Top-Scoring full-backs in J1 League

The top-scoring full-backs in J1 League, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

R. Handa of Gamba Osaka is the standout for raw talent across full-backs in J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 56.5, and W. Harada has been the form player this season, grading 52.4, and Y. Sato leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Koike has improved his Season rating most, up +34 on last season, while R. Handa's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +3.7 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Handa of Gamba Osaka is the most valuable name in this group at 20.7.

Gamba Osaka · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

R. Koike+34SsN

Kashima · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	Y. Sato Full-back	Nagoya Grampus	27	5	2575.5%	424.3%
2	S. Fukuda Full-back	Kyoto Sanga	25	3	2138.7%	535.2%
3	T. Hara Full-back	Nagoya Grampus	28	3	1724.2%	3820%
4	A. Sasaki Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	26	3	3132.5%	508.6%
5	Dion-Johan Cools Full-back	Cerezo Osaka	30	2	819.4%	2449.4%
6	W. Harada Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	30	2	52110.4%	3312.1%
7	H. Sugai Full-back	Kyoto Sanga	27	2	32767.6%	4713.1%
8	Y. Suzuki Full-back	Shonan Bellmare	32	2	2926.6%	2426.9%
9	T. Shiotani Full-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	37	2	437.5%	1529%
10	K. Kurokawa Full-back	Gamba Osaka	29	2	3019.3%	3723%
11	S. Takagi Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	24	2	27	51
12	H. Inamura Full-back	Albirex Niigata	24	1	14426.9%	473.3%
13	I. Drešević Full-back	Machida Zelvia	29	1	4317.2%	3523.2%
14	H. Mitsumaru Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	33	1	26528.6%	158.3%
15	H. Ishihara Full-back	Urawa	27	1	3749.8%	4411.4%
16	T. Sekine Full-back	Urawa	31	1	233.7%	2425.1%
17	K. Nono Full-back	Kashima	24	1	3219.8%	5311.8%
18	G. Sakai Full-back	Vissel Kobe	35	1	439.6%	1810.7%
19	R. Koike Full-back	Kashima	30	1	38790.7%	335.4%
20	Henrique Trevisan Full-back	FC Tokyo	29	1	1151.2%	2926.1%
21	Y. Horigome Full-back	Albirex Niigata	31	1	1737.6%	2224.4%
22	K. Nagato Full-back	Vissel Kobe	31	1	38151.7%	2911.6%
23	S. Sasaki Full-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	36	1	5124%	220.5%
24	R. Yamahara Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	27	1	2218.5%	4322%
25	R. Handa Full-back	Gamba Osaka	24	1	4666.1%	577%
26	H. Mochizuki Full-back	Machida Zelvia	24	1	3611.9%	532.6%