Most In-Form central midfielders in J2 League 2026

The most in-form central midfielders in J2 League in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

J. Okumura of Albirex Niigata is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in J2 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 47.3, and K. Onose has been the form player this season, grading 35.5, and A. Sato leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Onose has improved his Season rating most, up +21.4 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, K. Nagata of Vanraure Hachinohe is the most valuable name in this group at 12.2.

Albirex Niigata · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	K. Onose Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	33	36151.8%	194.4%
2	K. Yamada Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	27	3393.5%	4116.3%
3	T. Inui Central midfielder	Jubilo Iwata	38	2641.8%	1413.3%
4	J. Okumura Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	25	25207.5%	474.9%
5	K. Nagata Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	26	24	27
6	A. Sato Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	28	24	22
7	S. Otoizumi Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	30	23	17
8	D. Inazumi Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	29	20	20
9	E. Shirai Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	30	1825.5%	2632.6%
10	S. Ota Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	30	15101.3%	2520.2%
11	R. Inoue Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	25	15	29
12	Y. Komai Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	34	1564.4%	1352.8%
13	Y. Hoshi Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	34	15102.7%	1322.8%
14	Y. Okaniwa Central midfielder	Tochigi City	31	14	13
15	G. Sekino Central midfielder	Tochigi City	27	14	23
16	Mahiro Ano Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	22	14	29
17	K. Doi Central midfielder	Blaublitz Akita	24	13	33
18	H. Okuno Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	37	1152.7%	761.7%
19	M. Ikeda Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	27	1162.1%	3532.9%
20	S. Sakai Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	22	11	28
21	T. Shimamura Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	27	1038.1%	3816%
22	S. Kokubu Central midfielder	Montedio Yamagata	31	9	17
23	S. Takeda Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	32	915.6%	226.5%
24	R. Asakura Central midfielder	Fujieda MYFC	25	9	35
25	Y. Yamashita Central midfielder	Iwaki	30	8	21
26	H. Matsumoto Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	26	71650%	3910.4%
27	S. Doi Central midfielder	Montedio Yamagata	34	7200%	939.5%
28	M. Sugita Central midfielder	Fujieda MYFC	31	7	16
29	T. Mori Central midfielder	Tochigi City	28	7	19
30	A. Barada Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	35	641.3%	1123.7%
31	K. Sumi Central midfielder	Jubilo Iwata	24	61933.3%	389%
32	S. Utsugi Central midfielder	Tochigi City	29	6	17
33	S. Rikiyasu Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	28	5	22
34	T. Kondo Central midfielder	Imabari	28	5	26
35	J. Yoshida Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	23	5	26
36	K. Sakakibara Central midfielder	Oita Trinita	25	536.1%	3425.2%
37	T. Tsuchiya Central midfielder	Imabari	22	559.5%	4111%
38	M. Kojima Central midfielder	Omiya Ardija	29	5	24
39	T. Izumi Central midfielder	Omiya Ardija	25	437.5%	3625.5%
40	S. Araki Central midfielder	Ventforet Kofu	31	4	19
41	T. Sugimoto Central midfielder	Tokushima Vortis	30	4377.8%	2042.1%
42	N. Kanuma Central midfielder	Tokushima Vortis	28	459.3%	2724.6%
43	C. Kawakami Central midfielder	Fujieda MYFC	28	41300%	2536.2%
44	J. Suzuki Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	30	486%	2242.2%
45	S. Kaneko Central midfielder	Fujieda MYFC	31	450.6%	1642.6%
46	R. Aoki Central midfielder	Consadole Sapporo	30	489%	1949.7%
47	T. Ito Central midfielder	Kataller Toyama	26	4	31
48	K. Kumakura Central midfielder	Ventforet Kofu	24	4	36
49	Y. Onishi Central midfielder	Iwaki	25	4	35
50	H. Sueki Central midfielder	Kataller Toyama	29	4	21