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The Top Ranked Hockey Players of All-Time from Japan
Notes: Players are ranked on the list of the country they were born in.
Where a player grew up, went to school, or who they represented internationally is not factored into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Rookie Yr | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Minoru Ito | LW | 1967 | 2867 |
| 2 | Koji Iwamoto | RW | 1962 | 2993 |
| 3 | Takao Hikigi | C | 1964 | 3131 |
| 4 | Akihito Sugisawa | RW | 1988 | 3348 |
| 5 | Hideo Urabe | LW | 1976 | 3369 |
| 6 | Toru Okajima | RW | 1963 | 3413 |
| 7 | Takeshi Iwamoto | G | 1973 | 3438 |
| 8 | Masahiro Sato | RW | 1956 | 3460 |
| 9 | Yasushio Tanaka | RW | 1969 | 3487 |
| 10 | Katsuji Morishima | G | 1962 | 3988 |
| 11 | Hideo Sakurai | C | 1972 | 4030 |
| 12 | Mamoru Takashima | LW | 1952 | 4161 |
| 13 | Isao Ono | C | 1953 | 4187 |
| 14 | Toshihiko Yamada | RW | 1952 | 4193 |
| 15 | Minoru Misawa | G | 1973 | 4277 |
| 16 | Nobuhiro Araki | LW | 1964 | 4304 |
| 17 | Tsutomu Hanzawa | LW | 1971 | 4383 |
| 18 | Yoshio Hoshino | C | 1970 | 4405 |
| 19 | Takeshi Azuma | C | 1975 | 4650 |
| 20 | Takashi Kakihara | RW | 1957 | 4770 |
| 21 | Yutaka Ebina | LW | 1963 | 4805 |
| 22 | Yuji Iwaoka | RW | 1953 | 4848 |
| 23 | Akiyoshi Segawa | C | 1954 | 4881 |
| 24 | Tsutsumi Otomo | LW | 1996 | 4947 |
| 25 | Yoshihiro Miyazaki | D | 1950 | 5080 |
| 26 | Toshimitsu Otsubo | G | 1965 | 5134 |
| 27 | Shinichi Honma | C | 1954 | 5265 |
| 28 | Satoru Misawa | LW | 1978 | 5297 |
| 29 | Toshiei Honma | G | 1955 | 5301 |
| 30 | Atsuo Irie | LW | 1957 | 5329 |
| 31 | Hiroshi Hori | D | 1971 | 5341 |
| 32 | Fumio Yamazaki | D | 1970 | 5481 |
| 33 | Sadaki Honma | LW | 1974 | 5502 |
| 34 | Kenji Toriyabe | D | 1963 | 5515 |
| 35 | Isao Kawabuchi | C | 1962 | 5652 |
| 36 | Tadamitsu Fujii | D | 1978 | 5682 |
| 37 | Masao Murano | C | 1955 | 5703 |
| 38 | Kimihisa Kudo | RW | 1959 | 5724 |
| 39 | Takashi Tsuburai | D | 1972 | 5842 |
| 40 | Hitoshi Nakamura | D | 1970 | 5883 |
| 41 | Iwao Nakayama | D | 1971 | 6033 |
| 42 | Teruyasu Honma | C | 1969 | 6111 |
| 43 | Toshiyuki Sakai | RW | 1985 | 6189 |
| 44 | Takeshi Yamanaka | D | 1990 | 6206 |
| 45 | Takeshi Akiba | C | 1964 | 6244 |
| 46 | Masami Tanabu | D | 1954 | 6302 |
| 47 | Kunito Takagi | D | 1954 | 6355 |
| 48 | Hidenori Inatsu | LW | 1960 | 6452 |
| 49 | Koji Wakasa | D | 1974 | 6454 |
| 50 | Kiyoshi Esashika | D | 1976 | 6487 |
| 51 | Shigeru Shimada | D | 1955 | 6492 |
| 52 | Hideaki Kurokawa | RW | 1967 | 6535 |
| 53 | Yoshiaki Kyoya | C | 1972 | 6770 |
| 54 | Shoichi Tomita | G | 1956 | 6900 |
| 55 | Mikio Matsuda | RW | 1972 | 6922 |
| 56 | Michihiro Sato | D | 1963 | 6958 |
| 57 | Atsuo Kudo | D | 1986 | 7004 |
| 58 | Isao Kakihara | LW | 1967 | 7081 |
| 59 | Kazuo Matsuda | C | 1961 | 7082 |
| 60 | Hideo Suzuki | C | 1971 | 7108 |
| 61 | Jiro Ogawa | D | 1959 | 7238 |
| 62 | Takaaki Kaneiri | D | 1963 | 7300 |
| 63 | Shinichi Iwasaki | G | 1992 | 7351 |
| 64 | Mikio Hosoi | C | 1980 | 7778 |
| 65 | Norio Ito | D | 1974 | 7787 |
| 66 | Katsutoshi Kawamura | C | 1977 | 7802 |
| 67 | Minoru Nakano | LW | 1956 | 7944 |
| 68 | Yutaka Kawaguchi | D | 1997 | 8028 |
| 69 | Kunihiko Sakurai | RW | 1992 | 8043 |
| 70 | Isao Asai | D | 1967 | 8066 |
| 71 | Takayuki Kobori | D | 1992 | 8073 |
| 72 | Toru Itabashi | D | 1966 | 8093 |
| 73 | Hisashi Kasai | D | 1968 | 8107 |
| 74 | Hiroyuki Miura | D | 1993 | 8304 |
| 75 | Kimio Kazahari | LW | 1956 | 8433 |
| 76 | Hiroyuki Matsuura | D | 1962 | 8447 |
| 77 | Yuji Iga | LW | 1985 | 8536 |
| 78 | Hiroshi Matsuura | LW | 1992 | 8547 |
| 79 | Makoto Kawahira | LW | 1991 | 8582 |
| 80 | Tatsuki Katayama | D | 1993 | 8621 |
| 81 | Takayuki Miura | D | 1986 | 8840 |
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