J.League Best XI

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The J.League Best XI is an acknowledgement of the best eleven players in J.League.

J1 League (1993–present)[]

Season Goalkeeper (GK) Defenders (DF) Midfielders (MF) Forwards (FW) Ref[1][2]
1993
 Japan Shigetatsu Matsunaga (Yokohama Marinos) Japan Shunzo Ono (Kashima Antlers)
Brazil Pereira (Verdy Kawasaki)
Japan Masami Ihara (Yokohama Marinos)
Japan Takumi Horiike (Shimizu S-Pulse) 		Japan Tetsuji Hashiratani (Verdy Kawasaki)
Brazil Santos (Kashima)
Japan Yasuto Honda (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Ruy Ramos (Verdy Kawasaki) 		Japan Kazuyoshi Miura (Verdy Kawasaki)
Argentina Ramón Díaz (Yokohama Marinos)
1994
 Japan Shinkichi Kikuchi (Verdy Kawasaki) Brazil Pereira (Verdy Kawasaki)
Japan Masami Ihara (Yokohama Marinos)
Japan Yoshihiro Natsuka (Bellmare Hiratsuka) 		Japan Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (Verdy Kawasaki)
Brazil Bismarck (Verdy Kawasaki)
Japan Tetsuji Hashiratani (Verdy Kawasaki)
Brazil Betinho (Bellmare Hiratsuka)
Japan Ruy Ramos (Verdy Kawasaki) 		Japan Nobuhiro Takeda (Verdy Kawasaki)
Japan Takuya Takagi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
1995
 Japan Shinkichi Kikuchi (Verdy Kawasaki) Japan Naoki Soma (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Masami Ihara (Yokohama Marinos)
Japan Masaharu Suzuki (Yokohama Marinos)
Germany Guido Buchwald (Urawa Red Diamonds) 		Japan Hiroaki Morishima (Cerezo Osaka)
Brazil Bismarck (Verdy Kawasaki)
Japan Tetsuji Hashiratani (Verdy Kawasaki) 		Japan Masahiro Fukuda (Urawa Red Diamonds))
Japan Kazuyoshi Miura (Verdy Kawasaki)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković (Nagoya Grampus Eight)
1996
 Japan Seigo Narazaki (Yokohama Flügels) Japan Naoki Soma (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Masami Ihara (Yokohama Marinos)
Germany Guido Buchwald (Urawa Red Diamonds) 		Japan Masakiyo Maezono (Yokohama Flügels)
Japan Motohiro Yamaguchi (Yokohama Flügels)
Brazil Jorginho (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Hiroshi Nanami (Júbilo Iwata) 		Japan Masayuki Okano (Urawa Red Diamonds))
Japan Kazuyoshi Miura (Verdy Kawasaki)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković (Nagoya Grampus Eight)
1997
 Japan Tomoaki Ōgami (Júbilo Iwata) Japan Yutaka Akita (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Masami Ihara (Yokohama Marinos)
Japan Naoki Soma (Kashima Antlers) 		Japan Hiroshi Nanami (Júbilo Iwata)
Brazil Bismarck (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Motohiro Yamaguchi (Yokohama Flügels)
Brazil Dunga (Júbilo Iwata)
Japan Hidetoshi Nakata (Bellmare Hiratsuka) 		Cameroon Patrick Mboma (Gamba Osaka)
Japan Masashi Nakayama (Júbilo Iwata)
1998
 Japan Seigo Narazaki (Yokohama Flügels) Japan Makoto Tanaka (Júbilo Iwata)
Japan Naoki Soma (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Yutaka Akita (Kashima Antlers) 		Japan Shinji Ono (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan Toshiya Fujita (Júbilo Iwata)
Japan Hiroshi Nanami (Júbilo Iwata)
Brazil Dunga (Júbilo Iwata)
Japan Daisuke Oku (Júbilo Iwata) 		Japan Atsushi Yanagisawa (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Masashi Nakayama (Júbilo Iwata)
1999
 Japan Masanori Sanada (Shimizu S-Pulse) Japan Toshihide Saito (Shimizu S-Pulse)
Japan Yuji Nakazawa (Verdy Kawasaki)
Japan Ryuzo Morioka (Shimizu S-Pulse) 		Japan Takashi Fukunishi (Júbilo Iwata)
Japan Shunsuke Nakamura (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Japan Alex (Shimizu S-Pulse)
Japan Masaaki Sawanobori (Shimizu S-Pulse)
Japan Teruyoshi Ito (Shimizu S-Pulse) 		South Korea Hwang Sun-hong (Kashiwa Reysol)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković (Nagoya Grampus Eight)
2000
 Japan Daijiro Takakuwa (Kashima Antlers) South Korea Hong Myung-bo (Kashiwa Reysol)
Japan Yutaka Akita (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Naoki Matsuda (Yokohama F. Marinos) 		Japan Hiroaki Morishima (Cerezo Osaka)
Japan Shunsuke Nakamura (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Japan Tomokazu Myojin (Kashiwa Reysol)
Japan Junichi Inamoto (Gamba Osaka) 		Japan Akinori Nishizawa (Cerezo Osaka)
Japan Masashi Nakayama (Júbilo Iwata)
Brazil Tuto (FC Tokyo)
2001
 Netherlands Arno van Zwam (Júbilo Iwata) Japan Go Oiwa (Júbilo Iwata)
Japan Akira Narahashi (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Yutaka Akita (Kashima Antlers) 		Japan Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Takashi Fukunishi (Júbilo Iwata)
Japan Toshiya Fujita (Júbilo Iwata)
Japan Toshihiro Hattori (Júbilo Iwata)
Japan Kōji Nakata (Kashima Antlers) 		Brazil Will (Consadole Sapporo)
Japan Atsushi Yanagisawa (Kashima Antlers)
2002
 Japan Hitoshi Sogahata (Kashima Antlers) Japan Hideto Suzuki (Júbilo Iwata)
Japan Makoto Tanaka (Júbilo Iwata)
Japan Naoki Matsuda (Yokohama F. Marinos) 		Japan Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Hiroshi Nanami (Júbilo Iwata)
Japan Takashi Fukunishi (Júbilo Iwata)
Japan Toshiya Fujita (Júbilo Iwata) 		Brazil Emerson (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan Masashi Nakayama (Júbilo Iwata)
Japan Naohiro Takahara (Júbilo Iwata)
2003
 Japan Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus Eight) Japan Keisuke Tsuboi (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Brazil Dutra (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Japan Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F. Marinos) 		Japan Daisuke Oku (Júbilo Iwata)
Japan Takashi Fukunishi (Júbilo Iwata)
Japan Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka) 		Brazil Emerson (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan Tatsuhiko Kubo (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Brazil Ueslei (Nagoya Grampus Eight)
2004
 Japan Yoichi Doi (FC Tokyo) Japan Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Brazil Dutra (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Japan Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F. Marinos) 		Japan Makoto Hasebe (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Daisuke Oku (Júbilo Iwata)
Japan Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka) 		Brazil Emerson (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan Masashi Oguro (Gamba Osaka)
Brazil Marques (Nagoya Grampus Eight)
2005
 Japan Motohiro Yoshida (Cerezo Osaka) Bulgaria Ilian Stoyanov (JEF United Chiba)
Japan Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Japan Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Urawa Red Diamonds) 		Japan Yuki Abe (JEF United Chiba)
Japan Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka)
Brazil Fernandinho (Gamba Osaka)
Japan Tatsuya Furuhashi (Cerezo Osaka) 		Japan Hisato Satō (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
Brazil Araújo (Gamba Osaka)
2006
 Japan Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Júbilo Iwata) Japan Akira Kaji (Gamba Osaka)
Japan Satoshi Yamaguchi (Gamba Osaka)
Japan Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Urawa Red Diamonds) 		Japan Keita Suzuki (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan Yuki Abe (JEF United Chiba)
Japan Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka)
Japan Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale)
Japan Hiroyuki Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale) 		Brazil Washington (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Brazil Magno Alves (Gamba Osaka)
2007
 Japan Ryōta Tsuzuki (Urawa Red Diamonds) Japan Daiki Iwamasa (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan Satoshi Yamaguchi (Gamba Osaka) 		Japan Yuki Abe (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan Keita Suzuki (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka)
Brazil Robson Ponte (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale) 		Brazil Juniho (Kawasaki Frontale)
Brazil Baré (Gamba Osaka)
2008
 Japan Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus) Japan Atsuto Uchida (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Japan Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan Daiki Iwamasa (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Satoshi Yamaguchi (Gamba Osaka) 		Japan Yoshizumi Ogawa (Nagoya Grampus)
Japan Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka)
Japan Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale) 		Brazil Marquinhos (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Atsushi Yanagisawa (Kyoto Sanga)
2009
 Japan Eiji Kawashima (Kawasaki Frontale) Japan Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo)
Japan Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan Atsuto Uchida (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Daiki Iwamasa (Kashima Antlers) 		Japan Naohiro Ishikawa (FC Tokyo)
Japan Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka)
Japan Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale) 		Japan Ryoichi Maeda (Júbilo Iwata)
Japan Shinji Okazaki (Shimizu S-Pulse)
2010
 Japan Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus) Japan Tomoaki Makino (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
Japan Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Nagoya Grampus)
Japan Takahiro Masukawa (Nagoya Grampus) 		Colombia Danilson Córdoba (Nagoya Grampus)
Brazil Márcio Richardes (Albirex Niigata)
Japan Jungo Fujimoto (Shimizu S-Pulse)
Japan Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka)
Japan Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale) 		Japan Ryoichi Maeda (Júbilo Iwata)
Australia Joshua Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus)
2011
 Japan Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus) Japan Naoya Kondo (Kashiwa Reysol)
Japan Hiroki Sakai (Kashiwa Reysol)
Japan Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Nagoya Grampus) 		Japan Hiroshi Kiyotake (Cerezo Osaka)
Brazil Jorge Wagner (Kashiwa Reysol)
Japan Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka)
Brazil Leandro Domingues (Kashiwa Reysol)
Japan Jungo Fujimoto (Nagoya Grampus) 		Australia Joshua Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus)
Japan Mike Havenaar (Ventforet Kofu)
2012
 Japan Shusaku Nishikawa (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Japan Hiroki Mizumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
Japan Yūichi Komano (Júbilo Iwata)
Japan Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Nagoya Grampus) 		Japan Toshihiro Aoyama (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
Brazil Leandro Domingues (Kashiwa Reysol)
Japan Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka)
Japan Yojiro Takahagi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 		Japan Yohei Toyoda (Sagan Tosu)
Japan Hisato Satō (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
Brazil Wilson (Vegalta Sendai)
2013
 Japan Shusaku Nishikawa (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Japan Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo)
Japan Daisuke Nasu (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F. Marinos) 		Japan Yoichiro Kakitani (Cerezo Osaka)
Japan Toshihiro Aoyama (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
Japan Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka)
Japan Shunsuke Nakamura (Yokohama F. Marinos) 		Japan Yuya Osako (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Kengo Kawamata (Albirex Niigata)
Japan Yoshito Ōkubo (Kawasaki Frontale)
2014
 Japan Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) Japan Kosuke Ota (FC Tokyo)
Japan Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo)
Japan Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 		Japan Yoshinori Muto (FC Tokyo)
Brazil Léo Silva (Albirex Niigata)
Japan Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka)
Japan Gaku Shibasaki (Kashima Antlers) 		Brazil Patric (Gamba Osaka)
Japan Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka)
Japan Yoshito Ōkubo (Kawasaki Frontale)
2015
 Japan Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) Japan Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan Kosuke Ota (FC Tokyo)
Japan Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo)
Japan Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 		Japan Mu Kanazaki (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka)
Japan Toshihiro Aoyama (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 		Japan Yoshito Ōkubo (Kawasaki Frontale)
Japan Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka)
Brazil Douglas (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 		[3]
2016
 Japan Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) Japan Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan Gen Shoji (Kashima Antlers)
Japan Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo)
Japan Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 		Japan Yuki Abe (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan Manabu Saitō (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Japan Yōsuke Kashiwagi (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale) 		Japan Yū Kobayashi (Kawasaki Frontale)
Brazil Leandro (Vissel Kobe)
2017
 Japan Kosuke Nakamura (Kashiwa Reysol) Japan Shintaro Kurumaya (Kawasaki Frontale)
Japan Gen Shoji (Kashima Antlers)
Brazil Elsinho (Kawasaki Frontale)
Japan Daigo Nishi (Kashima Antlers) 		Japan Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka)
Japan Yosuke Ideguchi (Gamba Osaka)
Japan Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale) 		Japan Yū Kobayashi (Kawasaki Frontale)
Japan Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Japan Kenyu Sugimoto (Cerezo Osaka) 		[4]
2018
 South Korea Jung Sung-ryong (Kawasaki Frontale) Japan Daigo Nishi (Kashima Antlers)
Brazil Elsinho (Kawasaki Frontale)
Japan Shintaro Kurumaya (Kawasaki Frontale)
Japan Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale) 		Thailand Chanathip Songkrasin (Consadole Sapporo)
Japan Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale)
Japan Ryota Oshima (Kawasaki Frontale)

Japan Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale)

Brazil Jô (Nagoya Grampus)
South Korea Hwang Ui-jo (Gamba Osaka) 		[5]
2019
 Japan Akihiro Hayashi (FC Tokyo) Japan Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo)
Brazil Thiago Martins (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Japan Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo) 		Japan Takuya Kida (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Japan Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo)
Spain Andrés Iniesta (Vissel Kobe)
Japan Teruhito Nakagawa (Yokohama F. Marinos) 		Brazil Marcos Júnior (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Brazil Diego Oliveira (FC Tokyo)
Japan Kensuke Nagai (FC Tokyo) 		[6]
2020
 South Korea Jung Sung-ryong (Kawasaki Frontale) Japan Miki Yamane (Kawasaki Frontale)
Brazil Jesiel (Kawasaki Frontale)
Japan Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale)
Japan Kyohei Noborizato (Kawasaki Frontale) 		Japan Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale)
Japan Ao Tanaka (Kawasaki Frontale)
Japan Hidemasa Morita (Kawasaki Frontale)
Japan Kaoru Mitoma (Kawasaki Frontale) 		Brazil Everaldo (Kashima Antlers)
Kenya Michael Olunga (Kashiwa Reysol) 		[7]
2021
 Australia Mitchell Langerak (Nagoya Grampus) Japan Miki Yamane (Kawasaki Frontale)
Brazil Jesiel (Kawasaki Frontale)
Japan Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale) 		Japan Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale)
Japan Yasuto Wakizaka (Kawasaki Frontale)
Spain Andrés Iniesta (Vissel Kobe)
Japan Sho Inagaki (Nagoya Grampus) 		Brazil Leandro Damião (Kawasaki Frontale)
Japan Reo Hatate (Kawasaki Frontale)
Japan Daizen Maeda (Yokohama F. Marinos) 		[8]

Multiple appearances[]

N° Player Clubs Years
12 Yasuhito Endō Gamba Osaka 2003–2012, 2014–2015
9 Marcus Tulio Tanaka Urawa Red Diamonds, Nagoya Grampus 2004–2012
8 Kengo Nakamura Kawasaki Frontale 2006–2010, 2016–2018
6 Mitsuo Ogasawara Kashima Antlers 2001–2005, 2009
Seigo Narazaki Yokohama Flügels, Nagoya Grampus 1996, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2010–2011
Yuji Nakazawa Tokyo Verdy, Yokohama F. Marinos 1999, 2003–2005, 2008, 2013
5 Masami Ihara Yokohama F. Marinos 1993–1997
Shusaku Nishikawa Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Urawa Red Diamonds 2012–2016
Masato Morishige FC Tokyo 2013–2016, 2019
4 Yutaka Akita Kashima Antlers 1997–1998, 2000–2001
Naoki Soma Kashima Antlers 1995–1998
Hiroshi Nanami Júbilo Iwata 1996–1998, 2002
Masashi Nakayama Júbilo Iwata 1997–1998, 2000, 2002
Takashi Fukunishi Júbilo Iwata 1999, 2001–2003

Appearances by club[]

Team GK DF MF FW Total
Consadole Sapporo 0 0 1 1 2
Vegalta Sendai 0 0 0 1 1
Kashima Antlers 2 19 13 5 39
Urawa Red Diamonds 4 12 8 7 31
JEF United Chiba 0 1 2 0 3
Kashiwa Reysol 1 3 4 1 9
FC Tokyo 2 9 3 3 17
Tokyo Verdy 2 4 7 4 17
Kawasaki Frontale 3 12 17 8 40
Yokohama (F.) Marinos 1 16 6 6 29
Shonan Bellmare 0 1 2 0 3
Ventforet Kofu 0 0 0 1 1
Albirex Niigata 0 0 2 1 3
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 3 4 1 9
Júbilo Iwata 3 5 15 7 30
Nagoya Grampus 5 4 4 8 21
Kyoto Sanga 0 0 0 1 1
Gamba Osaka 0 4 15 9 28
Cerezo Osaka 1 0 6 4 11
Vissel Kobe 0 0 2 1 3
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 5 4 4 15
Sagan Tosu 0 0 0 1 1
Yokohama Flügels 2 0 3 0 5

Appearances by country[]

N° Country
252 Japan Japan
46 Brazil Brazil
5 South Korea South Korea
3 Australia Australia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
2 Spain Spain
Germany Germany
1 Argentina Argentina
Bulgaria Bulgaria
Cameroon Cameroon
Colombia Colombia
Kenya Kenya
Netherlands Netherlands
Thailand Thailand
  • Only in two occasions there was a full-Japanese Best XI (2009 and 2013).

J.League 20th Anniversary Team[]

Goalkeeper (GK) Defenders (DF) Midfielders (MF) Forwards (FW) Ref
Japan Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi Japan Naoki Matsuda
Japan Yuji Nakazawa
Japan Masami Ihara 		Japan Yasuhito Endō
Japan Hidetoshi Nakata
Japan Shunsuke Nakamura
Japan Hiroshi Nanami 		Japan Kazuyoshi Miura
Japan Masashi Nakayama
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković 		[9]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "『Ｊリーグアウォーズ』〜Ｊリーグ年間表彰式〜 Best Eleven". jleague.jp. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Japan – J-League Awards". rsssf.com. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Douglas leads the line for J.League Team of the Year". J.League. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  4. ^ "受賞者発表：2017Ｊリーグアウォーズ : ベストイレブン". jleague.jp.
  5. ^ "受賞者発表 – 2018Ｊリーグアウォーズ : ベストイレブン". jleague.jp.
  6. ^ "Teruhito Nakagawa named J. League MVP, with Iniesta joining Marinos and Tokyo players in Best XI". japantimes.co.jp.
  7. ^ "Reysol's Michael Olunga named J. League MVP; Frontale packs Best XI with nine selections". japantimes.co.jp.
  8. ^ "Reysol's Michael Olunga named J. League MVP; Frontale packs Best XI with nine selections". japantimes.co.jp.
  9. ^ "Japanese football celebrates J. League's 20th anniversary". JFA. 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
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