Most Valuable full-backs by Market Value in J1 League

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

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At a glance

R. Handa of Gamba Osaka is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 56.5, and N. Ueda has been the form player this season, grading 50.1, and Diego leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Koike has improved his Season rating most, up +34 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

R. Koike+34SsN

Kashima · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	R. Handa Full-back	Gamba Osaka	24	20.7	4666.1%	577%
2	H. Ishihara Full-back	Urawa	27	16.7	3749.8%	4411.4%
3	K. Nono Full-back	Kashima	24	14.8	3219.8%	5311.8%
4	H. Sugai Full-back	Kyoto Sanga	27	14.6	32767.6%	4713.1%
5	S. Miura Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	25	14.3	2184.1%	520.6%
6	K. Shimbo Full-back	Yokohama FC	23	14.1	31	51
7	A. Sasaki Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	26	14	3132.5%	508.6%
8	S. Takagi Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	24	13.8	27	51
9	H. Okuda Full-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	13.7	1610.5%	502.7%
10	Y. Hashimoto Full-back	Avispa Fukuoka	24	13.2	17	48
11	K. Tsukui Full-back	Kashima	22	13.2	161372.7%	5113.1%
12	K. Sato Full-back	Kyoto Sanga	26	13	2917.2%	473.1%
13	Y. Yamanouchi Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	22	12.6	4	48
14	S. Baba Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	24	12.5	1263.5%	4614.1%
15	H. Inamura Full-back	Albirex Niigata	24	12.1	9261.5%	442.6%
16	R. Kamihashi Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	24	12.1	0	44
17	T. Ogiwara Full-back	Urawa	26	12.1	2620.2%	4413.5%
18	S. Mizoguchi Full-back	Kashima	22	12.1	451.2%	472.9%
19	R. Kato Full-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	26	12	24101.7%	447.2%
20	K. Bangnagande Full-back	FC Tokyo	24	11.9	766.8%	4319.3%
21	S. Tanabe Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	24	11.8	4600%	430.7%
22	A. Ohata Full-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	11.7	675.2%	4313.2%
23	R. Yamahara Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	27	11.7	2218.5%	4322%
24	H. Fujii Full-back	Nagoya Grampus	25	11.6	850.6%	4320.9%
25	S. Nakano Full-back	Shonan Bellmare	22	11.3	650%	447.2%
26	K. Hashimoto Full-back	Albirex Niigata	26	11.2	17286%	417%
27	D. Sugioka Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	27	10.9	189.4%	4021.6%
28	S. Mori Full-back	Nagoya Grampus	19	10.7	3	49
29	T. Nakamura Full-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	10.7	098%	3910.1%
30	Mateus Brunetti Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	26	10.4	8	38
31	H. Noda Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	20	10.3	1	44
32	R. Tsunoda Full-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	27	10.3	149.4%	3820.1%
33	H. Motoyama Full-back	Fagiano Okayama	27	9.7	7	35
34	D. Okamura Full-back	Machida Zelvia	29	9.5	448.4%	3810.8%
35	R. Inoue Full-back	Tokyo Verdy	26	9.4	0	34
36	Y. Maejima Full-back	Avispa Fukuoka	28	9.1	3312.2%	3617.5%
37	R. Koike Full-back	Kashima	30	7.5	38790.7%	335.4%
38	K. Kurokawa Full-back	Gamba Osaka	29	7.4	3019.3%	3723%
39	N. Ueda Full-back	Kashima	31	7.1	5016.8%	3414.6%
40	S. Fujiwara Full-back	Albirex Niigata	30	6.7	2936.9%	3126.6%
41	K. Nagato Full-back	Vissel Kobe	31	6	38151.7%	2911.6%
42	R. Hirose Full-back	Vissel Kobe	30	5.9	2645.5%	2826%
43	K. Inoue Full-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	28	5.7	138.3%	3516.7%
44	K. Anzai Full-back	Kashima	31	5.4	2733.5%	2634.8%
45	N. Arai Full-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	29	5.4	2218.6%	3327.3%
46	Diego Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	30	4.9	2220.3%	2828.2%
47	T. Sekine Full-back	Urawa	31	4.8	233.7%	2425.1%
48	R. Ogawa Full-back	Kashima	29	4.7	1828.3%	3136.1%
49	Henrique Trevisan Full-back	FC Tokyo	29	4.3	1052.1%	2926.3%
50	T. Kishimoto Full-back	Gamba Osaka	29	4.2	1032.5%	2825%