Most Valuable attacking midfielders by Market Value in J1 League 2027

The most valuable attacking midfielders in J1 League in 2027, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

N. Nakagawa of Kashiwa Reysol is the standout for raw talent across attacking midfielders in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 53.9, and T. Ito has been the form player this season, grading 42.8, and Y. Segawa leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Ito has improved his Season rating most, up +39.6 on last season, while M. Shibayama's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +3.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, D. Sasaki of Vissel Kobe is the most valuable name in this group at 18.1.

Cerezo Osaka · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

T. Ito+39.6SsN

Kawasaki Frontale · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	D. Sasaki Attacking midfielder	Vissel Kobe	27	18.1	3327%	517.8%
2	M. Shibayama Attacking midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	24	14.1	18105.7%	507.2%
3	N. Nakagawa Attacking midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	24	14	21±0%	54±0%
4	S. Anzai Attacking midfielder	FC Tokyo	23	13.6	26±0%	51±0%
5	R. Nakano Attacking midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	23	13.5	6±0%	49±0%
6	K. Matsumura Attacking midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos	22	13.3	1±0%	42±0%
7	Y. Matsumura Attacking midfielder	Kashima	25	13.2	23±0%	52±0%
8	S. Nakano Attacking midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	26	13.1	27±0%	50±0%
9	S. Higashi Attacking midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	26	12.9	27±0%	49±0%
10	K. Tawaratsumida Attacking midfielder	FC Tokyo	22	12.6	15±0%	51±0%
11	Y. Funabashi Attacking midfielder	Mito Hollyhock	24	12.5	236.9%	4320.1%
12	K. Yuba Attacking midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	25	12.3	4	45
13	T. Matsumoto Attacking midfielder	V-varen Nagasaki	23	12.3	3±0%	38±0%
14	T. Matsumoto Attacking midfielder	V-varen Nagasaki	23	12.2	5	45
15	S. Homma Attacking midfielder	FC Tokyo	26	12.2	10±0%	400.5%
16	K. Yuba Attacking midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	25	12.1	4±0%	35±0%
17	S. Aoki Attacking midfielder	V-varen Nagasaki	23	12	3	37
18	K. Okazawa Attacking midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	22	12	0	4328.4%
19	T. Kubo Attacking midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	27	11.6	34±0%	49±0%
20	K. Yasuda Attacking midfielder	V-varen Nagasaki	21	11.5	82.4%	426%
21	K. Tanaka Attacking midfielder	JEF United Chiba	26	10.7	910.4%	351.2%
22	Masa Attacking midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	27	10.5	1518.5%	424.7%
23	T. Kawamura Attacking midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	27	10.2	0100%	3726.5%
24	K. Okunuki Attacking midfielder	Gamba Osaka	27	10.1	642.5%	3729.6%
25	K. Yoshio Attacking midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	25	9.2	12	28
26	R. Tanada Attacking midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	23	7.5	6	2739.5%
27	Y. Torikai Attacking midfielder	Mito Hollyhock	28	5.7	7±0%	275.5%
28	R. Yamashita Attacking midfielder	Gamba Osaka	28	5.2	38±0%	40±0%
29	K. Matsuzaki Attacking midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	28	5.1	25±0%	38±0%
30	Y. Wakizaka Attacking midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	31	5.1	40±0%	32±0%
31	T. Ito Attacking midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	29	4.9	43±0%	36±0%
32	Won Du-Jae Attacking midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	28	4.9	437.5%	3020.8%
33	H. Nakamura Attacking midfielder	Machida Zelvia	29	4.9	6±0%	27±0%
34	R. Watanabe Attacking midfielder	Urawa	29	4.6	30±0%	36±0%
35	A. Watanabe Attacking midfielder	Mito Hollyhock	31	4.6	17±0%	1914.6%
36	Matheus Jesus Attacking midfielder	V-varen Nagasaki	29	4.2	20±0%	26±0%
37	Y. Asano Attacking midfielder	Nagoya Grampus	29	4.1	7±0%	27±0%
38	Y. Kamiya Attacking midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	29	4	21±0%	31±0%
39	Y. Segawa Attacking midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	32	3.4	15±0%	19±0%
40	M. Okugawa Attacking midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	30	2.9	25±0%	29±0%
41	Lucas Fernandes Attacking midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	32	1.7	50±0%	26±0%
42	I. Jebali Attacking midfielder	Gamba Osaka	34	1.6	30±0%	14±0%
43	J. Amano Attacking midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos	35	1.4	19±0%	12±0%
44	R. Shirasaki Attacking midfielder	Machida Zelvia	33	1.1	5±0%	12±0%
45	R. Yamanaka Attacking midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	33	0.9	1±0%	92.3%