Best Defensive midfielders by Season Rating in J1 League 2027
The best defensive midfielders in J1 League in 2027, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
T. Hiraoka of Kyoto Sanga is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 51.4, and T. Ohgihara has been the form player this season, grading 45.3, and Matheus Jesus leads the scoring with 7 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Koyamatsu has improved his Season rating most, up +23.7 on last season, while K. Yasuda'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, Y. Yamada of Kashiwa Reysol is the most valuable name in this group at 22.2.
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