Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in J1 League 2027
The top-scoring defensive midfielders in J1 League in 2027, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
Y. Yamada of Kashiwa Reysol is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 46.3, and T. Ohgihara leads the scoring with 2 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Y. Yamada has improved his Season rating most, up +28.5 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, Y. Yamada of Kashiwa Reysol is the most valuable name in this group at 22.2.
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T. OhgiharaDefensive midfielder |  Vissel Kobe | 35 | 2 | 4826.3% | 2025.5% |
| 2 | Y. YamadaDefensive midfielder |  Kashiwa Reysol | 26 | 2 | 49141.8% | 462.7% |
| 3 | S. InagakiDefensive midfielder |  Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 1 | 2834.9% | 23±0% |
| 4 | T. KoDefensive midfielder |  FC Tokyo | 28 | 1 | 2248.5% | 42±0% |
| 5 | João PedroDefensive midfielder |  Kyoto Sanga | 27 | 1 | 2219.8% | 4310.8% |
| 6 | K. TachibanadaDefensive midfielder |  Kawasaki Frontale | 28 | 1 | 2432.6% | 34±0% |