Japanese Best Dirt Horse is a title awarded annually by the Japan Racing Association (JRA). Since 1987 the honor has been part of the JRA Awards.

Most successful horse (2 wins):

• Wing Arrow – 1998, 2000
• Admire Don – 2003, 2004
• Kane Hekili – 2005, 2008
• Espoir City – 2009, 2010

Leading trainer (2 wins):

• Katsumi Minai – Wing Arrow (1998, 2000)
• Hiroyoshi Matsuda – Admire Don (2003, 2004)
• Sei Ishizaka – Alondite (2006), Vermilion (2007)
• Katsuhiko Sumii - Kane Hekili (2005, 2008)
• Akio Adachi – Espoir City (2009, 2010)
• Kunihide Matsuda – Kurofune (2001), Belshazzar (2013)

Leading owner (4 wins):

• Makoto Kaneko – Wing Arrow (2000), Kurofune (2001), Kane Hekili (2005, 2008)