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 77.3, and K. Hashimoto leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Ito has improved his Season rating most, up +29.2 on last season, while T. Inui's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +1.6 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.

Jubilo Iwata · 22/23→25/26

Most improved

M. Ito+29.2SsN

Yokohama FC · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	S. Onishi Goalkeeper	Vanraure Hachinohe	36	77	9
2	T. Shirai Full-back	Vanraure Hachinohe	29	66	19
3	H. Yukie Centre-back	Vanraure Hachinohe	30	57	16
4	P. Tanaka Centre-forward	Tochigi City	33	53	13
5	K. Yamazaki Centre-back	Jubilo Iwata	30	4988%	3310.7%
6	K. Nagata Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	26	45	27
7	A. Sato Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	29	45	22
8	K. Okumura Attacking midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	28	44	22
9	K. Hashimoto Centre-forward	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	28	43	24
10	A. Fukumori Full-back	Consadole Sapporo	33	43152.7%	1738.1%
11	T. Yamamoto Goalkeeper	Imabari	25	42	28
12	Y. Sato Centre-back	Tochigi City	28	41	22
13	H. Tanaka Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	22	4013366.7%	5630.8%
14	M. Ito Centre-back	Yokohama FC	34	40270.4%	1714.8%
15	D. Inazumi Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	29	40	20
16	K. Onose Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	33	39179.4%	194.4%
17	K. Mori Centre-forward	Imabari	29	39	19
18	S. Otoizumi Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	30	39	17
19	R. Shiohama Centre-forward	Sagan Tosu	26	39	38
20	Marcus Índio Centre-forward	Imabari	28	38	28
21	N. Yamada Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	23	37	40
22	M. Jonjić Centre-back	Tochigi City	35	3777.2%	857%
23	M. Hiraoka Centre-forward	Tochigi City	31	37	14
24	K. Murakoshi Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	25	36	27
25	T. Takahashi Centre-forward	Sagan Tosu	28	36	3912%
26	R. Sawakami Centre-forward	Vanraure Hachinohe	33	36	13
27	K. Yamada Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	27	36114.3%	4116.3%
28	H. Suzuki Centre-back	Tochigi City	26	35	26
29	M. Kudo Defensive midfielder	Vegalta Sendai	25	35	25
30	K. Nishiya Attacking midfielder	Tochigi City	33	3466.3%	1659%
31	D. Kato Centre-back	Jubilo Iwata	28	34	26
32	K. Shimbo Full-back	Yokohama FC	24	32	50
33	K. Yamakoshi Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	33	32668.3%	1234.1%
34	Y. Okaniwa Central midfielder	Tochigi City	31	31	13
35	Mahiro Ano Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	23	31	29
36	A. Ichikawa Goalkeeper	Yokohama FC	28	31965.5%	401.2%
37	K. Kawata Goalkeeper	Ventforet Kofu	39	31	6
38	A. Hayashi Goalkeeper	Vegalta Sendai	39	318.9%	669.2%
39	T. Kasahara Goalkeeper	Omiya Ardija	37	31	6
40	R. Okui Centre-back	Tochigi City	36	31186.9%	766%
41	Y. Matsumoto Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	26	30	26
42	R. Inoue Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	25	30	29
43	E. Shirai Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	31	3025.5%	2632.6%
44	T. Arai Defensive midfielder	Albirex Niigata	29	29	29
45	Y. Suzuki Centre-back	Shonan Bellmare	32	2827.9%	2426.9%
46	T. Inui Central midfielder	Jubilo Iwata	38	2851.6%	1413.3%
47	K. Sasaki Centre-forward	Vanraure Hachinohe	28	28	24
48	S. Nakano Centre-forward	Vanraure Hachinohe	31	27	14
49	H. Aoki Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	25	27	36
50	K. Fujii Centre-forward	Omiya Ardija	25	27	39