Top-Scoring centre-forwards in J1 League 2027

The top-scoring centre-forwards in J1 League in 2027, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Derik Lacerda of Kawasaki Frontale is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 46.2, and N. Vallys has been the form player this season, grading 44.4.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. Vallys has improved his Season rating most, up +19.3 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Derik Lacerda of Kawasaki Frontale is the most valuable name in this group at 18.4.

FC Tokyo · 23/24→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	N. Vallys Centre-forward	FC Tokyo	29	7	4476.9%	345.4%
2	Marco Túlio Centre-forward	Kyoto Sanga	28	7	2714.2%	3817.5%
3	Derik Lacerda Centre-forward	Kawasaki Frontale	26	6	2653.6%	4623.5%
4	S. Aihara Centre-forward	Mito Hollyhock	30	5	16	1559.2%
5	D. Tono Centre-forward	Yokohama F. Marinos	27	5	1924.7%	3820.2%
6	Léo Ceará Centre-forward	Kashima	31	4	57±0%	31±0%
7	A. Suzuki Centre-forward	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	23	3	40±0%	608.7%
8	M. Kato Centre-forward	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	29	3	1860.6%	3437.7%
9	H. Iwabuchi Centre-forward	Fagiano Okayama	28	3	11	33
10	K. Tagawa Centre-forward	Kashima	27	3	12	392.5%
11	A. Čavrić Centre-forward	Kashima	32	3	22±0%	24±0%
12	M. Mitsuta Centre-forward	Kashiwa Reysol	27	2	1148.4%	4416.1%
13	Anderson Lopes Centre-forward	Vissel Kobe	32	2	1282.6%	2628%
14	Élber Centre-forward	Kashima	34	2	1130.9%	1340.2%
15	H. Goya Centre-forward	JEF United Chiba	32	2	577.7%	1368.1%
16	K. Tanimura Centre-forward	Yokohama F. Marinos	28	2	18±0%	34±0%
17	Y. Osako Centre-forward	Vissel Kobe	36	2	32±0%	17±0%
18	T. Nishimura Centre-forward	Machida Zelvia	29	2	3215.5%	361.1%
19	Y. Koizumi Centre-forward	Kashiwa Reysol	29	2	35±0%	41±0%
20	Thiago Santana Centre-forward	V-varen Nagasaki	33	2	156.8%	1217.7%
21	Rafael Elias Centre-forward	Kyoto Sanga	27	2	53±0%	47±0%
22	K. Uchino Centre-forward	Mito Hollyhock	22	1	0	363.5%
23	H. Minamino Centre-forward	Urawa	22	1	3±0%	461.1%
24	S. Morooka Centre-forward	Avispa Fukuoka	25	1	7±0%	435.9%
25	S. Sakuragawa Centre-forward	Cerezo Osaka	25	1	22±0%	504.6%
26	J. Wonggorn Centre-forward	Cerezo Osaka	29	1	5	28
27	H. Komori Centre-forward	Urawa	26	1	9±0%	42±0%
28	S. Ayukawa Centre-forward	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	24	1	3	3521.2%
29	M. Ando Centre-forward	Mito Hollyhock	27	1	3	30
30	K. Okuda Centre-forward	Mito Hollyhock	31	1	4	16
31	N. Kumata Centre-forward	FC Tokyo	22	1	510%	403.2%
32	Thiago Andrade Centre-forward	Cerezo Osaka	25	1	24±0%	51±0%
33	Y. Yokoyama Centre-forward	Cerezo Osaka	20	1	6	50
34	Marcelo Ryan Centre-forward	FC Tokyo	24	1	28±0%	51±0%
35	Y. Soma Centre-forward	Machida Zelvia	29	1	4711.2%	391%
36	D. Hümmet Centre-forward	Gamba Osaka	29	1	28±0%	33±0%
37	A. Uenaka Centre-forward	Gamba Osaka	24	1	33±0%	563.3%
38	Y. Kakita Centre-forward	Kashiwa Reysol	29	1	32±0%	37±0%
39	K. Kitagawa Centre-forward	Shimizu S-pulse	30	1	33±0%	31±0%
40	Y. Kobayashi Centre-forward	Kawasaki Frontale	38	1	468.9%	462.9%
41	Seiichiro Kubo Centre-forward	Mito Hollyhock	25	1	3	36
42	K. Furuyama Centre-forward	Cerezo Osaka	23	1	2	48
43	S. Brown Centre-forward	Avispa Fukuoka	20	1	2	50