J1 League table 2026/27 season: Japan, points and home and away records
updated 2026-08-31The J1 League table covers 20 clubs over 4 matches each. Points run three for a win and one for a draw, so the order follows points first, then goal difference and goals scored.
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | Goals | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kashiwa Reysol | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +6 | 12 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | +5 | 12 |
| 3 | Machida Zelvia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | +10 | 10 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | +6 | 8 |
| 5 | FC Tokyo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | +1 | 7 |
| 6 | Vissel Kobe | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 7 |
| 7 | Kawasaki Frontale | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | +2 | 6 |
| 8 | Nagoya Grampus | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | +1 | 6 |
| 9 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Cerezo Osaka | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Mito HollyHock | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | +1 | 5 |
| 12 | Gamba Osaka | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Fagiano Okayama | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Avispa Fukuoka | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 17 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 18 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 19 | Tokyo Verdy | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
| 20 | JEF United Chiba | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -11 | 0 |
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J1 League table: how to read points and goal difference
The gap from top to bottom is 12 points. Kashiwa Reysol lead on 12 with a difference of +6; JEF United Chiba sit last on 0. Kashiwa Reysol and Kashima Antlers are level on points, with goal difference deciding first place.
Machida Zelvia score most with 13 goals. Sanfrecce Hiroshima defend best, conceding 2, while Urawa Red Diamonds have shipped 13 — the spread between those two says how uneven the league is at the back.
A club takes 1.4 points per match on average and scores 6.1 goals across the season. The median is 6 points (Kawasaki Frontale), with 6 clubs above it. The median describes a league better than the mean does: one runaway side pulls the mean up and barely moves the median.
The drop zone is 3 points from safety: Urawa Red Diamonds sit 17th on 3, against JEF United Chiba on 0. Those are the numbers that decide the closing weeks.
J1 League home and away: split points
The J1 League table recomputes separately for home fixtures and for away ones. They are the same matches split by venue, so points in the two tables always sum back to the overall one.
Kashiwa Reysol take the most at home, 6 points from 2 matches, while Machida Zelvia lead away on 7 — more often different clubs than you would expect.
Nagoya Grampus depend on their ground most: 6 points at home against 0 away, a gap of 6. Machida Zelvia show the smallest split at -4. Across the league a club takes 1.2 more points at home than away.
J1 League: goals, averages and difference
Across 40 matches the league has produced 122 goals, 3.05 per game. Home sides win 50% of the time, both teams score in 60%, and 60% finish over 2.5.
Yokohama F. Marinos carry the flattest goal difference at 0 — clubs on those numbers usually sit mid-table, equally far from the title and the drop.
How the J1 League table looked in earlier seasons is in the archive: Japan, year by year, with final tables for every division and zone.
J1 League: division size and what it changes
The size of a division changes how its figures read. With 20 clubs each plays 4 matches, and a run of three or four results moves a position further than it would in a league twice the size: the sample is smaller, so chance weighs more.
For the same reason the points gap between neighbouring places tends to be narrower here and the middle of the table reorders more often. Goal difference is especially useful in a division this size, because it accumulates across every match and depends less on who a club happened to face recently.
Comparing this division with others on absolute numbers — goals scored, points taken — means little where the number of rounds differs. What compares is the relative measures: points per match, scoring rate, the share of draws.
Japan: the divisions and where J1 League sits
Japan: this is the only division we currently carry a table for.
Kawasaki Frontale have drawn most at 3, Kashiwa Reysol fewest at 0. Tokyo Verdy defend best on the road, conceding 0 away from home.
J1 League: match results and head-to-head
The widest result of the season is JEF United Chiba against Machida Zelvia, 0-4, a margin of 4. The highest-scoring match is Gamba Osaka against Urawa Red Diamonds at 4-3, 7 goals in all.
8 of 40 matches ended level, 20%. The draw rate is among the steadiest numbers a league produces: it moves less from season to season than goals scored or final positions do.
Any two clubs can be compared in the panel alongside, which reads the same results grid the home and away tables are computed from.
Common questions
How are points awarded in the J1 League table?
Three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat. A side with more wins can still sit below one that draws often, but only where the number of matches played differs.
What separates clubs level on points?
Goal difference first, then goals scored. Kashiwa Reysol currently lead J1 League on 12 points with a difference of +6.
How does the home table differ from the overall one?
The home table counts only matches played at home and the away table only those on the road. They are the same fixtures, so the two sets of points add back to the overall table. A mid-table club is often in the top three of one of them.
How many goals does a match produce on average?
3.05 per game across 40 matches. Both teams score in 60% of them and 60% finish over 2.5 goals.
Where are previous seasons?
In the country archive: Japan, final tables year by year, split by division and, where they existed, by territorial zone.
How can two clubs be compared?
Through the head-to-head panel: pick two sides and it returns the score of their meetings this season, read from the same results grid the home and away tables are computed from.
Clubs · Season archive · Japan
Season metrics
- Goals per match
- 3.05
- Home wins
- 50%
- Both scored
- 60%
- Over 2.5
- 60%
Head to head
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