Most In-Form central midfielders This Season in J1 League

The most in-form central midfielders in J1 League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Y. Funabashi of Kashima is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 54.3, and T. Ohgihara has been the form player this season, grading 45.3, and M. Hasegawa leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Hasegawa has improved his Season rating most, up +31.7 on last season, while S. Fukuoka's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +2.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Hasegawa of Albirex Niigata is the most valuable name in this group at 20.3.

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	Player	Team
1	T. Ohgihara Central midfielder	Vissel Kobe	34	4520.5%	2025.8%
2	M. Hasegawa Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	27	45245.7%	473.1%
3	T. Ko Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	28	434.9%	4116.1%
4	Y. Ideguchi Central midfielder	Vissel Kobe	29	3480.5%	3614.8%
5	Matheus Bueno Central midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	28	34313.4%	4120.1%
6	Y. Arai Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	23	344685.7%	5216.7%
7	K. Yamada Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	27	3393.5%	4116.3%
8	K. Yasui Central midfielder	Urawa	26	3334.3%	50±0%
9	K. Saito Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	29	325.6%	3423.9%
10	E. Shirai Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	30	3234.5%	3119.2%
11	A. Čavrić Central midfielder	Kashima	32	3222.6%	2513.3%
12	Samuel Gustafson Central midfielder	Urawa	31	313.4%	2815%
13	K. Chinen Central midfielder	Kashima	31	3138.5%	2532.2%
14	R. Tabei Central midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	27	29	40
15	K. Morita Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	25	2914.1%	499.1%
16	D. Matsuoka Central midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	25	298.9%	531.3%
17	T. Hirato Central midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	29	2825.9%	378.4%
18	T. Inui Central midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	38	2851.6%	1413.3%
19	T. Kaneko Central midfielder	Urawa	29	27133.9%	366.8%
20	S. Anzai Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	23	267.7%	518.5%
21	K. Shiihashi Central midfielder	Nagoya Grampus	29	266.6%	3224.6%
22	K. Endo Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	28	25119.6%	3613.1%
23	Y. Funabashi Central midfielder	Kashima	24	256050%	5425.1%
24	T. Yamane Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	27	2512.9%	4014.1%
25	Capixaba Central midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	29	241.7%	3122.8%
26	K. Koizumi Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	31	243.6%	2433.4%
27	S. Kagawa Central midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	37	23248.5%	104.2%
28	Y. Matsuo Central midfielder	Urawa	29	2213.7%	349.8%
29	K. Tawaratsumida Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	22	220.5%	515.4%
30	S. Fukuoka Central midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	26	2172.6%	484.6%
31	Y. Kamiya Central midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	29	213400%	311.6%
32	T. Matsumoto Central midfielder	Urawa	27	2033.6%	4222.6%
33	João Pedro Central midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	26	20	43
34	K. Miyahara Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	30	1942.1%	3023%
35	K. Shirai Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	32	1926.1%	2030.1%
36	T. Arai Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	29	19	29
37	Y. Iwasaki Central midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	28	1877.5%	3526.1%
38	Y. Kuwasaki Central midfielder	Vissel Kobe	28	18326.2%	376.3%
39	K. Misao Central midfielder	Kashima	30	182.9%	2914.1%
40	Y. Naganuma Central midfielder	Urawa	29	1752.1%	3320.8%
41	K. Nakayama Central midfielder	Nagoya Grampus	30	1775%	2625.3%
42	H. Onaga Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	31	1651.5%	2338.8%
43	Élber Central midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	163%	1339.3%
44	M. Matsumoto Central midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	31	1631.6%	2232.7%
45	Y. Hoshi Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	34	16113.7%	1320.4%
46	Y. Komai Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	34	1564.4%	1352.8%
47	Masa Central midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	27	15345.5%	4212.3%
48	T. Yanagi Central midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	29	1436.2%	3326.6%
49	Y. Higuchi Central midfielder	Kashima	29	1432.7%	3225.1%
50	Keisuke Kasai Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	23	14	46