Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in J3 League

The most valuable defenders in J3 League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

H. Iwasaki of Tochigi SC is the standout for raw talent across defenders in J3 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 28.7, and T. Shirai has been the form player this season, grading 38.9, and G. Egawa leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Y. Hasegawa has improved his Season rating most, up +9.1 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Minoda of Vanraure Hachinohe is the most valuable name in this group at 3.8.

Kamatamare Sanuki · 22/23→25/26

Most improved

Y. Hasegawa+9.1SsN

Parceiro Nagano · 21/22→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	K. Minoda Centre-back	Vanraure Hachinohe	26	3.8	37	2736%
2	H. Omori Centre-back	Tochigi SC	23	3.3	23	29
3	H. Iwasaki Centre-back	Tochigi SC	23	3	21	29
4	D. Kato Centre-back	Sagamihara	27	3	21	22
5	Yoshitaka Aoki Full-back	Kagoshima United	27	3	21	24
6	H. Suzuki Centre-back	Tochigi City	26	3	21	26
7	Y. Tsujioka Centre-back	Kitakyushu	24	2.6	18	28
8	K. Yamawaki Full-back	Kitakyushu	25	2.6	18	29
9	Soichiro Tsutsumi Full-back	Osaka	24	2.5	13	28
10	Y. Matsumoto Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	26	2.4	17	26
11	R. Araki Full-back	FC Ryukyu	25	2.4	10	28
12	W. Hiramatsu Full-back	Tochigi SC	26	2.4	17	24
13	S. Kikuchi Centre-back	FC Ryukyu	22	2.3	11	28
14	S. Suzuki Full-back	Kochi United	25	2.3	13	27
15	S. Nikaido Centre-back	Gainare Tottori	25	2.3	16	26
16	G. Egawa Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	26	2.3	12	26
17	R. Mori Full-back	Tochigi SC	24	2.3	10	27
18	H. Sugii Full-back	Kagoshima United	26	2.3	15	27
19	S. Sagou Full-back	Kamatamare Sanuki	24	2.3	10	26
20	S. Nishikubo Centre-back	Sagamihara	23	2.2	276.3%	2544.8%
21	K. Sakamoto Centre-back	Kitakyushu	23	2.2	5370%	2540.9%
22	S. Nose Centre-back	Thespakusatsu Gunma	23	2.2	9	25
23	J. Soma Centre-back	Kagoshima United	25	2.2	5	25
24	S. Kozuki Full-back	Kochi United	26	2.2	13	25
25	H. Sugita Centre-back	Matsumoto Yamaga	22	2.2	12	26
26	K. Konishi Centre-back	Tochigi City	24	2.2	4	25
27	H. Sato Centre-back	Nara Club	23	2.2	3	25
28	S. Tanaka Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	23	2.2	5	26
29	S. Miyawaki Centre-back	Azul Claro Numazu	24	2.2	8	25
30	Daiki Higuchi Full-back	Matsumoto Yamaga	24	2.2	10	25
31	Shohei Ogushi Full-back	FC Gifu	23	2.2	3	25
32	R. Higashi Centre-back	Kitakyushu	22	2.1	5	26
33	K. Sakamoto Centre-back	Kitakyushu	25	2.1	3	24
34	Carlos Eduardo Centre-back	Tochigi City	25	2.1	2	24
35	D. Ichimaru Full-back	Azul Claro Numazu	24	2.1	5	24
36	G. Matsumura Centre-back	Matsumoto Yamaga	24	2.1	9	24
37	R. Tagashira Centre-back	Thespakusatsu Gunma	24	2.1	5	25
38	Yu Ye-Chan Centre-back	Nara Club	25	2.1	5	25
39	G. Sehata Full-back	Thespakusatsu Gunma	25	2.1	8	24
40	Y. Matsunagane Full-back	Fukushima United	21	2.1	5168.4%	2740%
41	Kosuke Kawashima Centre-back	Kagoshima United	24	2.1	2	25
42	Y. Tanabe Centre-back	Kochi United	24	2.1	5	24
43	N. Suzu Centre-back	Fukushima United	26	2.1	10	24
44	Hayate Toma Centre-back	Fukushima United	24	2.1	2	25
45	S. Mihara Centre-back	Azul Claro Numazu	25	2.1	12	25
46	Kim Yoon-Sik Centre-back	Osaka	23	2.1	0	24
47	Kim Geon-Yeon Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	23	2.1	0	24
48	Ha Ji-Sung Centre-back	Osaka	23	2.1	0	25
49	Choi Young-Hoon Centre-back	Osaka	23	2.1	0	24
50	J. Ninomiya Centre-back	Matsumoto Yamaga	22	2.1	9	26