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J2 League · scouting report

H. Yamamoto of Mito Hollyhock is the standout for raw talent across the J2 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 40.1, and H. Tanaka has been the form player this season, grading 24.4, and Marcus Índio leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Matheus Jesus has improved his Season rating most, up +11.3 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, H. Tanaka of Tokushima Vortis is the most valuable name in this group at 7.3.

Renofa Yamaguchi · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Matheus Jesus+11.3SsN

V-varen Nagasaki · 21/22→25/26

Table

20 clubs

#	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form	Season	Rating
1	Mito Hollyhock	38	20	10	8	55	34	+21	70	WLLWW	8.6	28.8
2	V-varen Nagasaki	38	19	13	6	63	44	+19	70	DWWLD	5.2	22.8
3	JEF United Chiba	40	22	9	9	61	37	+22	69	WWWWD	8	22.2
4	Tokushima Vortis	40	18	12	10	46	26	+21	65	LDDWW	10.6	24.9
5	Jubilo Iwata	39	19	8	12	60	52	+8	64	DWDWW	6.4	25.2
6	Omiya Ardija	39	18	9	12	63	43	+21	63	LLLWW	8.8	26.1
7	Vegalta Sendai	38	16	14	8	47	36	+11	62	LDWLW	8.1	26.7
8	Sagan Tosu	38	16	10	12	46	43	+3	58	LDLDL	5.6	25.2
9	Iwaki	38	15	11	12	55	44	+11	56	WDLWW	4.5	31.9
10	Montedio Yamagata	38	15	8	15	58	54	+4	53	WDWWD	4.1	25.1
11	Imabari	38	13	14	11	46	46	0	53	LDLWD	5.7	23
12	Consadole Sapporo	38	16	5	17	50	63	-13	53	WDWLL	4.1	25.1
13	Ventforet Kofu	38	11	11	16	37	45	-8	44	DLLLD	5.2	22.9
14	Blaublitz Akita	38	11	10	17	43	59	-16	43	LDWLD	2.8	20.2
15	Fujieda MYFC	38	9	12	17	41	50	-9	39	LDDLD	4.4	25.3
16	Oita Trinita	38	8	14	16	27	44	-17	38	LLLLW	5.7	25.1
17	Kataller Toyama	38	9	10	19	34	49	-15	37	WWWDL	3.2	24
18	Roasso Kumamoto	38	9	10	19	41	57	-16	37	DDLLL	6	26.7
19	Renofa Yamaguchi	38	7	15	16	36	47	-11	36	WDLWW	6.1	21.9
20	Ehime FC	38	3	13	22	35	71	-36	22	LDLDL	2.3	26.5