Players with the Best Potential in J1 League 2027

The highest-potential players in J1 League in 2027, ranked on Field Insider.

Best goalkeepers in J1 League Best defenders in J1 League Best midfielders in J1 League Best attackers in J1 League Most in-form players in J1 League Top-scoring players in J1 League

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 R. Kojima has been the form player this season, grading 71.6, and Léo Ceará leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Kojima has improved his Season rating most, up +58 on last season, while A. Suzuki's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +5.7 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.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

R. Kojima+58SsN

Kashiwa Reysol · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	A. Suzuki Centre-forward	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	23	40±0%	608.7%
2	R. Handa Full-back	Gamba Osaka	24	4666.1%	577%
3	K. Tani Goalkeeper	Machida Zelvia	25	42±0%	56±0%
4	N. Nakagawa Attacking midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	24	21±0%	54±0%
5	T. Hiraoka Central midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	24	2524.6%	514%
6	D. Sasaki Attacking midfielder	Vissel Kobe	27	3327%	517.8%
7	M. Shibayama Attacking midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	24	18105.7%	507.2%
8	S. Nakano Attacking midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	26	27±0%	50±0%
9	T. Hayakawa Goalkeeper	Kashima	27	52±0%	50±0%
10	T. Koga Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	27	69±0%	50±0%
11	H. Omori Centre-back	Fagiano Okayama	24	2717.3%	4973%
12	Y. Miyamoto Centre-back	Urawa	26	29±0%	492%
13	R. Sakata Central midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	22	8240.9%	473.5%
14	Y. Kimura Centre-forward	Nagoya Grampus	25	14±0%	470.6%
15	Rafael Elias Centre-forward	Kyoto Sanga	27	53±0%	47±0%
16	T. Oka Centre-back	FC Tokyo	25	15±0%	472.9%
17	Y. Yamada Defensive midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	26	3259.2%	462.7%
18	T. Inoue Full-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	23	106.6%	4620.3%
19	Matheus Thuler Full-back	Vissel Kobe	27	35±0%	45±0%
20	Y. Oki Goalkeeper	Shimizu S-pulse	27	23395.7%	452.6%
21	H. Sugai Centre-back	Shimizu S-pulse	27	32±0%	455.9%
22	M. Mitsuta Centre-forward	Kashiwa Reysol	27	1148.4%	4416.1%
23	R. Yamahara Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	27	22±0%	443.5%
24	K. Suwama Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	23	4	44
25	João Pedro Defensive midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	27	18±0%	4310.8%
26	L. Yamaguchi Goalkeeper	Kawasaki Frontale	28	13	43
27	Y. Yamamoto Defensive midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	28	47±0%	42±0%
28	R. Kojima Goalkeeper	Kashiwa Reysol	29	72±0%	42±0%
29	Y. Kitajima Attacking midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	26	839%	418.9%
30	T. Tagawa Goalkeeper	Yokohama F. Marinos	23	6	40
31	M. Hasegawa Centre-forward	V-varen Nagasaki	27	336.8%	4011.6%
32	T. Miki Central midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	28	40±0%	40±0%
33	T. Tsukui Central midfielder	Mito Hollyhock	24	7±0%	40±0%
34	R. Tabei Central midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	27	29	40
35	T. Akimoto Central midfielder	Machida Zelvia	28	342%	405.7%
36	N. Kumata Centre-forward	FC Tokyo	22	510%	403.2%
37	S. Brodersen Goalkeeper	Kawasaki Frontale	29	27±0%	392.9%
38	Y. Soma Centre-forward	Machida Zelvia	29	4711.2%	391%
39	D. Hall Centre-back	JEF United Chiba	27	3818.5%	39119.1%
40	K. Yamazaki Central midfielder	Mito Hollyhock	24	4	39
41	D. Tono Centre-forward	Yokohama F. Marinos	27	1924.7%	3820.2%
42	K. Matsumoto Goalkeeper	Kashiwa Reysol	29	1011.8%	3816.7%
43	H. Takeda Central midfielder	Urawa	25	0100%	3820.2%
44	Y. Ozaki Centre-back	Vissel Kobe	23	4600%	3816.2%
45	Y. Tatsuta Centre-back	Fagiano Okayama	28	33±0%	38±0%
46	K. Nishikawa Goalkeeper	Mito Hollyhock	24	10±0%	38±0%
47	Y. Suzuki Central midfielder	Kashima	30	43±0%	38±0%
48	Marco Túlio Centre-forward	Kyoto Sanga	28	2714.2%	3817.5%
49	T. Umeda Goalkeeper	Shimizu S-pulse	26	0100%	3626.9%
50	Y. Ideguchi Defensive midfielder	Vissel Kobe	30	34±0%	3613.2%