Most In-Form centre-backs in J1 League 2027
The most in-form centre-backs in J1 League in 2027, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
Kim Tae-Hyeon of Kashima is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 52.1, and D. Tagami has been the form player this season, grading 35.3, and R. Kikuchi leads the scoring with 2 goals.
The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Tagami has improved his Season rating most, up +27.1 on last season, while Kim Tae-Hyeon's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +3.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.
By our market-value index, Kim Tae-Hyeon of Kashima is the most valuable name in this group at 18.1.
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| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D. TagamiCentre-back |  Fagiano Okayama | 33 | 35±0% | 21±0% |
| 2 | S. FukuokaCentre-back |  Gamba Osaka | 30 | 32±0% | 33±0% |
| 3 | Kim Tae-HyeonCentre-back |  Kashima | 26 | 31±0% | 528.1% |
| 4 | T. ShichiCentre-back | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 32 | 29±0% | 2525.7% |
| 5 | M. TashiroCentre-back |  Avispa Fukuoka | 33 | 28±0% | 17±0% |
| 6 | T. KamijimaCentre-back | Avispa Fukuoka | 29 | 28±0% | 32±0% |
| 7 | T. DengCentre-back |  Yokohama F. Marinos | 29 | 2627.5% | 3123.9% |
| 8 | K. MatsubaraCentre-back | Yokohama F. Marinos | 33 | 191.1% | 1641.4% |
| 9 | Kim Min-TaeCentre-back |  Machida Zelvia | 32 | 17±0% | 2629.1% |
| 10 | T. OkaCentre-back |  FC Tokyo | 25 | 15±0% | 472.9% |
| 11 | Y. TakahashiCentre-back |  Shimizu S-pulse | 33 | 14±0% | 14±0% |
| 12 | Kim Ju-SungCentre-back |  Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 25 | 14±0% | 471.9% |
| 13 | R. KikuchiCentre-back | Machida Zelvia | 29 | 13±0% | 29±0% |
| 14 | K. ChidaCentre-back |  Tokyo Verdy | 31 | 1258.5% | 1846.3% |
| 15 | D. SuzukiCentre-back |  JEF United Chiba | 36 | 1278.5% | 1054% |
| 16 | E. GyotokuCentre-back | Nagoya Grampus | 21 | 8 | 26 |
| 17 | K. TakahataCentre-back |  V-varen Nagasaki | 26 | 7±0% | 37±0% |
| 18 | Y. OzakiCentre-back |  Vissel Kobe | 23 | 4600% | 3816.2% |