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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.

J1 League best goal scorers 2017

#	Player	Team	Nationality	Age	% team's goals	Goals
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 2000-2023 here.

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	Goals
Yu Kobayashi Kawasaki Frontale	Kawasaki Frontale - Omiya Ardija 5-0 Sat 2 december 2017	3 45', 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'

League table J1 League 2017

This was the final standings in the 2017 J1 League season.

#	Team	Matches	WinsW	DrawsD	LossesL	Goals	Points
1.	Kawasaki Frontale	34	21	9	4	71-32	72
2.	Kashima Antlers	34	23	3	8	53-31	72
3.	Cerezo Osaka	34	19	6	9	65-43	63
4.	Kashiwa Reysol	34	18	8	8	49-33	62
5.	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	17	8	9	45-36	59
6.	Júbilo Iwata	34	16	10	8	50-30	58
7.	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	14	7	13	64-54	49
8.	Sagan Tosu	34	13	8	13	41-44	47
9.	Vissel Kobe	34	13	5	16	40-45	44
10.	Gamba Osaka	34	11	10	13	48-41	43
11.	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	34	12	7	15	39-47	43
12.	Vegalta Sendai	34	11	8	15	44-53	41
13.	FC Tokyo	34	10	10	14	37-42	40
14.	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	8	10	16	36-54	34
15.	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	8	9	17	32-49	33
16.	Ventforet Kofu	34	7	11	16	23-39	32
17.	Albirex Niigata	34	7	7	20	28-60	28
18.	Omiya Ardija	34	5	10	19	28-60	25