K League records and statistics

This article shows the K League records and statistics based on the K League Data Portal.^[1] The K League officially includes K League 1, K League 2 and Korean League Cup records in its statistics regardless of competition levels and formats. The standard "top division" excludes K League 2 records.

Players in bold are still playing in K League.

Record holders

As of 25 November 2020^[1]

Category	Record holder	Record
Appearances	Kim Byung-ji	706
Goals	Lee Dong-gook	228
Assists	Yeom Ki-hun	110
Clean sheets	Kim Byung-ji	229
Longest goal	Kwon Jung-hyuk	85 m
Fastest goal	Bang Seung-hwan	00:11
Fastest assist	Lee Jae-sung	00:18

Most appearances

As of 31 December 2023^[1]

Rank	Player	Career	Overall	Top division
1	Kim Byung-ji	1992–2015	706	706
2	Kim Young-kwang	2002–present	605	404
3	Lee Dong-gook	1998–2020	548	548
4	Choi Eun-sung	1997–2014	532	532
5	Kim Gi-dong	1993–2011	501	501
6	Kim Yong-dae	2002–2018	460	460
7	Kim Sang-sik	1999–2013	458	458
8	Kang Min-soo	2004–2023	456	429
9	Kim Gwang-seok	2003–2022	451	451
10	Oh Seung-bum	1999–2017	446	371

Top goalscorers

As of 31 December 2023^[1]

Rank	Player	Overall	Apps	Ratio	Top division
1	Lee Dong-gook	228	548	0.42	228
2	Dejan Damjanović	198	380	0.52	198
3	Joo Min-kyu	134	326	0.41	82
4	Kim Shin-wook	132	350	0.38	132
5	Kim Eun-jung	123	444	0.28	120
6	Jung Jo-gook	121	392	0.31	104
7	Woo Sung-yong	116	439	0.26	116
8	Kim Do-hoon	114	257	0.44	114
9	Kim Hyun-seok	110	371	0.3	110
10	Saša Drakulić	104	271	0.38	104

Top assist providers

As of 31 December 2023^[1]

Rank	Player	Overall	Apps	Ratio	Top division
1	Yeom Ki-hun	110	445	0.25	99
2	Lee Dong-gook	77	548	0.14	77
3	Mauricio Molina	69	209	0.33	69
4	Shin Tae-yong	68	401	0.17	68
5	Hwang Jin-sung	67	338	0.2	67
6	Eninho	66	231	0.29	66
7	Denis Laktionov	59	272	0.22	59
8	Cesinha	58	232	0.25	50
9	Kim Eun-jung	56	444	0.13	55
10	Lee Seung-gi	55	313	0.18	50

Most clean sheets

The official website ranks goalkeepers on the basis of the numbers of clean sheets only.

As of 31 December 2023^[1]

Rank	Player	Overall	Apps	Ratio	Top division
1	Kim Byung-ji	229	706	0.32	229
2	Kim Young-kwang	176	605	0.29	119
2	Choi Eun-sung	152	532	0.29	152
4	Lee Woon-jae	140	410	0.34	140
5	Kim Yong-dae	133	460	0.29	133
6	Shin Eui-son (Valeri Sarychev)	114	320	0.36	114
	Shin Hwa-yong	114	337	0.34	114
	Jo Hyeon-woo	114	347	0.33	80
9	Jung Sung-ryong	108	296	0.36	108
10	Kim Ho-jun	93	320	0.29	80

See also

• K League
• K League Top Scorer Award
• K League Top Assist Provider Award