Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in J1 League

The most valuable defenders in J1 League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

R. Handa of Gamba Osaka is the standout for raw talent across defenders in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 56.5, and T. Koga has been the form player this season, grading 69.2, and Diego leads the scoring with 5 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, while Kim Tae-Hyeon's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +3.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Koga of Kashiwa Reysol is the most valuable name in this group at 22.7.

Kashima · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

T. Koga+45.3SsN

Kashiwa Reysol · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	T. Koga Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	27	22.7	69189.5%	504.6%
2	H. Taniguchi Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	26	21.9	5779.1%	4811.6%
3	R. Handa Full-back	Gamba Osaka	24	20.7	4666.1%	577%
4	H. Ishihara Full-back	Urawa	27	16.7	3749.8%	4411.4%
5	Matheus Thuler Centre-back	Vissel Kobe	27	16.1	3524.4%	4520%
6	K. Hayashi Defensive midfielder	Machida Zelvia	25	15.9	3536.8%	544.6%
7	D. Fukazawa Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	27	15.6	34185%	3911.1%
8	K. Nono Full-back	Kashima	24	14.8	3219.8%	5311.8%
9	H. Sugai Full-back	Kyoto Sanga	27	14.6	32767.6%	4713.1%
10	S. Fukuda Full-back	Kyoto Sanga	25	14.4	2138.7%	535.2%
11	Kim Tae-Hyeon Centre-back	Kashima	25	14.3	3178.4%	527.6%
12	S. Miura Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	25	14.3	2184.1%	520.6%
13	K. Shimbo Full-back	Yokohama FC	23	14.1	31	51
14	A. Sasaki Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	26	14	3132.5%	508.6%
15	S. Takagi Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	24	13.8	27	51
16	H. Okuda Full-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	13.7	1610.5%	502.7%
17	Y. Miyamoto Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	26	13.6	2918.5%	50±0%
18	K. Kudo Centre-back	Fagiano Okayama	22	13.2	25	51
19	K. Tsukui Full-back	Kashima	22	13.2	161372.7%	5113.1%
20	I. Sekigawa Centre-back	Kashima	25	13.2	2545.7%	4817.5%
21	H. Tanaka Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	22	13.1	206633.3%	5018.3%
22	Kim Ju-Sung Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	25	13	1829.4%	47±0%
23	Y. Hashimoto Defensive midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	24	13	15	48
24	K. Sato Full-back	Kyoto Sanga	26	13	2917.2%	473.1%
25	R. Nishio Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	13	1256.7%	4710.7%
26	H. Inamura Full-back	Albirex Niigata	24	12.8	14426.9%	473.3%
27	K. Nemoto Centre-back	Urawa	23	12.8	7	47
28	T. Oka Centre-back	FC Tokyo	24	12.7	158.7%	479.9%
29	K. Doi Centre-back	FC Tokyo	21	12.6	2141.1%	510.8%
30	S. Baba Defensive midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	24	12.5	585.6%	4614.4%
31	Y. Yamanouchi Defensive midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	22	12.4	4	48
32	R. Kamihashi Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	24	12.1	0	44
33	T. Ogiwara Full-back	Urawa	26	12.1	2620.2%	4413.5%
34	S. Mizoguchi Full-back	Kashima	22	12.1	451.2%	472.9%
35	Y. Uchida Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	23	12	15	44
36	R. Kato Full-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	26	12	24101.7%	447.2%
37	T. Yamakawa Centre-back	Vissel Kobe	28	12	4513.7%	4417%
38	K. Mikuni Centre-back	Nagoya Grampus	26	12	1853.5%	4419%
39	K. Suwama Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	23	11.9	4	44
40	K. Bangnagande Full-back	FC Tokyo	24	11.9	766.8%	4319.3%
41	S. Tanabe Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	24	11.8	4600%	430.7%
42	Niko Takahashi Cendagorta Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	20	11.7	13	50
43	A. Ohata Full-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	11.7	675.2%	4313.2%
44	K. Nagata Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	23	11.7	0	43
45	R. Yamahara Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	27	11.7	2218.5%	4322%
46	H. Fujii Centre-back	Nagoya Grampus	25	11.6	850.6%	4221%
47	Danilo Boza Centre-back	Urawa	28	11.6	4381.6%	4330.6%
48	Y. Sato Full-back	Nagoya Grampus	27	11.6	2575.5%	424.3%
49	T. Yamasaki Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	25	11.6	4	421.6%
50	S. Matsumura Full-back	Shonan Bellmare	22	11.5	9443.7%	442.3%