J.League Player of the Year

The J.League Player of the Year (formerly known as the "J.League Most Valuable Player Award" from 1993 to 2020) is awarded by the J.League to the most valuable player of the season.

J1 League winners

Award recipients

Year	Footballer	Club	Nationality	Ref.
1993	Kazuyoshi Miura	Verdy Kawasaki	Japan	[1]
1994	Pereira	Verdy Kawasaki	Brazil	[2]
1995	Dragan Stojković	Nagoya Grampus Eight	FR Yugoslavia	[3]
1996	Jorginho	Kashima Antlers	Brazil	[4]
1997	Dunga	Júbilo Iwata	Brazil	[5]
1998	Masashi Nakayama	Júbilo Iwata	Japan	[6]
1999	Alex	Shimizu S-Pulse	Japan	[7]
2000	Shunsuke Nakamura	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	[8]
2001	Toshiya Fujita	Júbilo Iwata	Japan	[4]
2002	Naohiro Takahara	Júbilo Iwata	Japan	[9]
2003	Emerson	Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil	[10]
2004	Yuji Nakazawa	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	[4]
2005	Araújo	Gamba Osaka	Brazil	[4]
2006	Marcus Tulio Tanaka	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	[11]
2007	Robson Ponte	Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil	[12]
2008	Marquinhos	Kashima Antlers	Brazil	[13]
2009	Mitsuo Ogasawara	Kashima Antlers	Japan	[14]
2010	Seigo Narazaki	Nagoya Grampus	Japan	[15]
2011	Leandro Domingues	Kashiwa Reysol	Brazil	[16]
2012	Hisato Satō	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	[17]
2013	Shunsuke Nakamura	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	[8]
2014	Yasuhito Endō	Gamba Osaka	Japan	[18]
2015	Toshihiro Aoyama	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	[19]
2016	Kengo Nakamura	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	[4]
2017	Yū Kobayashi	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	[4]
2018	Akihiro Ienaga	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	[4]
2019	Teruhito Nakagawa	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	[4]
2020	Michael Olunga	Kashiwa Reysol	Kenya	[20]
2021	Leandro Damião	Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil	[4]
2022	Tomoki Iwata	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	[4]
2023	Yuya Osako	Vissel Kobe	Japan	[4]
2024	Yoshinori Muto	Vissel Kobe	Japan	[4]

Wins by club

#	Club	Winners
1	Yokohama F. Marinos	5
2	Júbilo Iwata	4
2	Kawasaki Frontale	4
4	Urawa Red Diamonds	3
4	Kashima Antlers	3
6	Tokyo Verdy	2
6	Nagoya Grampus	2
6	Gamba Osaka	2
6	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2
6	Kashiwa Reysol	2
6	Vissel Kobe	2
12	Shimizu S-Pulse	1

J2 League winners

Award recipients

Year	Footballer	Club	Nationality	Ref.
2022	Koki Ogawa	Yokohama FC	Japan	[21]
2023	Erik	FC Machida Zelvia	Brazil	[22]
2024	Hiiro Komori	JEF United Chiba	Japan	[23]

J3 League winners

Award recipients

Year	Footballer	Club	Nationality	Ref.
2022	Ryo Arita	Iwaki FC	Japan	[24]
2023	Riki Matsuda	Ehime FC	Japan	[25]

See also

• J.League awards