Most in-form full-backs in J1 League

The most in-form full-backs in J1 League, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

R. Handa of Gamba Osaka is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 56.5, and W. Harada has been the form player this season, grading 52.4, and Y. Sato leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Koike has improved his Season rating most, up +34 on last season, while R. Handa's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +3.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Handa of Gamba Osaka is the most valuable name in this group at 42.9.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	W. Harada Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	29	52110.4%	380.8%
2	S. Sasaki Full-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	36	5124%	220.5%
3	T. Shirai Full-back	Vanraure Hachinohe	29	46	35
4	R. Handa Full-back	Gamba Osaka	24	4666.1%	577%
5	G. Sakai Full-back	Vissel Kobe	35	439.6%	1810.7%
6	I. Drešević Full-back	Machida Zelvia	29	4317.2%	3523.2%
7	T. Shiotani Full-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	37	437.5%	1529%
8	R. Koike Full-back	Kashima	30	38790.7%	335.4%
9	K. Nagato Full-back	Vissel Kobe	31	38151.7%	2911.6%
10	H. Ishihara Full-back	Urawa	27	3749.8%	4411.4%
11	H. Mochizuki Full-back	Machida Zelvia	24	3611.9%	532.6%
12	Y. Maejima Full-back	Avispa Fukuoka	28	3312.2%	3617.5%
13	K. Nono Full-back	Kashima	24	3219.8%	5311.8%
14	H. Sugai Full-back	Kyoto Sanga	27	32767.6%	4713.1%
15	A. Fukumori Full-back	Yokohama FC	33	3185.8%	1738.1%
16	K. Shimbo Full-back	Yokohama FC	23	31	51
17	K. Anzai Full-back	Kashima	31	3125.5%	2732.6%
18	A. Sasaki Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	26	3132.5%	508.6%
19	K. Kurokawa Full-back	Gamba Osaka	29	3019.3%	3723%
20	S. Fujiwara Full-back	Albirex Niigata	30	2935.4%	3126.6%
21	Y. Suzuki Full-back	Shonan Bellmare	32	2927.6%	2426.9%
22	K. Sato Full-back	Kyoto Sanga	26	2914.9%	473.1%
23	S. Takagi Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	24	27	51
24	H. Mitsumaru Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	33	26528.6%	158.3%
25	T. Ogiwara Full-back	Urawa	26	2620.2%	4413.5%
26	Y. Sato Full-back	Nagoya Grampus	27	2575.5%	424.3%
27	R. Kato Full-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	26	24101.7%	447.2%
28	Yoshitaka Aoki Full-back	Kagoshima United	27	24	43
29	T. Sekine Full-back	Urawa	31	230.9%	2425.1%
30	T. Nara Full-back	Avispa Fukuoka	32	2235.8%	1920.5%
31	R. Yamahara Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	27	2218.5%	4322%
32	K. Yamawaki Full-back	Kitakyushu	25	21	51
33	Y. Honda Full-back	Vissel Kobe	35	2112.8%	1411.5%
34	S. Miura Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	25	2184.1%	520.6%
35	Y. Nagatomo Full-back	FC Tokyo	39	2131%	1014.9%
36	S. Fukuda Full-back	Kyoto Sanga	25	2138.7%	535.2%
37	D. Sugioka Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	27	201.5%	4020.8%
38	S. van Wermeskerken Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	32	2013.1%	2415.2%
39	W. Hiramatsu Full-back	Tochigi SC	26	20	43
40	Y. Hasegawa Full-back	Parceiro Nagano	29	19132.5%	3030.1%
41	S. Tachino Full-back	Osaka	33	18	16
42	R. Ogawa Full-back	Kashima	29	1828.3%	3136.1%
43	Y. Horigome Full-back	Albirex Niigata	31	1737.6%	2224.4%
44	H. Sugii Full-back	Kagoshima United	26	17	48
45	T. Hara Full-back	Nagoya Grampus	27	1725.6%	4211.4%
46	S. Muroya Full-back	FC Tokyo	32	1752.6%	1946.4%
47	K. Hashimoto Full-back	Albirex Niigata	26	17286%	417%
48	K. Tsukui Full-back	Kashima	22	161372.7%	5113.1%
49	H. Okuda Full-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	1610.5%	502.7%
50	Y. Yoshida Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	36	1630.1%	1227.2%