Most in-form central midfielders in J2 League

The most in-form central midfielders in J2 League, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

H. Yamamoto of Mito Hollyhock is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in J2 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 40.1, and T. Kondo has been the form player this season, grading 9.8, and Y. Goke leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Y. Goke has improved his Season rating most, up +7.5 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, H. Yamamoto of Mito Hollyhock is the most valuable name in this group at 7.2.

Montedio Yamagata · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Y. Goke+7.5SsN

Vegalta Sendai · 22/23→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	T. Kondo Central midfielder	Consadole Sapporo	25	1072.6%	3731.4%
2	Y. Goke Central midfielder	Vegalta Sendai	27	10357.1%	3129.6%
3	N. Tsubaki Central midfielder	JEF United Chiba	26	9	36
4	A. Yokoyama Central midfielder	JEF United Chiba	29	9	25
5	S. Kokubu Central midfielder	Montedio Yamagata	31	9	17
6	R. Asakura Central midfielder	Fujieda MYFC	25	9	35
7	Y. Yamashita Central midfielder	Iwaki	30	8	21
8	N. Nomura Central midfielder	Oita Trinita	35	727.5%	963.4%
9	T. Tsukui Central midfielder	Mito Hollyhock	24	7	40
10	I. Takahashi Central midfielder	JEF United Chiba	28	7	29
11	K. Fujii Central midfielder	Roasso Kumamoto	24	7	36
12	H. Koda Central midfielder	Ehime FC	22	7	3718.3%
13	S. Doi Central midfielder	Montedio Yamagata	34	7200%	939.5%
14	K. Masui Central midfielder	Jubilo Iwata	25	740.4%	3720.5%
15	H. Yamamoto Central midfielder	Mito Hollyhock	23	7	40
16	M. Sugita Central midfielder	Fujieda MYFC	31	7	16
17	Y. Torikai Central midfielder	Ventforet Kofu	27	7	29
18	J. Nishikawa Central midfielder	Sagan Tosu	24	723.3%	3720.8%
19	K. Sumi Central midfielder	Jubilo Iwata	23	61933.3%	387%
20	S. Nakamura Central midfielder	Jubilo Iwata	32	565.7%	1534.9%
21	T. Kondo Central midfielder	Imabari	28	5	26
22	K. Sakakibara Central midfielder	Oita Trinita	25	536.1%	3425.2%
23	M. Kojima Central midfielder	Omiya Ardija	29	5	24
24	T. Tsuchiya Central midfielder	Ventforet Kofu	22	559.5%	3719.2%
25	K. Nishiya Central midfielder	Sagan Tosu	26	560.5%	3324.4%
26	H. Arai Central midfielder	Sagan Tosu	28	5542.9%	2633.2%
27	T. Izumi Central midfielder	Omiya Ardija	25	437.5%	3625.5%
28	S. Araki Central midfielder	Ventforet Kofu	30	4	19
29	N. Kanuma Central midfielder	Tokushima Vortis	28	459.3%	2724.6%
30	T. Sugimoto Central midfielder	Tokushima Vortis	30	4377.8%	2042.1%
31	C. Kawakami Central midfielder	Fujieda MYFC	28	41300%	2536.2%
32	K. Hosoya Central midfielder	Ehime FC	24	4	34
33	K. Yamazaki Central midfielder	Mito Hollyhock	24	4	39
34	T. Ito Central midfielder	Kataller Toyama	25	4	34
35	R. Aoki Central midfielder	Consadole Sapporo	30	489%	1949.7%
36	S. Kaneko Central midfielder	Fujieda MYFC	31	450.6%	1642.6%
37	Y. Onishi Central midfielder	Iwaki	25	4	35
38	N. Ishiwatari Central midfielder	Iwaki	21	4875%	3914.9%
39	S. Tanimoto Central midfielder	Ehime FC	25	4	33
40	K. Kumakura Central midfielder	Ventforet Kofu	24	4	36
41	H. Sueki Central midfielder	Kataller Toyama	29	4	21
42	T. Takamine Central midfielder	Consadole Sapporo	28	0100%	2639.9%
43	H. Morooka Central midfielder	Blaublitz Akita	29	0	22
44	T. Fujiyama Central midfielder	Blaublitz Akita	32	0	13
45	K. Onohara Central midfielder	Blaublitz Akita	30	0100%	1855.3%
46	M. Hidaka Central midfielder	JEF United Chiba	31	0	16
47	M. Shinada Central midfielder	JEF United Chiba	26	0100%	3323.7%
48	R. Onishi Central midfielder	Roasso Kumamoto	28	0	25
49	S. Mishima Central midfielder	Roasso Kumamoto	30	0	1946.4%
50	S. Kamimura Central midfielder	Roasso Kumamoto	30	0	20