Top-Scoring centre-forwards in J2 League 2026

The top-scoring centre-forwards in J2 League in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

M. Nakajima of Vegalta Sendai is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in J2 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 44.1, and P. Tanaka has been the form player this season, grading 28.4, and K. Hashimoto leads the scoring with 8 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: M. Nakajima has improved his Season rating most, up +16.4 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Shiohama of Sagan Tosu is the most valuable name in this group at 11.3.

Vegalta Sendai · 21/22→25/26

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M. Nakajima+16.4SsN

Vegalta Sendai · 21/22→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	K. Hashimoto Centre-forward	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	28	8	21	24
2	R. Shiohama Centre-forward	Sagan Tosu	26	7	19	38
3	Marcus Índio Centre-forward	Imabari	28	7	19	28
4	M. Hiraoka Centre-forward	Tochigi City	31	7	18	14
5	P. Tanaka Centre-forward	Tochigi City	32	7	28	13
6	K. Mori Centre-forward	Imabari	29	6	23	19
7	R. Sawakami Centre-forward	Vanraure Hachinohe	32	6	20	13
8	M. Nakajima Centre-forward	Vegalta Sendai	27	5	23268.9%	445.6%
9	Carlinhos Júnior Centre-forward	Omiya Ardija	32	5	1254.2%	1465.1%
10	T. Takahashi Centre-forward	Sagan Tosu	28	5	17	3912%
11	K. Fujii Centre-forward	Omiya Ardija	24	5	13	39
12	Lukian Centre-forward	Yokohama FC	34	4	1949.5%	1631.9%
13	Matheus Peixoto Centre-forward	Jubilo Iwata	30	4	1256.7%	2143%
14	Lucas Barcelos Centre-forward	Tokushima Vortis	28	4	10136.4%	2727.9%
15	S. Nakano Centre-forward	Vanraure Hachinohe	31	4	15	14
16	K. Sasaki Centre-forward	Vanraure Hachinohe	27	4	15	24
17	Mário Sérgio Centre-forward	Consadole Sapporo	31	3	9	19
18	A. Disaro Centre-forward	Montedio Yamagata	30	3	10	1928.6%
19	K. Miyazaki Centre-forward	Vegalta Sendai	27	3	9	30
20	João Victor Centre-forward	Jubilo Iwata	26	3	12	38
21	K. Arima Centre-forward	Oita Trinita	26	3	11	36
22	F. González Centre-forward	Shonan Bellmare	33	3	947.5%	1256.4%
23	Caprini Centre-forward	Omiya Ardija	28	3	750.3%	2641.6%
24	Wesley da Silva Centre-forward	Imabari	30	3	108.5%	2047.5%
25	Y. Kajiya Centre-forward	Tokushima Vortis	26	2	8	35
26	O. Yamamoto Centre-forward	Omiya Ardija	22	2	7	3810.2%
27	J. Takahashi Centre-forward	Montedio Yamagata	29	2	5	22
28	Anderson Chaves Centre-forward	Fujieda MYFC	25	2	5	34
29	R. Takao Centre-forward	Vanraure Hachinohe	22	2	4	29
30	R. Matsuda Centre-forward	Kataller Toyama	35	2	730.9%	863.8%
31	H. Yamada Centre-forward	Shonan Bellmare	26	2	7	3418.5%
32	K. Sugimoto Centre-forward	Omiya Ardija	33	2	894.9%	1155.8%
33	H. Mizuno Centre-forward	Ventforet Kofu	26	2	11	27
34	A. Yoshida Centre-forward	Tochigi City	27	2	6	21
35	M. Suzuki Centre-forward	Tochigi City	32	2	963.7%	2228.7%
36	S. Horikane Centre-forward	Montedio Yamagata	23	2	5	37
37	T. Umeki Centre-forward	Blaublitz Akita	27	1	3	29
38	J. Miyazaki Centre-forward	Tokushima Vortis	26	1	5	34
39	T. Nguen Centre-forward	Tochigi City	32	1	580.3%	1617.2%
40	Iury Castilho Centre-forward	Albirex Niigata	31	1	548.4%	3122.4%
41	K. Kuwayama Centre-forward	Albirex Niigata	23	1	5	487.3%
42	K. Safo Centre-forward	Consadole Sapporo	24	1	0	32
43	I. Maeda Centre-forward	Kataller Toyama	20	1	4	39
44	Y. Wakatsuki Centre-forward	Albirex Niigata	24	1	3	423.4%
45	S. Araki Centre-forward	Vegalta Sendai	26	1	547.7%	3233.5%
46	K. Kobayashi Centre-forward	Vegalta Sendai	25	1	3	35
47	K. Tsuboi Centre-forward	Tokushima Vortis	26	1	3	32
48	Yuta Inami Centre-forward	Vanraure Hachinohe	24	1	7	27
49	R. Sato Centre-forward	Jubilo Iwata	27	1	456.3%	2936.5%
50	R. Watanabe Centre-forward	Jubilo Iwata	29	1	362.7%	2138.5%