J1 League Top scorers - Japan 2018

The winning top scorer in J1 League, Japan during the season 2018 was Jô with 24 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season.

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 2000-2023 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 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