Analysis

Japan All-Time Top International Goalscorers

update Updated

Japan’s all-time leading goalscorers in senior international matches, extracted from the full goalscorer register.

Top Scorers

# Scorer Goals Penalties Span
#1 Kazuyoshi Miura 30 1 1992–1997
#2 Shinji Okazaki 22 0 2009–2017
#3 Keisuke Honda 21 7 2010–2018
#4 Takumi Minamino 17 1 2019–2024
#5 Takuya Takagi 16 0 1992–1997
#6 Yuya Osako 16 3 2017–2022
#7 Shinji Kagawa 15 1 2011–2018
#8 Shunsuke Nakamura 13 1 2003–2009
#9 Ayase Ueda 12 2 2023–2024
#10 Naohiro Takahara 10 0 2000–2007
#11 Yuji Nakazawa 9 0 2004–2008
#12 Maya Yoshida 9 0 2011–2022
#13 Genki Haraguchi 9 1 2016–2019
#14 Masashi Nakayama 9 0 1992–1998
#15 Ritsu Dōan 8 1 2019–2024
#16 Akinori Nishizawa 8 0 1997–2001
#17 Hidetoshi Nakata 8 0 1997–2003
#18 Daichi Kamada 8 0 2019–2025
#19 Keiji Tamada 7 0 2004–2008
#20 Kazushi Kimura 7 0 1980–1985
#21 Ryoichi Maeda 7 0 2011–2012
#22 Hiroshi Nanami 7 0 1996–2000
#23 Junya Ito 7 0 2021–2024
#24 Takayuki Suzuki 7 0 2001–2004
#25 Yasuhito Endō 6 2 2007–2015