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 A. Scholz has been the form player this season, grading 46.1, and Y. Kimoto leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: H. Inamura has improved his Season rating most, up +35.3 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Suwama of Yokohama F. Marinos is the most valuable name in this group at 19.7.

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	Player	Team
1	K. Suwama Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	23	19.7	43	44
2	H. Inamura Centre-back	FC Tokyo	24	17.3	38303.2%	475.4%
3	T. Oka Centre-back	FC Tokyo	25	14.3	2780.7%	472.9%
4	H. Omori Centre-back	Fagiano Okayama	24	13.5	2013.7%	4973%
5	R. Tsunoda Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	27	13.4	29111.5%	38±0%
6	Pedro Romano Centre-back	Kawasaki Frontale	25	13.4	12	49
7	K. Nemoto Centre-back	Urawa	23	13.1	927.9%	47±0%
8	H. Fujii Centre-back	Nagoya Grampus	25	12.8	1352.4%	43±0%
9	A. Ohata Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	12.4	23294.7%	43±0%
10	K. Suzuki Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	24	12.4	15400%	422.2%
11	K. Kudo Centre-back	Urawa	23	12.4	870.4%	513.4%
12	K. Itakura Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	24	12.4	643.4%	38±0%
13	Y. Miyamoto Centre-back	Urawa	26	12.1	2224.1%	492%
14	Weverton Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	23	12	9	44
15	Kim Ju-Sung Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	25	11.9	654.7%	471.9%
16	K. Nagata Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	24	11.7	10	432.1%
17	Y. Ishida Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	23	11.7	512.1%	38±0%
18	T. Ushizawa Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	25	11.6	12	35
19	T. Kuwata Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	24	11.5	0	42
20	S. Okita Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	24	11.5	0	37
21	S. Baba Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	25	11.5	193.5%	46±0%
22	M. Sako Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	23	11.5	7	40
23	I. Sekigawa Centre-back	Kashima	26	11.4	1534.4%	478.7%
24	Mateus Brunetti Centre-back	Shimizu S-pulse	26	11.3	1587.3%	38±0%
25	S. Nagano Centre-back	FC Tokyo	20	11.2	911.5%	27±0%
26	Baek In-Hwan Centre-back	FC Tokyo	21	11.2	0	1
27	H. Ishihara Centre-back	FC Tokyo	27	11.2	2533%	432.1%
28	T. Yamasaki Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	25	11.2	092.1%	42±0%
29	K. Doi Centre-back	V-varen Nagasaki	21	11.2	578.4%	4316%
30	T. Takahashi Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	11.1	738.8%	36±0%
31	Kim Tae-Hyeon Centre-back	Kashima	26	11.1	680.9%	528.1%
32	K. Hashimoto Centre-back	FC Tokyo	26	11	1228.9%	435.1%
33	T. Koga Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	27	11	1184.7%	50±0%
34	Ginjiro Ikegaya Centre-back	Gamba Osaka	22	10.9	2	42
35	R. Irie Centre-back	Vissel Kobe	21	10.9	0	44
36	Leonardo Hugo Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	22	10.8	2	542.2%
37	Y. Egawa Centre-back	V-varen Nagasaki	26	10.7	11322.2%	35±0%
38	Y. Ueda Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	22	10.6	0	44
39	Y. Ozaki Centre-back	Vissel Kobe	23	10.5	81216.7%	3816.2%
40	R. Inoue Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	26	10.5	84000%	34±0%
41	T. Tabira Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	25	10.4	0	33
42	S. Yaguchi Centre-back	JEF United Chiba	22	10.4	0	36
43	M. Sako Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	22	10.4	1	40
44	H. Taniguchi Centre-back	Kawasaki Frontale	27	10.3	1180.6%	5114.5%
45	S. Mori Centre-back	Fagiano Okayama	19	10.3	13282.4%	525.7%
46	R. Kuboniwa Centre-back	JEF United Chiba	25	10.3	0	34
47	H. Matsumoto Centre-back	Kashima	20	10.3	0	46
48	T. Watanabe Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	27	10.2	1132.1%	3424.7%
49	R. Noguchi Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	20	10.2	0	42
50	S. Sasaki Centre-back	Gamba Osaka	26	10.1	510.4%	38±0%