| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Vissel KobeVissel Kobe | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 57 | 35 | 22 | 68 |
| 2 | Sanfrecce HiroshimaHiroshima | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 66 | 39 | 27 | 65 |
| 3 | Machida Zelvia | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 31 | 21 | 63 |
| 4 | Gamba OsakaGamba Osaka | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 45 | 34 | 11 | 60 |
| 5 | Kashima AntlersKashima Antlers | 35 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 55 | 40 | 15 | 58 |
| 6 | Tokyo Verdy | 36 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 47 | 46 | 1 | 55 |
| 7 | Cerezo OsakaCerezo | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 52 |
| 8 | FC Tokyo | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 51 |
| 9 | Yokohama F MarinosYokohama | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 49 |
| 10 | Nagoya GrampusNagoya Grampus | 36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 42 | 44 | -2 | 47 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 31 | 35 | -4 | 47 |
| 12 | Urawa Red DiamondsUrawa | 35 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 48 | 43 | 5 | 46 |
| 13 | Kawasaki FrontaleKawasaki | 35 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 57 | 51 | 6 | 45 |
| 14 | Shonan BellmareShonan Bellmare | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 51 | 52 | -1 | 45 |
| 15 | Kyoto Sanga | 35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 54 | -11 | 45 |
| 16 | Albirex Niigata | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 58 | -14 | 41 |
| 17 | Kashiwa ReysolReysol | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 38 | 49 | -11 | 40 |
| 18 | Jubilo Iwata | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 45 | 64 | -19 | 35 |
| 19 | Consadole SapporoConsadole | 36 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 41 | 61 | -20 | 34 |
| 20 | Sagan Tosu | 36 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 42 | 68 | -26 | 29 |
