Most Valuable defenders by Market Value in J2 League 2026

The most valuable defenders in J2 League in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

H. Tanaka of Tokushima Vortis is the standout for raw talent across defenders in J2 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 55.7, and T. Shirai has been the form player this season, grading 66.2, and M. Jonjić leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Ito has improved his Season rating most, up +29.2 on last season, while S. Matsumura's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +1 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, H. Tanaka of Tokushima Vortis is the most valuable name in this group at 11.5.

Shonan Bellmare · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

M. Ito+29.2SsN

Yokohama FC · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	H. Tanaka Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	22	11.5	4013366.7%	5630.8%
2	N. Yamada Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	23	11.1	37	40
3	H. Suzuki Centre-back	Tochigi City	26	10.5	35	26
4	K. Shimbo Full-back	Yokohama FC	24	9.7	32	50
5	R. Nishio Centre-back	Omiya Ardija	25	9.3	1834.3%	523%
6	Y. Matsumoto Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	26	9.1	30	26
7	H. Aoki Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	25	8.1	27	36
8	Soichiro Tsutsumi Full-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	25	7.7	26	28
9	K. Kuroki Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	27	7.7	26	23
10	Sena Igarashi Centre-back	Vegalta Sendai	24	7.5	12	37
11	S. Inoue Centre-back	Vegalta Sendai	26	7.4	252127.3%	3416.8%
12	H. Uemura Centre-back	Jubilo Iwata	25	7.4	777.4%	4319.5%
13	Y. Fujiwara Centre-back	Albirex Niigata	24	7.4	0	41
14	R. Ishio Centre-back	Vegalta Sendai	25	7.3	2099%	363%
15	M. Yoshida Centre-back	Sagan Tosu	24	7.1	18	3616.3%
16	S. Matsumura Centre-back	Shonan Bellmare	22	7.1	16912.5%	442.3%
17	S. Nishiya Centre-back	Kataller Toyama	25	7	8	33
18	S. Suzuki Full-back	Omiya Ardija	25	6.9	23	27
19	K. Kamiyama Centre-back	Kataller Toyama	26	6.9	13	32
20	H. Nodake Centre-back	Montedio Yamagata	25	6.8	7	35
21	Lee Dong-Hee Centre-back	Montedio Yamagata	26	6.7	1311.6%	3129.8%
22	S. Tanaka Centre-back	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	23	6.7	12	26
23	T. Ezaki Centre-back	Jubilo Iwata	26	6.6	18	34
24	H. Hatahashi Centre-back	Blaublitz Akita	24	6.6	4	35
25	K. Moriyama Centre-back	Oita Trinita	24	6.6	314.3%	3715.2%
26	K. Okamoto Centre-back	Montedio Yamagata	23	6.5	4105.6%	36±0%
27	Y. Murakami Centre-back	Omiya Ardija	24	6.5	0	35
28	H. Teruyama Centre-back	Tochigi City	26	6.4	8115.8%	3815.2%
29	S. Nishino Centre-back	Consadole Sapporo	22	6.3	3371.4%	3614%
30	Kaique Centre-back	Tokushima Vortis	25	6.3	16	35
31	K. Sekiguchi Centre-back	Omiya Ardija	25	6.3	5	35
32	Y. Mori Centre-back	Fujieda MYFC	26	6.2	8	31
33	T. Son Centre-back	Imabari	27	6.2	21	30
34	R. Umeki Centre-back	Imabari	21	6.2	8	38
35	K. Hosoi Centre-back	Yokohama FC	22	6.2	0	41
36	R. Mori Full-back	Albirex Niigata	25	6.1	21	28
37	Kang Min-Woo Centre-back	Kataller Toyama	20	6.1	9126.3%	4012.9%
38	K. Fukui Centre-back	Omiya Ardija	24	6.1	0	33
39	Y. Yamada Centre-back	Iwaki	25	6.1	55000%	3322.4%
40	S. Nakagawa Centre-back	Fujieda MYFC	27	6.1	12	29
41	H. Fukushima Centre-back	Shonan Bellmare	26	6.1	337.2%	3422.4%
42	K. Konishi Centre-back	Tochigi City	24	6.1	8	25
43	Y. Takeuchi Centre-back	Kataller Toyama	23	6.1	0	32
44	S. Okaniwa Centre-back	Iwaki	27	6	175533.3%	3616.1%
45	K. Omori Centre-back	Fujieda MYFC	23	6	0	32
46	H. Ishii Centre-back	Vegalta Sendai	25	6	0	33
47	Cho Eun-Su Centre-back	Albirex Niigata	22	6	0	40
48	T. Ando Centre-back	Sagan Tosu	23	6	0	34
49	S. Ogawa Centre-back	Sagan Tosu	27	6	18	33
50	Y. Sato Centre-back	Tochigi City	28	6	41	22