Most In-Form centre-forwards in J1 League 2027

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

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At a glance

A. Suzuki of Sanfrecce Hiroshima is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 59.7, and N. Vallys leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Nagakura has improved his Season rating most, up +25.5 on last season, while A. Suzuki's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +5.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, A. Suzuki of Sanfrecce Hiroshima is the most valuable name in this group at 22.4.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima · 24/25→25/26

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M. Nagakura+25.5SsN

FC Tokyo · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	A. Suzuki Centre-forward	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	23	4923.4%	608.7%
2	M. Nagakura Centre-forward	FC Tokyo	27	47154.1%	4311.1%
3	N. Vallys Centre-forward	FC Tokyo	30	4474.1%	345.4%
4	K. Tanimura Centre-forward	Yokohama F. Marinos	28	37104.4%	34±0%
5	Rafael Elias Centre-forward	Kyoto Sanga	27	3730.2%	47±0%
6	Y. Koizumi Centre-forward	Kashiwa Reysol	30	3112.9%	4112.5%
7	Y. Soma Centre-forward	Machida Zelvia	29	3028.6%	391%
8	Marcelo Ryan Centre-forward	FC Tokyo	24	307.6%	51±0%
9	S. Aihara Centre-forward	Mito Hollyhock	30	29	1559.2%
10	Anderson Lopes Centre-forward	Vissel Kobe	33	2268.6%	2628%
11	Y. Kimura Centre-forward	Nagoya Grampus	25	2045.9%	470.6%
12	S. Sakuragawa Centre-forward	Cerezo Osaka	25	1910.2%	504.6%
13	K. Nagato Centre-forward	Vissel Kobe	31	1950.8%	29±0%
14	T. Yengi Centre-forward	Machida Zelvia	23	18115.9%	4819.6%
15	Y. Yamagishi Centre-forward	Nagoya Grampus	33	1432.7%	2026.5%
16	H. Iwabuchi Centre-forward	Fagiano Okayama	29	14	33
17	M. Mitsuta Centre-forward	Kashiwa Reysol	27	1244.2%	4416.1%
18	K. Taniguchi Centre-forward	Mito Hollyhock	31	123.3%	232.7%
19	Na Sang-Ho Centre-forward	Fagiano Okayama	30	962.8%	273.9%
20	K. Uchino Centre-forward	Mito Hollyhock	22	9	363.5%
21	N. Kumata Centre-forward	FC Tokyo	22	868%	403.2%
22	M. Hasegawa Centre-forward	V-varen Nagasaki	27	878%	4011.6%
23	I. Someno Centre-forward	Tokyo Verdy	25	872.1%	512.8%
24	R. Izumi Centre-forward	Nagoya Grampus	32	761.1%	25±0%
25	D. Ishikawa Centre-forward	JEF United Chiba	30	757.1%	22±0%
26	A. Esaka Centre-forward	Fagiano Okayama	34	0100%	20±0%