J1 League Top scorers - Japan 2017

The winning top scorer in J1 League, Japan during the season 2017 was Yu Kobayashi with 23 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season. Furthermore, see all the season’s hat-tricks, as well as the final standings.

Season:

J1 League best goal scorers 2017

Below is the final top scorer list for the J1 League 2017, including the 24 players who scored the most goals during the season.

# Player, Team Nationality Age % team's goals GoalsGoals
1. Yu Kobayashi
Kawasaki Frontale
Japan 30 32.4%
23
2. Kenyu Sugimoto
Cerezo Osaka
Japan 25 33.8%
22
3. Shinzo Koroki
Urawa Red Diamonds
Brazil
31 31.3%
20
4. Kengo Kawamata
Júbilo Iwata
Japan 28 28.0%
14
5. Cristiano
Kashiwa Reysol
Brazil
30 24.5%
12
  Mu Kanazaki
Kashima Antlers
Japan 28 22.6%
12
  Rafael Silva
Urawa Red Diamonds
Brazil
25 18.8%
12
8. Leandro
Kashima Antlers
Brazil
24 20.8%
11
9. Anderson Lopes
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Brazil
24 31.3%
10
  Hiroyuki Abe
Kawasaki Frontale
Japan 28 14.1%
10
  Hugo Vieira
Yokohama F. Marinos
Portugal
29 22.2%
10
  Jay Bothroyd
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
England
35 25.6%
10
  Jong Tae-se
Shimizu S-Pulse
North Korea
North Korea
33 27.8%
10
  Naoki Ishihara
Vegalta Sendai
Japan 33 22.7%
10
  Shun Nagasawa
Gamba Osaka
Japan 29 20.8%
10
16. Ken Tokura
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
Japan 31 23.1%
9
  Kosuke Taketomi
Kashiwa Reysol
Japan 27 18.4%
9
18. Adaílton
Júbilo Iwata
Brazil
26 16.0%
8
  Crislan
Vegalta Sendai
Brazil
25 18.2%
8
  Kazuma Watanabe
Vissel Kobe
Japan 31 20.0%
8
  Kazuya Yamamura
Cerezo Osaka
Japan 28 12.3%
8
  Peter Utaka
FC Tokyo
Nigeria
33 21.6%
8
  Shu Kurata
Gamba Osaka
Japan 29 16.7%
8
  Yoshito Okubo
FC Tokyo
Japan 35 21.6%
8
The age of the players is when the season ended at 2 December 2017

The J1 League season of 2017 lasted between the dates 25 February 2017 and 2 December 2017. More information and the winning top scorers in J1 League between the seasons 2000-2024 here.