Most in-form centre-backs in J2 League

The most in-form centre-backs in J2 League, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

R. Ichihara of Omiya Ardija is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in J2 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 39.6, and N. Yamada has been the form player this season, grading 17.6, and Ryo Nakamura leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Yamakoshi has improved his Season rating most, up +10.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. Yamada of Tokushima Vortis is the most valuable name in this group at 7.1.

Tokushima Vortis · 24/25→25/26

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K. Yamakoshi+10.9SsN

Tokushima Vortis · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	N. Yamada Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	23	18	40
2	Elsinho Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	36	1639.3%	953.3%
3	K. Yamakoshi Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	33	15265.9%	1234.1%
4	K. Toriumi Centre-back	JEF United Chiba	31	1451.7%	1846.5%
5	Gabriel Centre-back	Omiya Ardija	31	13638.9%	1834.2%
6	H. Aoki Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	25	13	36
7	T. Mase Centre-back	Vegalta Sendai	28	1360.1%	2748.6%
8	Y. Takagi Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	28	126.8%	2744.6%
9	M. Sugata Centre-back	Vegalta Sendai	29	12	2439.6%
10	S. Inoue Centre-back	Vegalta Sendai	26	121009.1%	3416.8%
11	S. Omori Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	26	12	35
12	T. Iida Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	31	12293.5%	1844.1%
13	W. Shimoguchi Centre-back	Omiya Ardija	28	12	27
14	D. Suzuki Centre-back	JEF United Chiba	36	1278.5%	1054%
15	T. Son Centre-back	Ventforet Kofu	27	10	30
16	K. Itakura Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	24	10	38
17	R. Morishita Centre-back	Sagan Tosu	27	10	30
18	R. Ishio Centre-back	Vegalta Sendai	24	10	37
19	M. Yoshida Centre-back	Oita Trinita	24	9	3616.3%
20	T. Inoue Centre-back	Sagan Tosu	23	9	386.9%
21	S. Ogawa Centre-back	Sagan Tosu	26	9	33
22	Derlan Centre-back	Oita Trinita	30	923.6%	1964.7%
23	T. Ezaki Centre-back	Jubilo Iwata	26	9	34
24	S. Okaniwa Centre-back	Renofa Yamaguchi	26	82700%	3226.5%
25	Eduardo Mancha Centre-back	Ventforet Kofu	30	843.8%	1858.3%
26	Y. Koide Centre-back	Ventforet Kofu	31	766.5%	1563.9%
27	R. Motegi Centre-back	Omiya Ardija	29	7	22
28	Matheus Pereira Centre-back	Oita Trinita	29	71.4%	2147.6%
29	Ricardo Graça Centre-back	Jubilo Iwata	29	777%	2246.7%
30	R. Ichihara Centre-back	Omiya Ardija	21	7	40
31	R. Shimodo Centre-back	Renofa Yamaguchi	30	7	19
32	K. Takahata Centre-back	V-varen Nagasaki	25	7106.2%	3717.6%
33	Danilo Cardoso Centre-back	Imabari	29	758.5%	2259.7%
34	Ri Thae-Ha Centre-back	Roasso Kumamoto	23	6	35
35	K. Kamiyama Centre-back	Kataller Toyama	26	6	32
36	K. Matsubara Centre-back	Jubilo Iwata	29	659.7%	2348.3%
37	S. Nakagawa Centre-back	Fujieda MYFC	27	6	29
38	T. Kato Centre-back	Imabari	30	6	20
39	R. Omori Centre-back	Imabari	23	6445.5%	3715.6%
40	Y. Hakamata Centre-back	Roasso Kumamoto	30	625.5%	1938.5%
41	K. Muramatsu Centre-back	Blaublitz Akita	28	6	26
42	W. Iwashita Centre-back	Roasso Kumamoto	27	6480%	2925.5%
43	K. Matsuda Centre-back	Renofa Yamaguchi	26	656.8%	3223.5%
44	Y. Ishida Centre-back	Iwaki	23	6	38
45	Sena Igarashi Centre-back	Iwaki	24	6	37
46	M. Kamekawa Centre-back	Renofa Yamaguchi	33	573.1%	1053.9%
47	R. Endo Centre-back	Iwaki	28	514%	2731.1%
48	T. Hasegawa Centre-back	Blaublitz Akita	27	4740%	2728.5%
49	R. Umeki Centre-back	Imabari	20	4	38
50	T. Itakura Centre-back	Renofa Yamaguchi	28	4	24