The JRA Award for Best Jockey (races won) is an award given to registered jockeys in Japan with most wins in Japanese Thoroughbred racing. It is annually given by Japan Racing Association (JRA).
Records Most wins (18 wins) Yutaka Take – 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Most consecutive wins (9 wins) Yutaka Take – 1992–2000
Recipients Year Jockey Wins 1987 Yukio Okabe 138 1988 Masato Shibata 132 1989 Yutaka Take 133 1990 Yutaka Take 116 1991 Yukio Okabe 128 1992 Yutaka Take 130 1993 Yutaka Take 137 1994 Yutaka Take 134 1995 Yutaka Take 134 1996 Yutaka Take 159 1997 Yutaka Take 168 1998 Yutaka Take 169 1999 Yutaka Take 178 2000 Yutaka Take 130 2001 Masayoshi Ebina 133 2002 Yutaka Take 133 2003 Yutaka Take 204 2004 Yutaka Take 211 2005 Yutaka Take 210 2006 Yutaka Take 178 2007 Yutaka Take 156 2008 Yutaka Take 143 2009 Hiroyuki Uchida 146 2010 Norihiro Yokoyama 120 2011 Yuichi Fukunaga 133 2012 Suguru Hamanaka 131 2013 Yuichi Fukunaga 131 2014 Keita Tosaki 146 2015 Keita Tosaki 130 2016 Keita Tosaki 187 2017 Christophe Lemaire 199 2018 Christophe Lemaire 215 2019 Christophe Lemaire 164 2020 Christophe Lemaire 204 2021 Christophe Lemaire 199 2022 Yuga Kawada 143 2023 Christophe Lemaire 165 2024 Christophe Lemaire 176 2025 Christophe Lemaire 140
See also JRA Award JRA Award for Best Jockey (winning average) JRA Award for Best Jockey (money earned) JRA Award for Best Steeplechase Jockey JRA Award for Best Jockey (newcomer) JRA Grand Prize Jockey Most Valuable Jockey
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