Most in-form centre-forwards in J2 League

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

At a glance

K. Fujii of Omiya Ardija is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in J2 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 38.7, and R. Shiohama has been the form player this season, grading 19.3, and Marcus Índio leads the scoring with 7 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Lucas Barcelos has improved his Season rating most, up +6 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Fujii of Omiya Ardija is the most valuable name in this group at 7.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	R. Shiohama Centre-forward	Roasso Kumamoto	26	19	34
2	Marcus Índio Centre-forward	Imabari	28	19	28
3	A. Watanabe Centre-forward	Mito Hollyhock	30	175%	2253.4%
4	D. Ishikawa Centre-forward	JEF United Chiba	30	16	22
5	K. Fujii Centre-forward	Omiya Ardija	24	13	39
6	Matheus Peixoto Centre-forward	Jubilo Iwata	30	1256.7%	2143%
7	K. Arima Centre-forward	Oita Trinita	25	11	36
8	Lucas Barcelos Centre-forward	Tokushima Vortis	28	10136.4%	3118.4%
9	Wesley da Silva Centre-forward	Imabari	30	108.5%	2047.5%
10	T. Suenaga Centre-forward	Renofa Yamaguchi	20	10	38
11	A. Disaro Centre-forward	Montedio Yamagata	30	10	1928.6%
12	K. Miyazaki Centre-forward	Vegalta Sendai	26	9	34
13	Mário Sérgio Centre-forward	Consadole Sapporo	30	9	19
14	F. González Centre-forward	Omiya Ardija	33	950.8%	1063.9%
15	K. Tanaka Centre-forward	JEF United Chiba	26	9	3513.4%
16	M. Handai Centre-forward	Roasso Kumamoto	24	8	36
17	Y. Kajiya Centre-forward	Blaublitz Akita	26	8	32
18	K. Sugimoto Centre-forward	Omiya Ardija	33	894.9%	1155.8%
19	R. Matsuda Centre-forward	Kataller Toyama	34	730.9%	863.8%
20	O. Yamamoto Centre-forward	Renofa Yamaguchi	22	7	3615.2%
21	J. Miyazaki Centre-forward	Ventforet Kofu	26	5	31
22	R. Arita Centre-forward	Renofa Yamaguchi	26	5	30
23	S. Araki Centre-forward	Vegalta Sendai	26	547.7%	3233.5%
24	Cheikh Diamanka Centre-forward	Fujieda MYFC	25	5	34
25	S. Utsumoto Centre-forward	Oita Trinita	26	5	31
26	Y. Taguchi Centre-forward	Ehime FC	25	4	33
27	Y. Toyokawa Centre-forward	Omiya Ardija	31	471.1%	1646.9%
28	N. Kumata Centre-forward	Iwaki	21	416%	387.1%
29	K. Noyori Centre-forward	Renofa Yamaguchi	26	4	30
30	S. Sakai Centre-forward	Kataller Toyama	30	0	18
31	D. Watari Centre-forward	Tokushima Vortis	33	0100%	1060.7%
32	K. Mitsuhira Centre-forward	Ventforet Kofu	38	0100%	477.7%