2026-2027 Japan J1-League Table

2026-2027 Japan J1-League
Pos	Team	P	HW	HD	HL	HF	HA	AW	AD	AL	AF	AA	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	PPG	Last 6 Last 10
1	Machida Zelvia	11	3	1	1	11	7	5	1	0	19	3	8	2	1	30	10	+20	26	2.36	WDLWWW WWDWWDLWWW
2	FC Tokyo	11	4	1	1	9	5	3	2	0	12	3	7	3	1	21	8	+13	24	2.18	WWWWWd DWWDWWWWWd
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	11	4	1	0	16	2	3	1	2	9	8	7	2	2	25	10	+15	23	2.09	LWWWWL WDdWLWWWWL
4	Vissel Kobe	11	3	1	0	8	4	4	0	3	10	7	7	1	3	18	11	+7	22	2.00	WWWLWL DLWWWWWLWL
5	Kashiwa Reysol	11	3	0	2	11	10	4	1	1	11	7	7	1	3	22	17	+5	22	2.00	LWWWLd WWWLLWWWLd
6	Kashima Antlers	11	4	0	1	9	4	2	2	2	14	14	6	2	3	23	18	+5	20	1.82	LLDWWD WWWLLLDWWD
7	Kawasaki Frontale	11	3	2	1	15	11	2	2	1	8	6	5	4	2	23	17	+6	19	1.73	WWDLWW DDWLWWDLWW
8	Urawa Red Diamonds	11	3	0	2	11	11	3	0	3	9	12	6	0	5	20	23	-3	18	1.64	WLWLWW LLWWWLWLWW
9	Yokohama FM	11	2	2	1	9	7	2	3	1	6	4	4	5	2	15	11	+4	17	1.55	WDWddD WWLDWDWddD
10	Okayama	11	3	1	2	7	7	2	0	3	7	8	5	1	5	14	15	-1	16	1.45	WWLLLW WdLWWWLLLW
11	Shimizu S-Pulse	11	2	2	3	6	11	2	0	2	4	5	4	2	5	10	16	-6	14	1.27	LWWWDL LLLDLWWWDL
12	Nagoya Grampus Eight	11	2	1	2	7	7	2	0	4	6	10	4	1	6	13	17	-4	13	1.18	LLLWWD LWWLLLLWWD
13	Cerezo Osaka	11	3	2	1	7	5	0	2	3	3	12	3	4	4	10	17	-7	13	1.18	dLDdLD LWLWdLDdLD
14	V-Varen Nagasaki	11	3	2	1	11	7	0	1	4	4	11	3	3	5	15	18	-3	12	1.09	LWDDLW LLLDLWDDLW
15	Gamba Osaka	11	1	1	2	4	6	1	3	3	8	13	2	4	5	12	19	-7	10	0.91	LLLLDW DLdDLLLLDW
16	Mito Hollyhock	11	1	2	3	7	8	1	1	3	5	8	2	3	6	12	16	-4	9	0.82	DLLLLL DWDWDLLLLL
17	Kyoto Sanga	11	1	1	3	7	10	1	2	3	6	11	2	3	6	13	21	-8	9	0.82	LLWLLD DLWDLLWLLD
18	Fukuoka	11	2	1	4	9	9	0	0	4	3	9	2	1	8	12	18	-6	7	0.64	DLLWLL WLLLDLLWLL
19	JEF United Chiba	11	1	2	2	4	7	0	1	5	6	15	1	3	7	10	22	-12	6	0.55	WDLDdL LLLLWDLDdL
20	Tokyo Verdy	11	0	2	5	3	15	0	3	1	3	5	0	5	6	6	20	-14	5	0.45	dDLLLD LdLLdDLLLD

Top 3 Champions League, bottom 3 relegated

2026-2027 Japan J1-League (Home)
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	MG	%D	Pts	PPG	Last 6
1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	5	4	1	0	16	2	+14	18	20	13	2.60	WWDWWW
2	FC Tokyo	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	14	17	13	2.17	LWWWWd
3	Kashima Antlers	5	4	0	1	9	4	+5	13	0	12	2.40	WWWLWW
4	Kawasaki Frontale	6	3	2	1	15	11	+4	26	33	11	1.83	DWWDLW
5	V-Varen Nagasaki	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	18	33	11	1.83	WLDWDW
6	Cerezo Osaka	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	12	33	11	1.83	WWWddL
7	Machida Zelvia	5	3	1	1	11	7	+4	18	20	10	2.00	WWWDLW
8	Vissel Kobe	4	3	1	0	8	4	+4	12	25	10	2.50	WWDWWW
9	Okayama	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	14	17	10	1.67	WdWLLW
10	Kashiwa Reysol	5	3	0	2	11	10	+1	21	0	9	1.80	LWWLWL
11	Urawa Red Diamonds	5	3	0	2	11	11	0	22	0	9	1.80	LLWLWW
12	Yokohama FM	5	2	2	1	9	7	+2	16	40	8	1.60	WLWDWD
13	Shimizu S-Pulse	7	2	2	3	6	11	-5	17	29	8	1.14	LDWWDL
14	Fukuoka	7	2	1	4	9	9	0	18	14	7	1.00	WLDLWL
15	Nagoya Grampus Eight	5	2	1	2	7	7	0	14	20	7	1.40	DLWWLD
16	Mito Hollyhock	6	1	2	3	7	8	-1	15	33	5	0.83	DDWLLL
17	JEF United Chiba	5	1	2	2	4	7	-3	11	40	5	1.00	LLLWDd
18	Gamba Osaka	4	1	1	2	4	6	-2	10	25	4	1.00	LDWdLL
19	Kyoto Sanga	5	1	1	3	7	10	-3	17	20	4	0.80	LLWLLD
20	Tokyo Verdy	7	0	2	5	3	15	-12	18	29	2	0.29	LLLDLL

2026-2027 Japan J1-League (Away)
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	MG	%D	Pts	PPG	Last 6
1	Machida Zelvia	6	5	1	0	19	3	+16	22	17	16	2.67	WWDWWW
2	Kashiwa Reysol	6	4	1	1	11	7	+4	18	17	13	2.17	WWLWWd
3	Vissel Kobe	7	4	0	3	10	7	+3	17	0	12	1.71	LWWLWL
4	FC Tokyo	5	3	2	0	12	3	+9	15	40	11	2.20	DDWDWW
5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	17	17	10	1.67	WdLWWL
6	Yokohama FM	6	2	3	1	6	4	+2	10	50	9	1.50	WLWDdd
7	Urawa Red Diamonds	6	3	0	3	9	12	-3	21	0	9	1.50	LLWWLW
8	Kawasaki Frontale	5	2	2	1	8	6	+2	14	40	8	1.60	LDDLWW
9	Kashima Antlers	6	2	2	2	14	14	0	28	33	8	1.33	WWLLDD
10	Okayama	5	2	0	3	7	8	-1	15	0	6	1.20	WLLWWL
11	Shimizu S-Pulse	4	2	0	2	4	5	-1	9	0	6	1.50	LLWLLW
12	Nagoya Grampus Eight	6	2	0	4	6	10	-4	16	0	6	1.00	LLLLWW
13	Gamba Osaka	7	1	3	3	8	13	-5	21	43	6	0.86	LDLLDW
14	Kyoto Sanga	6	1	2	3	6	11	-5	17	33	5	0.83	LDDLWL
15	Mito Hollyhock	5	1	1	3	5	8	-3	13	20	4	0.80	LLWDLL
16	Tokyo Verdy	4	0	3	1	3	5	-2	8	75	3	0.75	WDddLD
17	Cerezo Osaka	5	0	2	3	3	12	-9	15	40	2	0.40	WLLLDD
18	V-Varen Nagasaki	5	0	1	4	4	11	-7	15	20	1	0.20	WLLLDL
19	JEF United Chiba	6	0	1	5	6	15	-9	21	17	1	0.17	LLLDLL
20	Fukuoka	4	0	0	4	3	9	-6	12	0	0	0.00	DWLLLL

2026-2027 Japan J1-League (Overall)
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	MG	%D	Pts	PPG	Last 6
1	Machida Zelvia	11	8	2	1	30	10	+20	40	18	26	2.36	WDLWWW
2	FC Tokyo	11	7	3	1	21	8	+13	29	27	24	2.18	WWWWWd
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	11	7	2	2	25	10	+15	35	18	23	2.09	LWWWWL
4	Vissel Kobe	11	7	1	3	18	11	+7	29	9	22	2.00	WWWLWL
5	Kashiwa Reysol	11	7	1	3	22	17	+5	39	9	22	2.00	LWWWLd
6	Kashima Antlers	11	6	2	3	23	18	+5	41	18	20	1.82	LLDWWD
7	Kawasaki Frontale	11	5	4	2	23	17	+6	40	36	19	1.73	WWDLWW
8	Urawa Red Diamonds	11	6	0	5	20	23	-3	43	0	18	1.64	WLWLWW
9	Yokohama FM	11	4	5	2	15	11	+4	26	45	17	1.55	WDWddD
10	Okayama	11	5	1	5	14	15	-1	29	9	16	1.45	WWLLLW
11	Shimizu S-Pulse	11	4	2	5	10	16	-6	26	18	14	1.27	LWWWDL
12	Nagoya Grampus Eight	11	4	1	6	13	17	-4	30	9	13	1.18	LLLWWD
13	Cerezo Osaka	11	3	4	4	10	17	-7	27	36	13	1.18	dLDdLD
14	V-Varen Nagasaki	11	3	3	5	15	18	-3	33	27	12	1.09	LWDDLW
15	Gamba Osaka	11	2	4	5	12	19	-7	31	36	10	0.91	LLLLDW
16	Mito Hollyhock	11	2	3	6	12	16	-4	28	27	9	0.82	DLLLLL
17	Kyoto Sanga	11	2	3	6	13	21	-8	34	27	9	0.82	LLWLLD
18	Fukuoka	11	2	1	8	12	18	-6	30	9	7	0.64	DLLWLL
19	JEF United Chiba	11	1	3	7	10	22	-12	32	27	6	0.55	WDLDdL
20	Tokyo Verdy	11	0	5	6	6	20	-14	26	45	5	0.45	dDLLLD

1st Half
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	MG	%D	Pts	PPG
1	Yokohama FM	7	4	3	0	6	2	4	8	43	15	2.14
2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	7	4	2	1	8	3	5	11	29	14	2.00
3	Machida Zelvia	7	3	3	1	7	4	3	11	43	12	1.71
4	Kawasaki Frontale	7	3	3	1	6	3	3	9	43	12	1.71
5	Mito Hollyhock	7	3	3	1	6	3	3	9	43	12	1.71
6	Vissel Kobe	7	3	3	1	5	2	3	7	43	12	1.71
7	FC Tokyo	7	2	4	1	5	3	2	8	57	10	1.43
8	Fukuoka	7	2	3	2	5	4	1	9	43	9	1.29
9	Cerezo Osaka	7	2	3	2	3	6	-3	9	43	9	1.29
10	Okayama	7	1	5	1	6	6	0	12	71	8	1.14
11	Shimizu S-Pulse	7	1	5	1	1	1	0	2	71	8	1.14
12	Kashiwa Reysol	7	2	2	3	4	5	-1	9	29	8	1.14
13	Kashima Antlers	7	2	2	3	4	6	-2	10	29	8	1.14
14	Kyoto Sanga	7	2	2	3	3	5	-2	8	29	8	1.14
15	V-Varen Nagasaki	7	2	2	3	3	5	-2	8	29	8	1.14
16	Urawa Red Diamonds	7	1	3	3	7	9	-2	16	43	6	0.86
17	Gamba Osaka	7	1	3	3	3	5	-2	8	43	6	0.86
18	JEF United Chiba	7	1	3	3	4	8	-4	12	43	6	0.86
19	Tokyo Verdy	7	0	5	2	1	3	-2	4	71	5	0.71
20	Nagoya Grampus Eight	7	0	3	4	2	6	-4	8	43	3	0.43

2nd Half
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	MG	%D	Pts	PPG
1	Machida Zelvia	7	6	1	0	12	2	10	14	14	19	2.71
2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	7	4	2	1	11	3	8	14	29	14	2.00
3	FC Tokyo	7	4	2	1	8	5	3	13	29	14	2.00
4	Vissel Kobe	7	3	4	0	6	3	3	9	57	13	1.86
5	Kashiwa Reysol	7	4	0	3	9	5	4	14	0	12	1.71
6	Kashima Antlers	7	3	3	1	10	7	3	17	43	12	1.71
7	Okayama	7	3	3	1	4	2	2	6	43	12	1.71
8	Kawasaki Frontale	7	3	2	2	7	6	1	13	29	11	1.57
9	Kyoto Sanga	7	2	3	2	6	9	-3	15	43	9	1.29
10	Urawa Red Diamonds	7	2	2	3	6	8	-2	14	29	8	1.14
11	Nagoya Grampus Eight	7	2	2	3	5	7	-2	12	29	8	1.14
12	Yokohama FM	7	2	2	3	5	7	-2	12	29	8	1.14
13	Cerezo Osaka	7	2	2	3	3	5	-2	8	29	8	1.14
14	Mito Hollyhock	7	1	4	2	5	6	-1	11	57	7	1.00
15	Gamba Osaka	7	1	3	3	5	8	-3	13	43	6	0.86
16	Fukuoka	7	1	3	3	4	7	-3	11	43	6	0.86
17	V-Varen Nagasaki	7	1	2	4	6	9	-3	15	29	5	0.71
18	Shimizu S-Pulse	7	1	2	4	3	6	-3	9	29	5	0.71
19	JEF United Chiba	7	1	2	4	2	8	-6	10	29	5	0.71
20	Tokyo Verdy	7	0	4	3	2	6	-4	8	57	4	0.57

For column heading definitions, see the Key at the bottom of the table.

2026-2027 Japan J1-League (Expected Goals)
Pos	Team	P	GF	xGF	GF v xGF	GA	xGA	GA v xGA
1	Machida Zelvia	11	2.73	0.58	+2.15	0.91	0.19	-0.72
2	FC Tokyo	11	1.91	0.56	+1.35	0.73	0.19	-0.54
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	11	2.27	0.41	+1.86	0.91	0.32	-0.59
4	Vissel Kobe	11	1.64	0.28	+1.36	1.00	0.30	-0.70
5	Kashiwa Reysol	11	2.00	0.19	+1.81	1.55	0.25	-1.30
6	Kashima Antlers	11	2.09	0.24	+1.85	1.64	0.16	-1.48
7	Kawasaki Frontale	11	2.09	0.41	+1.68	1.55	0.41	-1.14
8	Urawa Red Diamonds	11	1.82	0.41	+1.41	2.09	0.33	-1.76
9	Yokohama FM	11	1.36	0.33	+1.03	1.00	0.29	-0.71
10	Okayama	11	1.27	0.27	+1.00	1.36	0.27	-1.09
11	Shimizu S-Pulse	11	0.91	0.21	+0.70	1.45	0.52	-0.93
12	Nagoya Grampus Eight	11	1.18	0.29	+0.89	1.55	0.24	-1.31
13	Cerezo Osaka	11	0.91	0.32	+0.59	1.55	0.32	-1.23
14	V-Varen Nagasaki	11	1.36	0.38	+0.98	1.64	0.45	-1.19
15	Gamba Osaka	11	1.09	0.17	+0.92	1.73	0.14	-1.59
16	Mito Hollyhock	11	1.09	0.09	+1.00	1.45	0.43	-1.02
17	Kyoto Sanga	11	1.18	0.20	+0.98	1.91	0.37	-1.54
18	Fukuoka	11	1.09	0.23	+0.86	1.64	0.27	-1.37
19	JEF United Chiba	11	0.91	0.41	+0.50	2.00	0.26	-1.74
20	Tokyo Verdy	11	0.55	0.22	+0.33	1.82	0.51	-1.31

Key to column names

GF - Actual goals "for" per game
xGF - Expected Goals "for" (scored) per game
GF v XGF - Compares actual goals vs expected goals per game (a positive number means over-performance; negative indicates under-performance)
GA - Actual goals "against" per game
xGA - Expected Goals "against" (conceded) per game
GA v XGA - Compares actual goals conceded vs expected goals conceded per game (a positive number means over-performance; negative indicates under-performance)

For column heading definitions, see the Key at the bottom of the table.

2026-2027 Japan J1-League (Expected GD)2026-2027 Japan J1-League (Expected Goal Difference [GD])
Pos	Team	P	GD	xGD	GD v xGD
1	Machida Zelvia	11	+1.82	+0.39	+1.43
2	FC Tokyo	11	+1.18	+0.37	+0.81
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	11	+1.36	+0.09	+1.27
4	Vissel Kobe	11	+0.64	-0.02	+0.66
5	Kashiwa Reysol	11	+0.45	-0.06	+0.51
6	Kashima Antlers	11	+0.45	+0.08	+0.37
7	Kawasaki Frontale	11	+0.55	0.00	+0.55
8	Urawa Red Diamonds	11	-0.27	+0.08	-0.35
9	Yokohama FM	11	+0.36	+0.04	+0.32
10	Okayama	11	-0.09	0.00	-0.09
11	Shimizu S-Pulse	11	-0.55	-0.31	-0.24
12	Nagoya Grampus Eight	11	-0.36	+0.05	-0.41
13	Cerezo Osaka	11	-0.64	0.00	-0.64
14	V-Varen Nagasaki	11	-0.27	-0.07	-0.20
15	Gamba Osaka	11	-0.64	+0.03	-0.67
16	Mito Hollyhock	11	-0.36	-0.34	-0.02
17	Kyoto Sanga	11	-0.73	-0.17	-0.56
18	Fukuoka	11	-0.55	-0.04	-0.51
19	JEF United Chiba	11	-1.09	+0.15	-1.24
20	Tokyo Verdy	11	-1.27	-0.29	-0.98

Key to column names

GD - Actual goal difference per game
xGD - Expected goal difference (expected goals "for" minus expected goals "against") per game
GD v xGD - Compares actual GD vs expected GD per game (a positive number means over-performance; negative indicates under-performance)

For column heading definitions, see the Key at the bottom of the table.

2026-2027 Japan J1-League (Expected Points)
Pos	Team	P	Pts	xPts	Pts v xPts
1	Machida Zelvia	11	26	22.0	+4.0
2	FC Tokyo	11	24	22.9	+1.1
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	11	23	21.8	+1.2
4	Vissel Kobe	11	22	19.0	+3.0
5	Kashiwa Reysol	11	22	18.2	+3.8
6	Kashima Antlers	11	20	17.9	+2.1
7	Kawasaki Frontale	11	19	17.4	+1.6
8	Urawa Red Diamonds	11	18	15.6	+2.4
9	Yokohama FM	11	17	19.0	-2.0
10	Okayama	11	16	15.6	+0.4
11	Shimizu S-Pulse	11	14	12.4	+1.6
12	Nagoya Grampus Eight	11	13	11.1	+1.9
13	Cerezo Osaka	11	13	13.8	-0.8
14	V-Varen Nagasaki	11	12	12.6	-0.6
15	Gamba Osaka	11	10	9.7	+0.3
16	Mito Hollyhock	11	9	11.6	-2.6
17	Kyoto Sanga	11	9	11.8	-2.8
18	Fukuoka	11	7	11.8	-4.8
19	JEF United Chiba	11	6	11.5	-5.5
20	Tokyo Verdy	11	5	8.1	-3.1

Key to column names

Pts - Actual points total during the season
xPts - Expected points total during the season based upon aggregated statistical analysis of the xG for and against in every game
Pts v xPts - Compares actual Pts vs expected Pts (a positive number means over-performance; a negative indicates under-performance)

For column heading definitions, see the Key at the bottom of the table.

Numbers of Players
Pos	Team	P	SP	Pl	SPG	PM	SM
1	Machida Zelvia	11	20	27	7.1	83	6
2	FC Tokyo	11	19	29	7.6	80	11
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	11	22	29	7.0	79	11
4	Vissel Kobe	11	20	29	7.3	89	1
5	Kashiwa Reysol	11	21	28	6.9	78	13
6	Kashima Antlers	11	21	26	7.9	80	11
7	Kawasaki Frontale	11	20	28	7.6	83	7
8	Urawa Red Diamonds	11	22	27	7.8	80	10
9	Yokohama FM	11	20	30	7.2	82	8
10	Okayama	11	22	33	8.0	84	8
11	Shimizu S-Pulse	11	25	30	7.5	84	8
12	Nagoya Grampus Eight	11	19	27	7.5	82	11
13	Cerezo Osaka	11	21	28	7.9	88	4
14	V-Varen Nagasaki	11	24	33	7.1	80	10
15	Gamba Osaka	11	26	31	6.9	81	10
16	Mito Hollyhock	11	22	32	7.4	81	10
17	Kyoto Sanga	11	25	34	7.9	87	6
18	Fukuoka	11	25	33	8.0	80	10
19	JEF United Chiba	11	24	31	7.9	79	11
20	Tokyo Verdy	11	24	34	7.6	83	8

Key to column names

P - Games played this season
SP - Total number of starting players used over last 10 games
Pl - Total number of players (starting + substitutes) used over last 10 games
SPG - Mean number of substitutes per game
PM - Median number of minutes played for substituted players
SM - Median number of minutes played for substitutes

See: Form Table

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