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Best Defensive players by Season Rating in J1 League 2027

The best defensive players in J1 League in 2027, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Suzuki of Sanfrecce Hiroshima is the standout for raw talent across players in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 59.7, and Léo Ceará has been the form player this season, grading 54.1.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Kim Seung-Gyu has improved his Season rating most, up +43.1 on last season, while Y. Matsumura's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +7.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Suzuki of Sanfrecce Hiroshima is the most valuable name in this group at 22.4.

Best talent
A. Suzuki59.7RTG
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
In form
Léo Ceará54.1SsN
Kashima
Rising potential
Y. Matsumura+7.3RTG
Kashima · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Kim Seung-Gyu+43.1SsN
FC Tokyo · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
Léo Ceará12goals
Kashima
Most valuable
A. Suzuki22.4val
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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PlayerTeam
1K. AnzaiFull-backKashima3150.45022.3%2634.8%
2A. ScholzCentre-backFC Tokyo3446.146127.1%16±0%
3R. HandaFull-backGamba Osaka2445.54666.1%577%
4T. DengCentre-backYokohama F. Marinos2945.145117.9%3123.9%
5J. QuiñónesCentre-backYokohama F. Marinos2945.145101.3%31±0%
6H. ArakiCentre-backSanfrecce Hiroshima3044.94516.5%35±0%
7K. SuwamaCentre-backYokohama F. Marinos2343.34344
8H. InamuraCentre-backFC Tokyo2437.938303.2%475.4%
9DiegoFull-backVissel Kobe3137.63874.1%2815.4%
10Matheus ThulerFull-backVissel Kobe2737.4375.9%45±0%
11S. SasakiCentre-backSanfrecce Hiroshima3736.43628.1%2227.5%
12G. SakaiCentre-backVissel Kobe3535.33514.1%18±0%
13K. MatsubaraCentre-backYokohama F. Marinos3334.73582.6%1641.4%
14S. MuroyaFull-backFC Tokyo3233.734101.8%19±0%
15R. InoueCentre-backCerezo Osaka2933.133401.5%27±0%
16Dion-Johan CoolsCentre-backCerezo Osaka303131292.4%24±0%
17T. InoueFull-backYokohama F. Marinos243030229.7%4620.3%
18T. YamakawaFull-backVissel Kobe2929.32934.6%4410.3%
19N. AraiFull-backSanfrecce Hiroshima3028.72932.3%3316.1%
20T. OkaCentre-backFC Tokyo2527.12780.7%472.9%
21K. ChidaCentre-backTokyo Verdy3224.72517.4%1846.3%
22G. ShōjiCentre-backMachida Zelvia3324.32448.1%25±0%
23S. HatanakaCentre-backCerezo Osaka3122.6238.1%3212.2%
24A. OhataCentre-backCerezo Osaka2522.523294.7%43±0%
25Y. MiyamotoCentre-backUrawa2622.32224.1%492%
26R. OgawaFull-backKashima2920.92119.4%31±0%
27H. OmoriCentre-backFagiano Okayama2419.52013.7%4973%
28N. UedaFull-backKashima32191962.1%34±0%
29D. HallCentre-backJEF United Chiba2717.21746.9%39119.1%
30Y. SuzukiFull-backFagiano Okayama2815.11527
31Y. HondaCentre-backShimizu S-pulse35151528.9%135.1%
32D. OkamuraFull-backMachida Zelvia2914.81566.3%38±0%
33Mateus BrunettiCentre-backShimizu S-pulse2614.81587.3%38±0%
34K. SuzukiCentre-backTokyo Verdy2414.515400%422.2%
35T. KishimotoFull-backGamba Osaka2913.91436.3%28±0%
36N. HayashiCentre-backTokyo Verdy2813.61445.4%32±0%
37E. GyotokuCentre-backNagoya Grampus2112.91326
38H. SugaiCentre-backShimizu S-pulse2712.81360.1%455.9%
39H. FujiiCentre-backNagoya Grampus2512.51352.4%43±0%
40Pedro RomanoCentre-backKawasaki Frontale2511.81249
41Y. TatsutaFull-backFagiano Okayama2811.71264.2%38±0%
42T. KawanoCentre-backJEF United Chiba3011.71216±0%
43Y. SuzukiCentre-backKyoto Sanga3411.51264.4%2411.1%
44R. HatsuseFull-backGamba Osaka2911.512342.3%27±0%
45H. TaniguchiCentre-backKawasaki Frontale27111180.6%5114.5%
46T. KogaCentre-backKashiwa Reysol2710.61184.7%50±0%
47Y. MatsunaganeFull-backKawasaki Frontale2210.310442.1%3034%
48S. MiuraFull-backKawasaki Frontale269.61053.8%528.1%
49S. NakataniFull-backGamba Osaka309.51072.5%34±0%
50K. SatoFull-backKyoto Sanga268.5970.3%47±0%