Best Defensive midfielders by Season Rating in J1 League
The best defensive midfielders in J1 League, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
N. Nakagawa of Kashiwa Reysol is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 54.8, and S. Inagaki has been the form player this season, grading 68.2, and T. Ito leads the scoring with 13 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Ito has improved his Season rating most, up +39.6 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, T. Kubo of Kashiwa Reysol is the most valuable name in this group at 22.3.
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