J1 League top scorers - Japan 2017

The leading goalscorers in J1 League in the 2017 season, as well as the players with the most assists and all hat-tricks.

Quick overview

Top scorer list winner: Yu Kobayashi, Kawasaki Frontale - 23 goals
Most assists: Kengo Nakamura, Kawasaki Frontale - 11 assists
Number of hat-tricks: 4

J1 League best goalscorers 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. If you want to see each players' goal progression per round during the season you can find it here.

#	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.	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

TIP! Click on the number of goals to see the matches in which the player scored.

Sources: Historical statistics are based on data from our providers and checked against archived season records when needed. Read more in our About Us section.
Methodology: We count league goals, including knockout rounds when they are part of the same competition. Qualification, promotion and relegation playoffs are not included.

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.

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