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Centre-forwards with the Best Potential in J1 League

The highest-potential centre-forwards in J1 League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Suzuki of Shonan Bellmare is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 54.9, and Rafael Ratão has been the form player this season, grading 57.3, and Léo Ceará leads the scoring with 21 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Rafael Ratão has improved his Season rating most, up +49.2 on last season, while A. Boudah's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Rafael Elias of Kyoto Sanga is the most valuable name in this group at 21.6.

Best talent
A. Suzuki54.9RTG
Shonan Bellmare
In form
Rafael Ratão57.3SsN
Cerezo Osaka
Rising potential
A. Boudah+6.4RTG
Albirex Niigata · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Rafael Ratão+49.2SsN
Cerezo Osaka · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
Léo Ceará21goals
Kashima
Most valuable
Rafael Elias21.6val
Kyoto Sanga
42 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →
PlayerTeam
1A. SuzukiCentre-forwardShonan Bellmare234019.5%551.7%
2M. HosoyaCentre-forwardKashiwa Reysol243313.6%540.7%
3K. SatoCentre-forwardFC Tokyo253452
4Marcelo RyanCentre-forwardFC Tokyo242835.2%513.9%
5I. SomenoCentre-forwardTokyo Verdy242712.1%5111.3%
6S. SakuragawaCentre-forwardYokohama FC252249
7S. FujioCentre-forwardMachida Zelvia251457.4%4913.5%
8Rafael EliasCentre-forwardKyoto Sanga275377.5%471%
9Y. KimuraCentre-forwardTokyo Verdy251463.1%4717.8%
10R. NittaCentre-forwardShonan Bellmare238148.5%445.2%
11ErisonCentre-forwardKawasaki Frontale274058.5%4411.7%
12Y. OdaCentre-forwardShonan Bellmare24561.3%423.2%
13MoraesCentre-forwardAlbirex Niigata262542
14A. BoudahCentre-forwardAlbirex Niigata26874.5%4118.7%
15Oh Se-HunCentre-forwardMachida Zelvia271263.1%4025%
16D. TonoCentre-forwardYokohama F. Marinos272452.6%4017.3%
17K. TagawaCentre-forwardKashima2712392.5%
18K. MuroiCentre-forwardYokohama FC26738
19Y. SuzukiCentre-forwardKashima304324.7%3817.1%
20Y. KakitaCentre-forwardKashiwa Reysol2932734.2%3711.3%
21K. IchimiCentre-forwardFagiano Okayama2817356%
22T. TakahashiCentre-forwardShimizu S-pulse2818342.6%
23K. TanimuraCentre-forwardYokohama F. Marinos281834
24Rafael RatãoCentre-forwardCerezo Osaka3057607.4%3420.3%
25H. IwabuchiCentre-forwardFagiano Okayama281133
26D. HümmetCentre-forwardGamba Osaka292839.7%331.5%
27Léo CearáCentre-forwardKashima31575.5%3124%
28K. KitagawaCentre-forwardShimizu S-pulse3033665.1%3117.4%
29K. KinoshitaCentre-forwardSanfrecce Hiroshima3131±0%2523.8%
30Anderson LopesCentre-forwardYokohama F. Marinos321972.5%2434.3%
31A. EsakaCentre-forwardFagiano Okayama343485.9%201%
32M. SuzukiCentre-forwardYokohama FC321157.4%1840.9%
33Y. OsakoCentre-forwardVissel Kobe363236.3%1720.9%
34LukianCentre-forwardYokohama FC341949.5%1631.9%
35K. JunkerCentre-forwardNagoya Grampus32468.3%1537.9%
36Thiago SantanaCentre-forwardUrawa331660.5%1546.5%
37I. JebaliCentre-forwardGamba Osaka3430232.2%1413.3%
38T. NakagawaCentre-forwardFC Tokyo341066.8%1445.6%
39Y. OnoCentre-forwardAlbirex Niigata33475.2%1147.4%
40V. GermainCentre-forwardSanfrecce Hiroshima361237.2%1154%
41Wellington TanqueCentre-forwardAvispa Fukuoka381131.8%753.7%
42S. NagasawaCentre-forwardKyoto Sanga37153.7%767.3%