| Season | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Kawasaki Frontale (1st title) |
| Relegated | Ventforet Kofu Albirex Niigata Omiya Ardija |
| AFC Champions League | Kawasaki Frontale Kashima Antlers Cerezo Osaka Kashiwa Reysol |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 793 (2.59 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Yū Kobayashi (Kawasaki Frontale) (23 goals)[1] |
| Biggest home win | Urawa 7-0 Sendai (7 April 2017) |
| Biggest away win | Niigata 1-6 Urawa (14 May 2017) |
| Highest scoring | Urawa 7-0 Sendai (7 April 2017) Niigata 1-6 Urawa (14 May 2017) Urawa 4-3 Hiroshima (1 July 2017) Kawasaki 2-5 Iwata (29 July 2017) |
| Longest winning run | Kashiwa Reysol (8 matches) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Kawasaki Frontale (15 matches) |
| Longest winless run | Albirex Niigata (16 matches) |
| Longest losing run | Omiya Ardija Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Albirex Niigata (6 matches each) |
| Highest attendance | 57,447[2] Urawa 0-1 Kashima (4 May 2017) |
| Lowest attendance | 4,692[2] Kofu 2-3 Kobe (29 October 2017) |
| Total attendance | 5,778,178[2] |
| Average attendance | 18,883[2] |
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The 2017 J1 League (known as the 2017 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (2017 明治安田生命J1リーグ) for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This was third season of J1 League as renamed from J. League Division 1. The season began on 25 February 2017 and ended on 2 December. Fixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 26 January 2017.[3]
Kashima Antlers were the defending champions. Consadole Sapporo, Shimizu S-Pulse and Cerezo Osaka entered as the three promoted teams from the 2016 J2 League.
The league was won by Kawasaki Frontale, winning their first major title while in J1 and 40 years after their first season in the Japanese top division.