Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in J1 League 2027

The most valuable defenders in J1 League in 2027, 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 R. Kikuchi leads the scoring with 2 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: J. Sumiyoshi has improved his Season rating most, up +29.2 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, R. Handa of Gamba Osaka is the most valuable name in this group at 20.7.

Kashima · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

J. Sumiyoshi+29.2SsN

Shimizu S-pulse · 23/24→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	R. Handa Full-back	Gamba Osaka	24	20.7	4666.1%	577%
2	Kim Tae-Hyeon Centre-back	Kashima	25	18.1	3178.4%	527.6%
3	T. Oka Centre-back	FC Tokyo	24	14	15±0%	47±0%
4	Kim Ju-Sung Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	25	13.6	1446.3%	472.3%
5	T. Inoue Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	23	13.2	106.6%	4620.3%
6	Y. Yamanouchi Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	22	12.9	4	48
7	K. Takahata Centre-back	V-varen Nagasaki	25	12.6	7106.2%	3717.6%
8	K. Suwama Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	23	12.6	4	44
9	T. Takahashi Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	24	12.6	5	36
10	K. Nemoto Centre-back	Urawa	23	12.4	7	47
11	H. Omori Centre-back	Fagiano Okayama	23	12.4	2717.3%	4973%
12	S. Tanabe Full-back	Tokyo Verdy	24	12.2	4600%	454.2%
13	S. Okita Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	23	12.2	0	37
14	T. Ushizawa Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	25	12.1	5	35
15	K. Itakura Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	24	11.8	10±0%	38±0%
16	T. Kuwata Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	24	11.7	0	43
17	H. Inamura Centre-back	FC Tokyo	24	11.7	9±0%	475.4%
18	A. Ohata Full-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	11.7	6±0%	43±0%
19	S. Fukuda Full-back	Kyoto Sanga	25	11.7	21±0%	53±0%
20	Y. Hashimoto Centre-back	Avispa Fukuoka	24	11.7	17±0%	48±0%
21	H. Yamamoto Full-back	Mito Hollyhock	23	11.7	7±0%	40±0%
22	I. Sekigawa Centre-back	Kashima	25	11.7	22±0%	47±0%
23	S. Baba Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	24	11.6	12±0%	46±0%
24	H. Mochizuki Centre-back	Machida Zelvia	24	11.6	25±0%	53±0%
25	K. Tsukui Centre-back	Kashima	22	11.4	16±0%	51±0%
26	K. Suzuki Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	24	11.3	3±0%	422.2%
27	S. Nakano Centre-back	Gamba Osaka	23	11.3	6±0%	455.6%
28	Weverton Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	23	11.3	3	41
29	J. Sumiyoshi Centre-back	Shimizu S-pulse	28	11.2	38331.8%	3914.4%
30	Ginjiro Ikegaya Centre-back	Gamba Osaka	22	11.2	1	43
31	R. Omori Full-back	FC Tokyo	24	11.1	66.7%	4622.7%
32	T. Yamasaki Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	25	11.1	4±0%	42±0%
33	K. Kudo Centre-back	Urawa	23	11.1	25±0%	513.4%
34	Pedro Romano Centre-back	Kawasaki Frontale	25	11.1	2	40
35	K. Bangnagande Full-back	FC Tokyo	24	11.1	7±0%	43±0%
36	Kim Moon-Hyeon Centre-back	Avispa Fukuoka	24	11.1	0	41
37	S. Kanta Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	19	11	4	45
38	H. Fujii Centre-back	Nagoya Grampus	25	10.9	8±0%	43±0%
39	K. Nagata Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	23	10.9	0	43±0%
40	H. Okuda Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	25	10.9	16±0%	50±0%
41	M. Sako Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	23	10.8	0	40
42	T. Tabira Centre-back	Mito Hollyhock	25	10.8	0	33
43	S. Miura Centre-back	Kawasaki Frontale	25	10.8	21±0%	52±0%
44	S. Takagi Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	24	10.8	27±0%	51±0%
45	R. Irie Centre-back	Vissel Kobe	21	10.7	0	44
46	R. Kuboniwa Centre-back	JEF United Chiba	24	10.6	0	34
47	Y. Ozaki Centre-back	Vissel Kobe	23	10.5	4600%	3816.2%
48	Y. Egawa Centre-back	V-varen Nagasaki	25	10.5	3±0%	35±0%
49	K. Hayashi Full-back	Urawa	25	10.5	39±0%	540.6%
50	Y. Ueda Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	22	10.4	0	44