Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in J1 League 2027

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

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At a glance

R. Handa of Gamba Osaka is the standout for raw talent across defenders in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 56.5, and T. Koga has been the form player this season, grading 69.2, and Y. Kimoto leads the scoring with 2 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 R. Handa'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, R. Handa of Gamba Osaka is the most valuable name in this group at 20.7.

Gamba Osaka · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

T. Koga+45.3SsN

Kashiwa Reysol · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	R. Handa Full-back	Gamba Osaka	24	20.7	4666.1%	577%
2	Leonardo Hugo Full-back	Mito Hollyhock	22	14.2	0	54
3	T. Oka Centre-back	FC Tokyo	25	14.1	15±0%	472.9%
4	T. Inoue Full-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	23	14.1	106.6%	4620.3%
5	H. Omori Centre-back	Fagiano Okayama	24	13.4	2717.3%	4973%
6	K. Suwama Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	23	13.1	4	44
7	K. Bangnagande Full-back	FC Tokyo	25	13	7±0%	43±0%
8	H. Inamura Centre-back	FC Tokyo	24	12.8	9±0%	475.4%
9	Y. Yamanouchi Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	22	12.8	4	48
10	K. Nemoto Centre-back	Urawa	23	12.8	7±0%	47±0%
11	Pedro Romano Centre-back	Kawasaki Frontale	25	12.3	8	45
12	S. Tanabe Full-back	Tokyo Verdy	24	12.2	4600%	454.2%
13	H. Mochizuki Full-back	Machida Zelvia	25	12.2	25±0%	53±0%
14	K. Tsukui Full-back	Kashima	22	12.2	16±0%	51±0%
15	H. Okuda Full-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	12.1	16±0%	50±0%
16	A. Ohata Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	12	6±0%	43±0%
17	Weverton Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	23	12	9	44
18	K. Itakura Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	24	12	10±0%	38±0%
19	K. Suzuki Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	24	11.8	3±0%	422.2%
20	S. Baba Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	24	11.8	12±0%	46±0%
21	Y. Hashimoto Full-back	Avispa Fukuoka	24	11.8	17±0%	48±0%
22	T. Ushizawa Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	25	11.8	5	35
23	S. Okita Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	24	11.7	0	37
24	K. Kudo Centre-back	Urawa	23	11.7	25±0%	513.4%
25	K. Hayashi Full-back	Urawa	25	11.6	39±0%	540.6%
26	T. Kuwata Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	24	11.6	0	42
27	S. Miura Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	26	11.6	21±0%	528.1%
28	Y. Egawa Centre-back	V-varen Nagasaki	25	11.5	3±0%	35±0%
29	H. Fujii Centre-back	Nagoya Grampus	25	11.5	8±0%	43±0%
30	R. Tsunoda Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	27	11.5	14±0%	38±0%
31	H. Yamamoto Full-back	Mito Hollyhock	23	11.5	7±0%	40±0%
32	R. Omori Full-back	FC Tokyo	24	11.4	66.7%	4622.7%
33	Y. Miyamoto Centre-back	Urawa	26	11.2	29±0%	492%
34	H. Taniguchi Centre-back	Kawasaki Frontale	26	11.2	57±0%	515.2%
35	Matheus Thuler Full-back	Vissel Kobe	27	11.2	35±0%	45±0%
36	S. Nakano Full-back	Gamba Osaka	23	11.2	6±0%	455.6%
37	Y. Ishida Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	23	11.2	6±0%	38±0%
38	Kim Ju-Sung Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	25	11.1	14±0%	471.9%
39	Baek In-Hwan Centre-back	FC Tokyo	21	11.1	0	1
40	T. Yamasaki Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	25	11.1	4±0%	42±0%
41	K. Sato Full-back	Kyoto Sanga	26	11.1	29±0%	47±0%
42	Ginjiro Ikegaya Centre-back	Gamba Osaka	22	11.1	2	43
43	A. Sasaki Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	26	11.1	31±0%	50±0%
44	I. Sekigawa Centre-back	Kashima	26	11.1	22±0%	478.7%
45	R. Irie Centre-back	Vissel Kobe	21	11.1	0	44
46	K. Nagata Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	24	11	0	432.1%
47	M. Sako Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	23	11	0	40
48	K. Doi Centre-back	V-varen Nagasaki	21	10.9	206.6%	4316%
49	S. Takagi Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	24	10.9	27±0%	51±0%
50	K. Hashimoto Centre-back	FC Tokyo	26	10.8	17±0%	435.1%