Defenders with the Most Assists in J1 League

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

Most creative midfielders in J1 League Most creative attackers in J1 League Best defenders in J1 League Most in-form defenders in J1 League Top-scoring defenders in J1 League Most valuable defenders in J1 League

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 Diego leads the scoring with 5 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	S. Miura Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	25	6	2184.1%	520.6%
2	N. Ueda Full-back	Kashima	31	5	5016.8%	3414.6%
3	H. Sugai Full-back	Kyoto Sanga	27	4	32767.6%	4713.1%
4	K. Anzai Full-back	Kashima	31	4	2733.5%	2634.8%
5	K. Inoue Full-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	28	4	138.3%	3516.7%
6	S. van Wermeskerken Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	32	4	2013.1%	2415.2%
7	R. Yamahara Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	27	4	2218.5%	4322%
8	R. Handa Full-back	Gamba Osaka	24	4	4666.1%	577%
9	Y. Hashimoto Full-back	Avispa Fukuoka	24	3	17	48
10	Diego Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	30	3	2220.3%	2828.2%
11	Y. Honda Full-back	Vissel Kobe	35	3	2112.8%	1411.5%
12	T. Sekine Full-back	Urawa	31	3	233.7%	2425.1%
13	R. Koike Full-back	Kashima	30	3	38790.7%	335.4%
14	S. Takagi Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	24	3	27	51
15	Y. Nagatomo Full-back	FC Tokyo	39	2	2131%	1014.9%
16	R. Hatsuse Full-back	Gamba Osaka	29	2	391.4%	2741.2%
17	R. Tsunoda Full-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	27	2	149.4%	3820.1%
18	R. Ogawa Full-back	Kashima	29	2	1828.3%	3136.1%
19	R. Kato Full-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	26	2	24101.7%	447.2%
20	D. Sugioka Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	27	2	189.4%	4021.6%
21	Y. Maejima Full-back	Avispa Fukuoka	28	2	3312.2%	3617.5%
22	H. Ishihara Full-back	Urawa	27	2	3749.8%	4411.4%
23	K. Shimbo Full-back	Yokohama FC	23	2	31	51
24	A. Fukumori Full-back	Yokohama FC	33	2	3185.8%	1738.1%
25	K. Hashimoto Full-back	Albirex Niigata	26	2	17286%	417%
26	K. Nagato Full-back	Vissel Kobe	31	2	38151.7%	2911.6%
27	A. Sasaki Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	26	2	3132.5%	508.6%
28	N. Arai Full-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	29	2	2218.6%	3327.3%
29	H. Araki Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	30	2	5488.1%	3522.7%
30	D. Okamura Full-back	Machida Zelvia	29	2	448.4%	3810.8%
31	K. Kurokawa Full-back	Gamba Osaka	29	2	3019.3%	3723%
32	Y. Yamanouchi Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	22	1	4	48
33	I. Drešević Centre-back	Machida Zelvia	29	1	4317.2%	3523.2%
34	H. Fujii Full-back	Nagoya Grampus	25	1	850.6%	4320.9%
35	R. Kamihashi Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	24	1	0	44
36	Dion-Johan Cools Full-back	Cerezo Osaka	30	1	819.4%	2449.4%
37	S. Muroya Full-back	FC Tokyo	32	1	1752.6%	1946.4%
38	S. Mori Full-back	Nagoya Grampus	19	1	3	49
39	S. Fukuda Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	25	1	2138.7%	535.4%
40	H. Mitsumaru Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	33	1	26528.6%	158.3%
41	H. Motoyama Full-back	Fagiano Okayama	27	1	7	35
42	R. Hirose Full-back	Vissel Kobe	30	1	2645.5%	2826%
43	M. Tashiro Centre-back	Avispa Fukuoka	33	1	2839%	1743.1%
44	K. Kudo Centre-back	Fagiano Okayama	22	1	25	51
45	Y. Suzuki Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	33	1	3225.2%	244%
46	Y. Tatsuta Centre-back	Fagiano Okayama	28	1	33341.9%	381.3%
47	T. Ogiwara Full-back	Urawa	26	1	2620.2%	4413.5%
48	K. Nono Full-back	Kashima	24	1	3219.8%	5311.8%
49	K. Tsukui Full-back	Kashima	22	1	161372.7%	5113.1%
50	Kim Tae-Hyeon Centre-back	Kashima	25	1	3178.4%	527.6%