi Yamaguchi | Kazuki Oiwa | Penalty | Meldia |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Ricardo Rodriguez | Shusaku Nishikawa | Nike | Polus |
| Vissel Kobe | Takayuki Yoshida | Andrés Iniesta | Asics | Rakuten |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Kevin Muscat | Takuya Kida | Adidas | Nissan |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Kentaro Sawada | End of interim spell | 5 December 2021 | Pre-season | Michael Skibbe | 25 November 2021 |
| Gamba Osaka | Masanobu Matsunami | End of interim spell | 5 December 2021 | Pre-season | Tomohiro Katanosaka | 23 December 2021 |
| Kashima Antlers | Naoki Soma | End of contract | 5 December 2021 | Pre-season | René Weiler | 10 December 2021 |
| FC Tokyo | Shinichi Morishita | End of interim spell | 5 December 2021 | Pre-season | Albert Puig | 10 December 2021 |
| Nagoya Grampus | Massimo Ficcadenti | End of contract | 9 December 2021 | Pre-season | Kenta Hasegawa | 9 December 2021 |
| Sagan Tosu | Kim Myung-hwi | Resigned | 20 December 2021 | Pre-season | Kenta Kawai | 24 December 2021 |
| Júbilo Iwata | Masakazu Suzuki | Resigned | 25 December 2021 | Pre-season | Akira Ito | 25 December 2021 |
| Vissel Kobe | Atsuhiro Miura | Sacked | 20 March 2022 | 16th | Lluís Planagumà (caretaker) | 21 March 2022 |
| Vissel Kobe | Lluís Planagumà | End of caretaker spell | 8 April 2022 | 17th | Miguel Ángel Lotina | 8 April 2022 |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Hiroaki Hiraoka | Sacked | 30 May 2022 | 16th | Yoshiyuki Shinoda (caretaker) | 30 May 2022 |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Yoshiyuki Shinoda | End of caretaker spell | 7 June 2022 | 16th | Zé Ricardo | 7 June 2022 |
| Vissel Kobe | Miguel Ángel Lotina | Sacked | 29 June 2022 | 18th | Takayuki Yoshida | 29 June 2022 |
| Kashima Antlers | René Weiler | Mutual consent | 7 August 2022 | 4th | Daiki Iwamasa | 8 August 2022 |
| Gamba Osaka | Tomohiro Katanosaka | Sacked | 17 August 2022 | 17th | Hiroshi Matsuda | 17 August 2022 |
| Júbilo Iwata | Akira Ito | Sacked | 17 August 2022 | 18th | Hiroki Shibuya | 17 August 2022 |

### Foreign players

From the 2021 season, there is no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs could only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad. Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Qatar) were exempted from these restrictions.
* Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the midseason transfer window.
* Player's name in italics indicates the player has Japanese nationality in addition to their FIFA nationality, holds the nationality of a J.League partner nation, or is exempt from being treated as a foreign player due to having been born in Japan and being enrolled in, or having graduated from an approved type of school in the country.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Player 7 | Player 8 | Former player (s) |
| Avispa Fukuoka | Jordy Croux | Douglas Grolli | Lukian | John Mary | Juanma | | | | |
| Cerezo Osaka | Adam Taggart | Bruno Mendes | Jean Patric | Matej Jonjić | Kim Jin-hyeon | Chaowat Veerachat | | | Đặng Văn Lâm |
| FC Tokyo | Adaílton | Diego Oliveira | Henrique Trevisan | Leandro | Luiz Phellype | Jakub Słowik | | | Bruno Uvini |
| Gamba Osaka | Dawhan | Juan Alano | Leandro Pereira | Patric | Wellington Silva | Kwon Kyung-won | | | Ju Se-jong Shin Won-ho |
| Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Douglas Oliveira | Gabriel Xavier | Lucas Fernandes | Milan Tučić | Kim Gun-hee | Supachok Sarachat | | | |
| Júbilo Iwata | Dudu Pacheco | Ricardo Graça | Fabián González | Alexei Koșelev | | | | | |
| Kashima Antlers | Arthur Caíke | Bueno | Diego Pituca | Everaldo | Blessing Eleke | Kim Min-tae | Kwoun Sun-tae | | Juan Alano |
| Kashiwa Reysol | Dodi | Douglas | Matheus Sávio | Rodrigo Angelotti | | | | | Emerson Santos Kim Seung-gyu |
| Kawasaki Frontale | Jesiel | João Schmidt | Leandro Damião | Marcinho | Jung Sung-ryong | Chanathip Songkrasin | | | |
| Kyoto Sanga | Alan Cariús | Mendes | Paulinho Bóia | Quenten Martinus | Michael Woud | Origbaajo Ismaila | Peter Utaka | | |
| Nagoya Grampus | Mitchell Langerak | Léo Silva | Mateus | Naldinho | Tiago Pagnussat | Jakub Świerczok | | | |
| Sagan Tosu | Diego | Hwang Seok-ho | Park Il-gyu | Park Keon-woo | Ueom Ye-hoon | | | | Joan Oumari Taiga Son |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Douglas Vieira | Ezequiel | Pieros Sotiriou | Nassim Ben Khalifa | | | | | Júnior Santos |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Carlinhos Júnior | Renato Augusto | Ronaldo | Thiago Santana | Valdo | Yago Pikachu | Benjamin Kololli | Oh Se-hun | |
| Shonan Bellmare | Wellington | Mikel Agu | Tarik Elyounoussi | | | | | | |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Alexander Scholz | Kasper Junker | Alex Schalk | Bryan Linssen | David Moberg Karlsson | | | | |
| Vissel Kobe | Matheus Thuler | Stefan Mugoša | Andrés Iniesta | Bojan Krkić | Sergi Samper | | | | Lincoln |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Anderson Lopes | Eduardo | Élber | Léo Ceará | Marcos Júnior | Yan Matheus | | | |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos (C) | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 70 | 35 | +35 | 68 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 65 | 42 | +23 | 66 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 55 | |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 52 | |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 51 | |
| 6 | FC Tokyo | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 49 | |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 47 | |
| 8 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 46 | |
| 9 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 45 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 10 | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 45 | |
| 11 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 42 | |
| 12 | Shonan Bellmare | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 41 | |
| 13 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 40 | |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 38 | |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 37 | |
| 16 | Kyoto Sanga (O) | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 36 | Qualification for relegation playoffs |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse (R) | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 33 | Relegation to the J2 League |
| 18 | Júbilo Iwata (R) | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 57 | −25 | 30 | Relegation to the J2 League |
* ↑ Urawa Red Diamonds won the Champions League but did not qualify for the Champions League via league position. As a result, the last spot distributed to the third-placed team was transferred to Urawa Red Diamonds pursuant to the rules that Champions League winners would guaranteed a Champions League spot.

## Results table

| Home \ Away | ANT | AVI | BEL | CER | CON | FMA | FRO | GAM | GRA | JBI | KSA | RED | REY | SAG | SFR | SSP | TOK | VIS |
| Kashima Antlers | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Avispa Fukuoka | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 |
| Shonan Bellmare | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Cerezo Osaka | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Gamba Osaka | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Nagoya Grampus | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Júbilo Iwata | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Kyoto Sanga | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | — | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–4 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–6 | 3–1 |
| Sagan Tosu | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | — | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| FC Tokyo | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 |
| Vissel Kobe | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — |

## Promotion–relegation playoffs

In the playoffs, officially called the 2022 J.League J1/J2 Play-offs (Japanese: 2022 J1参入プレーオフ), the 16th-placed team of the J1 League (Kyoto Sanga) faced the winners of the J2 League promotion playoffs. Should they lose, the J2 team would be promoted in their place for the 2023 J1 League. Fagiano Okayama, Roasso Kumamoto, Oita Trinita, and Montedio Yamagata qualified for the promotion playoffs as they finished between third and sixth in the 2022 J2 League.
In the first two rounds of the playoffs, if the score was tied after 90 minutes, no extra time was played and the winners were the team with the higher finish in the J2 League (i.e. the home team). In the final match at the J1 team's home, if the score was tied after 90 minutes, no extra time would be played, and both teams stay at their respective leagues.
| First round 30 October | First round 30 October | First round 30 October | Second round 6 November | Second round 6 November | Second round 6 November | Final 13 November | Final 13 November | Final 13 November |
| J2 (3) | Fagiano Okayama | 0 | | | | | | |
| J2 (3) | Fagiano Okayama | 0 | | | | J1 (16) | Kyoto Sanga | 1 |
| J2 (6) | Montedio Yamagata | 3 | | | | J1 (16) | Kyoto Sanga | 1 |
| J2 (6) | Montedio Yamagata | 3 | J2 (6) | Montedio Yamagata | 2 | J2 (4) | Roasso Kumamoto | 1 |
| | | | J2 (4) | Roasso Kumamoto | 2 | | | |
| J2 (4) | Roasso Kumamoto | 2 | J2 (4) | Roasso Kumamoto | 2 | | | |
| J2 (5) | Oita Trinita | 2 | | | | | | |

### Final

Kyoto Sanga remained in J1 League. Roasso Kumamoto remained in J2 League.

## Season statistics
### Scoring
#### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Thiago Santana | Shimizu S-Pulse | 14 |
| 2 | Shuto Machino | Shonan Bellmare | 13 |
| 3 | Adaílton | FC Tokyo | 12 |
| 3 | Marcinho | Kawasaki Frontale | 12 |
| 3 | Akihiro Ienaga | Kawasaki Frontale | 12 |
| 6 | Anderson Lopes | Yokohama F. Marinos | 11 |
| 6 | Léo Ceará | Yokohama F. Marinos | 11 |
| 8 | Ayase Ueda | Kashima Antlers | 10 |
| 8 | Takuma Nishimura | Yokohama F. Marinos | 10 |
| 8 | Yuya Yamagishi | Avispa Fukuoka | 10 |

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Kasper Junker | Urawa Red Diamonds | Yokohama F. Marinos | 3–3 (H) | 18 May 2022 |
| Léo Ceará | Yokohama F. Marinos | Shimizu S-Pulse | 5–3 (A) | 2 July 2022 |
| Marcinho | Kawasaki Frontale | Avispa Fukuoka | 4–1 (A) | 20 August 2022 |
| Ryoma Watanabe | FC Tokyo | Cerezo Osaka | 4–0 (H) | 12 October 2022 |

#### Top assists

| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Yasuto Wakizaka | Kawasaki Frontale | 10 |
| 1 | Yuma Suzuki | Kashima Antlers | 10 |
| 3 | Gakuto Notsuda | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 8 |
| 3 | Makoto Mitsuta | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 8 |
| 3 | Yuta Higuchi | Kashima Antlers | 8 |
| 6 | Akito Fukuta | Sagan Tosu | 7 |
| 6 | Reon Yamahara | Shimizu S-Pulse | 7 |
| 8 | Anderson Lopes | Yokohama F. Marinos | 6 |
| 8 | Carlinhos Júnior | Shimizu S-Pulse | 6 |
| 8 | Marcinho | Kawasaki Frontale | 6 |
| 8 | Thiago Santana | Shimizu S-Pulse | 6 |
| 8 | Ken Iwao | Urawa Red Diamonds | 6 |
| 8 | Kota Mizunuma | Yokohama F. Marinos | 6 |
| 8 | Teruhito Nakagawa | Yokohama F. Marinos | 6 |
| 8 | Tomoya Koyamatsu | Kashiwa Reysol | 6 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Jakub Słowik | FC Tokyo | 14 |
| 2 | Mitchell Langerak | Nagoya Grampus | 13 |
| 2 | Yohei Takaoka | Yokohama F. Marinos | 13 |
| 4 | Jung Sung-ryong | Kawasaki Frontale | 12 |
| 4 | Park Il-gyu | Sagan Tosu | 12 |
| 6 | Keisuke Osako | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 11 |
| 7 | Kosei Tani | Shonan Bellmare | 10 |
| 7 | Shusaku Nishikawa | Urawa Red Diamonds | 10 |
| 7 | Takanori Sugeno | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 10 |
| 10 | Kim Jin-hyeon | Cerezo Osaka | 9 |

### Discipline
#### Player

* Most yellow cards: 7
** Diego Pituca (Kashima Antlers)
** Dodi (Kashiwa Reysol)
** Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga)
** Yuji Takahashi (Kashiwa Reysol)
** Juanma (Avispa Fukuoka)
* Most red cards: 1
** 44 players

#### Club

* Most yellow cards: 54
** Kashiwa Reysol
* Most red cards: 4
** Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
** Júbilo Iwata
** Shonan Bellmare

## Awards
### Monthly awards

| Month | Manager of the Month | Manager of the Month | Monthly MVP | Monthly MVP | Goal of the Month | Goal of the Month | References |
| Month | Manager | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | References |
| February/March | Toru Oniki | Kawasaki Frontale | Ayase Ueda | Kashima Antlers | Yuki Saneto | Yokohama F. Marinos | |
| April | Michael Skibbe | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Peter Utaka | Kyoto Sanga | Dawhan | Gamba Osaka | |
| May | Kevin Muscat | Yokohama F. Marinos | Seiya Maikuma | Cerezo Osaka | Matheus Sávio | Kashiwa Reysol | |
| June | Satoshi Yamaguchi | Shonan Bellmare | Kota Mizunuma | Yokohama F. Marinos | Gakuto Notsuda | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | |
| July | Kevin Muscat | Yokohama F. Marinos | Léo Ceará | Yokohama F. Marinos | Everaldo | Kashima Antlers | |
| August | Michael Skibbe | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Akihiro Ienaga | Kawasaki Frontale | Mateus | Nagoya Grampus | |
| September | Kevin Muscat | Yokohama F. Marinos | Tomoki Iwata | Yokohama F. Marinos | Takumu Kawamura | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | |
| October/November | Toru Oniki | Kawasaki Frontale | Marcinho | Kawasaki Frontale | Yuki Kobayashi | Vissel Kobe | |

### Annual awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Manager of the Year | Michael Skibbe | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
| Player of the Year | Tomoki Iwata | Yokohama F. Marinos |
| Best Young Player | Mao Hosoya | Kashiwa Reysol |
| Goal of the Year | Takumu Kawamura | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
Best XI :
| Goalkeeper | Yohei Takaoka (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Yohei Takaoka (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Yohei Takaoka (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Yohei Takaoka (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Yohei Takaoka (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Yohei Takaoka (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Yohei Takaoka (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Yohei Takaoka (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Yohei Takaoka (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Yohei Takaoka (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Yohei Takaoka (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Yohei Takaoka (Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| Defenders | Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale) | Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale) | Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale) | Miki Yamane (Kawasaki Frontale) | Miki Yamane (Kawasaki Frontale) | Miki Yamane (Kawasaki Frontale) | Tomoki Iwata (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Tomoki Iwata (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Tomoki Iwata (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Ryuta Koike (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Ryuta Koike (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Ryuta Koike (Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| Midfielders | Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale) | Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale) | Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale) | Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale) | Yasuto Wakizaka (Kawasaki Frontale) | Yasuto Wakizaka (Kawasaki Frontale) | Yasuto Wakizaka (Kawasaki Frontale) | Yasuto Wakizaka (Kawasaki Frontale) | Kota Mizunuma (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Kota Mizunuma (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Kota Mizunuma (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Kota Mizunuma (Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| Forwards | Marcinho (Kawasaki Frontale) | Marcinho (Kawasaki Frontale) | Marcinho (Kawasaki Frontale) | Marcinho (Kawasaki Frontale) | Élber (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Élber (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Élber (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Élber (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Thiago Santana (Shimizu S-Pulse) | Thiago Santana (Shimizu S-Pulse) | Thiago Santana (Shimizu S-Pulse) | Thiago Santana (Shimizu S-Pulse) |