Full-backs with the Best Potential in J1 League 2027
The highest-potential full-backs in J1 League in 2027, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
R. Handa of Gamba Osaka is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 56.5, and N. Ueda has been the form player this season, grading 50.1, and Diego leads the scoring with 1 goal.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Y. Tatsuta has improved his Season rating most, up +25.3 on last season, while R. Handa'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, R. Handa of Gamba Osaka is the most valuable name in this group at 20.7.
21 players · ranked by best potentialCustomise →
| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R. HandaFull-back |  Gamba Osaka | 24 | 4666.1% | 577% |
| 2 | K. SatoFull-back |  Kyoto Sanga | 26 | 29±0% | 47±0% |
| 3 | T. InoueFull-back |  Yokohama F. Marinos | 24 | 106.6% | 4620.3% |
| 4 | Matheus ThulerFull-back |  Vissel Kobe | 27 | 35±0% | 45±0% |
| 5 | R. YamaharaFull-back |  Kawasaki Frontale | 27 | 22±0% | 443.5% |
| 6 | T. YamakawaFull-back | Vissel Kobe | 29 | 45±0% | 4410.3% |
| 7 | D. SugiokaFull-back |  Kashiwa Reysol | 28 | 18±0% | 4012.4% |
| 8 | Y. TatsutaFull-back |  Fagiano Okayama | 28 | 33±0% | 38±0% |
| 9 | D. OkamuraFull-back |  Machida Zelvia | 29 | 44±0% | 38±0% |
| 10 | S. OmoriFull-back |  Mito Hollyhock | 27 | 12±0% | 35±0% |
| 11 | N. UedaFull-back |  Kashima | 31 | 50±0% | 34±0% |
| 12 | S. NakataniFull-back | Gamba Osaka | 30 | 35±0% | 34±0% |
| 13 | R. OgawaFull-back | Kashima | 29 | 18±0% | 31±0% |
| 14 | Y. MatsunaganeFull-back | Kawasaki Frontale | 22 | 6215.8% | 3034% |
| 15 | DiegoFull-back | Vissel Kobe | 31 | 22±0% | 2815.4% |
| 16 | T. MaseFull-back | Mito Hollyhock | 28 | 13±0% | 283.4% |
| 17 | R. HatsuseFull-back | Gamba Osaka | 29 | 3±0% | 27±0% |
| 18 | Y. SuzukiFull-back | Fagiano Okayama | 28 | 0 | 27 |
| 19 | K. AnzaiFull-back | Kashima | 31 | 2733.5% | 2634.8% |
| 20 | S. MuroyaFull-back |  FC Tokyo | 32 | 17±0% | 19±0% |
| 21 | M. YamaneFull-back |  Urawa | 32 | 1620.7% | 164% |