Full-backs with the Best Potential in J1 League

The highest-potential full-backs in J1 League, ranked on Field Insider.

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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 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Koike has improved his Season rating most, up +34 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.

Gamba Osaka · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

R. Koike+34SsN

Kashima · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	R. Handa Full-back	Gamba Osaka	24	4666.1%	577%
2	K. Nono Full-back	Kashima	24	3219.8%	5311.8%
3	S. Miura Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	25	2184.1%	520.6%
4	K. Tsukui Full-back	Kashima	22	161372.7%	5113.1%
5	K. Shimbo Full-back	Yokohama FC	23	31	51
6	S. Takagi Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	24	27	51
7	A. Sasaki Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	26	3132.5%	508.6%
8	H. Okuda Full-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	1610.5%	502.7%
9	S. Mori Full-back	Nagoya Grampus	19	3	49
10	Y. Hashimoto Full-back	Avispa Fukuoka	24	17	48
11	H. Sugai Full-back	Kyoto Sanga	27	32767.6%	4713.1%
12	K. Sato Full-back	Kyoto Sanga	26	2917.2%	473.1%
13	T. Ogiwara Full-back	Urawa	26	2620.2%	4413.5%
14	H. Inamura Full-back	Albirex Niigata	24	9261.5%	442.6%
15	R. Kato Full-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	26	24101.7%	447.2%
16	S. Nakano Full-back	Shonan Bellmare	22	650%	447.2%
17	H. Ishihara Full-back	Urawa	27	3749.8%	4411.4%
18	R. Yamahara Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	27	2218.5%	4322%
19	A. Ohata Full-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	675.2%	4313.2%
20	H. Fujii Full-back	Nagoya Grampus	25	850.6%	4320.9%
21	K. Hashimoto Full-back	Albirex Niigata	26	17286%	417%
22	D. Sugioka Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	27	189.4%	4021.6%
23	Mateus Brunetti Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	26	8	38
24	D. Okamura Full-back	Machida Zelvia	29	448.4%	3810.8%
25	R. Tsunoda Full-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	27	149.4%	3820.1%
26	K. Kurokawa Full-back	Gamba Osaka	29	3019.3%	3723%
27	Y. Maejima Full-back	Avispa Fukuoka	28	3312.2%	3617.5%
28	K. Inoue Full-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	28	138.3%	3516.7%
29	N. Ueda Full-back	Kashima	31	5016.8%	3414.6%
30	R. Koike Full-back	Kashima	30	38790.7%	335.4%
31	N. Arai Full-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	29	2218.6%	3327.3%
32	R. Ogawa Full-back	Kashima	29	1828.3%	3136.1%
33	S. Fujiwara Full-back	Albirex Niigata	30	2936.9%	3126.6%
34	K. Nagato Full-back	Vissel Kobe	31	38151.7%	2911.6%
35	Henrique Trevisan Full-back	FC Tokyo	29	1052.1%	2926.3%
36	Diego Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	30	2220.3%	2828.2%
37	R. Hirose Full-back	Vissel Kobe	30	2645.5%	2826%
38	T. Kishimoto Full-back	Gamba Osaka	29	1032.5%	2825%
39	K. Anzai Full-back	Kashima	31	2733.5%	2634.8%
40	Dion-Johan Cools Full-back	Cerezo Osaka	30	819.4%	2449.4%
41	T. Sekine Full-back	Urawa	31	233.7%	2425.1%
42	S. van Wermeskerken Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	32	2013.1%	2415.2%
43	S. Muroya Full-back	FC Tokyo	32	1752.6%	1946.4%
44	A. Fukumori Full-back	Yokohama FC	33	3185.8%	1738.1%
45	M. Yuzawa Full-back	Avispa Fukuoka	32	1316.9%	1730%
46	H. Mitsumaru Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	33	26528.6%	158.3%
47	Y. Honda Full-back	Vissel Kobe	35	2112.8%	1411.5%
48	Y. Yoshida Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	36	1630.1%	1227.2%
49	K. Kitazume Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	34	1277.1%	1246.1%
50	Y. Nagatomo Full-back	FC Tokyo	39	2131%	1014.9%