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. The most assists this season have been made by Kengo Nakamura. You can also find all hat-tricks scored during the season.

J1 League best goal scorers 2017

Below is the final top scorer list for the J1 League 2017, including the 29 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. 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
  Yoshito Okubo
FC Tokyo
Japan 35 21.6%
8
23. Adaílton
Júbilo Iwata
Brazil
26 14.0%
7
  Ataru Esaka
Omiya Ardija
Japan 25 25.0%
7
  Pedro Júnior
Kashima Antlers
Brazil
30 13.2%
7
  Riki Harakawa
Sagan Tosu
Japan 24 17.1%
7
  Rony
Albirex Niigata
Brazil
22 25.0%
7
  Shogo Taniguchi
Kawasaki Frontale
Japan 26 9.9%
7
  Shu Kurata
Gamba Osaka
Japan 29 14.6%
7
The age of the players is when the season ended at 2 December 2017

Most assists in the J1 League 2017

This is the list of the players that assisted to most goals the J1 League during the 2017 season.

# Player, team Nationality Age Assists
1. Kengo Nakamura
Kawasaki Frontale
Japan 37
11
2. Cristiano
Kashiwa Reysol
Brazil
30
10
  Yusuke Maruhashi
Cerezo Osaka
Japan 27
10
4. Kosuke Ota
FC Tokyo
Japan 30
9
  Shintaro Kurumaya
Kawasaki Frontale
Japan 25
9
  Yosuke Kashiwagi
Urawa Red Diamonds
Japan 29
9
  Kota Mizunuma
Cerezo Osaka
Japan 27
9
8. Shunsuke Nakamura
Júbilo Iwata
Japan 39
8
  Manabu Saito
Yokohama F. Marinos
Japan 27
8
  Yu Kobayashi
Kawasaki Frontale
Japan 30
8

Scored hat-tricks in J1 League, season 2017

In total there were 4 scored hat-tricks during the season 2017 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
Yu Kobayashi
Kawasaki Frontale
Kawasaki Frontale - Omiya Ardija 5-0
Sat 2 december 2017
3
45+2', 60', 81'
Leandro
Kashima Antlers
Albirex Niigata - Kashima Antlers 2-4
Sat 16 september 2017
3
49', 67', 81'
Shinzo Koroki
Urawa Red Diamonds
Urawa Red Diamonds - Shimizu S-Pulse 3-3
Sat 20 may 2017
3
24', 57', 74'
Shinzo Koroki
Urawa Red Diamonds
Urawa Red Diamonds - Vegalta Sendai 7-0
Fri 7 april 2017
3
20', 27', 45+2'

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.