Centre-backs with the Best Potential in J2 League

The highest-potential centre-backs in J2 League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

R. Ichihara of Omiya Ardija is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in J2 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 39.6, and N. Yamada has been the form player this season, grading 17.6, and Ryo Nakamura leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Yamakoshi has improved his Season rating most, up +10.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Yamada of Tokushima Vortis is the most valuable name in this group at 7.1.

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	Player	Team
1	R. Ichihara Centre-back	Omiya Ardija	21	7	40
2	N. Yamada Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	23	18	40
3	Y. Ishida Centre-back	Iwaki	23	6	38
4	K. Itakura Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	24	10	38
5	T. Inoue Centre-back	Sagan Tosu	23	9	386.9%
6	R. Umeki Centre-back	Imabari	20	4	38
7	Sena Igarashi Centre-back	Iwaki	24	6	37
8	R. Ishio Centre-back	Vegalta Sendai	24	10	37
9	R. Omori Centre-back	Imabari	24	6445.5%	3717.2%
10	K. Takahata Centre-back	V-varen Nagasaki	25	7106.2%	3717.6%
11	H. Aoki Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	25	13	36
12	H. Teruyama Centre-back	V-varen Nagasaki	25	47.9%	3621%
13	S. Nishino Centre-back	Consadole Sapporo	22	2142.9%	3614%
14	Y. Ozaki Centre-back	Blaublitz Akita	23	4550%	3622.1%
15	M. Yoshida Centre-back	Oita Trinita	24	9	3616.3%
16	Ri Thae-Ha Centre-back	Roasso Kumamoto	23	6	35
17	H. Nodake Centre-back	Montedio Yamagata	25	4	35
18	S. Omori Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	26	12	35
19	S. Nishiya Centre-back	Kataller Toyama	24	4	34
20	K. Moriyama Centre-back	Ehime FC	24	257.1%	3421.1%
21	S. Inoue Centre-back	Vegalta Sendai	26	121009.1%	3416.8%
22	Y. Mori Centre-back	Fujieda MYFC	25	4	34
23	T. Ezaki Centre-back	Jubilo Iwata	26	9	34
24	S. Ogawa Centre-back	Sagan Tosu	26	9	33
25	R. Ieizumi Centre-back	Consadole Sapporo	26	433.9%	3318.9%
26	T. Nakamura Centre-back	Consadole Sapporo	26	386.6%	3232.6%
27	K. Kamiyama Centre-back	Kataller Toyama	26	6	32
28	S. Okaniwa Centre-back	Renofa Yamaguchi	26	82700%	3226.5%
29	K. Matsuda Centre-back	Renofa Yamaguchi	26	656.8%	3223.5%
30	H. Fukushima Centre-back	Ehime FC	26	167.4%	3030%
31	R. Morishita Centre-back	Sagan Tosu	27	10	30
32	T. Son Centre-back	Ventforet Kofu	27	10	30
33	K. Dohana Centre-back	Iwaki	27	4	29
34	S. Nakagawa Centre-back	Fujieda MYFC	27	6	29
35	W. Iwashita Centre-back	Roasso Kumamoto	27	6480%	2925.5%
36	T. Hasegawa Centre-back	Blaublitz Akita	27	4740%	2728.5%
37	W. Shimoguchi Centre-back	Omiya Ardija	28	12	27
38	Y. Takagi Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	28	126.8%	2744.6%
39	R. Endo Centre-back	Iwaki	28	514%	2731.1%
40	T. Mase Centre-back	Vegalta Sendai	28	1360.1%	2748.6%
41	M. Sekiguchi Centre-back	V-varen Nagasaki	28	4	27
42	K. Muramatsu Centre-back	Blaublitz Akita	28	6	26
43	K. Nishimura Centre-back	Montedio Yamagata	28	4	26
44	M. Sugata Centre-back	Vegalta Sendai	29	12	2439.6%
45	T. Itakura Centre-back	Renofa Yamaguchi	28	4	24
46	T. Abe Centre-back	Montedio Yamagata	29	310.5%	2343.4%
47	K. Matsubara Centre-back	Jubilo Iwata	29	659.7%	2348.3%
48	R. Takao Centre-back	Consadole Sapporo	29	467.3%	2339.8%
49	Danilo Cardoso Centre-back	Imabari	29	758.5%	2259.7%
50	Ricardo Graça Centre-back	Jubilo Iwata	29	777%	2246.7%