Top League Champions Cup

There were no title-play-offs in 2018, and the team on top of the league after the round-robin stage was crowned the Top League title winner. However, the top three teams progressed to the All-Japan Championship.

The All-Japan Championship doubled as the Top League Champions Cup title from 2018 onward, with university teams excluded.

Top League and All-Japan title (2017–present)

Year	Cup period	Pos	Team	Top League regular season									Play-offs		Ref
				Pts	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	TB	LB	Semi	Final
2018	6 January to 13 January	1 White	Panasonic Wild Knights	63	13	0	0	580	142	+438	11	0	17–11	8–12	[2]
		1 Red	Suntory Sungoliath	55	12	0	1	450	180	+270	7	0	49–7	12–8
		2 White	Yamaha Júbilo	46	9	0	4	440	232	+208	8	2	7–49	—
		2 Red	Toyota Verblitz	46	10	0	3	394	288	+106	4	2	11–17	—
2017	21 January to 29 January	1	Suntory Sungoliath	71	15	0	0	563	184	+379	11	0	52–29	15–10	[3]
		2	Yamaha Júbilo	67	14	0	1	580	208	+372	11	0	24–36	—
		3	Panasonic Wild Knights	62	13	0	2	579	268	+311	9	1	36–24	10–15
		4	Kobelco Steelers	48	10	0	5	473	328	+145	7	1	—	—

Logo 2014–2016

From the 2013–14 season, the Top League tournament was contested by sixteen teams. The top four teams from the league competition (or the top eight in 2016) advanced to the play-offs to compete for the Lixil Trophy and Top League Championship.

Lixil Trophy and Top League Championship play-offs (2014–2016)

Year	Cup period	Pos	Team	Top League regular season										Cup play-off results			Ref
				Pts	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	TB	LB	SP	Qtr	Semi	Final
2016	9 January to 24 January	1A	Panasonic Wild Knights	31	6	1	0	290	137	153	5	0	–	48–6	42–10	27–26	[4]
		1B	Yamaha Jubilo	29	6	0	1	226	140	86	5	0	–	27–6	22–34	—
		2A	Toshiba Brave Lupus	26	5	1	1	253	100	153	4	0	–	29–17	34–22	26–27
		2B	Kobelco Steelers	27	5	0	2	235	137	98	5	2	–	42–10	10–42	—
		3A	Kintetsu Liners	23	5	0	2	189	193	-4	3	0	–	10–42	—	—
		3B	Toyota Verblitz	26	5	0	2	203	125	78	5	1	–	17–29	—	—
		4A	NTT Com Shining Arcs	22	4	0	3	190	142	48	4	2	–	6–27	—	—
		4B	Canon Eagles	25	5	0	2	196	142	54	4	1	–	6-48	—	—
2015	24 January to 1 February	1	Kobelco Steelers	29	5	0	2	242	113	+129	4	1	4	—	12–41	—	[5]
		2	Panasonic Wild Knights	29	5	0	2	218	131	+87	5	0	4	—	50–15	30–12
		3	Toshiba Brave Lupus	28	5	0	2	213	147	+66	4	1	3	—	15–50	—
		4	Yamaha Júbilo	27	5	0	2	165	134	+31	4	1	2	—	41–12	12–30
2014	1 February to 9 February	1	Panasonic Wild Knights	36	7	0	0	224	105	119	4	0	4	—	55–15	45–22	[6]
		2	Suntory Sungoliath	32	6	0	1	261	169	92	4	0	4	—	27–19	22–45
		3	Kobelco Steelers	24	4	0	3	223	194	29	5	1	2	—	19–27	—
		4	Toshiba Brave Lupus	23	4	0	3	181	151	30	2	3	2	—	15–55	—

For the 2006–07 season the tournament was expanded to fourteen teams and the Top League and Microsoft Cup competitions were combined. Only the top four teams on the regular season table progressed to title play-offs and the winner of the knockout competition was awarded both the Microsoft Cup and the Top League title.

Video referee (TMO) decisions were introduced for the 2009 Cup series. The naming rights partnership with Microsoft for the knockout competition ended after the 2009 Cup final.

Top League Championship play-off tournament (2007–2013)

Year	Cup period	Pos	Team	Top League regular season									Play-off results		Ref
				Pts	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	TB	LB	Semi	Final
2009	17 February to 24 February	1	Toshiba Brave Lupus	59	12	0	1	563	211	+352	11	0	26–7	17–6	[7]
		2	Sanyo Wild Knights	58	12	0	1	584	197	+387	10	0	32–22	6–17
		3	Suntory Sungoliath	51	10	0	3	482	298	+184	10	1	22–32	—
		4	Kobelco Steelers	43	9	0	4	358	300	+58	5	2	6–27	—
2008	17 February to 24 February	1	Sanyo Wild Knights	63	13	0	0	593	170	+423	11	0	25–21	10–14	[8]
		2	Suntory Sungoliath	53	10	1	2	453	229	+224	10	1	33–10	14–10
		3	Toyota Verblitz	50	9	1	3	452	269	+183	9	3	10–33	—
		4	Toshiba Brave Lupus	47	10	1	2	398	263	+135	5	2	21–25	—
2007	28 January to 4 February	1	Toshiba Brave Lupus	60	12	0	1	502	234	268	11	1	38–35	14–13	[9]
		2	Suntory Sungoliath	56	11	0	2	545	161	384	10	2	40–39	13–14
		3	Yamaha Jubilo	48	10	1	2	379	306	73	5	1	39–40	—
		4	Toyota Verblitz	47	9	0	4	448	267	181	8	3	35–38	—

For the first three seasons the competition format was a single round-robin tournament contested by twelve teams, with the team finishing top of the table winning the Top League title. The Microsoft Cup was a separate knockout competition for the top eight teams in the league.

Microsoft Cup play-off tournament (2004–2006)

Year	Cup period	Pos	Team	Top League regular season									Play-off results			Ref
				Pts	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	TB	LB	Qtr	Semi	Final
2006	22 January to 5 February	1	Toshiba Brave Lupus	46	9	0	2	406	193	213	10	0	38–7	23–10	33–18	[10]
		2	Sanyo Wild Knights	42	9	0	2	416	276	140	6	0	24–40	—	—
		3	NEC Green Rockets	41	9	0	2	270	136	134	4	1	17–12	10–23	—
		4	Toyota Verblitz	37	7	0	4	431	263	168	6	3	12–17	—	—
		5	Kobelco Steelers	33	7	0	4	284	225	59	4	1	7–38	—	—
		6	Suntory Sungoliath	32	6	0	5	308	241	67	6	2	35–17	44–25	18–33
		7	Yamaha Jubilo	28	5	0	6	328	211	117	4	4	17–35	—	—
		8	Kubota Spears	23	4	1	6	324	297	27	5	0	40–24	25–44	—
2005	8 February to 28 February	1	Toshiba Brave Lupus	50	10	0	1	463	166	297	9	1	33–13	41–0	20–6α	[11]
		2	Yamaha Jubilo	45	9	0	2	380	218	162	8	1	38–33	33–33β	6–20α
		3	NEC Green Rockets	44	9	0	2	407	253	154	7	1	16–51γ	—	—
		4	Toyota Verblitz	43	8	0	3	427	224	203	9	2	42–21	33–33β	—
		5	Kobelco Steelers	34	6	0	5	326	356	-30	8	2	51–16γ	0–41	—
		6	Kubota Spears	27	5	0	6	277	334	-57	6	1	33–38	—	—
		7	Sanyo Wild Knights	24	4	0	7	346	296	50	4	4	21–41	—	—
		8	Suntory Sungoliath	24	4	0	7	307	282	25	4	4	13–33	—	—
2004	8 February to 22 February	1	Kobelco Steelersδ	47	9	0	2	439	286	153	11	0	35–27	10–34	—	[12]
		2	Toshiba Brave Lupus	44	8	1	2	503	283	220	9	1	39–10	36–34	19–24
		3	Yamaha Jubilo	42	8	2	1	334	223	111	6	0	10–39	—	—
		4	Suntory Sungoliath	42	8	0	3	408	265	143	9	1	5–32	—	—
		5	World Fighting Bull	32	6	0	5	349	285	64	7	1	27–35	—	—
		6	NEC Green Rocketsδ	30	5	2	4	411	274	137	6	0	32–5	34–10	24–19
		7	Sanyo Wild Knights	24	4	1	6	319	331	-12	6	0	39–32	34–36	—
		8	Kubota Spears	22	4	0	9	262	362	-100	4	2	32–39	—	—

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