Japan national football team records and statistics
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The following is a list of the Japan national football team's competitive records and statistics.
Player records
- As of 5 December 2022[1]
- Players in bold are still active with Japan.
Most capped players
| Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Position | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuhito Endō | 152 | 15 | MF | 2002–2015 |
| 2 | Yuto Nagatomo | 142 | 4 | DF | 2008–present |
| 3 | Maya Yoshida | 125 | 12 | DF | 2010–2022 |
| 4 | Masami Ihara | 122 | 5 | DF | 1988–1999 |
| 5 | Shinji Okazaki | 119 | 50 | FW | 2008–2019 |
| 6 | Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | 116 | 0 | GK | 1997–2010 |
| 7 | Makoto Hasebe | 114 | 2 | MF | 2006–2018 |
| 8 | Yuji Nakazawa | 110 | 17 | DF | 1999–2010 |
| 9 | Shunsuke Nakamura | 98 | 24 | MF | 2000–2010 |
| Keisuke Honda | 98 | 37 | MF | 2008–2018 |
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kunishige Kamamoto | 75 | 76 | 0.99 | 1964–1977 |
| 2 | Kazuyoshi Miura | 55 | 89 | 0.62 | 1990–2000 |
| 3 | Shinji Okazaki | 50 | 119 | 0.42 | 2008–2019 |
| 4 | Hiromi Hara | 37 | 75 | 0.49 | 1978–1988 |
| Keisuke Honda | 37 | 98 | 0.38 | 2008–2018 | |
| 6 | Shinji Kagawa | 31 | 97 | 0.32 | 2008–2019 |
| 7 | Takuya Takagi | 27 | 44 | 0.61 | 1992–1997 |
| 8 | Kazushi Kimura | 26 | 54 | 0.48 | 1979–1986 |
| 9 | Yuya Osako | 25 | 57 | 0.44 | 2013–2022 |
| 10 | Shunsuke Nakamura | 24 | 98 | 0.24 | 2000–2010 |
Other records
Updated 29 March 2022
- Youngest player
- Daisuke Ichikawa, 17 years and 322 days old, 1 April 1998 against
South Korea
- Youngest goalscorer
- Shinji Kagawa, 19 years and 206 days old, 9 October 2008 against
United Arab Emirates
- Youngest captain
- Gen Shoji, 24 years and 363 days old, 9 December 2017 EAFF E-1 Championship
- Oldest player
- Eiji Kawashima, 39 years and 9 days old, 29 March 2022 against
Vietnam
- Oldest goalscorer
- Masashi Nakayama, 33 years and 326 days old, 15 August 2001 against
Australia
- Oldest captain
- Shigeo Yaegashi, 35 years and 203 days old, 13 October 1968 Summer Olympics
- Most hat-trick
- Most goal in one match
- 6, Kunishige Kamamoto, 27 September 1967 against
Philippines - 6, Kazuyoshi Miura, 22 June 1997 against
Macau
- Most goal in calendar year
- 18, Kazuyoshi Miura, 1997
Manager records
Most appearances
| Rank | Manager | Apps | Wins | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Zico |
71 | 37 | 2002–2006 |
| 2 |  Alberto Zaccheroni |
55 | 30 | 2010–2014 |
| 3 |  Philippe Troussier |
50 | 23 | 1998–2002 |
 Takeshi Okada |
50 | 26 | 2007–2010 | |
| 5 | Hajime Moriyasu |
50 | 36 | 2018– |
| 6 | Shu Kamo |
46 | 23 | 1994–1997 |
| 7 | Takaji Mori |
43 | 23 | 1981–1985 |
| 8 | Ken Naganuma (2nd) |
42 | 16 | 1972–1976 |
| 9 |  Vahid Halilhodžić |
38 | 21 | 2015–2018 |
| 10 | Ken Naganuma (1st) |
31 | 18 | 1963–1969 |
Manager achievements
| Manager | Tournament |
|---|---|
| Zico | AFC Asian Cup Winners (2004) EAFF Championship Runners-up (2003, 2005) |
| Philippe Troussier | FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-up (2001) AFC Asian Cup Winners (2000) |
| Alberto Zaccheroni | AFC Asian Cup Winners (2011) EAFF Championship Winners (2013) |
| Ken Naganuma | Summer Olympics Third place (1968) Asian Games Third place (1966) |
| Hajime Moriyasu | AFC Asian Cup Runners-up (2019) EAFF Championship Runners-up (2019), Winners (2022) |
| Hans Ooft | AFC Asian Cup Winners (1992) |
| Hirokazu Ninomiya | Asian Games Third place (1951) |
| Takeshi Okada | EAFF Championship Runners-up (2008), Third place (2010) |
| Vahid Halilhodžić | EAFF Championship Runners-up (2017) |
Team records
Updated 19 January 2024[2]
- Biggest victory
- 15–0 vs Philippines, 27 September 1967
- Heaviest defeat
- 15–2 vs Philippines, 10 May 1917
- Most consecutive victories
- 11, 15 June 2023 vs. El Salvador – 14 January 2024 vs. Vietnam
- Most consecutive matches without defeat
- 20, 24 June 2010 vs. Denmark – 11 November 2011 vs. Tajikistan
- Most consecutive defeats
- 6, 10 June 1956 vs. South Korea – 28 December 1958 vs. Malaya
- Most consecutive matches without victory
- 11, 13 August 1976 vs. Burma – 15 June 1976 vs. South Korea
- Most consecutive draws
- 4, 13 August 1976 vs. Burma – 20 August 1976 vs. Malaysia
- Most consecutive matches scoring
- 17, 1 December 2022 vs. Spain – 24 January 2024 vs. Indonesia
- Most consecutive matches without scoring
- 6, 18 June 1989 vs. Hong Kong – 31 July 1990 vs. North Korea
- Most consecutive matches conceding a goal
- 28, 6 November 1960 vs. South Korea – 11 December 1966 vs. Iran
- Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal
- 7, 19 November 2003 vs. Cameroon – 18 February 2004 vs. Oman
Competitive record
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
- *Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicate 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.
FIFA World Cup
| FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1930 | Did not enter | No qualification | |||||||||||||
 1934 |
Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
 1938 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||
 1950 | Suspended from FIFA | Suspended from FIFA | |||||||||||||
 1954 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||
 1958 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
 1962 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
 1966 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
 1970 | Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||
 1974 |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
 1978 |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
 1982 |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1986 |
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1990 |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||
 1994 |
13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1998 | Group stage | 31st | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 12 | |
 2002 | Round of 16 | 9th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | Qualified as hosts | ||||||
| 2006 | Group stage | 28th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 5 | |
 2010 | Round of 16 | 9th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 9 | |
| 2014 | Group stage | 29th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 8 | |
 2018 | Round of 16 | 15th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 7 | |
 2022 | Round of 16 | 9th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 6 | |
 2026 | To be determined | In progress | |||||||||||||
| Total | Round of 16 | 7/22 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 33 | 138 | 83 | 27 | 28 | 305 | 91 | |
AFC Asian Cup
| AFC Asian Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1956 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||
 1960 |
Withdrew | ||||||||||||||
 1964 |
Withdrew | ||||||||||||||
 1968 | Did not qualify | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||
 1972 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||
| 1976 | Did not qualify | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
 1980 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||
 1984 |
Withdrew | ||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Group stage | 10th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
 1992 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | Qualified as hosts | ||||||
 1996 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | Qualified as champions | ||||||
 2000 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
 2004 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | Qualified as champions | ||||||
   2007 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | |
| 2011 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | |
 2015 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | Qualified as champions | ||||||
| 2019 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | |
 2027 | Qualified | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 4 Titles | 11/19 | 53 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 104 | 52 | 50 | 41 | 4 | 5 | 162 | 19 | |
Copa América
Japan is the first team from outside the Americas to participate in the Copa América, having been invited to the 1999 Copa América. Japan was also invited to the 2011 tournament and initially accepted the invitation. However, following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the JFA later withdrew on 16 May 2011, citing the difficulty of releasing some Japanese players from European teams to play as replacements.[3] On the next day, CONMEBOL invited Costa Rica to replace Japan in the competition.
On 16 August 2013, CONMEBOL president Eugenio Figueredo announced that Japan was invited to the 2015 Copa América.[4] However, Japan later declined the invitation due to scheduling problems.[5]
On 14 May 2018, CONMEBOL announced that Japan, alongside Qatar, would be the two invited teams for the 2019 Copa América.[6]
| Copa América record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
 1999 |
Group stage | 10th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2011 |
Withdrew | |||||||
| 2015 |
Withdrew | |||||||
| 2019 |
Group stage | 9th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Total | Group stage | 2/47 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| CONMEBOL Copa América history | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Date | Opponent | Result | Stadium |
| 1999 |
Group stage | 29 June |  Peru | L 2–3 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción |
| 2 July |  Paraguay | L 0–4 | |||
| 5 July |  Bolivia | D 1–1 | Monumental Rio Parapiti, Pedro Juan Caballero | ||
| 2019 |
Group stage | 17 June | Chile | L 0–4 | Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo |
| 20 June | Uruguay | D 2–2 | Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre | ||
| 24 June |  Ecuador | D 1–1 | Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte | ||
FIFA Confederations Cup
| FIFA Confederations Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 1992 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1995 |
Group stage | 6th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | Squad |
| 1997 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1999 | |||||||||
| 2001 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | Squad |
| 2003 |
Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Squad |
| 2005 |
Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Squad |
| 2009 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2013 |
Group stage | 7th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | Squad |
| 2017 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
| Total | Runners-up | 5/10 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 25 | – |
Olympic Games
Since 1992, the Olympic team has been drawn from a squad with a maximum of three players over 23 years age, and the achievements of this team are not generally regarded as part of the national team's records, nor are the statistics credited to the players' international records.
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Asian Games
- Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.
| Asian Games record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1951 | Third place | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
 1954 | 10th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1958 | 12th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1962 | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1966 | Third place | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | |
| 1970 | Fourth place | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |
| 1974 | 9th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| 1978 | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| 1982 | 5th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
 1986 | 9th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | |
| 1990 | 8th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1994 | 7th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | |
| 1998 | 9th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | |
| 2002–present | See Japan national under-23 football team | |||||||
| Total | 13/13 | 50 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 83 | 56 | |
Head-to-head record
The list shown below shows the Japan national football team head-to-head record. As of 28 March 2026.
Summary
- As of 28 March 2026
AFC
As of 15 July 2025[7]
| Opponent | First meeting | Last meeting | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan |
1951 | 2015 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 |
| Australia | 1956 | 2025 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 36 | 33 | +3 |
 Bahrain | 1978 | 2025 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 11 | +17 |
 Bangladesh | 1975 | 1993 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 |
 Brunei | 1980 | 2000 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 |
 Cambodia | 1970 | 2015 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 |
| China |
1917 | 2025 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 57 | 53 | +4 |
 Chinese Taipei | 1963 | 1983 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 |
 Hong Kong | 1958 | 2025 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 22 | +34 |
| India | 1954 | 2006 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 11 | +25 |
| Indonesia | 1934 | 2025 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 52 | 26 | +26 |
 Iran | 1951 | 2019 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 19 | +2 |
 Iraq | 1978 | 2024 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | +8 |
 Jordan | 1988 | 2024 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 |
| Kuwait | 1978 | 1996 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 |
 Kyrgyzstan | 2018 | 2019 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 |
| Lebanon | 1967 | 1967 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
 Macau | 1980 | 2000 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | +26 |
| Malaysia | 1958 | 2004 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 43 | −3 |
 Mongolia | 2019 | 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | +20 |
 Myanmar | 1955 | 2024 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 12 | +27 |
 Nepal | 1986 | 1997 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | +28 |
 North Korea | 1975 | 2024 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 14 | +6 |
 Oman | 1988 | 2021 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 5 | +15 |
 Pakistan | 1962 | 1988 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
 Palestine | 2015 | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 |
 Philippines | 1915 | 1983 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 88 | 35 | +53 |
| Qatar | 1983 | 2019 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | −3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1990 | 2025 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 13 | +14 |
| Singapore | 1959 | 2015 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 58 | 18 | +40 |
 South Korea | 1954 | 2025 | 79 | 16 | 23 | 40 | 75 | 119 | −44 |
 South Vietnam | 1961 | 1973 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 |
 South Yemen | 1982 | 1982 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
 Sri Lanka | 1972 | 1993 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 |
 Syria | 1978 | 2024 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 9 | +28 |
 Tajikistan | 2011 | 2021 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 |
| Thailand | 1962 | 2024 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 16 | +41 |
 Turkmenistan | 2019 | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1981 | 2017 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 17 | +5 |
 Uzbekistan | 1996 | 2019 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 10 | +20 |
| Vietnam | 2007 | 2024 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 |
 Yemen | 2006 | 2010 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 |
| Total | 1917 | 2025 | 536 | 289 | 110 | 138 | 1,086 | 559 | +527 |
CAF
As of 14 November 2025[7]
| Opponent | From | To | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Angola |
2005 | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
 Cameroon | 2001 | 2020 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 |
 Egypt | 1998 | 2007 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
 Ghana | 1964 | 2025 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 14 | +6 |
 Ivory Coast | 1993 | 2020 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
 Mali | 2018 | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Nigeria | 1968 | 2003 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 |
 Senegal | 1987 | 2018 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 |
| South Africa | 2009 | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Togo | 2009 | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 |
 Tunisia | 1996 | 2023 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 |
 Zambia | 2014 | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
| Total | 1964 | 2025 | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 61 | 35 | +26 |
CONCACAF
As of 9 September 2025[7]
| Opponent | From | To | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2001 | 2023 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 |
 Costa Rica | 1995 | 2022 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 |
 El Salvador | 2019 | 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 |
 Guatemala | 2010 | 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
 Haiti | 2017 | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Honduras | 2002 | 2014 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | +7 |
 Jamaica | 1998 | 2014 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 |
| Mexico | 1996 | 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −5 |
 Panama | 2018 | 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 2006 | 2019 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
| United States | 1993 | 2025 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 |
| Total | 1993 | 2025 | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 74 | 36 | +38 |
CONMEBOL
As of 18 November 2025[7]
| Opponent | From | To | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 1992 | 2010 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | −11 |
| Bolivia | 1999 | 2025 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 |
| Brazil | 1989 | 2025 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 38 | −29 |
| Chile | 2008 | 2019 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
 Colombia | 2003 | 2023 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 |
| Ecuador | 1995 | 2022 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
| Paraguay | 1995 | 2025 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | +5 |
| Peru | 1967 | 2023 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | +2 |
| Uruguay | 1985 | 2023 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 26 | −6 |
 Venezuela | 2010 | 2019 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 |
| Total | 1967 | 2025 | 69 | 19 | 20 | 30 | 77 | 113 | −36 |
OFC
As of 12 October 2021[7]
| Opponent | From | To | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New Zealand | 1981 | 2017 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 |
| Australia | 2021 | 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| Total | 1981 | 2021 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 |
UEFA
As of 28 March 2026[7]
| Opponent | From | To | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria | 2007 | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Azerbaijan | 2012 | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
 Belarus | 2013 | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 |
 Belgium | 1999 | 2018 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2006 | 2016 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 |
 Bulgaria | 1976 | 2016 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 |
 Croatia | 1997 | 2022 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
 Cyprus | 2014 | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
 Czech Republic | 1998 | 2011 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
 Denmark | 1971 | 2010 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
| England | 1995 | 2010 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 |
 Finland | 2006 | 2009 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 |
| France | 1994 | 2012 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 |
| Germany | 2004 | 2023 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 |
 Greece | 2005 | 2014 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
 Hungary | 1993 | 2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
 Iceland | 1971 | 2012 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 |
| Israel | 1973 | 1977 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 17 | −15 |
| Italy | 1936 | 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | −9 |
 Kazakhstan | 1997 | 2005 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 |
 Latvia | 2005 | 2013 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
 Malta | 2006 | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
 Montenegro | 2007 | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
 Netherlands | 2009 | 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 |
 Norway | 2002 | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 |
 Poland | 1981 | 2018 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | −4 |
 Romania | 1974 | 2003 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 |
| Russia | 1978 | 2002 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 |
 Scotland | 1995 | 2026 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
 Serbia | 1961 | 2013 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | −14 |
 Slovakia | 2000 | 2004 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
| Spain | 2001 | 2022 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Sweden | 1936 | 2002 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | −4 |
| Switzerland | 2007 | 2018 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 |
 Turkey | 1997 | 2023 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
 Ukraine | 2002 | 2018 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
 Wales | 1992 | 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 |
| Total | 1936 | 2026 | 116 | 37 | 23 | 56 | 147 | 194 | −47 |
FIFA World Ranking
- As of 20 February 2022, after the match against
Saudi Arabia.
Best Ranking Best Mover Worst Ranking Worst Mover
| Japan's FIFA World Ranking History | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Year | Games Played |
Won | Lost | Drawn | Best | Worst | ||||
| Rank | Move | Rank | Move | ||||||||
18  1 (1 April 2026)[8] | 2022 | 2 | 0 | 23 (February) | 3 | 26 |  | ||||
| 26 | 2021 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 26 (November) | 2 | 28 |  1 | ||
| 27 | 2020 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 28 | 2019 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 29 | 33 | 7 | ||
| 50 | 2018 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 7 | 61 | 5 | ||
| 57 | 2017 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 7 | 57 | 11 | ||
| 45 | 2016 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 8 | 58 | 7 | ||
| 53 | 2015 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 5 | 58 | 8 | ||
| 54 | 2014 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 54 | 2 | 44 | 4 | ||
| 47 | 2013 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 48 | 7 | ||
| 22 | 2012 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 33 | 11 | ||
| 19 | 2011 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 29 | 2 | ||
| 29 | 2010 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 13 | 46 | 6 | ||
| 43 | 2009 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 4 | 43 | 9 | ||
| 35 | 2008 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 38 | 6 | ||
| 34 | 2007 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 46 | 5 | ||
| 47 | 2006 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 49 | 13 | ||
| 15 | 2005 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 4 | ||
| 17 | 2004 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 29 | 2003 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 29 | 3 | ||
| 22 | 2002 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 38 | 4 | ||
| 34 | 2001 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 44 | 9 | ||
| 38 | 2000 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 62 | 6 | ||
| 57 | 1999 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 57 | 13 | ||
| 20 | 1998 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 10 | ||
| 14 | 1997 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 21 | 1996 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 30 | 2 | ||
| 31 | 1995 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 7 | 41 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 1994 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 54 | 12 | |||
| 43 | 1993 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 43 | 23 | 44 | 1 | |||
| 66 | 1992 | | | ||||||||
