Most in-form centre-forwards in J1 League

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

At a glance

A. Suzuki of Shonan Bellmare is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 55.8, and Rafael Ratão has been the form player this season, grading 57.3, and Léo Ceará leads the scoring with 21 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Rafael Ratão has improved his Season rating most, up +49.2 on last season, while A. Boudah's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Rafael Elias of Kyoto Sanga is the most valuable name in this group at 21.6.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	Rafael Ratão Centre-forward	Cerezo Osaka	30	57607.4%	3420.3%
2	Léo Ceará Centre-forward	Kashima	31	575.5%	3124%
3	Rafael Elias Centre-forward	Kyoto Sanga	27	5377.5%	471%
4	Y. Suzuki Centre-forward	Kashima	30	4324.7%	3817.1%
5	Erison Centre-forward	Kawasaki Frontale	27	4058.5%	4411.7%
6	A. Suzuki Centre-forward	Shonan Bellmare	22	4019.5%	563.3%
7	A. Esaka Centre-forward	Fagiano Okayama	34	3485.9%	201%
8	K. Sato Centre-forward	FC Tokyo	25	34	52
9	M. Hosoya Centre-forward	Kashiwa Reysol	24	3313.6%	540.7%
10	K. Kitagawa Centre-forward	Shimizu S-pulse	29	33665.1%	356.4%
11	Y. Osako Centre-forward	Vissel Kobe	36	3236.3%	1720.9%
12	Y. Kakita Centre-forward	Kashiwa Reysol	29	32734.2%	3711.3%
13	K. Kinoshita Centre-forward	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	31	31±0%	2523.8%
14	I. Jebali Centre-forward	Gamba Osaka	34	30232.2%	1413.3%
15	D. Hümmet Centre-forward	Gamba Osaka	29	2839.7%	331.5%
16	Marcelo Ryan Centre-forward	FC Tokyo	24	2835.2%	513.9%
17	I. Someno Centre-forward	Tokyo Verdy	24	2712.1%	5111.3%
18	Moraes Centre-forward	Albirex Niigata	26	25	42
19	D. Tono Centre-forward	Yokohama F. Marinos	27	2452.6%	4017.3%
20	S. Sakuragawa Centre-forward	Yokohama FC	24	22	49
21	Lukian Centre-forward	Yokohama FC	34	1949.5%	1631.9%
22	Anderson Lopes Centre-forward	Yokohama F. Marinos	32	1972.5%	2434.3%
23	K. Tanimura Centre-forward	Yokohama F. Marinos	28	18	34
24	T. Takahashi Centre-forward	Shimizu S-pulse	28	18	342.6%
25	K. Ichimi Centre-forward	Fagiano Okayama	28	17	356%
26	Thiago Santana Centre-forward	Urawa	33	1660.5%	1546.5%
27	S. Nagasawa Centre-forward	Kyoto Sanga	37	153.7%	767.3%
28	S. Fujio Centre-forward	Machida Zelvia	25	1457.4%	4913.5%
29	Y. Kimura Centre-forward	Tokyo Verdy	25	1463.1%	4717.8%
30	K. Tagawa Centre-forward	Kashima	27	12	392.5%
31	V. Germain Centre-forward	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	36	1237.2%	1154%
32	Oh Se-Hun Centre-forward	Machida Zelvia	27	1263.1%	4025%
33	H. Iwabuchi Centre-forward	Fagiano Okayama	28	11	33
34	M. Suzuki Centre-forward	Yokohama FC	32	1157.4%	1840.9%
35	Wellington Tanque Centre-forward	Avispa Fukuoka	38	1131.8%	753.7%
36	T. Nakagawa Centre-forward	FC Tokyo	33	1066.8%	1636.4%
37	R. Nitta Centre-forward	Shonan Bellmare	23	8148.5%	445.2%
38	A. Boudah Centre-forward	Albirex Niigata	26	874.5%	4118.7%
39	K. Muroi Centre-forward	Yokohama FC	26	7	38
40	Y. Oda Centre-forward	Shonan Bellmare	24	561.3%	423.2%
41	K. Junker Centre-forward	Nagoya Grampus	32	468.3%	1537.9%
42	Y. Ono Centre-forward	Albirex Niigata	33	475.2%	1147.4%
43	O. Iyoha Centre-forward	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	28	0	3516.6%