J1 League Top scorers - Japan 2016

The winning top scorers in J1 League, Japan during the season 2016 were Leandro and Peter Utaka with 19 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season. Furthermore, see all the seasons hat-tricks, as well as the final standings.

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J1 League best goal scorers 2016

Below is the final top scorer list for the J1 League 2016, including the 19 players who scored the most goals during the season.

#	Player, Team	Nationality	Age	% team's goals	GoalsGoals
1.	Leandro Vissel Kobe	Brazil	31	57.6%	19
	Peter Utaka Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Nigeria	32	73.1%	19
3.	Cristiano Kashiwa Reysol/Ventforet Kofu	Brazil	29	-	16
4.	Yoshito Okubo Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	34	42.9%	15
	Yu Kobayashi Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	29	42.9%	15
6.	Jay Bothroyd Júbilo Iwata	England	34	87.5%	14
	Shinzo Koroki Urawa Red Diamonds	Brazil	30	40.0%	14
8.	Yohei Toyoda Sagan Tosu	Japan	31	50.0%	13
9.	Diego Oliveira Kashiwa Reysol	Brazil	26	37.5%	12
	Kazuma Watanabe Vissel Kobe	Japan	30	36.4%	12
	Yuki Muto Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	28	34.3%	12
12.	Akihiro Ienaga Omiya Ardija	Japan	30	45.8%	11
	Pedro Júnior Vissel Kobe	Brazil	29	33.3%	11
	Rafael Silva Albirex Niigata	Brazil	24	78.6%	11
	Robin Simovic Nagoya Grampus	Sweden	25	78.6%	11
16.	Manabu Saito Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	26	31.3%	10
	Mu Kanazaki Kashima Antlers	Japan	27	41.7%	10
	Ramon Lopes Vegalta Sendai	Brazil	27	52.6%	10
	Tadanari Lee Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	30	28.6%	10

The age of the players is when the season ended at 3 December 2016

Scored hat-tricks in J1 League, season 2016

In total there were 4 scored hat-tricks during the season 2016 in J1 League, Japan. All players scoring these hat-tricks (or more than 3 goals), and the matches they scored it in, are listed here.

Player, Team	Match	GoalsGoals
Kensuke Nagai Nagoya Grampus	Nagoya Grampus - Avispa Fukuoka 5-0 Sat 1 october 2016	3 36', 47', 55'
Ramon Lopes Vegalta Sendai	Sagan Tosu - Vegalta Sendai 2-3 Sat 1 october 2016	3 26', 55', 75'
Diego Oliveira Kashiwa Reysol	Kawasaki Frontale - Kashiwa Reysol 2-5 Sat 27 august 2016	3 4', 5', 32'
Cristiano Kashiwa Reysol	Kashiwa Reysol - Gamba Osaka 3-2 Sat 23 july 2016	3 9', 14', 54'

League table J1 League 2016

This was the final standings in the 2016 J1 League season.

#	Team	Matches	WinsW	DrawsD	LossesL	Goals	Points
1.	Urawa Red Diamonds	17	13	2	2	35-12	41
2.	Vissel Kobe	17	11	2	4	33-18	35
3.	Kawasaki Frontale	17	11	1	5	35-24	34
4.	Gamba Osaka	17	10	4	3	31-22	34
5.	Kashiwa Reysol	17	9	3	5	32-23	30
6.	Omiya Ardija	17	8	6	3	24-18	30
7.	Yokohama F. Marinos	17	7	8	2	32-19	29
8.	Sagan Tosu	17	8	5	4	26-22	29
9.	FC Tokyo	17	9	2	6	23-21	29
10.	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	17	8	2	7	26-22	26
11.	Kashima Antlers	17	6	2	9	24-24	20
12.	Vegalta Sendai	17	6	2	9	19-23	20
13.	Ventforet Kofu	17	4	4	9	14-27	16
14.	Júbilo Iwata	17	2	7	8	16-27	13
15.	Nagoya Grampus	17	3	4	10	14-29	13
16.	Albirex Niigata	17	4	0	13	14-24	12
17.	Shonan Bellmare	17	3	2	12	12-29	11
18.	Avispa Fukuoka	17	2	2	13	15-41	8

The season started 27 February 2016 and the last game of the season was played at 3 December 2016. More information and the winning top scorers in J1 League between the seasons 2000-2024 here.