Most in-form central midfielders in J1 League

The most in-form central midfielders in J1 League, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Y. Funabashi of Kashima is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 54.3, and T. Ohgihara has been the form player this season, grading 45.8, and M. Hasegawa leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Hasegawa has improved his Season rating most, up +28.3 on last season, while S. Fukuoka's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +2.1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Y. Funabashi of Kashima is the most valuable name in this group at 41.3.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	T. Ohgihara Central midfielder	Vissel Kobe	34	4620.2%	2025.8%
2	T. Ko Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	28	424.7%	4116.1%
3	M. Hasegawa Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	27	41232%	473.1%
4	Y. Ideguchi Central midfielder	Vissel Kobe	29	3574.6%	3614.8%
5	Matheus Bueno Central midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	27	35328.4%	4512.6%
6	Y. Arai Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	23	344137.5%	5216.7%
7	K. Yasui Central midfielder	Urawa	26	3439.1%	50±0%
8	K. Yamada Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	27	33101.2%	4116.3%
9	K. Saito Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	29	323%	3423.9%
10	E. Shirai Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	30	3129.8%	3119.2%
11	K. Chinen Central midfielder	Kashima	31	3040.9%	2532.2%
12	D. Matsuoka Central midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	25	304.7%	531.3%
13	Samuel Gustafson Central midfielder	Urawa	31	304.1%	2815%
14	K. Morita Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	25	3012.9%	499.1%
15	A. Čavrić Central midfielder	Kashima	32	3018%	2513.3%
16	R. Tabei Central midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	27	28	40
17	T. Hirato Central midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	29	2722.5%	378.4%
18	T. Inui Central midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	38	2645.8%	1413.3%
19	T. Kaneko Central midfielder	Urawa	28	26123.5%	404.2%
20	K. Shiihashi Central midfielder	Nagoya Grampus	29	257.7%	3224.6%
21	S. Anzai Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	23	256.3%	518.5%
22	Y. Funabashi Central midfielder	Kashima	24	245875%	5425.1%
23	K. Koizumi Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	31	245.2%	2433.4%
24	T. Yamane Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	27	2410.7%	4014.1%
25	Capixaba Central midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	29	23±0%	3122.8%
26	S. Fukuoka Central midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	26	2378.7%	484.6%
27	K. Endo Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	28	23109.3%	3613.1%
28	S. Kagawa Central midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	37	22253.2%	104.2%
29	K. Miyahara Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	30	2234.9%	3023%
30	Y. Matsuo Central midfielder	Urawa	28	2112.5%	391.8%
31	João Pedro Central midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	26	21	43
32	K. Tawaratsumida Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	22	202.5%	515.4%
33	Y. Kamiya Central midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	29	202771.4%	311.6%
34	T. Arai Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	29	20	29
35	K. Misao Central midfielder	Kashima	30	2011.3%	2914.1%
36	K. Shirai Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	32	1925.5%	2030.1%
37	Y. Kuwasaki Central midfielder	Vissel Kobe	28	18291.5%	376.3%
38	T. Matsumoto Central midfielder	Urawa	27	1837.6%	4222.6%
39	Y. Iwasaki Central midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	28	1775.8%	3526.1%
40	Y. Naganuma Central midfielder	Urawa	29	1750.6%	3320.8%
41	K. Nakayama Central midfielder	Nagoya Grampus	30	1755.6%	2625.3%
42	H. Onaga Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	31	1748%	2338.8%
43	Y. Hoshi Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	33	16125%	157.4%
44	M. Matsumoto Central midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	31	1629.6%	2232.7%
45	Y. Komai Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	34	1660.9%	1352.8%
46	Élber Central midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	156.9%	1339.3%
47	Y. Higuchi Central midfielder	Kashima	29	1431.7%	3225.1%
48	Masa Central midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	27	14257.9%	473.1%
49	T. Yanagi Central midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	28	1428.6%	3326.6%
50	T. Uchida Central midfielder	Nagoya Grampus	28	1331.9%	3226.8%