Most In-Form central midfielders This Season in J1 League

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

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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 Y. Yamamoto has been the form player this season, grading 47.4, and R. Yamashita leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Y. Yamamoto has improved his Season rating most, up +31.7 on last season, while J. Okumura's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +2.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Y. Arai of Tokyo Verdy is the most valuable name in this group at 15.3.

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	Player	Team
1	Y. Yamamoto Central midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	28	47201.9%	421.7%
2	H. Kawabe Central midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	30	41219.4%	350.9%
3	T. Miki Central midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	28	404.5%	4019.6%
4	Marcinho Central midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	31	4015.5%	3017%
5	R. Yamashita Central midfielder	Gamba Osaka	28	38147.1%	4012.2%
6	K. Onose Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	33	36151.8%	194.4%
7	Matheus Bueno Central midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	28	34313.4%	4120.1%
8	Y. Arai Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	23	344685.7%	5216.7%
9	K. Yamada Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	27	3393.5%	4116.3%
10	K. Yasui Central midfielder	Urawa	26	3334.3%	50±0%
11	K. Saito Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	29	325.6%	3423.9%
12	S. Nago Central midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	30	323.9%	3125.8%
13	Samuel Gustafson Central midfielder	Urawa	31	313.4%	2815%
14	K. Chinen Central midfielder	Kashima	31	3138.5%	2532.2%
15	T. Morishima Central midfielder	Nagoya Grampus	29	3114.3%	3428.6%
16	S. Kawasaki Central midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	25	309.8%	52±0%
17	R. Tabei Central midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	27	29	40
18	Y. Nakayama Central midfielder	Machida Zelvia	29	29317.1%	364.1%
19	K. Morita Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	25	2914.1%	499.1%
20	D. Matsuoka Central midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	25	298.9%	531.3%
21	T. Hirato Central midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	29	2825.9%	378.4%
22	T. Inui Central midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	38	2851.6%	1413.3%
23	S. Higashi Central midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	26	2736.9%	4918.2%
24	S. Nakano Central midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	26	2732.6%	5019.8%
25	T. Kaneko Central midfielder	Urawa	29	27133.9%	366.8%
26	K. Shiihashi Central midfielder	Nagoya Grampus	29	266.6%	3224.6%
27	T. Kida Central midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos	31	2548.5%	2525.5%
28	T. Hiraoka Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	23	2524.6%	491.2%
29	H. Mochizuki Central midfielder	Machida Zelvia	24	2521.3%	533.7%
30	Y. Funabashi Central midfielder	Kashima	24	256050%	5425.1%
31	J. Okumura Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	25	25207.5%	474.9%
32	T. Yamane Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	27	2512.9%	4014.1%
33	Capixaba Central midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	29	241.7%	3122.8%
34	K. Endo Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	28	24113.4%	3613.6%
35	K. Koizumi Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	31	243.6%	2433.4%
36	S. Kagawa Central midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	37	23248.5%	104.2%
37	K. Konno Central midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	29	2334.5%	3523.5%
38	Y. Matsuo Central midfielder	Urawa	29	2213.7%	349.8%
39	S. Fukuoka Central midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	26	2172.6%	484.6%
40	R. Yamane Central midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos	22	2176%	49±0%
41	K. Watanabe Central midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos	27	210.5%	3921.5%
42	H. Shimoda Central midfielder	Machida Zelvia	34	2120%	1626.6%
43	Y. Kamiya Central midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	29	213400%	311.6%
44	S. Abe Central midfielder	Gamba Osaka	28	2047.5%	3519.3%
45	S. Kurata Central midfielder	Gamba Osaka	37	2082%	734.5%
46	T. Matsumoto Central midfielder	Urawa	27	2033.6%	4222.6%
47	T. Hata Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	24	2043.8%	4712.5%
48	K. Miyahara Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	30	1942.1%	3023%
49	Y. Iwasaki Central midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	28	1877.5%	3526.1%
50	Y. Kuwasaki Central midfielder	Vissel Kobe	28	18326.2%	376.3%