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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

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

This was the final standings in the 2018 J1 League season.

#	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