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Top-Scoring centre-forwards in J1 League

The top-scoring centre-forwards in J1 League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

A. Suzuki of Shonan Bellmare is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 54.9, and Rafael Ratão has been the form player this season, grading 57.3, and Léo Ceará leads the scoring with 21 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Rafael Ratão has improved his Season rating most, up +49.2 on last season, while A. Boudah's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +6.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Rafael Elias of Kyoto Sanga is the most valuable name in this group at 21.6.

Best talent
A. Suzuki54.9RTG
Shonan Bellmare
In form
Rafael Ratão57.3SsN
Cerezo Osaka
Rising potential
A. Boudah+6.4RTG
Albirex Niigata · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
Rafael Ratão+49.2SsN
Cerezo Osaka · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
Léo Ceará21goals
Kashima
Most valuable
Rafael Elias21.6val
Kyoto Sanga
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PlayerTeam
1Léo CearáCentre-forwardKashima3121575.5%3124%
2Rafael EliasCentre-forwardKyoto Sanga27185377.5%471%
3Rafael RatãoCentre-forwardCerezo Osaka301856588.9%3421%
4ErisonCentre-forwardKawasaki Frontale27123850.2%4412.5%
5M. HosoyaCentre-forwardKashiwa Reysol24113313.6%540.7%
6Y. SuzukiCentre-forwardKashima30104324.7%3817.1%
7K. KitagawaCentre-forwardShimizu S-pulse301033665.1%3117.4%
8K. KinoshitaCentre-forwardSanfrecce Hiroshima31931±0%2523.8%
9A. SuzukiCentre-forwardShonan Bellmare2394019.5%551.7%
10Y. OsakoCentre-forwardVissel Kobe3683236.3%1720.9%
11Marcelo RyanCentre-forwardFC Tokyo2482835.2%513.9%
12T. UsamiCentre-forwardGamba Osaka3483037.8%1642.4%
13D. HümmetCentre-forwardGamba Osaka2972839.7%331.5%
14Y. KoizumiCentre-forwardKashiwa Reysol29735204.3%4113.4%
15Marco TúlioCentre-forwardKyoto Sanga2872714.2%3817.5%
16M. HasegawaCentre-forwardAlbirex Niigata27736175.2%460.9%
17T. NishimuraCentre-forwardMachida Zelvia29732234.4%361.9%
18K. TanimuraCentre-forwardYokohama F. Marinos2861834
19Y. KakitaCentre-forwardKashiwa Reysol29632734.2%3711.3%
20A. EsakaCentre-forwardFagiano Okayama3463485.9%201%
21T. TakahashiCentre-forwardShimizu S-pulse28518342.6%
22T. HaraCentre-forwardKyoto Sanga2754019.7%4811.9%
23K. IchimiCentre-forwardFagiano Okayama28517356%
24Thiago SantanaCentre-forwardUrawa3351660.5%1546.5%
25D. TonoCentre-forwardYokohama F. Marinos2751924.7%3820.2%
26I. SomenoCentre-forwardTokyo Verdy2452712.1%5111.3%
27M. NakajimaCentre-forwardCerezo Osaka27524295.1%446.9%
28Luiz PhellypeCentre-forwardShonan Bellmare324131615.7%
29LukianCentre-forwardYokohama FC3441949.5%1631.9%
30S. SakuragawaCentre-forwardYokohama FC2542248
31K. YamuraCentre-forwardAlbirex Niigata2941227
32R. IzumiCentre-forwardNagoya Grampus3241931.7%2515%
33R. GermainCentre-forwardSanfrecce Hiroshima3142553.8%3116.7%
34H. KomoriCentre-forwardUrawa2639426.1%
35V. GermainCentre-forwardSanfrecce Hiroshima3631237.2%1154%
36H. IwabuchiCentre-forwardFagiano Okayama2831133
37S. NagasawaCentre-forwardKyoto Sanga373153.7%767.3%
38K. TagawaCentre-forwardKashima27312392.5%
39Y. YamagishiCentre-forwardNagoya Grampus3232184.5%2026.3%
40M. KatoCentre-forwardSanfrecce Hiroshima2931860.6%3437.7%
41M. DukeCentre-forwardMachida Zelvia353126.3%1119.6%
42Y. KimuraCentre-forwardTokyo Verdy2531463.1%4717.8%
43Vitor BuenoCentre-forwardCerezo Osaka313947.1%2033.8%
44I. Kiese ThelinCentre-forwardUrawa342785.1%1044.9%
45L. RomanićCentre-forwardKawasaki Frontale2826322.8%
46K. MuroiCentre-forwardYokohama FC262738
47ÉlberCentre-forwardYokohama F. Marinos3421130.9%1340.2%
48Wellington TanqueCentre-forwardAvispa Fukuoka3821131.8%753.7%
49H. TokudaCentre-forwardKashima192573.1%545.5%
50T. NakagawaCentre-forwardFC Tokyo3421066.8%1445.6%