Most Valuable centre-backs by Market Value in J1 League

The most valuable centre-backs in J1 League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Kim Tae-Hyeon of Kashima is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 52.1, and T. Koga has been the form player this season, grading 69.2, and D. Okamura leads the scoring with 4 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Koga has improved his Season rating most, up +45.3 on last season, while Kim Tae-Hyeon'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, T. Koga of Kashiwa Reysol is the most valuable name in this group at 22.7.

Kashima · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

T. Koga+45.3SsN

Kashiwa Reysol · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	T. Koga Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	27	22.7	69189.5%	504.6%
2	H. Taniguchi Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	26	21.9	5779.1%	4811.6%
3	Matheus Thuler Centre-back	Vissel Kobe	27	16.1	3524.4%	4520%
4	D. Fukazawa Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	27	15.6	34185%	3911.1%
5	Kim Tae-Hyeon Centre-back	Kashima	25	14.3	3178.4%	527.6%
6	Y. Miyamoto Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	26	13.6	2918.5%	50±0%
7	K. Kudo Centre-back	Fagiano Okayama	22	13.2	25	51
8	I. Sekigawa Centre-back	Kashima	25	13.2	2545.7%	4817.5%
9	H. Tanaka Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	22	13.1	206633.3%	5018.3%
10	Kim Ju-Sung Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	25	13	1829.4%	47±0%
11	R. Nishio Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	13	1256.7%	4710.7%
12	K. Nemoto Centre-back	Urawa	23	12.8	7	47
13	T. Oka Centre-back	FC Tokyo	24	12.7	158.7%	479.9%
14	K. Doi Centre-back	FC Tokyo	21	12.6	2141.1%	510.8%
15	Y. Uchida Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	23	12	15	44
16	T. Yamakawa Centre-back	Vissel Kobe	28	12	4513.7%	4417%
17	K. Mikuni Centre-back	Nagoya Grampus	26	12	1853.5%	4419%
18	K. Suwama Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	23	11.9	4	44
19	Niko Takahashi Cendagorta Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	20	11.7	13	50
20	K. Nagata Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	23	11.7	0	43
21	H. Fujii Centre-back	Nagoya Grampus	25	11.6	850.6%	4221%
22	Danilo Boza Centre-back	Urawa	28	11.6	4381.6%	4330.6%
23	T. Yamasaki Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	25	11.6	4	421.6%
24	K. Suzuki Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	23	11.4	376.2%	4214.8%
25	Y. Fujiwara Centre-back	Urawa	24	11.2	0	41
26	Kim Moon-Hyeon Centre-back	Avispa Fukuoka	24	11.1	0	41
27	R. Irie Centre-back	Vissel Kobe	21	10.9	0	44
28	M. Sako Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	23	10.8	0	40
29	K. Hosoi Centre-back	Yokohama FC	22	10.7	0	41
30	J. Sumiyoshi Centre-back	Shimizu S-pulse	28	10.4	38331.8%	3914.4%
31	N. Takahashi Centre-back	Shonan Bellmare	25	10.3	189.2%	3818%
32	S. Sasaki Centre-back	Gamba Osaka	26	10.3	5	38
33	M. Sato Centre-back	Kashima	19	10.2	0	47
34	R. Tsunoda Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	27	10.2	149.4%	3721.2%
35	H. Matsumoto Centre-back	Kashima	19	10.1	0	46
36	H. Araki Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	29	9.9	5488.1%	3913.2%
37	R. Noguchi Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	20	9.8	0	42
38	S. Inoue Centre-back	Avispa Fukuoka	26	9.8	0100%	3622.3%
39	K. Abe Centre-back	Fagiano Okayama	26	9.7	0	36
40	H. Tawiah Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	27	9.6	385.2%	3521.8%
41	S. Okamoto Centre-back	Albirex Niigata	26	9.5	0	35
42	D. Okamura Centre-back	Machida Zelvia	29	9.5	448.4%	3811.1%
43	T. Yoshida Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	26	9.4	0	34
44	T. Watanabe Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	27	9.3	623.8%	3423.8%
45	Caetano Centre-back	Vissel Kobe	27	9	091.5%	3339.6%
46	Y. Tatsuta Centre-back	Fagiano Okayama	28	8.9	33341.9%	381.3%
47	Chimezie Kai Ezemuokwe Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	17	8.5	0	44
48	S. Hasukawa Centre-back	Shimizu S-pulse	28	8.5	31483%	3812.8%
49	K. Mori Centre-back	Albirex Niigata	27	8.2	0	30
50	S. Nakatani Centre-back	Gamba Osaka	30	7.6	3513.3%	3424.5%