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.

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• Hat-tricks
• Standings

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	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.