Most In-Form players in J2 League 2026

The most in-form players in J2 League in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

Most in-form goalkeepers in J2 League Most in-form defenders in J2 League Most in-form midfielders in J2 League Most in-form attackers in J2 League Best players in J2 League Top-scoring players in J2 League

At a glance

H. Tanaka of Tokushima Vortis is the standout for raw talent across players in J2 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 55.7, and S. Onishi has been the form player this season, grading 45.4, and K. Hashimoto leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Onose has improved his Season rating most, up +21.4 on last season, while J. Okumura's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +2.2 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Nagata of Vanraure Hachinohe is the most valuable name in this group at 12.2.

Albirex Niigata · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

K. Onose+21.4SsN

Shonan Bellmare · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	S. Onishi Goalkeeper	Vanraure Hachinohe	36	45	9
2	K. Minoda Centre-back	Shonan Bellmare	27	44	2832.6%
3	T. Shirai Full-back	Vanraure Hachinohe	29	39	19
4	K. Onose Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	33	36151.8%	194.4%
5	K. Yamada Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	27	3393.5%	4116.3%
6	M. Ito Centre-back	Yokohama FC	33	32192.6%	1714.8%
7	K. Shimbo Full-back	Yokohama FC	24	31	50
8	A. Fukumori Full-back	Consadole Sapporo	33	2973.4%	1738.1%
9	S. Fujiwara Full-back	Albirex Niigata	30	2936.9%	3126.6%
10	H. Yukie Centre-back	Vanraure Hachinohe	30	29	16
11	Y. Suzuki Centre-back	Shonan Bellmare	32	2926.6%	2426.9%
12	K. Yamazaki Centre-back	Jubilo Iwata	30	2912%	3310.7%
13	P. Tanaka Centre-forward	Tochigi City	32	28	13
14	T. Inui Central midfielder	Jubilo Iwata	38	2641.8%	1413.3%
15	J. Okumura Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	25	25207.5%	474.9%
16	H. Tanaka Goalkeeper	Tokushima Vortis	27	24	32
17	Y. Sato Centre-back	Tochigi City	28	24	22
18	K. Nagata Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	26	24	27
19	A. Sato Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	28	24	22
20	A. Ichikawa Goalkeeper	Yokohama FC	27	23703.4%	401.2%
21	D. Kato Centre-back	Jubilo Iwata	27	23	26
22	M. Nakajima Centre-forward	Vegalta Sendai	27	23268.9%	445.6%
23	S. Otoizumi Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	30	23	17
24	K. Okumura Attacking midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	28	22	22
25	P. Aizawa Goalkeeper	Tochigi City	25	22	29
26	K. Hashimoto Centre-forward	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	27	21	24
27	H. Suzuki Centre-back	Tochigi City	26	21	26
28	R. Sawakami Centre-forward	Vanraure Hachinohe	32	20	13
29	K. Nishiya Attacking midfielder	Tochigi City	32	203.4%	1659%
30	D. Inazumi Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	29	20	20
31	Lukian Centre-forward	Yokohama FC	34	1949.5%	1631.9%
32	T. Arai Defensive midfielder	Albirex Niigata	29	19	29
33	R. Shiohama Centre-forward	Sagan Tosu	26	19	38
34	Marcus Índio Centre-forward	Imabari	28	19	28
35	H. Tanaka Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	22	196166.7%	5630.8%
36	M. Hiraoka Centre-forward	Tochigi City	31	18	14
37	R. Tosa Attacking midfielder	Tochigi City	26	18	27
38	N. Yamada Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	23	18	40
39	E. Shirai Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	30	1825.5%	2632.6%
40	T. Takahashi Centre-forward	Sagan Tosu	28	17	3912%
41	Y. Matsumoto Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	26	17	26
42	M. Jonjić Centre-back	Tochigi City	35	1718.9%	857%
43	H. Ogura Defensive midfielder	Yokohama FC	25	16	44
44	M. Fitzgerald Centre-back	Albirex Niigata	37	1636.6%	1331.6%
45	Y. Horigome Centre-back	Consadole Sapporo	31	1628.8%	2224.4%
46	A. Hayashi Goalkeeper	Vegalta Sendai	39	1554.4%	669.2%
47	K. Kawata Goalkeeper	Ventforet Kofu	38	15	6
48	S. Ota Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	30	15101.3%	2520.2%
49	K. Sasaki Centre-forward	Vanraure Hachinohe	27	15	24
50	R. Inoue Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	25	15	29