Best centre-backs in J3 League

The highest-potential centre-backs in J3 League, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Kim Tae-Hyeon of Kashima is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in J3 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 52.1, and T. Koga has been the form player this season, grading 69.2, and G. Egawa leads the scoring with 6 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, Kim Tae-Hyeon of Kashima is the most valuable name in this group at 39.6.

Kashima · 24/25→25/26

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Kashiwa Reysol · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	Kim Tae-Hyeon Centre-back	Kashima	25	3178.4%	527.6%
2	K. Doi Centre-back	FC Tokyo	21	2141.1%	510.8%
3	H. Iwasaki Centre-back	Tochigi SC	23	25	51
4	H. Omori Centre-back	Tochigi SC	23	27	51
5	K. Kudo Centre-back	Fagiano Okayama	22	25	51
6	H. Tanaka Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	22	206633.3%	5018.3%
7	Niko Takahashi Cendagorta Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	20	13	50
8	T. Koga Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	27	69189.5%	504.6%
9	Y. Miyamoto Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	26	2918.5%	50±0%
10	K. Konomi Centre-back	Kitakyushu	19	13	50
11	Y. Tsujioka Centre-back	Kitakyushu	24	21	50
12	R. Ichihara Centre-back	Omiya Ardija	21	7	50
13	S. Kikuchi Centre-back	FC Ryukyu	22	13	50
14	N. Yamada Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	23	19	50
15	S. Nagano Centre-back	Gainare Tottori	20	12	49
16	Y. Fujii Centre-back	Kamatamare Sanuki	20	9	49
17	I. Sekigawa Centre-back	Kashima	25	2545.7%	4817.5%
18	H. Taniguchi Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	26	5779.1%	4811.6%
19	Y. Ishida Centre-back	Iwaki	23	6	48
20	K. Itakura Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	24	11	48
21	Kim Ju-Sung Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	25	1829.4%	47±0%
22	K. Minoda Centre-back	Vanraure Hachinohe	26	44	4714.5%
23	T. Inoue Centre-back	Sagan Tosu	23	10	4716.5%
24	R. Nishio Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	1256.7%	4710.7%
25	H. Suzuki Centre-back	Tochigi City	26	24	47
26	H. Sugita Centre-back	Matsumoto Yamaga	22	14	47
27	R. Umeki Centre-back	Imabari	20	5	47
28	S. Nikaido Centre-back	Gainare Tottori	25	18	47
29	Sena Igarashi Centre-back	Iwaki	24	6	47
30	R. Omori Centre-back	Imabari	23	6481.8%	475.6%
31	G. Egawa Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	26	14	47
32	T. Oka Centre-back	FC Tokyo	24	158.7%	479.9%
33	R. Ishio Centre-back	Vegalta Sendai	24	11	46
34	J. Ninomiya Centre-back	Matsumoto Yamaga	22	10	46
35	E. Gyotoku Centre-back	Parceiro Nagano	21	8	46
36	Y. Matsumoto Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	26	20	46
37	K. Takahata Centre-back	V-varen Nagasaki	25	7118.7%	462.9%
38	S. Nose Centre-back	Thespakusatsu Gunma	23	11	45
39	Y. Ozaki Centre-back	Blaublitz Akita	22	4600%	450.9%
40	K. Sakamoto Centre-back	Kitakyushu	23	6450%	455.6%
41	H. Aoki Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	25	14	45
42	Matheus Thuler Centre-back	Vissel Kobe	27	3524.4%	4520%
43	S. Miyawaki Centre-back	Azul Claro Numazu	24	9	45
44	H. Teruyama Centre-back	V-varen Nagasaki	25	415.8%	451.3%
45	S. Nishino Centre-back	Consadole Sapporo	22	2157.1%	457.7%
46	M. Yoshida Centre-back	Oita Trinita	24	10	444.7%
47	Ri Thae-Ha Centre-back	Roasso Kumamoto	23	7	44
48	R. Tagashira Centre-back	Thespakusatsu Gunma	24	6	44
49	Yu Ye-Chan Centre-back	Nara Club	25	5	44
50	S. Mihara Centre-back	Azul Claro Numazu	25	14	44