Top-Scoring players in J3 League 2026

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

Top-scoring defenders in J3 League Top-scoring midfielders in J3 League Top-scoring attackers in J3 League Best players in J3 League Most in-form players in J3 League Most valuable players in J3 League

At a glance

R. Terakado of Kagoshima United is the standout for raw talent across players in J3 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 39.5, and K. Minoda has been the form player this season, grading 58.2, and S. Tanaka leads the scoring with 9 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Y. Nishimura has improved his Season rating most, up +30.2 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, R. Kabayama of Ehime FC is the most valuable name in this group at 4.7.

FC Gifu · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Y. Nishimura+30.2SsN

Thespakusatsu Gunma · 20/21→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	S. Tanaka Centre-forward	Matsumoto Yamaga	21	9	45	29
2	H. Higuchi Centre-forward	Fukushima United	34	8	42	8
3	T. Shimada Centre-forward	Osaka	30	7	37	19
4	Y. Okada Centre-forward	Fukushima United	30	6	44	16
5	G. Egawa Centre-back	Kagoshima United	26	6	23	26
6	Patric Centre-forward	Kanazawa	39	6	3068%	468.5%
7	D. Takagi Centre-forward	FC Ryukyu	31	6	37	14
8	Y. Kikui Attacking midfielder	Matsumoto Yamaga	27	6	36	26
9	N. Miki Central midfielder	Gainare Tottori	25	5	39	27
10	M. Nishimura Centre-forward	Osaka	24	5	33	28
11	R. Kita Central midfielder	FC Gifu	28	5	41	20
12	T. Igarashi Centre-forward	Tochigi SC	23	5	33	29
13	S. Tamura Centre-forward	Ehime FC	31	5	31	13
14	Manato Hyakuda Centre-forward	Nara Club	25	5	24	26
15	Y. Toshida Centre-forward	Kanazawa	27	5	2276.6%	2210.3%
16	K. Shimizu Centre-forward	Fukushima United	25	5	34	27
17	K. Jojo Attacking midfielder	Fukushima United	25	5	35	29
18	M. Fukuda Central midfielder	Kagoshima United	26	5	36	25
19	Juanma Delgado Centre-forward	Kagoshima United	35	4	1921.6%	867.6%
20	C. Nduka Centre-forward	Kagoshima United	28	4	30	20
21	Sota Watanabe Centre-forward	Renofa Yamaguchi	24	4	22	27
22	S. Kawanishi Centre-forward	Kamatamare Sanuki	37	4	24	4
23	Y. Goto Central midfielder	Kamatamare Sanuki	33	4	30	869%
24	Y. Muto Centre-forward	Sagamihara	37	4	26	525.8%
25	Kengo Kawamata Centre-forward	Azul Claro Numazu	37	4	9	5
26	S. Aoki Centre-forward	Thespakusatsu Gunma	36	4	22	6
27	Y. Nishimura Attacking midfielder	Thespakusatsu Gunma	26	4	34862.9%	2640.9%
28	R. Tosa Attacking midfielder	Kanazawa	26	4	37	27
29	Y. Tomidokoro Attacking midfielder	FC Ryukyu	36	4	32	8
30	Y. Ono Centre-forward	Kamatamare Sanuki	31	3	20	11
31	Y. Tsukegi Centre-back	Kamatamare Sanuki	31	3	17	14
32	T. Toya Centre-forward	Kochi United	29	3	21	16
33	R. Yokoyama Attacking midfielder	Renofa Yamaguchi	27	3	17	32
34	K. Fujikawa Central midfielder	Parceiro Nagano	28	3	23369.4%	1852.3%
35	K. Kawamura Attacking midfielder	Kagoshima United	27	3	31	2735.5%
36	T. Yamaguchi Central midfielder	Kagoshima United	26	3	44	27
37	H. Konishi Centre-forward	Thespakusatsu Gunma	23	3	24	27
38	Y. Togashi Centre-forward	Gainare Tottori	30	3	19	14
39	T. Nakamura Centre-forward	Fukushima United	24	3	20	27
40	R. Nishitani Attacking midfielder	FC Gifu	22	3	32	28
41	S. Mochizuki Centre-forward	Nara Club	25	3	11	27
42	S. Masuda Centre-forward	Nara Club	28	3	25	20
43	R. Tamura Centre-forward	Nara Club	31	3	25	12
44	S. Kawabe Centre-forward	Kitakyushu	30	3	20	14
45	R. Nagai Centre-forward	Kitakyushu	35	3	18	665.7%
46	K. Sota Centre-forward	FC Ryukyu	26	3	18	22
47	M. Shintani Centre-forward	Kochi United	28	3	21	19
48	T. Suenaga Centre-forward	Renofa Yamaguchi	21	3	18	38
49	R. Araki Full-back	FC Ryukyu	25	3	15	28
50	R. Sawazaki Attacking midfielder	Osaka	24	3	35	29