K-League Top Scorer Award

The K League Top Scorer Award has been awarded to the top goalscorers of K League since the inaugural 1983 season.

K League 1 winners (1983–present)

Year Player Club Goals Apps Ratio
1983 South Korea Park Yoon-ki Yukong Elephants 9 14 0.64
1984 South Korea Baek Jong-chul Hyundai Horang-i 16 28 0.57
1985 Thailand Piyapong Pue-on Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso 12 21 0.57
1986 South Korea Chung Hae-won Daewoo Royals 10 19 0.53
1987 South Korea Choi Sang-kook POSCO Atoms 15 30 0.5
1988 South Korea Lee Kee-keun POSCO Atoms 12 23 0.52
1989 South Korea Cho Keung-yeon POSCO Atoms 20 39 0.51
1990 South Korea Yoon Sang-chul Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso 12 30 0.4
1991 South Korea Lee Kee-keun POSCO Atoms 16 37 0.43
1992 South Korea Lim Keun-jae LG Cheetahs 10 30 0.33
1993 South Korea Cha Sang-hae POSCO Atoms 10 23 0.43
1994 South Korea Yoon Sang-chul LG Cheetahs 21 28 0.75
1995 South Korea Roh Sang-rae Chunnam Dragons 15 26 0.58
1996 South Korea Shin Tae-yong Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma 18 24 0.75
1997 South Korea Kim Hyun-seok Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 9 17 0.53
1998 South Korea Yoo Sang-chul Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 14 20 0.7
1999 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Saša Drakulić Suwon Samsung Bluewings 18 26 0.69
2000 South Korea Kim Do-hoon Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 12 20 0.6
2001 Brazil Sandro Cardoso Suwon Samsung Bluewings 13 22 0.59
2002 Portugal Edmilson Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 14 27 0.52
2003 South Korea Kim Do-hoon Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 28 40 0.7
2004 Brazil Mota Jeonnam Dragons 14 22 0.64
2005 Brazil Leandro Machado Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 13 17 0.76
2006 South Korea Woo Sung-yong Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 16 28 0.57
2007 Brazil Caboré Gyeongnam FC 17 25 0.68
2008 Brazil Dudu Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 15 26 0.58
2009 South Korea Lee Dong-gook Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 20 27 0.74
2010 South Korea Yoo Byung-soo Incheon United 22 28 0.79
2011 Montenegro Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul 23 29 0.79
2012 Montenegro Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul 31 42 0.74
2013 Montenegro Dejan Damjanović FC Seoul 19 29 0.66
2014 Brazil Júnior Santos Suwon Samsung Bluewings 14 35 0.4
2015 South Korea Kim Shin-wook Ulsan Hyundai 18 38 0.47
2016 South Korea Jung Jo-gook Gwangju FC 20 31 0.65
2017 Brazil Johnathan Goiano Suwon Samsung Bluewings 22 29 0.76
2018 Brazil Marcão Gyeongnam FC 26 31 0.84
2019 Australia Adam Taggart Suwon Samsung Bluewings 20 33 0.61
2020 Brazil Júnior Negrão Ulsan Hyundai 26 27 0.96
2021 South Korea Joo Min-kyu Jeju United 22 34 0.65
2022 South Korea Cho Gue-sung Gimcheon Sangmu
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 		17 31 0.55
2023 South Korea Joo Min-kyu Ulsan Hyundai 17 36 0.47
2024 Montenegro Stefan Mugoša Incheon United 15 38 0.39

K League 2 winners (2013–present)

Year Player Club Goals Apps Ratio
2013 South Korea Lee Keun-ho Sangju Sangmu 15 25 0.6
2014 Brazil Adriano Michael Jackson Daejeon Citizen 27 32 0.84
2015 Brazil Johnathan Goiano Daegu FC 26 39 0.67
2016 South Korea Kim Dong-chan Daejeon Citizen 20 39 0.51
2017 Brazil Marcão Gyeongnam FC 22 32 0.69
2018 South Korea Na Sang-ho Gwangju FC 16 31 0.52
2019 Brazil Felipe Gwangju FC 19 27 0.7
2020 North Korea An Byong-jun Suwon FC 21 26 0.81
2021 North Korea An Byong-jun Busan IPark 23 34 0.68
2022 South Korea Yu Kang-hyun Chungnam Asan 19 40 0.48
2023 Colombia Luis Mina Gimpo FC 16 34 0.47
2024 Brazil Bruno Mota Cheonan City 16 35 0.46

See also