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Centre-forwards with the Best Potential in J1 League

The highest-potential centre-forwards in J1 League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Suzuki of Shonan Bellmare is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 54.9, and Léo Ceará has been the form player this season, grading 56.7.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Rafael Ratão has improved his Season rating most, up +47.7 on last season, while Y. Koizumi's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +4.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Rafael Elias of Kyoto Sanga is the most valuable name in this group at 21.6.

Best talent
A. Suzuki54.9RTG
Shonan Bellmare
In form
Léo Ceará56.7SsN
Kashima
Rising potential
Y. Koizumi+4.8RTG
Kashiwa Reysol · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Rafael Ratão+47.7SsN
Cerezo Osaka · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
Léo Ceará21goals
Kashima
Most valuable
Rafael Elias21.6val
Kyoto Sanga
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PlayerTeam
1A. SuzukiCentre-forwardShonan Bellmare234019.5%551.7%
2M. HosoyaCentre-forwardKashiwa Reysol243313.6%540.7%
3Marcelo RyanCentre-forwardFC Tokyo242835.2%513.9%
4I. SomenoCentre-forwardTokyo Verdy242712.1%5111.3%
5S. SakuragawaCentre-forwardYokohama FC252248
6Rafael EliasCentre-forwardKyoto Sanga275377.5%471%
7Y. KimuraCentre-forwardTokyo Verdy251463.1%4717.8%
8M. HasegawaCentre-forwardAlbirex Niigata2736175.2%460.9%
9R. NittaCentre-forwardShonan Bellmare238148.5%445.2%
10ErisonCentre-forwardKawasaki Frontale273850.2%4412.5%
11M. NakajimaCentre-forwardCerezo Osaka2724295.1%446.9%
12M. MitsutaCentre-forwardGamba Osaka271148.4%4318%
13S. YamadaCentre-forwardKawasaki Frontale261180%4225%
14Y. OdaCentre-forwardShonan Bellmare24561.3%423.2%
15Y. KoizumiCentre-forwardKashiwa Reysol2935204.3%4113.4%
16Oh Se-HunCentre-forwardMachida Zelvia271263.1%4025%
17K. TagawaCentre-forwardKashima2712392.5%
18K. MuroiCentre-forwardYokohama FC26738
19D. TonoCentre-forwardYokohama F. Marinos271924.7%3820.2%
20Y. SuzukiCentre-forwardKashima304324.7%3817.1%
21Marco TúlioCentre-forwardKyoto Sanga282714.2%3817.5%
22Y. KakitaCentre-forwardKashiwa Reysol2932734.2%3711.3%
23A. BoudahCentre-forwardAlbirex Niigata26487.1%378.2%
24T. NishimuraCentre-forwardMachida Zelvia2932234.4%361.9%
25K. IchimiCentre-forwardFagiano Okayama2817356%
26M. KatoCentre-forwardSanfrecce Hiroshima291860.6%3437.7%
27T. TakahashiCentre-forwardShimizu S-pulse2818342.6%
28K. TanimuraCentre-forwardYokohama F. Marinos281834
29Rafael RatãoCentre-forwardCerezo Osaka3056588.9%3421%
30H. IwabuchiCentre-forwardFagiano Okayama281133
31D. HümmetCentre-forwardGamba Osaka292839.7%331.5%
32Léo CearáCentre-forwardKashima31575.5%3124%
33R. GermainCentre-forwardSanfrecce Hiroshima312553.8%3116.7%
34K. KitagawaCentre-forwardShimizu S-pulse3033665.1%3117.4%
35K. TaniguchiCentre-forwardAlbirex Niigata301265.6%2630.9%
36R. IzumiCentre-forwardNagoya Grampus321931.7%2515%
37K. KinoshitaCentre-forwardSanfrecce Hiroshima3131±0%2523.8%
38A. EsakaCentre-forwardFagiano Okayama343485.9%201%
39Anderson LopesCentre-forwardYokohama F. Marinos321282.6%2045.9%
40Y. YamagishiCentre-forwardNagoya Grampus322184.5%2026.3%
41M. SuzukiCentre-forwardYokohama FC321157.4%1840.9%
42Y. OsakoCentre-forwardVissel Kobe363236.3%1720.9%
43LukianCentre-forwardYokohama FC341949.5%1631.9%
44T. UsamiCentre-forwardGamba Osaka343037.8%1642.4%
45K. JunkerCentre-forwardNagoya Grampus32468.3%1537.9%
46Thiago SantanaCentre-forwardUrawa331660.5%1546.5%
47T. NakagawaCentre-forwardFC Tokyo341066.8%1445.6%
48ÉlberCentre-forwardYokohama F. Marinos341130.9%1340.2%
49Y. OnoCentre-forwardAlbirex Niigata33475.2%1147.4%
50M. DukeCentre-forwardMachida Zelvia35126.3%1119.6%