(The only goal of the game, courtesy of Yoshito Okubo’s 23rd minute penalty, is sufficient to end Urawa Red Diamonds’ excellent unbeaten run stretching back to Matchday Ten, with the Reds dropping back one place to fourth in the table on goal difference. Vissel Kobe end Matchday Twenty-One in fourteenth position)
| Home | Away |
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 13 | +19 | 40 |
| 2 | Vegalta Sendai | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +18 | 38 |
| 3 | Kashiwa Reysol | 21 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 14 | +11 | 35 |
| 4 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +7 | 35 |
| 5 | Yokohama F-Marinos | 21 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +8 | 34 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | +7 | 34 |
| 7 | Nagoya Grampus | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | +4 | 32 |
| 8 | Jubilo Iwata | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 22 | +9 | 31 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 21 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | -1 | 31 |
| 10 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 31 |
| 11 | FC Tokyo | 21 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 30 |
| 12 | Kashima Antlers | 21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | +3 | 29 |
| 13 | Vissel Kobe | 21 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 22 | -5 | 29 |
| 14 | Cerezo Osaka | 21 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 23 |
| 15 | Albirex Niigata | 21 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 11 | -10 | 21 |
| 16 | Omiya Ardija | 21 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -19 | 20 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 21 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -11 | 18 |
| 18 | Consadole Sapporo | 21 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 30 | -33 | 10 |
