Most Improved midfielders This Season in J3 League
The most improved midfielders in J3 League, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
R. Kabayama of Kitakyushu is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in J3 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 29.5, and T. Yamaguchi has been the form player this season, grading 27, and Y. Kikui leads the scoring with 6 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Y. Nishimura has improved his Season rating most, up +16.6 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, T. Yamaguchi of Kagoshima United is the most valuable name in this group at 3.9.
11 players · ranked by most improvedCustomise →
| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Y. NishimuraAttacking midfielder |  Thespakusatsu Gunma | 26 | +16.6 20/21→25/26 | 20474.3% | 2640.9% |
| 2 | Y. GotoCentral midfielder |  Kamatamare Sanuki | 33 | +15 22/23→25/26 | 15 | 869% |
| 3 | K. FukumoriCentral midfielder |  Tochigi SC | 32 | +8.9 21/22→25/26 | 14164.8% | 1165% |
| 4 | K. FujiwaraDefensive midfielder | Tochigi SC | 22 | +8.1 24/25→25/26 | 14144.6% | 2739.8% |
| 5 | J. NakamuraCentral midfielder |  FC Gifu | 22 | +6.9 22/23→25/26 | 9431.3% | 2642.4% |
| 6 | K. FujikawaCentral midfielder |  Parceiro Nagano | 28 | +6.6 24/25→25/26 | 12134.7% | 1852.3% |
| 7 | K. NishiyaAttacking midfielder |  Kanazawa | 32 | -0.7 21/22→25/26 | 203.4% | 1268.1% |
| 8 | R. TakanoCentral midfielder |  Sagamihara | 31 | -2.6 21/22→25/26 | 629.2% | 1172.1% |
| 9 | K. YamamotoCentral midfielder |  Matsumoto Yamaga | 36 | -5.9 22/23→25/26 | 1331.2% | 768.4% |
| 10 | R. YasunagaCentral midfielder | Matsumoto Yamaga | 25 | -8.3 21/22→25/26 | 1338.8% | 2548.3% |
| 11 | T. IshiharaCentral midfielder | Kanazawa | 33 | -23.5 21/22→25/26 | 290.7% | 781.2% |