Most In-Form midfielders This Season in J1 League

The most in-form 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 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, and T. Ito leads the scoring with 13 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Ito has improved his Season rating most, up +39.6 on last season, while Y. Matsumura's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +7.3 over the same span. 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.

Kashima · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	S. Inagaki Defensive midfielder	Nagoya Grampus	34	6827.5%	2315.8%
2	Lucas Fernandes Winger	Cerezo Osaka	32	5050.2%	2621.6%
3	T. Kubo Defensive midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	27	49188.8%	498.3%
4	Y. Yamamoto Defensive midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	28	47201.9%	422.2%
5	T. Ohgihara Central midfielder	Vissel Kobe	34	4520.5%	2025.8%
6	T. Ito Attacking midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	29	431237.5%	3710.3%
7	T. Ko Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	28	434.9%	4116.1%
8	Y. Wakizaka Attacking midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	31	4019.9%	3218.4%
9	T. Miki Defensive midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	28	404.5%	4019.4%
10	S. Kawahara Defensive midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	28	36112.4%	4011.2%
11	H. Mochizuki Full-back	Machida Zelvia	24	3611.9%	532.6%
12	T. Koyamatsu Attacking midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	31	35217.4%	30±0%
13	N. Lavi Defensive midfielder	Gamba Osaka	29	34421.2%	347.4%
14	Y. Ideguchi Central midfielder	Vissel Kobe	29	3480.5%	3614.8%
15	Matheus Bueno Central midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	28	34313.4%	4120.1%
16	Y. Arai Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	23	344685.7%	5216.7%
17	S. Tanaka Defensive midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	29	3421.4%	3623%
18	A. Uenaka Attacking midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos	24	3394.7%	545.7%
19	K. Yamada Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	27	3393.5%	4116.3%
20	K. Yasui Central midfielder	Urawa	26	3334.3%	50±0%
21	D. Sasaki Winger	Vissel Kobe	26	3327%	508.7%
22	E. Miyamoto Defensive midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	28	3257.3%	4012.3%
23	K. Saito Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	29	325.6%	3423.9%
24	Matheus Sávio Attacking midfielder	Urawa	29	3219.1%	3919.4%
25	Y. Yamada Defensive midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	26	3259.2%	462.7%
26	E. Shirai Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	30	3234.5%	3119.2%
27	H. Mae Defensive midfielder	Machida Zelvia	31	313.4%	2920.7%
28	Samuel Gustafson Central midfielder	Urawa	31	313.4%	2815%
29	S. Tanaka Defensive midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	23	3141.4%	544.9%
30	K. Chinen Central midfielder	Kashima	31	3138.5%	2532.2%
31	T. Morishima Defensive midfielder	Nagoya Grampus	29	3114.3%	3428.1%
32	N. Nakagawa Defensive midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	24	30	55
33	R. Watanabe Attacking midfielder	Urawa	29	3035.5%	3625%
34	R. Tabei Central midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	27	29	40
35	K. Okuno Defensive midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	26	29320%	420.9%
36	Marcinho Attacking midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	31	2914.3%	3017.5%
37	Y. Nakayama Defensive midfielder	Machida Zelvia	29	29317.1%	363.2%
38	K. Morita Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	25	2914.1%	499.1%
39	D. Matsuoka Central midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	25	298.9%	531.3%
40	T. Hirato Central midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	29	2825.9%	378.4%
41	T. Inui Central midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	38	2851.6%	1413.3%
42	S. Higashi Defensive midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	26	2736.9%	4917.8%
43	S. Nakano Defensive midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	26	2732.6%	5019.5%
44	R. Yamashita Attacking midfielder	Gamba Osaka	28	2778.4%	3912.9%
45	T. Kaneko Central midfielder	Urawa	29	27133.9%	366.8%
46	S. Anzai Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	23	267.7%	518.5%
47	K. Shiihashi Central midfielder	Nagoya Grampus	29	266.6%	3224.6%
48	K. Matsuzaki Attacking midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	28	25	385.9%
49	T. Kida Defensive midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos	31	2548.5%	2524.9%
50	Moraes Centre-forward	Albirex Niigata	26	25	42