Most In-Form defenders This Season in J3 League

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

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At a glance

H. Iwasaki of Tochigi SC is the standout for raw talent across defenders in J3 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 28.7, and T. Shirai has been the form player this season, grading 38.9, and G. Egawa leads the scoring with 6 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Y. Hasegawa has improved his Season rating most, up +9.1 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.

Kamatamare Sanuki · 22/23→25/26

Most improved

Y. Hasegawa+9.1SsN

Parceiro Nagano · 21/22→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	T. Shirai Full-back	Vanraure Hachinohe	29	39	19
2	K. Minoda Centre-back	Vanraure Hachinohe	26	37	2736%
3	H. Yukie Centre-back	Vanraure Hachinohe	30	29	16
4	R. Kawakami Centre-back	Osaka	31	24	14
5	Y. Sato Centre-back	Tochigi City	28	24	22
6	T. Akiyama Centre-back	Osaka	31	23	14
7	H. Omori Centre-back	Tochigi SC	23	23	29
8	H. Iwasaki Centre-back	Tochigi SC	23	21	29
9	D. Kato Centre-back	Sagamihara	27	21	22
10	Yoshitaka Aoki Full-back	Kagoshima United	27	21	24
11	H. Suzuki Centre-back	Tochigi City	26	21	26
12	K. Yamawaki Full-back	Kitakyushu	25	18	29
13	Y. Tsujioka Centre-back	Kitakyushu	24	18	28
14	M. Jonjić Centre-back	Tochigi City	35	1718.9%	857%
15	Y. Matsumoto Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	26	17	26
16	W. Hiramatsu Full-back	Tochigi SC	26	17	24
17	Y. Hasegawa Full-back	Parceiro Nagano	29	16124.7%	1760.8%
18	S. Tachino Full-back	Osaka	33	16	9
19	S. Nikaido Centre-back	Gainare Tottori	25	16	26
20	K. Tomita Centre-back	Parceiro Nagano	30	15	15
21	K. Sugiyama Centre-back	Kitakyushu	28	15	20
22	M. Tokida Centre-back	Sagamihara	28	15	19
23	H. Sugii Full-back	Kagoshima United	26	15	27
24	Y. Takahashi Centre-back	Thespakusatsu Gunma	27	14	22
25	T. Nonomura Centre-back	Matsumoto Yamaga	28	14	18
26	K. Kuroki Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	27	14	23
27	R. Okui Centre-back	Tochigi City	36	1430.8%	766%
28	S. Kozuki Full-back	Kochi United	26	13	25
29	S. Suzuki Full-back	Kochi United	25	13	27
30	Soichiro Tsutsumi Full-back	Osaka	24	13	28
31	K. Chibu Centre-back	Kagoshima United	31	13	13
32	H. Nukui Centre-back	Gainare Tottori	29	13	18
33	D. Ogawa Centre-back	Matsumoto Yamaga	34	124033.3%	742.1%
34	G. Egawa Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	26	12	26
35	K. Inoue Centre-back	Azul Claro Numazu	25	12	24
36	H. Sugita Centre-back	Matsumoto Yamaga	22	12	26
37	S. Mihara Centre-back	Azul Claro Numazu	25	12	25
38	D. Matsumoto Centre-back	Kanazawa	27	12265.6%	2349.8%
39	M. Kaneura Centre-back	Gainare Tottori	26	12	23
40	Y. Shimokawa Full-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	30	12	16
41	S. Kikuchi Centre-back	FC Ryukyu	22	11	28
42	R. Ohata Centre-back	Thespakusatsu Gunma	28	11	19
43	K. Kai Centre-back	FC Gifu	31	11	14
44	N. Yamamoto Centre-back	Kanazawa	31	1134.7%	1464%
45	K. Konomi Centre-back	Kitakyushu	19	11	28
46	Y. Tsukegi Centre-back	Kamatamare Sanuki	31	11	14
47	K. Ikoma Full-back	Nara Club	28	11	20
48	S. Maruyama Centre-back	Gainare Tottori	27	11	22
49	T. Shinozaki Centre-back	Azul Claro Numazu	28	11	18
50	S. Nagano Centre-back	Gainare Tottori	20	10	27