Racing in the JRA concluded for 2023 on the 28th December, and with no racing left for the calendar year, the leading jockey for the seasons has been confirmed.

Christophe Lemaire has been crowned as the JRA Champion Jockey for the second year in a row with as he recorded 165 wins including seven G1 titles. Yuga Kawada came in second with 151 wins and Takeshi Yokoyama came in third with 126 wins.

Here is the list of top 20 jockeys:

(Name 1st-2nd-3rd-Rides Total Earnings)

1st Christophe Lemaire 165-119-88-666 5,084,761,000 JPY

2nd Yuga Kawada 151-85-61-495 3,643,816,000 JPY

3rd Takeshi Yokoyama 126-95-103-798 2,803,680,000 JPY

T-4th Kohei Matsuyama 113-115-98-901 2,657,605,000 JPY

T-4th Mirai Iwata 113-92-88-877 2,137,835,000 JPY

6th Keita Tosaki 112-83-77-779 2,498,372,000 JPY

7th Ryusei Sakai 107-89-76-754 2,163,438,000 JPY

8th Atsuya Nishimura 76-97-79-780 1,830,304,000 JPY

9th Katsuma Sameshima 75-89-85-873 1,681,333,000 JPY

10th Yutaka Take 74-61-46-505 2,289,033,000 JPY

11th Akira Sugawara 70-80-69-814 1,578,550,000 JPY

12th Daisuke Sasaki 68-58-72-804 961,941,000 JPY

13th Kota Fujioka 63-67-54-698 1,444,885,000 JPY

14th Hironobu Tanabe 57-58-49-549 1,120,884,000 JPY

15th Hideaki Tsumura 56-58-59-624 1,296,269,000 JPY

16th Yuji Tannai 53-86-75-862 1,186,622,000 JPY

17th Hideaki Miyuki 52-57-73-827 1,289,586,000 JPY

T-18th Taisei Danno 50-68-60-679 1,442,940,000 JPY

T-18th Manami Nagashima 50-37-42-619 61,865,000 JPY

20th Kosei Miura 48-61-51-606 1,049,863,000 JPY