J1 League Top scorers - Japan 2018

The winning top scorer in J1 League, Japan during the season 2018 was Jô with 24 goals scored.

J1 League best goal scorers 2018

Season:
# Player Team Age Nationality % team's goals Goals
1. Nagoya Grampus 31 Brazil 46.2%
24
2. Patric Sanfrecce Hiroshima 31 Brazil 42.6%
20
3. Hwang Ui-Jo Gamba Osaka 26 South Korea 39.0%
16
4. Shinzo Koroki Urawa Red Diamonds 32 Brazil 29.4%
15
  Yu Kobayashi Kawasaki Frontale 31 Japan 26.3%
15
6. Diego Oliveira FC Tokyo 28 Brazil 33.3%
13
  Hugo Vieira Yokohama F. Marinos 30 Portugal 23.2%
13
  Koya Kitagawa Shimizu S-Pulse 22 Japan 23.2%
13
9. Ken Tokura Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 32 Japan 25.0%
12
10. Douglas Shimizu S-Pulse 30 Brazil 19.6%
11
  Kengo Kawamata Júbilo Iwata 29 Japan 31.4%
11
  Musashi Suzuki V-Varen Nagasaki 24 Japan 28.2%
11
  Takuma Nishimura Vegalta Sendai 22 Japan 25.0%
11
  Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers 22 Japan 22.0%
11
15. Mu Kanazaki Kashima Antlers/​Sagan Tosu 29 Japan -
10
  Shota Kaneko Shimizu S-Pulse 23 Japan 17.9%
10
17. Ataru Esaka Kashiwa Reysol 26 Japan 19.1%
9
  Jay Bothroyd Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 36 England 18.8%
9
  Teruhito Nakagawa Yokohama F. Marinos 26 Japan 16.1%
9
  Yusuke Segawa Kashiwa Reysol 24 Japan 19.1%
9
The age of the players is when the season ended at 1 December 2018

The season start for J1 League 2018 was 23 February 2018, the finishing round was being played 1 December 2018. More information and the winning top scorers in J1 League between the seasons 2000-2022 here.

Scored hat-tricks in J1 League, season 2018

In total there were 7 scored hat-tricks during the season 2018 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
Musashi Suzuki
V-Varen Nagasaki
Nagoya Grampus - V-Varen Nagasaki 3-4
Sat 15 september 2018
3
8', 53', 56'

Nagoya Grampus
Nagoya Grampus - Urawa Red Diamonds 4-1
Sun 26 august 2018
3
44', 70', 79'
Fabricio
Urawa Red Diamonds
Urawa Red Diamonds - Júbilo Iwata 4-0
Wed 15 august 2018
3
55', 61', 90'

Nagoya Grampus
Nagoya Grampus - Gamba Osaka 3-2
Sun 5 august 2018
3
61', 79', 84'
Sho Ito
Yokohama F. Marinos
Vegalta Sendai - Yokohama F. Marinos 2-8
Wed 18 july 2018
3
12', 33', 59'
Hugo Vieira
Yokohama F. Marinos
Yokohama F. Marinos - Shonan Bellmare 4-4
Sat 21 april 2018
3
27', 44', 44'
Diego Oliveira
FC Tokyo
V-Varen Nagasaki - FC Tokyo 2-5
Sun 8 april 2018
3
4', 50', 56'

League table J1 League - season 2018

# Team Matches WinsW DrawsD LossesL Goals Points
1. Kawasaki Frontale 34 21 6 7 57-27 69
2. Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 17 6 11 47-35 57
3. Kashima Antlers 34 16 8 10 50-39 56
4. Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 34 15 10 9 48-48 55
5. Urawa Red Diamonds 34 14 9 11 51-39 51
6. FC Tokyo 34 14 8 12 39-34 50
7. Cerezo Osaka 34 13 11 10 39-38 50
8. Shimizu S-Pulse 34 14 7 13 56-48 49
9. Gamba Osaka 34 14 6 14 41-46 48
10. Vissel Kobe 34 12 9 13 45-52 45
11. Vegalta Sendai 34 13 6 15 44-54 45
12. Yokohama F. Marinos 34 12 5 17 56-56 41
13. Shonan Bellmare 34 10 11 13 38-43 41
14. Sagan Tosu 34 10 11 13 29-34 41
15. Nagoya Grampus 34 12 5 17 52-59 41
16. Júbilo Iwata 34 10 11 13 35-48 41
17. Kashiwa Reysol 34 12 3 19 47-54 39
18. V-Varen Nagasaki 34 8 6 20 39-59 30