# 2023 J1 League

The 2023 J1 League, also known as the 2023 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2023 明治安田生命J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2023 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This was the ninth season of J1 League after being renamed from J. League Division 1.
Yokohama F. Marinos were the defending champions, having won their fifth J.League and seventh Japanese title in the final match of the previous season. Vissel Kobe won their first ever league title with one game to go.

## Overview

This season was the last as an 18 team-competition. At the end of season, only one club would be relegated to the J2 League as the number of clubs was expanded from 18 to 20 clubs from the 2024 season.

## Changes from the previous season

There were two teams relegated last season to the 2023 J2 League. Shimizu S-Pulse and Júbilo Iwata, both from Shizuoka Prefecture, were relegated due to them finishing 17th and 18th respectively the previous season. Thus, this was the first Japanese top-flight season to not feature any team from the region.
Kyoto Sanga finished on 16th place, but won the promotion/relegation playoffs against Roasso Kumamoto and thus retained their top league status. Had Roasso won, it would have been their first ever promotion to the top-flight.
Two teams were promoted from the 2022 J2 League: Albirex Niigata, who won the title and returned to J1 after a five-year absence, and Yokohama FC, who finished second, returning to the J1 after just a season playing on the J2 League.

## Participating clubs

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Previous season rank |
| Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Hokkaido | Sapporo Dome | 38,794 | J1 (10th) |
| Kashima Antlers | Ibaraki Prefecture | Kashima Soccer Stadium | 39,170 | J1 (4th) |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Saitama Prefecture | Saitama Stadium 2002 | 62,010 | J1 (9th) |
| Kashiwa Reysol | Chiba Prefecture | Hitachi Kashiwa Stadium | 15,109 | J1 (7th) |
| FC Tokyo | Tokyo | Ajinomoto Stadium | 47,851 | J1 (6th) |
| Kawasaki Frontale | Kanagawa Prefecture | Todoroki Stadium | 26,827 | J1 (2nd) |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Kanagawa Prefecture | Nissan Stadium | 71,822 | J1 (1st) |
| Yokohama FC | Kanagawa Prefecture | Mitsuzawa Stadium | 15,444 | J2 (2nd) |
| Shonan Bellmare | Kanagawa Prefecture | Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka | 15,380 | J1 (12th) |
| Albirex Niigata | Niigata Prefecture | Denka Big Swan Stadium | 41,684 | J2 (1st) |
| Nagoya Grampus | Aichi Prefecture | Toyota Stadium | 43,739 | J1 (8th) |
| Kyoto Sanga | Kyoto Prefecture | Sanga Stadium by Kyocera | 21,623 | J1 (16th) |
| Gamba Osaka | Osaka Prefecture | Panasonic Stadium Suita | 39,694 | J1 (15th) |
| Cerezo Osaka | Osaka Prefecture | Yodoko Sakura Stadium | 24,481 | J1 (5th) |
| Vissel Kobe | Hyōgo Prefecture | Noevir Stadium | 28,996 | J1 (13th) |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Hiroshima Prefecture | Edion Stadium | 35,909 | J1 (3rd) |
| Avispa Fukuoka | Fukuoka Prefecture | Best Denki Stadium | 21,562 | J1 (14th) |
| Sagan Tosu | Saga Prefecture | Ekimae Real Estate Stadium | 24,130 | J1 (11th) |

### Personnel and kits

| Club | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Front shirt sponsor |
| Albirex Niigata | Rikizo Matsuhashi | Yuto Horigome | Adidas | Kameda Seika |
| Avispa Fukuoka | Shigetoshi Hasebe | Tatsuki Nara | Yonex | Shin Nihon Seiyaku |
| Cerezo Osaka | Akio Kogiku | Hiroshi Kiyotake | Puma | Yanmar |
| FC Tokyo | Peter Cklamovski | Masato Morishige | New Balance | Mixi |
| Gamba Osaka | Dani Poyatos | Takashi Usami | Hummel | Panasonic |
| Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Mihailo Petrović | Hiroki Miyazawa | Mizuno | Ishiya |
| Kashima Antlers | Daiki Iwamasa | Shoma Doi | Nike | LIXIL |
| Kashiwa Reysol | Masami Ihara | Taiyo Koga | Yonex | Hitachi |
| Kawasaki Frontale | Toru Oniki | Kento Tachibanada | 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 |
| Shonan Bellmare | Satoshi Yamaguchi | Kazuki Oiwa | Penalty | RiPTy |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Maciej Skorża | Hiroki Sakai | Nike | Polus |
| Vissel Kobe | Takayuki Yoshida | Hotaru Yamaguchi | Asics | Rakuten Mobile |
| Yokohama FC | Shuhei Yomoda | Gabriel | Puma | Onodera Group |
| 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 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Ricardo Rodríguez | Resigned | 5 November 2022 | Pre-season | Maciej Skorża | 10 November 2022 |
| Gamba Osaka | Hiroshi Matsuda | Resigned | 23 November 2022 | Pre-season | Dani Poyatos | 23 November 2022 |
| Kashiwa Reysol | Nelsinho Baptista | Resigned | 17 May 2023 | 16th | Masami Ihara | 17 May 2023 |
| FC Tokyo | Albert Puig | Resigned | 14 June 2023 | 12th | Takayoshi Amma | 14 June 2023 |
| FC Tokyo | Takayoshi Amma | End of interim spell | 16 June 2023 | 12th | Peter Cklamovski | 16 June 2023 |

### Foreign players

From the 2021 season, there are no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs can only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad. Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Morocco, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Tunisia, Egypt, and Qatar) were exempted from these restrictions.
* Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season 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 | Former player (s) |
| Albirex Niigata | Thomas Deng | Danilo Gomes | Gustavo Nescau | Michael Fitzgerald | Kazuyoshi Shimabuku | | | |
| Avispa Fukuoka | Douglas Grolli | Lukian | Wellington | | | | | |
| Cerezo Osaka | Jordy Croux | Capixaba | Léo Ceará | Matej Jonjić | Kim Jin-hyeon | Yang Han-been | | |
| FC Tokyo | Adaílton | Diego Oliveira | Henrique Trevisan | Jajá Silva | Pedro Perotti | Jakub Słowik | | Leandro |
| Gamba Osaka | Dawhan | Juan Alano | Zhang Aolin | Neta Lavi | Kwon Kyung-won | Issam Jebali | | |
| Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Lucas Fernandes | Kim Gun-hee | Milan Tučić | Supachok Sarachat | | | | Gu Sung-yun |
| Kashima Antlers | Arthur Caíke | Diego Pituca | Blessing Eleke | Kwoun Sun-tae | Park Eui-jeong | | | Kim Min-tae |
| Kashiwa Reysol | Bueno | Diego | Douglas | Matheus Sávio | Jay-Roy Grot | | | |
| Kawasaki Frontale | Jesiel | João Schmidt | Leandro Damião | Marcinho | Bafétimbi Gomis | Jung Sung-ryong | | Chanathip Songkrasin |
| Kyoto Sanga | Patric | Gu Sung-yun | Warner Hahn | | | | | Alan Cariús Paulinho Bóia Michael Woud |
| Nagoya Grampus | Mitchell Langerak | Thales | Kasper Junker | | | | | Mateus Naldinho |
| Sagan Tosu | Teddy Akumu | Hwang Seok-ho | Koh Bong-jo | Ueom Ye-hoon | | | | |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Douglas Vieira | Ezequiel | Marcos Júnior | Pieros Sotiriou | Nassim Ben Khalifa | Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi | | |
| Shonan Bellmare | Tarik Elyounoussi | Kim Min-tae | Song Bum-keun | | | | | Mikel Agu |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Alexander Scholz | José Kanté | Alex Schalk | Bryan Linssen | Marius Høibråten | Ekanit Panya | | David Moberg Karlsson |
| Vissel Kobe | Jean Patric | Lincoln | Matheus Thuler | Phelipe | Bálint Vécsei | Juan Mata | | Stefan Mugoša Andrés Iniesta Sergi Samper |
| Yokohama FC | Gabriel | Marcelo Ryan | Mateus Moraes | Mauricio Caprini | Yuri Lara | Svend Brodersen | Nguyễn Công Phượng | Saulo Mineiro |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Anderson Lopes | Eduardo | Élber | Yan Matheus | Nam Tae-hee | | | Marcos Júnior |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe (C) | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 71 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 64 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 58 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage |
| 4 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 57 | |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 52 | |
| 6 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 52 | |
| 7 | Avispa Fukuoka | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 51 | |
| 8 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 50 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage |
| 9 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 49 | |
| 10 | Albirex Niigata | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 45 | |
| 11 | FC Tokyo | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 43 | |
| 12 | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 56 | 61 | −5 | 40 | |
| 13 | Kyoto Sanga | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 40 | |
| 14 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 38 | |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 34 | |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 38 | 61 | −23 | 34 | |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 33 | |
| 18 | Yokohama FC (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 29 | Relegation to the J2 League |
* ↑ Qualified as the 2023 Emperor's Cup winners.

## Results table

| Home \ Away | ALB | ANT | AVI | BEL | CER | CON | GAM | GRA | KWF | KSA | RED | REY | SAG | SFR | TOK | VIS | YFC | YFM |
| Albirex Niigata | — | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Kashima Antlers | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Avispa Fukuoka | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–4 |
| Shonan Bellmare | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Cerezo Osaka | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | — | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Gamba Osaka | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Nagoya Grampus | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 1–2 | — | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Kyoto Sanga | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–5 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Sagan Tosu | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| FC Tokyo | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 |
| Vissel Kobe | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | — | 3–0 | 2–3 |
| Yokohama FC | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 4–1 |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | — |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Anderson Lopes | Yokohama F. Marinos | 22 |
| 1 | Yuya Osako | Vissel Kobe | 22 |
| 3 | Kasper Junker | Nagoya Grampus | 16 |
| 4 | Diego Oliveira | FC Tokyo | 15 |
| 5 | Mao Hosoya | Kashiwa Reysol | 14 |
| 5 | Yuma Suzuki | Kashima Antlers | 14 |
| 7 | Yuki Ohashi | Shonan Bellmare | 13 |
| 8 | Yuya Asano | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 12 |
| 9 | Léo Ceará | Cerezo Osaka | 11 |
| 10 | Patric | Kyoto Sanga | 10 |
| 10 | Yoichi Naganuma | Sagan Tosu | 10 |
| 10 | Yoshinori Muto | Vissel Kobe | 10 |
| 10 | Yuta Toyokawa | Kyoto Sanga | 10 |
| 10 | Yuya Yamagishi | Avispa Fukuoka | 10 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Yuki Ohashi | Shonan Bellmare | Sagan Tosu | 5–1 (A) | 18 February 2023 |
| Shuto Machino$^4$ | Shonan Bellmare | Gamba Osaka | 4–1 (H) | 1 April 2023 |
| Ryotaro Ito | Albirex Niigata | Avispa Fukuoka | 3–2 (H) | 15 April 2023 |
| Yuji Ono | Sagan Tosu | Shonan Bellmare | 6–0 (A) | 24 June 2023 |

#### Notes

* $^4$ Player scored 4 goals
* (H) – Home team
* (A) – Away team

### Top assists

| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Élber | Yokohama F. Marinos | 11 |
| 1 | Yan Matheus | Yokohama F. Marinos | 11 |
| 3 | Matheus Sávio | Kashiwa Reysol | 10 |
| 3 | Yoshinori Muto | Vissel Kobe | 10 |
| 3 | Yuta Higuchi | Kashima Antlers | 10 |
| 6 | Ryo Hatsuse | Vissel Kobe | 8 |
| 6 | Yuya Osako | Vissel Kobe | 8 |
| 8 | Kota Mizunuma | Yokohama F. Marinos | 7 |
| 9 | Adaílton | FC Tokyo | 6 |
| 9 | Yasuto Wakizaka | Kawasaki Frontale | 6 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Shusaku Nishikawa | Urawa Red Diamonds | 15 |
| 1 | Tomoki Hayakawa | Kashima Antlers | 15 |
| 3 | Daiya Maekawa | Vissel Kobe | 14 |
| 4 | Keisuke Osako | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 |
| 5 | Mitchell Langerak | Nagoya Grampus | 10 |
| 5 | Masaaki Murakami | Avispa Fukuoka | 10 |
| 5 | Ryosuke Kojima | Albirex Niigata | 10 |
| 8 | Kim Jin-hyeon | Cerezo Osaka | 7 |
| 9 | Jun Ichimori | Yokohama F. Marinos | 6 |
| 9 | Kenta Matsumoto | Kashiwa Reysol | 6 |
| 9 | Jakub Słowik | FC Tokyo | 6 |
| 9 | Jung Sung-ryong | Kawasaki Frontale | 6 |
| 9 | Park Il-gyu | Sagan Tosu | 6 |

### Discipline
#### Player

* Most yellow cards: 10
** Takuma Arano (Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)
* Most red cards: 2
** Diego Pituca (Kashima Antlers)
** José Kanté (Urawa Red Diamonds)
** Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga)
** Yoichi Naganuma (Sagan Tosu)
** Yugo Tatsuta (Kashiwa Reysol)

#### Club

* Most yellow cards: 64
** FC Tokyo
* Most red cards: 6
** Kawasaki Frontale

## 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 | Takayuki Yoshida | Vissel Kobe | Ryotaro Ito | Albirex Niigata | Ryonosuke Kabayama | Sagan Tosu | |
| April | Michael Skibbe | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Douglas Vieira | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Ryoma Watanabe | FC Tokyo | |
| May | Shuhei Yomoda | Yokohama FC | Yuya Osako | Vissel Kobe | Shunsuke Mito | Albirex Niigata | |
| June | Dani Poyatos | Gamba Osaka | Yoshinori Muto | Vissel Kobe | Takumu Kawamura | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | |
| July | Shigetoshi Hasebe | Avispa Fukuoka | Yuya Osako | Vissel Kobe | Ken Iwao | Urawa Red Diamonds | |
| August | Daiki Iwamasa | Kashima Antlers | Yuta Higuchi | Kashima Antlers | Marcos Júnior | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | |
| September | Shigetoshi Hasebe | Avispa Fukuoka | Kazuya Konno | Avispa Fukuoka | Shunsuke Mito | Albirex Niigata | |
| October | Satoshi Yamaguchi | Shonan Bellmare | Daiki Tomii | Shonan Bellmare | Kota Tawaratsumida | FC Tokyo | |
| November/December | Takayuki Yoshida | Vissel Kobe | Yuya Osako | Vissel Kobe | Yuta Toyokawa | Kyoto Sanga | |

### Annual awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Manager of the Year | Shigetoshi Hasebe | Avispa Fukuoka |
| Player of the Year | Yuya Osako | Vissel Kobe |
| Best Young Player | Shunsuke Mito | Albirex Niigata |
| Goal of the Year | Ryoma Watanabe | FC Tokyo |
Best XI :
| Goalkeeper | Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) |
| Defenders | Alexander Scholz (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Alexander Scholz (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Alexander Scholz (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Marius Høibråten (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Marius Høibråten (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Marius Høibråten (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Seiya Maikuma (Cerezo Osaka) | Seiya Maikuma (Cerezo Osaka) | Seiya Maikuma (Cerezo Osaka) | Gotoku Sakai (Vissel Kobe) | Gotoku Sakai (Vissel Kobe) | Gotoku Sakai (Vissel Kobe) |
| Midfielders | Atsuki Ito (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Atsuki Ito (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Atsuki Ito (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Atsuki Ito (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Yasuto Wakizaka (Kawasaki Frontale) | Yasuto Wakizaka (Kawasaki Frontale) | Yasuto Wakizaka (Kawasaki Frontale) | Yasuto Wakizaka (Kawasaki Frontale) | Hotaru Yamaguchi (Vissel Kobe) | Hotaru Yamaguchi (Vissel Kobe) | Hotaru Yamaguchi (Vissel Kobe) | Hotaru Yamaguchi (Vissel Kobe) |
| Forwards | Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) | Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) | Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) | Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) | Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) | Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) | Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) | Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) |

## Attendances

The Urawa Red Diamonds drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023 edition of the J1 League, followed by FC Tokyo.
| # | Football club | Total attendance | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 518,648 | 17 | 30,509 |
| 2 | FC Tokyo | 499,965 | 17 | 29,410 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 467,575 | 17 | 27,504 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 458,935 | 17 | 26,996 |
| 5 | Gamba Osaka | 395,639 | 17 | 23,273 |
| 6 | Albirex Niigata | 392,029 | 17 | 23,061 |
| 7 | Vissel Kobe | 380,888 | 17 | 22,405 |
| 8 | Kashima Antlers | 374,521 | 17 | 22,031 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 337,286 | 17 | 19,840 |
| 10 | Cerezo Osaka | 290,251 | 17 | 17,074 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 274,170 | 17 | 16,128 |
| 12 | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 273,456 | 17 | 16,086 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 231,791 | 17 | 13,635 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 224,893 | 17 | 13,229 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 189,214 | 17 | 11,130 |
| 16 | Sagan Tosu | 173,924 | 17 | 10,231 |
| 17 | Avispa Fukuoka | 166,025 | 17 | 9,766 |
| 18 | Yokohama FC | 155,184 | 17 | 9,128 |