Top-Scoring centre-backs in J1 League 2027
The top-scoring centre-backs in J1 League in 2027, ranked on Field Insider.
At a glance
Kim Tae-Hyeon of Kashima is the standout for raw talent across centre-backs in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 52.1, and J. Sumiyoshi has been the form player this season, grading 38, 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, Kim Tae-Hyeon of Kashima is the most valuable name in this group at 18.1.
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| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R. KikuchiCentre-back |  Machida Zelvia | 29 | 2 | 1358% | 2922.8% |
| 2 | E. GyotokuCentre-back | Nagoya Grampus | 21 | 1 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Y. KimotoCentre-back |  Mito Hollyhock | 33 | 1 | 87.1% | 915.3% |
| 4 | Kim Ju-SungCentre-back |  Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 25 | 1 | 1446.3% | 472.3% |
| 5 | J. SumiyoshiCentre-back |  Shimizu S-pulse | 28 | 1 | 38331.8% | 3914.4% |
| 6 | S. OkitaCentre-back | Mito Hollyhock | 23 | 1 | 0 | 37 |
| 7 | S. FukuokaCentre-back |  Gamba Osaka | 30 | 1 | 3219% | 3321.7% |
| 8 | T. KamijimaCentre-back |  Avispa Fukuoka | 29 | 1 | 2824.2% | 3225.1% |
| 9 | M. TashiroCentre-back | Avispa Fukuoka | 33 | 1 | 2839% | 1743.1% |
| 10 | D. SuzukiCentre-back |  JEF United Chiba | 36 | 1 | 1278.5% | 1054% |
| 11 | K. NemotoCentre-back |  Urawa | 23 | 1 | 7 | 47 |
| 12 | T. InoueCentre-back |  Yokohama F. Marinos | 23 | 1 | 106.6% | 4620.3% |
| 13 | D. OkamuraCentre-back | Machida Zelvia | 29 | 1 | 44±0% | 38±0% |
| 14 | S. NakataniCentre-back | Gamba Osaka | 30 | 1 | 35±0% | 34±0% |
| 15 | N. HayashiCentre-back |  Tokyo Verdy | 28 | 1 | 25±0% | 32±0% |
| 16 | S. YonedaCentre-back |  V-varen Nagasaki | 30 | 1 | 5 | 19 |