Full-backs with the Best Potential in J1 League

The highest-potential full-backs in J1 League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

R. Handa of Gamba Osaka is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 56.5, and W. Harada has been the form player this season, grading 52.4, and Y. Sato leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Koike has improved his Season rating most, up +34 on last season, while R. Handa's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +3.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Handa of Gamba Osaka is the most valuable name in this group at 20.7.

Gamba Osaka · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

R. Koike+34SsN

Kashima · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	R. Handa Full-back	Gamba Osaka	24	4666.1%	577%
2	H. Mochizuki Full-back	Machida Zelvia	24	3611.9%	532.6%
3	S. Fukuda Full-back	Kyoto Sanga	25	2138.7%	535.2%
4	K. Nono Full-back	Kashima	24	3219.8%	5311.8%
5	S. Miura Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	25	2184.1%	520.6%
6	K. Shimbo Full-back	Yokohama FC	23	31	51
7	K. Tsukui Full-back	Kashima	22	161372.7%	5113.1%
8	S. Takagi Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	24	27	51
9	A. Sasaki Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	26	3132.5%	508.6%
10	H. Okuda Full-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	1610.5%	502.7%
11	H. Sugai Full-back	Kyoto Sanga	27	32767.6%	4713.1%
12	K. Sato Full-back	Kyoto Sanga	26	2917.2%	473.1%
13	H. Inamura Full-back	Albirex Niigata	24	14426.9%	473.3%
14	T. Ogiwara Full-back	Urawa	26	2620.2%	4413.5%
15	S. Matsumura Full-back	Shonan Bellmare	22	9443.7%	442.3%
16	R. Kato Full-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	26	24101.7%	447.2%
17	H. Ishihara Full-back	Urawa	27	3749.8%	4411.4%
18	R. Yamahara Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	27	2218.5%	4322%
19	A. Ohata Full-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	675.2%	4313.2%
20	Y. Sato Full-back	Nagoya Grampus	27	2575.5%	424.3%
21	H. Matsumoto Full-back	Shonan Bellmare	25	81800%	422.1%
22	K. Hashimoto Full-back	Albirex Niigata	26	17286%	417%
23	T. Suzuki Full-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	26	15344.1%	412.4%
24	D. Sugioka Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	27	201.5%	4020.8%
25	Mateus Brunetti Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	26	8	38
26	T. Hara Full-back	Nagoya Grampus	28	1724.2%	3820%
27	K. Kurokawa Full-back	Gamba Osaka	29	3019.3%	3723%
28	Y. Maejima Full-back	Avispa Fukuoka	28	3312.2%	3617.5%
29	I. Drešević Full-back	Machida Zelvia	29	4317.2%	3523.2%
30	W. Harada Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	30	52110.4%	3312.1%
31	R. Koike Full-back	Kashima	30	38790.7%	335.4%
32	S. Fujiwara Full-back	Albirex Niigata	30	2936.9%	3126.6%
33	R. Ogawa Full-back	Kashima	29	1828.3%	3136.1%
34	K. Nagato Full-back	Vissel Kobe	31	38151.7%	2911.6%
35	Henrique Trevisan Full-back	FC Tokyo	29	1151.2%	2926.1%
36	N. Iino Full-back	Vissel Kobe	29	11159.1%	2822.7%
37	K. Anzai Full-back	Kashima	31	3125.5%	2732.6%
38	Dion-Johan Cools Full-back	Cerezo Osaka	30	819.4%	2449.4%
39	T. Sekine Full-back	Urawa	31	233.7%	2425.1%
40	Y. Suzuki Full-back	Shonan Bellmare	32	2926.6%	2426.9%
41	S. van Wermeskerken Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	32	2013.1%	2415.2%
42	Y. Horigome Full-back	Albirex Niigata	31	1737.6%	2224.4%
43	S. Sasaki Full-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	36	5124%	220.5%
44	S. Muroya Full-back	FC Tokyo	32	1752.6%	1946.4%
45	T. Nara Full-back	Avispa Fukuoka	32	2235.8%	1920.5%
46	G. Sakai Full-back	Vissel Kobe	35	439.6%	1810.7%
47	A. Fukumori Full-back	Yokohama FC	33	3185.8%	1738.1%
48	H. Mitsumaru Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	33	26528.6%	158.3%
49	T. Shiotani Full-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	37	437.5%	1529%
50	Y. Honda Full-back	Vissel Kobe	35	2112.8%	1411.5%