Most in-form centre-backs in J3 League

The most in-form centre-backs in J3 League, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

H. Iwasaki of Tochigi SC is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in J3 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 28.7, and K. Minoda has been the form player this season, grading 37.4, and G. Egawa leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Suzuki has improved his Season rating most, up +3.7 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Minoda of Vanraure Hachinohe is the most valuable name in this group at 3.8.

Tochigi City · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

D. Suzuki+3.7SsN

Nara Club · 21/22→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	K. Minoda Centre-back	Vanraure Hachinohe	26	37	2736%
2	H. Yukie Centre-back	Vanraure Hachinohe	30	29	16
3	R. Kawakami Centre-back	Osaka	31	24	14
4	Y. Sato Centre-back	Tochigi City	28	24	22
5	T. Akiyama Centre-back	Osaka	31	23	14
6	H. Omori Centre-back	Tochigi SC	23	23	29
7	H. Iwasaki Centre-back	Tochigi SC	23	21	29
8	D. Kato Centre-back	Sagamihara	27	21	22
9	H. Suzuki Centre-back	Tochigi City	26	21	26
10	Y. Tsujioka Centre-back	Kitakyushu	24	18	28
11	Y. Matsumoto Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	26	17	26
12	M. Jonjić Centre-back	Tochigi City	35	1718.9%	857%
13	S. Nikaido Centre-back	Gainare Tottori	25	16	26
14	K. Tomita Centre-back	Parceiro Nagano	30	15	15
15	K. Sugiyama Centre-back	Kitakyushu	28	15	20
16	M. Tokida Centre-back	Sagamihara	28	15	19
17	Y. Takahashi Centre-back	Thespakusatsu Gunma	27	14	22
18	T. Nonomura Centre-back	Matsumoto Yamaga	28	14	18
19	K. Kuroki Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	27	14	23
20	R. Okui Centre-back	Tochigi City	36	1430.8%	766%
21	K. Chibu Centre-back	Kagoshima United	31	13	13
22	H. Nukui Centre-back	Gainare Tottori	29	13	18
23	D. Ogawa Centre-back	Matsumoto Yamaga	34	124033.3%	742.1%
24	K. Inoue Centre-back	Azul Claro Numazu	25	12	24
25	G. Egawa Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	26	12	26
26	H. Sugita Centre-back	Matsumoto Yamaga	22	12	26
27	S. Mihara Centre-back	Azul Claro Numazu	25	12	25
28	D. Matsumoto Centre-back	Kanazawa	27	12265.6%	2349.8%
29	M. Kaneura Centre-back	Gainare Tottori	26	12	23
30	S. Kikuchi Centre-back	FC Ryukyu	22	11	28
31	R. Ohata Centre-back	Thespakusatsu Gunma	28	11	19
32	K. Kai Centre-back	FC Gifu	31	11	14
33	N. Yamamoto Centre-back	Kanazawa	30	1134.7%	1658.5%
34	K. Konomi Centre-back	Kitakyushu	19	11	28
35	Y. Tsukegi Centre-back	Kamatamare Sanuki	31	11	14
36	S. Maruyama Centre-back	Gainare Tottori	27	11	22
37	T. Shinozaki Centre-back	Azul Claro Numazu	28	11	18
38	S. Nagano Centre-back	Gainare Tottori	20	10	27
39	R. Nozawa Centre-back	FC Gifu	27	10	22
40	D. Fukagawa Centre-back	Kochi United	27	10	20
41	N. Suzu Centre-back	Fukushima United	26	10	24
42	S. Nose Centre-back	Thespakusatsu Gunma	23	9	25
43	Y. Ono Centre-back	Parceiro Nagano	29	9	15
44	J. Suzuki Centre-back	FC Ryukyu	30	9	15
45	T. Inui Centre-back	Tochigi City	30	9	14
46	J. Ninomiya Centre-back	Matsumoto Yamaga	22	9	26
47	G. Matsumura Centre-back	Matsumoto Yamaga	24	9	24
48	M. Yamada Centre-back	Fukushima United	31	8	13
49	H. Fujiharu Centre-back	FC Ryukyu	37	82666.7%	617.6%
50	Y. Okuda Centre-back	Nara Club	29	8	16