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Top-Scoring centre-forwards in J3 League 2026

The top-scoring centre-forwards in J3 League in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

K. Muroi of Ehime FC is the standout for raw talent across centre-forwards in J3 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 38.4, and S. Tanaka has been the form player this season, grading 45.1.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Nagai has improved his Season rating most, up +18 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Nishimura of Osaka is the most valuable name in this group at 4.4.

Best talent
K. Muroi38.4RTG
Ehime FC
In form
S. Tanaka45.1SsN
Matsumoto Yamaga
Rising potential
Patric-8.5RTG
Kanazawa · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
R. Nagai+18SsN
Kitakyushu · 22/23→25/26
Top scorer
S. Tanaka9goals
Matsumoto Yamaga
Most valuable
M. Nishimura4.4val
Osaka
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PlayerTeam
1S. TanakaCentre-forwardMatsumoto Yamaga2194529
2H. HiguchiCentre-forwardFukushima United348428
3T. ShimadaCentre-forwardOsaka3073719
4Y. OkadaCentre-forwardFukushima United3064416
5PatricCentre-forwardKanazawa3963068%468.5%
6D. TakagiCentre-forwardFC Ryukyu3163714
7M. NishimuraCentre-forwardOsaka2453328
8T. IgarashiCentre-forwardTochigi SC2353329
9S. TamuraCentre-forwardEhime FC3153113
10Manato HyakudaCentre-forwardNara Club2552426
11Y. ToshidaCentre-forwardKanazawa2752276.6%2210.3%
12K. ShimizuCentre-forwardFukushima United2553427
13Juanma DelgadoCentre-forwardKagoshima United3541921.6%867.6%
14C. NdukaCentre-forwardKagoshima United2843020
15Sota WatanabeCentre-forwardRenofa Yamaguchi2442227
16S. KawanishiCentre-forwardKamatamare Sanuki374244
17Y. MutoCentre-forwardSagamihara37426525.8%
18Kengo KawamataCentre-forwardAzul Claro Numazu37495
19S. AokiCentre-forwardThespakusatsu Gunma364226
20Y. OnoCentre-forwardKamatamare Sanuki3132011
21M. ShintaniCentre-forwardKochi United2832119
22T. ToyaCentre-forwardKochi United2932116
23T. SuenagaCentre-forwardRenofa Yamaguchi2131838
24H. KonishiCentre-forwardThespakusatsu Gunma2332427
25Y. TogashiCentre-forwardGainare Tottori3031914
26T. NakamuraCentre-forwardFukushima United2432027
27S. MochizukiCentre-forwardNara Club2531127
28S. MasudaCentre-forwardNara Club2832520
29R. TamuraCentre-forwardNara Club3132512
30S. KawabeCentre-forwardKitakyushu3032014
31R. NagaiCentre-forwardKitakyushu35318665.7%
32K. SotaCentre-forwardFC Ryukyu2631822
33T. KitsuiCentre-forwardOsaka333178
34K. MuroiCentre-forwardEhime FC2621538
35Y. MorikawaCentre-forwardKamatamare Sanuki332258
36A. KawataCentre-forwardKochi United34219750%949.4%
37M. HandaiCentre-forwardRoasso Kumamoto2421536
38A. TakagiCentre-forwardSagamihara2921816
39D. FurukawaCentre-forwardRenofa Yamaguchi2721230
40K. UkitaCentre-forwardParceiro Nagano2921315
41K. ShinCentre-forwardParceiro Nagano3121611
42K. ShirawachiCentre-forwardAzul Claro Numazu242725
43Y. KondoCentre-forwardKagoshima United2421427
44K. HandaCentre-forwardGainare Tottori2821420
45N. KomazawaCentre-forwardKitakyushu242927
46Hinata MukaiCentre-forwardAzul Claro Numazu242524
47Y. FujimotoCentre-forwardEhime FC321713
48H. TakeCentre-forwardFC Gifu311816
49Y. KusanoCentre-forwardRenofa Yamaguchi301677.8%1954.9%
50T. NakashimaCentre-forwardThespakusatsu Gunma241623.1%3527.1%