Most Valuable centre-backs by Market Value in J1 League 2027

The most valuable centre-backs in J1 League in 2027, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

H. Taniguchi of Kawasaki Frontale is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 50.5, and T. Koga has been the form player this season, grading 69.2, and Y. Kimoto leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Koga has improved his Season rating most, up +45.3 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Oka of FC Tokyo is the most valuable name in this group at 14.1.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

T. Koga+45.3SsN

Kashiwa Reysol · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	T. Oka Centre-back	FC Tokyo	25	14.1	15±0%	472.9%
2	K. Suwama Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	23	13.7	4	44
3	H. Omori Centre-back	Fagiano Okayama	24	13.4	2717.3%	4973%
4	K. Nemoto Centre-back	Urawa	23	13.2	7±0%	47±0%
5	H. Inamura Centre-back	FC Tokyo	24	13	9±0%	475.4%
6	Pedro Romano Centre-back	Kawasaki Frontale	25	12.8	9	47
7	A. Ohata Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	12.2	6±0%	43±0%
8	Weverton Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	23	12.2	9	45
9	S. Baba Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	24	12.1	12±0%	46±0%
10	K. Itakura Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	24	12.1	10±0%	38±0%
11	K. Suzuki Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	24	12	3±0%	422.2%
12	K. Kudo Centre-back	Urawa	23	11.9	25±0%	513.4%
13	T. Kuwata Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	24	11.7	0	43
14	H. Fujii Centre-back	Nagoya Grampus	25	11.7	8±0%	43±0%
15	T. Ushizawa Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	25	11.7	5	35
16	Y. Egawa Centre-back	V-varen Nagasaki	25	11.6	3±0%	35±0%
17	Y. Miyamoto Centre-back	Urawa	26	11.5	29±0%	492%
18	H. Taniguchi Centre-back	Kawasaki Frontale	26	11.5	57±0%	515.2%
19	S. Okita Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	24	11.5	0	37
20	R. Tsunoda Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	27	11.5	14±0%	38±0%
21	K. Nagata Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	24	11.4	0	432.1%
22	Y. Ishida Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	23	11.4	6±0%	38±0%
23	Kim Ju-Sung Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	25	11.2	14±0%	471.9%
24	Baek In-Hwan Centre-back	FC Tokyo	21	11.1	0	1
25	T. Yamasaki Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	25	11.1	4±0%	42±0%
26	Ginjiro Ikegaya Centre-back	Gamba Osaka	22	11.1	2	43
27	I. Sekigawa Centre-back	Kashima	26	11.1	22±0%	478.7%
28	R. Irie Centre-back	Vissel Kobe	21	11.1	0	44
29	M. Sako Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	23	11	0	40
30	K. Hashimoto Centre-back	FC Tokyo	26	10.9	17±0%	435.1%
31	T. Koga Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	27	10.9	69±0%	50±0%
32	Mateus Brunetti Centre-back	Shimizu S-pulse	26	10.8	8±0%	38±0%
33	K. Doi Centre-back	V-varen Nagasaki	21	10.8	206.6%	4316%
34	Y. Ueda Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	22	10.7	0	44
35	R. Inoue Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	26	10.7	0±0%	34±0%
36	Kim Tae-Hyeon Centre-back	Kashima	26	10.6	31±0%	528.1%
37	R. Kuboniwa Centre-back	JEF United Chiba	24	10.6	0	34
38	Y. Ozaki Centre-back	Vissel Kobe	23	10.5	4600%	3816.2%
39	T. Tabira Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	25	10.5	0	33
40	M. Sako Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	22	10.5	1	40
41	H. Shirai Centre-back	V-varen Nagasaki	25	10.4	0	33
42	S. Sasaki Centre-back	Gamba Osaka	26	10.4	5±0%	38±0%
43	H. Sugai Centre-back	Shimizu S-pulse	27	10.3	32±0%	455.9%
44	T. Watanabe Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	27	10.3	634.5%	3424.7%
45	S. Yaguchi Centre-back	JEF United Chiba	22	10.3	0	36
46	R. Noguchi Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	20	10.3	0	42
47	I. Shu Centre-back	Fagiano Okayama	20	10.2	1	44
48	K. Yamada Centre-back	Vissel Kobe	19	10.2	2	47
49	T. Takahashi Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	10.1	5	36
50	Y. Ono Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	20	9.9	0	37