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Top-Scoring defensive midfielders in J1 League

The top-scoring defensive midfielders in J1 League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

N. Nakagawa of Kashiwa Reysol is the standout for raw talent across defensive midfielders in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 54.8, and S. Inagaki has been the form player this season, grading 68.2.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: T. Kubo has improved his Season rating most, up +31.9 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Kubo of Kashiwa Reysol is the most valuable name in this group at 22.3.

Best talent
N. Nakagawa54.8RTG
Kashiwa Reysol
In form
S. Inagaki68.2SsN
Nagoya Grampus
Rising potential
T. Kubo+3.8RTG
Kashiwa Reysol · 24/25→25/26
Most improved
T. Kubo+31.9SsN
Kashiwa Reysol · 24/25→25/26
Top scorer
S. Inagaki11goals
Nagoya Grampus
Most valuable
T. Kubo22.3val
Kashiwa Reysol
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PlayerTeam
1S. InagakiDefensive midfielderNagoya Grampus34116827.5%2315.8%
2T. KuboDefensive midfielderKashiwa Reysol27749188.8%498.3%
3T. MikiDefensive midfielderAvispa Fukuoka286404.5%4019.4%
4DiegoDefensive midfielderKashiwa Reysol305271.1%2926.5%
5R. IzumiDefensive midfielderNagoya Grampus3243113.3%2612.9%
6Y. YamamotoDefensive midfielderKawasaki Frontale28447201.9%422.2%
7N. AraiDefensive midfielderSanfrecce Hiroshima2942639.9%3426.2%
8K. HayashiDefensive midfielderMachida Zelvia2543536.8%544.6%
9T. KishimotoDefensive midfielderGamba Osaka2941817.2%2923.7%
10N. NakagawaDefensive midfielderKashiwa Reysol2433055
11S. TanakaDefensive midfielderCerezo Osaka2933421.4%3623%
12S. HigashiDefensive midfielderSanfrecce Hiroshima2632736.9%4917.8%
13T. ArslanDefensive midfielderSanfrecce Hiroshima352956%1030.1%
14S. AbeDefensive midfielderGamba Osaka2822146%3518.4%
15Y. YamadaDefensive midfielderKashiwa Reysol2623259.2%462.7%
16K. OkunoDefensive midfielderShonan Bellmare26229320%420.9%
17K. TaniguchiDefensive midfielderAlbirex Niigata3021751%2630.1%
18S. TokumotoDefensive midfielderNagoya Grampus302159.4%2722.9%
19S. KawaharaDefensive midfielderKawasaki Frontale28236112.4%4011.2%
20T. KidaDefensive midfielderYokohama F. Marinos3122548.5%2524.9%
21N. LaviDefensive midfielderGamba Osaka29134421.2%347.4%
22H. NakamuraDefensive midfielderMachida Zelvia281649.2%3223.1%
23Y. KonishiDefensive midfielderKashiwa Reysol281824%3423.9%
24S. MoriDefensive midfielderNagoya Grampus1911852
25S. ToshimaDefensive midfielderKashiwa Reysol301866.8%2433%
26K. FujimotoDefensive midfielderAvispa Fukuoka281205.2%3721.8%
27M. YuzawaDefensive midfielderAvispa Fukuoka3211039.4%1730.5%
28A. KawazuraDefensive midfielderNagoya Grampus3211351.8%1839.7%
29T. MorishimaDefensive midfielderNagoya Grampus2913114.3%3428.1%
30Y. NogamiDefensive midfielderNagoya Grampus3511521.7%1418.8%
31S. NakanoDefensive midfielderSanfrecce Hiroshima2612732.6%5019.5%
32D. SugaDefensive midfielderSanfrecce Hiroshima2711331.4%4018.4%
33Y. NakayamaDefensive midfielderMachida Zelvia29129317.1%363.2%
34H. ShimodaDefensive midfielderMachida Zelvia3412120%1626.1%
35R. MitoDefensive midfielderGamba Osaka24115368.8%460.9%
36S. TanakaDefensive midfielderSanfrecce Hiroshima2313141.4%544.9%
37H. OguraDefensive midfielderYokohama FC2511644
38R. YamaneDefensive midfielderYokohama F. Marinos2212176%501%
39K. TachibanadaDefensive midfielderKawasaki Frontale2811855.9%3430.5%