Best central midfielders in J2 League

The highest-potential central midfielders in J2 League, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

H. Yamamoto of Mito Hollyhock is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in J2 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 40.1, and T. Kondo has been the form player this season, grading 9.8, and Y. Goke leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Y. Goke has improved his Season rating most, up +7.5 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, H. Yamamoto of Mito Hollyhock is the most valuable name in this group at 7.2.

Montedio Yamagata · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Y. Goke+7.5SsN

Vegalta Sendai · 22/23→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	H. Yamamoto Central midfielder	Mito Hollyhock	23	7	40
2	T. Tsukui Central midfielder	Mito Hollyhock	24	7	40
3	N. Ishiwatari Central midfielder	Iwaki	21	4875%	3914.9%
4	K. Yamazaki Central midfielder	Mito Hollyhock	24	4	39
5	K. Sumi Central midfielder	Jubilo Iwata	23	61933.3%	387%
6	T. Tsuchiya Central midfielder	Ventforet Kofu	22	559.5%	3719.2%
7	J. Nishikawa Central midfielder	Sagan Tosu	24	723.3%	3720.8%
8	K. Masui Central midfielder	Jubilo Iwata	25	740.4%	3720.5%
9	T. Sakurai Central midfielder	Sagan Tosu	23	0100%	3719.8%
10	H. Koda Central midfielder	Ehime FC	22	7	3718.3%
11	T. Kondo Central midfielder	Consadole Sapporo	25	1072.6%	3731.4%
12	T. Izumi Central midfielder	Omiya Ardija	25	437.5%	3625.5%
13	K. Fujii Central midfielder	Roasso Kumamoto	24	7	36
14	H. Kamada Central midfielder	Vegalta Sendai	25	0	36
15	K. Kumakura Central midfielder	Ventforet Kofu	24	4	36
16	H. Takeda Central midfielder	Vegalta Sendai	24	0100%	3625.8%
17	N. Tsubaki Central midfielder	JEF United Chiba	26	9	36
18	Y. Onishi Central midfielder	Iwaki	25	4	35
19	R. Asakura Central midfielder	Fujieda MYFC	25	9	35
20	H. Naruoka Central midfielder	Renofa Yamaguchi	23	0100%	3519.3%
21	K. Ueda Central midfielder	Kataller Toyama	23	0	35
22	K. Sakakibara Central midfielder	Oita Trinita	25	536.1%	3425.2%
23	K. Hosoya Central midfielder	Ehime FC	24	4	34
24	G. Takenaka Central midfielder	Kataller Toyama	23	0	34
25	T. Ito Central midfielder	Kataller Toyama	25	4	34
26	K. Tanabe Central midfielder	Renofa Yamaguchi	24	0	34
27	W. Tanaka Central midfielder	Montedio Yamagata	25	0	3420.2%
28	H. Yoshida Central midfielder	Ehime FC	23	0100%	3432%
29	S. Tanimoto Central midfielder	Ehime FC	25	4	33
30	Y. Takahashi Central midfielder	Kataller Toyama	25	0	33
31	M. Shinada Central midfielder	JEF United Chiba	26	0100%	3323.7%
32	K. Nishiya Central midfielder	Sagan Tosu	26	560.5%	3324.4%
33	Y. Fukazawa Central midfielder	Ehime FC	25	0	32
34	T. Amagasa Central midfielder	Oita Trinita	26	0	32
35	K. Shimabuku Central midfielder	Fujieda MYFC	26	0	3122.4%
36	Y. Goke Central midfielder	Vegalta Sendai	27	10357.1%	3129.6%
37	H. Endo Central midfielder	Ventforet Kofu	26	0	31
38	S. Kodama Central midfielder	Tokushima Vortis	27	0	30
39	H. Sese Central midfielder	Fujieda MYFC	26	0	30
40	Y. Torikai Central midfielder	Ventforet Kofu	27	7	29
41	I. Takahashi Central midfielder	JEF United Chiba	28	7	29
42	Hikaru Arai Central midfielder	Imabari	27	0	28
43	K. Mochii Central midfielder	Imabari	27	0	28
44	N. Kanuma Central midfielder	Tokushima Vortis	28	459.3%	2724.6%
45	H. Arai Central midfielder	Sagan Tosu	28	5542.9%	2633.2%
46	T. Takamine Central midfielder	Consadole Sapporo	28	0100%	2639.9%
47	T. Kondo Central midfielder	Imabari	28	5	26
48	D. Yamaguchi Central midfielder	Iwaki	28	0	26
49	R. Yamada Central midfielder	V-varen Nagasaki	28	0100%	2636.7%
50	C. Kawakami Central midfielder	Fujieda MYFC	28	41300%	2536.2%