| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|
| 1. | Vissel Kobe | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 29:15 | 14 | 34 | |
| 2. | Urawa Reds | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17:12 | 5 | 27 | |
| 3. | Yokohama F. Marinos | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27:25 | 2 | 27 | |
| 4. | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 16:15 | 1 | 24 | |
| 5. | Kawasaki Frontale | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22:24 | -2 | 24 | |
| 6. | Avispa Fukuoka | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22:25 | -3 | 24 | |
| 7. | Kashima Antlers | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20:19 | 1 | 23 | |
| 8. | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 31:35 | -4 | 22 | |
| 9. | Cerezo Osaka | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17:18 | -1 | 21 | |
| 10. | Albirex Niigata | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15:18 | -3 | 21 | |
| 11. | Shonan Bellmare | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22:25 | -3 | 20 | |
| 12. | Sagan Tosu | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 25:21 | 4 | 19 | |
| 13. | Nagoya Grampus | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 18:23 | -5 | 19 | |
| 14. | Kashiwa Reysol | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15:22 | -7 | 17 | |
| 15. | Kyoto | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21:26 | -5 | 16 | |
| 16. | FC Tokyo | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11:22 | -11 | 14 | |
| 17. | Gamba Osaka | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16:39 | -23 | 12 | |
| 18. | Yokohama FC | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15:34 | -19 | 11 | |
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