J.League Most Valuable Player

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

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	Alessandro Santos	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]

Wins By Club

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

See also

• J.League awards

References

• ULTRAZONE Website : All-Time Award Winners (in Japanese)

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