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Most In-Form defensive midfielders This Season in J1 League

The most in-form defensive midfielders in J1 League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

N. Nakagawa of Kashiwa Reysol is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 54.8, and S. Inagaki has been the form player this season, grading 68.2.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Kubo has improved his Season rating most, up +31.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Kubo of Kashiwa Reysol is the most valuable name in this group at 22.3.

Best talent
N. Nakagawa54.8RTG
Kashiwa Reysol
In form
S. Inagaki68.2SsN
Nagoya Grampus
Rising potential
T. Kubo+3.8RTG
Kashiwa Reysol · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
T. Kubo+31.9SsN
Kashiwa Reysol · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
S. Inagaki11goals
Nagoya Grampus
Most valuable
T. Kubo22.3val
Kashiwa Reysol
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PlayerTeam
1S. InagakiDefensive midfielderNagoya Grampus346827.5%2315.8%
2T. KuboDefensive midfielderKashiwa Reysol2749188.8%498.3%
3Y. YamamotoDefensive midfielderKawasaki Frontale2847201.9%422.2%
4T. MikiDefensive midfielderAvispa Fukuoka28404.5%4019.4%
5S. KawaharaDefensive midfielderKawasaki Frontale2836112.4%4011.2%
6K. HayashiDefensive midfielderMachida Zelvia253536.8%544.6%
7N. LaviDefensive midfielderGamba Osaka2934421.2%347.4%
8S. TanakaDefensive midfielderCerezo Osaka293421.4%3623%
9E. MiyamotoDefensive midfielderFagiano Okayama283257.3%4012.3%
10Y. YamadaDefensive midfielderKashiwa Reysol263259.2%462.7%
11H. MaeDefensive midfielderMachida Zelvia31313.4%2920.7%
12R. IzumiDefensive midfielderNagoya Grampus323113.3%2612.9%
13S. TanakaDefensive midfielderSanfrecce Hiroshima233141.4%544.9%
14T. MorishimaDefensive midfielderNagoya Grampus293114.3%3428.1%
15N. NakagawaDefensive midfielderKashiwa Reysol243055
16K. OkunoDefensive midfielderShonan Bellmare2629320%420.9%
17Y. NakayamaDefensive midfielderMachida Zelvia2929317.1%363.2%
18S. HigashiDefensive midfielderSanfrecce Hiroshima262736.9%4917.8%
19S. NakanoDefensive midfielderSanfrecce Hiroshima262732.6%5019.5%
20DiegoDefensive midfielderKashiwa Reysol30271.1%2926.5%
21N. AraiDefensive midfielderSanfrecce Hiroshima292639.9%3426.2%
22T. KidaDefensive midfielderYokohama F. Marinos312548.5%2524.9%
23K. HashimotoDefensive midfielderFC Tokyo3225850%2216%
24K. WatanabeDefensive midfielderYokohama F. Marinos27210.5%3921.1%
25R. YamaneDefensive midfielderYokohama F. Marinos222176%501%
26H. ShimodaDefensive midfielderMachida Zelvia342120%1626.1%
27S. AbeDefensive midfielderGamba Osaka282146%3518.4%
28K. FujimotoDefensive midfielderAvispa Fukuoka28205.2%3721.8%
29R. HirakawaDefensive midfielderTokyo Verdy261943.2%451.8%
30H. KidaDefensive midfielderCerezo Osaka2618315.9%431.2%
31K. TachibanadaDefensive midfielderKawasaki Frontale281855.9%3430.5%
32S. MoriDefensive midfielderNagoya Grampus191852
33T. KishimotoDefensive midfielderGamba Osaka291817.2%2923.7%
34K. KumasakaDefensive midfielderKashiwa Reysol2518525%5023%
35K. TaniguchiDefensive midfielderAlbirex Niigata301751%2630.1%
36H. OguraDefensive midfielderYokohama FC251644
37S. TokumotoDefensive midfielderNagoya Grampus30159.4%2722.9%
38Y. HashimotoDefensive midfielderAvispa Fukuoka241548
39R. MitoDefensive midfielderGamba Osaka2415368.8%460.9%
40Y. NogamiDefensive midfielderNagoya Grampus351521.7%1418.8%
41K. AziangbeDefensive midfielderYokohama F. Marinos22141477.8%476.3%
42T. SuzukiDefensive midfielderGamba Osaka291455.9%3330.1%
43A. KawazuraDefensive midfielderNagoya Grampus321351.8%1839.7%
44D. SugaDefensive midfielderSanfrecce Hiroshima271331.4%4018.4%
45H. OkunoDefensive midfielderShonan Bellmare361152.7%1138.3%
46M. YuzawaDefensive midfielderAvispa Fukuoka321039.4%1730.5%
47G. ShibasakiDefensive midfielderKashima34853.1%1243.1%
48A. BaradaDefensive midfielderShonan Bellmare35641.3%1123.7%
49R. ShirasakiDefensive midfielderMachida Zelvia33566.2%1245.5%