Most In-Form attackers This Season in J1 League

The most in-form attackers 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 attackers in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 56.5, and Léo Ceará has been the form player this season, grading 56.7.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Rafael Ratão has improved his Season rating most, up +47.7 on last season, while Y. Koizumi's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +4.8 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.

Kashiwa Reysol · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Rafael Ratão+47.7SsN

Cerezo Osaka · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Léo Ceará Centre-forward	Kashima	31	575.5%	3124%
2	Rafael Ratão Centre-forward	Cerezo Osaka	30	56588.9%	3421%
3	Rafael Elias Centre-forward	Kyoto Sanga	27	5377.5%	471%
4	Y. Soma Winger	Machida Zelvia	29	47491.1%	391.6%
5	Y. Suzuki Centre-forward	Kashima	30	4324.7%	3817.1%
6	A. Suzuki Centre-forward	Shonan Bellmare	23	4019.5%	551.7%
7	Erison Centre-forward	Kawasaki Frontale	27	3850.2%	4412.5%
8	M. Hasegawa Centre-forward	Albirex Niigata	27	36175.2%	460.9%
9	Y. Koizumi Centre-forward	Kashiwa Reysol	29	35204.3%	4113.4%
10	A. Esaka Centre-forward	Fagiano Okayama	34	3485.9%	201%
11	K. Sato Winger	FC Tokyo	25	34	52
12	M. Hosoya Centre-forward	Kashiwa Reysol	24	3313.6%	540.7%
13	K. Kitagawa Centre-forward	Shimizu S-pulse	30	33665.1%	3117.4%
14	S. Nakamura Winger	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	23	33	57
15	Y. Osako Centre-forward	Vissel Kobe	36	3236.3%	1720.9%
16	Erik Winger	Vissel Kobe	32	32160.5%	239.4%
17	T. Nishimura Centre-forward	Machida Zelvia	29	32234.4%	361.9%
18	Y. Kakita Centre-forward	Kashiwa Reysol	29	32734.2%	3711.3%
19	K. Kinoshita Centre-forward	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	31	31±0%	2523.8%
20	T. Usami Centre-forward	Gamba Osaka	34	3037.8%	1642.4%
21	I. Jebali Winger	Gamba Osaka	34	30232.2%	1413.3%
22	D. Hümmet Centre-forward	Gamba Osaka	29	2839.7%	331.5%
23	Marcelo Ryan Centre-forward	FC Tokyo	24	2835.2%	513.9%
24	I. Someno Centre-forward	Tokyo Verdy	24	2712.1%	5111.3%
25	Marco Túlio Centre-forward	Kyoto Sanga	28	2714.2%	3817.5%
26	R. Germain Centre-forward	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	31	2553.8%	3116.7%
27	M. Nakajima Centre-forward	Cerezo Osaka	27	24295.1%	446.9%
28	Na Sang-Ho Winger	Machida Zelvia	29	2452.2%	3221.7%
29	Yan Matheus Winger	Yokohama F. Marinos	27	2431.6%	4124.2%
30	Thiago Andrade Winger	Cerezo Osaka	25	24	5110.9%
31	Mateus Winger	Nagoya Grampus	31	22584.4%	2410.1%
32	S. Sakuragawa Centre-forward	Yokohama FC	25	22	48
33	A. Čavrić Winger	Kashima	32	2216.3%	2416.8%
34	Y. Yamagishi Centre-forward	Nagoya Grampus	32	2184.5%	2026.3%
35	Lukian Centre-forward	Yokohama FC	34	1949.5%	1631.9%
36	D. Tono Centre-forward	Yokohama F. Marinos	27	1924.7%	3820.2%
37	R. Izumi Centre-forward	Nagoya Grampus	32	1931.7%	2515%
38	M. Nagakura Winger	FC Tokyo	26	1812.9%	4313%
39	K. Tanimura Centre-forward	Yokohama F. Marinos	28	18	34
40	T. Takahashi Centre-forward	Shimizu S-pulse	28	18	342.6%
41	M. Kato Centre-forward	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	29	1860.6%	3437.7%
42	K. Ichimi Centre-forward	Fagiano Okayama	28	17	356%
43	Thiago Santana Centre-forward	Urawa	33	1660.5%	1546.5%
44	S. Nagasawa Centre-forward	Kyoto Sanga	37	153.7%	767.3%
45	K. Tawaratsumida Winger	FC Tokyo	22	1530.2%	516.1%
46	K. Nagai Centre-forward	Nagoya Grampus	37	1448.6%	1043.9%
47	K. Fujimoto Winger	Avispa Fukuoka	28	1429%	3624.3%
48	H. Nakama Winger	Kashiwa Reysol	34	1447.5%	1246.9%
49	S. Fujio Winger	Machida Zelvia	25	1457.4%	4913%
50	Y. Kimura Centre-forward	Tokyo Verdy	25	1463.1%	4717.8%