Attacking midfielders with the Best Potential in J1 League

The highest-potential attacking midfielders in J1 League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

S. Nakamura of Sanfrecce Hiroshima is the standout for raw talent across attacking midfielders in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 57, and Y. Soma has been the form player this season, grading 46.7, and T. Ito leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Ito has improved his Season rating most, up +39.6 on last season, while Y. Matsumura's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +7.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, S. Nakamura of Sanfrecce Hiroshima is the most valuable name in this group at 15.6.

Kashima · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

T. Ito+39.6SsN

Kawasaki Frontale · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	S. Nakamura Attacking midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	23	33	57
2	A. Uenaka Attacking midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos	24	3394.7%	545.7%
3	Y. Matsumura Attacking midfielder	Kashima	25	23725%	5216.4%
4	Thiago Andrade Attacking midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	25	24	5110%
5	Y. Ozeki Attacking midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	21	11	51
6	M. Shibayama Attacking midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	24	18105.7%	507.2%
7	T. Hiraoka Attacking midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	23	189.9%	491.2%
8	Y. Nakajima Attacking midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	20	0100%	491.2%
9	R. Araki Attacking midfielder	Kashima	24	680.3%	4814.4%
10	J. Okumura Attacking midfielder	Albirex Niigata	25	18123.7%	474.4%
11	Y. Kitajima Attacking midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	26	839%	45±0%
12	M. Shigemi Attacking midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	24	868.6%	4511%
13	S. Homma Attacking midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	25	61475%	447.8%
14	S. Nakano Attacking midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	22	47.1%	447.2%
15	M. Nakajima Attacking midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	27	24295.1%	446.9%
16	M. Mitsuta Attacking midfielder	Gamba Osaka	27	1148.4%	4318%
17	Y. Koizumi Attacking midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	29	35204.3%	4115.4%
18	Y. Soma Attacking midfielder	Machida Zelvia	29	47491.1%	392.6%
19	R. Yamashita Attacking midfielder	Gamba Osaka	28	2778.4%	3912.9%
20	M. Kato Attacking midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	29	1860.6%	3929.2%
21	Matheus Sávio Attacking midfielder	Urawa	29	3219.1%	3919.4%
22	K. Matsuzaki Attacking midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	28	25	385.9%
23	T. Nishimura Attacking midfielder	Machida Zelvia	29	34253.1%	381.6%
24	T. Ito Attacking midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	29	431237.5%	3710.3%
25	T. Kikuchi Attacking midfielder	Nagoya Grampus	27	951.3%	3621.4%
26	R. Watanabe Attacking midfielder	Urawa	29	3035.5%	3625%
27	M. Ikeda Attacking midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	27	873.8%	3532.9%
28	K. Konno Attacking midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	29	1459.5%	3424.6%
29	H. Kawabe Attacking midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	30	2055.8%	342.3%
30	K. Inoue Attacking midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos	28	123.3%	3418.9%
31	Na Sang-Ho Attacking midfielder	Machida Zelvia	29	2452.2%	3320%
32	Y. Wakizaka Attacking midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	31	4019.9%	3218.4%
33	R. Germain Attacking midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	31	2553.8%	3115.9%
34	S. Nago Attacking midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	30	2233.6%	3126.8%
35	T. Koyamatsu Attacking midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	31	35217.4%	30±0%
36	Marcinho Attacking midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	31	2914.3%	3017.5%
37	S. Ota Attacking midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	30	16113.2%	296.4%
38	Mateus Attacking midfielder	Nagoya Grampus	31	26712.5%	263.4%
39	H. Nakahara Attacking midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	30	1239.5%	2526.7%
40	K. Sento Attacking midfielder	Machida Zelvia	31	769.7%	2141.1%
41	Y. Yamagishi Attacking midfielder	Nagoya Grampus	32	2289.7%	2023.7%
42	K. Onose Attacking midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	33	2575.9%	203.4%
43	Y. Segawa Attacking midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	32	1517.8%	1925.6%
44	J. Croux Attacking midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos	32	165.2%	1830%
45	T. Usami Attacking midfielder	Gamba Osaka	34	3037.8%	1642.4%
46	Adaílton Attacking midfielder	Yokohama FC	35	1923.9%	1241.4%
47	H. Nakama Attacking midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	34	1447.5%	1246.1%
48	J. Amano Attacking midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos	35	1926.1%	1228.1%
49	K. Nagai Attacking midfielder	Nagoya Grampus	37	1448.6%	1043.9%
50	A. Ienaga Attacking midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	40	877.5%	846.9%