Most In-Form centre-backs in J1 League 2027

The most in-form centre-backs in J1 League in 2027, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

H. Taniguchi of Kawasaki Frontale is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 50.5, and A. Scholz has been the form player this season, grading 46.1, and Y. Kimoto leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: H. Inamura has improved his Season rating most, up +35.3 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Suwama of Yokohama F. Marinos is the most valuable name in this group at 19.7.

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	Player	Team
1	A. Scholz Centre-back	FC Tokyo	34	46127.1%	16±0%
2	T. Deng Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	29	45117.9%	3123.9%
3	J. Quiñónes Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	29	45101.3%	31±0%
4	H. Araki Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	30	4516.5%	35±0%
5	K. Suwama Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	23	43	44
6	H. Inamura Centre-back	FC Tokyo	24	38303.2%	475.4%
7	S. Sasaki Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	37	3628.1%	2227.5%
8	G. Sakai Centre-back	Vissel Kobe	35	3514.1%	18±0%
9	K. Matsubara Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	33	3582.6%	1641.4%
10	R. Inoue Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	29	33401.5%	27±0%
11	Dion-Johan Cools Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	30	31292.4%	24±0%
12	T. Oka Centre-back	FC Tokyo	25	2780.7%	472.9%
13	K. Chida Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	32	2517.4%	1846.3%
14	G. Shōji Centre-back	Machida Zelvia	33	2448.1%	25±0%
15	S. Hatanaka Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	31	238.1%	3212.2%
16	A. Ohata Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	23294.7%	43±0%
17	Y. Miyamoto Centre-back	Urawa	26	2224.1%	492%
18	H. Omori Centre-back	Fagiano Okayama	24	2013.7%	4973%
19	D. Hall Centre-back	JEF United Chiba	27	1746.9%	39119.1%
20	Y. Honda Centre-back	Shimizu S-pulse	35	1528.9%	135.1%
21	Mateus Brunetti Centre-back	Shimizu S-pulse	26	1587.3%	38±0%
22	K. Suzuki Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	24	15400%	422.2%
23	N. Hayashi Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	28	1445.4%	32±0%
24	E. Gyotoku Centre-back	Nagoya Grampus	21	13	26
25	H. Sugai Centre-back	Shimizu S-pulse	28	1360.1%	455.9%
26	H. Fujii Centre-back	Nagoya Grampus	25	1352.4%	43±0%
27	Pedro Romano Centre-back	Kawasaki Frontale	25	12	49
28	T. Kawano Centre-back	JEF United Chiba	30	12	16±0%
29	Y. Suzuki Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	34	1264.4%	2411.1%
30	H. Taniguchi Centre-back	Kawasaki Frontale	27	1180.6%	5114.5%
31	T. Koga Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	27	1184.7%	50±0%
32	R. Shindo Centre-back	V-varen Nagasaki	30	827%	2316.3%
33	Y. Ozaki Centre-back	Vissel Kobe	23	81216.7%	3816.2%
34	Danilo Boza Centre-back	Urawa	28	783.3%	43±0%
35	K. Itakura Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	24	643.4%	38±0%
36	Y. Kimoto Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	33	544.7%	915.3%
37	T. Hara Centre-back	Nagoya Grampus	28	475.6%	37±0%