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

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

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At a glance

Derik Lacerda of Kawasaki Frontale is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 46.2, and N. Vallys has been the form player this season, grading 44.4.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Vallys has improved his Season rating most, up +19.3 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Derik Lacerda of Kawasaki Frontale is the most valuable name in this group at 18.4.

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	Player	Team
1	Derik Lacerda Centre-forward	Kawasaki Frontale	26	18.4	2653.6%	4623.5%
2	D. Tono Centre-forward	Yokohama F. Marinos	27	15.8	1924.7%	3820.2%
3	A. Suzuki Centre-forward	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	23	14.2	40±0%	608.7%
4	K. Furuyama Centre-forward	Cerezo Osaka	23	13.3	2	48
5	Thiago Andrade Centre-forward	Cerezo Osaka	25	12.8	24±0%	51±0%
6	K. Uchino Centre-forward	Mito Hollyhock	22	12.3	0	363.5%
7	A. Uenaka Centre-forward	Gamba Osaka	24	12.3	33±0%	563.3%
8	Marcelo Ryan Centre-forward	FC Tokyo	24	12.3	28±0%	51±0%
9	Seiichiro Kubo Centre-forward	Mito Hollyhock	25	12.2	3	36
10	M. Mitsuta Centre-forward	Kashiwa Reysol	27	12.1	1148.4%	4416.1%
11	S. Sakuragawa Centre-forward	Cerezo Osaka	25	12.1	22±0%	504.6%
12	H. Minamino Centre-forward	Urawa	22	11.8	3±0%	461.1%
13	S. Morooka Centre-forward	Avispa Fukuoka	25	11.8	7±0%	435.9%
14	Y. Yokoyama Centre-forward	Cerezo Osaka	20	11.7	6	50
15	S. Brown Centre-forward	Avispa Fukuoka	20	11.6	2	50
16	K. Tada Centre-forward	Mito Hollyhock	23	11.5	0	36±0%
17	M. Hosoya Centre-forward	Kashiwa Reysol	24	11.5	33±0%	54±0%
18	M. Shigemi Centre-forward	Avispa Fukuoka	24	11.4	14±0%	45±0%
19	K. Tagawa Centre-forward	Kashima	27	11.3	12	392.5%
20	S. Tokuno Centre-forward	Mito Hollyhock	24	11.2	0	34
21	S. Fujio Centre-forward	Machida Zelvia	25	11.2	14±0%	49±0%
22	S. Sato Centre-forward	Avispa Fukuoka	23	11.2	0	42±0%
23	N. Tominaga Centre-forward	Vissel Kobe	22	11.1	0	43
24	Marco Túlio Centre-forward	Kyoto Sanga	28	11	2714.2%	3817.5%
25	G. Onaiwu Centre-forward	Yokohama F. Marinos	25	11	0	38
26	K. Chiba Centre-forward	Shimizu S-pulse	23	11	3±0%	45±0%
27	Ghaith Al Mhairat Centre-forward	Tokyo Verdy	23	11	3±0%	44±0%
28	R. Hashimoto Centre-forward	Vissel Kobe	21	10.8	0	44
29	K. Mochiyama Centre-forward	Kawasaki Frontale	22	10.8	0	42
30	R. Kihara Centre-forward	Urawa	23	10.7	0	42
31	T. Sakuma Centre-forward	JEF United Chiba	23	10.6	0	34
32	R. Kida Centre-forward	Nagoya Grampus	21	10.5	0	427.4%
33	H. Komori Centre-forward	Urawa	26	10.3	9±0%	42±0%
34	N. Kumata Centre-forward	FC Tokyo	22	10.3	510%	403.2%
35	R. Shimmyo Centre-forward	JEF United Chiba	22	10.3	0	35
36	G. Yamada Centre-forward	Tokyo Verdy	25	10.3	0	39±0%
37	R. Gunji Centre-forward	Shimizu S-pulse	21	10.3	0	42
38	Soshiro Tanida Centre-forward	JEF United Chiba	21	10.2	0	36
39	R. Shirai Centre-forward	Tokyo Verdy	21	10.2	0	42±0%
40	T. Kominato Centre-forward	FC Tokyo	20	10.1	0	43
41	T. Yamaguchi Centre-forward	FC Tokyo	20	10	0	43
42	A. Inoue Centre-forward	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	19	9.9	0100%	458.7%
43	M. Ando Centre-forward	Mito Hollyhock	27	9.9	3	30
44	S. Ayukawa Centre-forward	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	24	9.7	3	3521.2%
45	S. Kanda Centre-forward	Tokyo Verdy	20	9.7	3±0%	465%
46	G. Kawamura Centre-forward	Tokyo Verdy	20	9.7	0	42
47	Rafael Elias Centre-forward	Kyoto Sanga	27	9.6	53±0%	47±0%
48	Futa Tokumura Centre-forward	Machida Zelvia	18	9.5	0	47
49	S. Sugiura Centre-forward	Nagoya Grampus	19	9.5	0	43
50	H. Asada Centre-forward	Yokohama F. Marinos	18	9.3	0	43