List of J League awards

The J. League awards are represented by a ceremony, which is hosted every year in December, at the end of the season. This ceremony was inducted to award the best players of J. League. To win this award, the nominees had to play at least 17 matches of the season.

The J. League Player of the Year is awarded by the J.League.

For more information about this voice, read J. League Best XI.

The J. League Top Scorer is awarded by the J.League to the top scoring player of the season.

Only four players won this award twice: Masashi Nakayama, Ryoichi Maeda, Joshua Kennedy and Yoshito Okubo. Other four players won both the top-scorer award and the one for Most Valuable Player: Masashi Nakayama in 1998, Naohiro Takahara in 2002, Marquinhos in 2008 and Hisato Sato in 2012.

The J. League Rookie of the Year is awarded by the J. League to the most outstanding rookie of the season. To be considered a rookie, there are some criteria to meet:

The youngest winner-ever is Takayuki Morimoto: he won the award in 2004 at the age of 16.

Players names shown in bold were also named in the best eleven for that season.

The J. League Manager of the Year is an annual award given to one manager by the J. League based on their performance during the season. The award does not necessarily go to the manager of the champions, although for the last seven years that has been the case.

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