| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Yokohama FC | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 39:27 | 49 | |
| 2. | Albirex Niigata | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 41:20 | 48 | |
| 3. | Vegalta Sendai | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 44:33 | 44 | |
| 4. | V-Varen Nagasaki | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 27:22 | 38 | |
| 5. | Okayama | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 28:21 | 36 | |
| 6. | Machida | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 31:25 | 36 | |
| 7. | Oita Trinita | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 34:29 | 35 | |
| 8. | Chiba | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 26:23 | 34 | |
| 9. | Kumamoto | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 31:32 | 34 | |
| 10. | Montedio Yamagata | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 34:26 | 32 | |
| 11. | Verdy | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 42:40 | 32 | |
| 12. | Tokushima | 24 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 25:18 | 31 | |
| 13. | Kanazawa | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 30:33 | 31 | |
| 14. | Mito | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 29:28 | 30 | |
| 15. | Renofa Yamaguchi | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 26:28 | 30 | |
| 16. | Kofu | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 26:28 | 30 | |
| 17. | Tochigi SC | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 18:24 | 27 | |
| 18. | Blaublitz | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 20:31 | 27 | |
| 19. | Grulla Morioka | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 20:39 | 26 | |
| 20. | Kusatsu | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19:29 | 23 | |
| 21. | Omiya Ardija | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22:36 | 22 | |
| 22. | Ryukyu | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25:45 | 15 |