Top-Scoring midfielders in K League 1 2026

The top-scoring midfielders in K League 1 in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

Top-scoring defenders in K League 1 Top-scoring attackers in K League 1 Best midfielders in K League 1 Most in-form midfielders in K League 1 Most valuable midfielders in K League 1 Most improved midfielders in K League 1

At a glance

Kang Sang-Yoon of Jeonbuk Motors is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in K League 1, with a Field Insider Rating of 47.8, and Lee Jae-Won has been the form player this season, grading 22, and Willyan leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: Go Jae-Hyeon has improved his Season rating most, up +15 on last season. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Kang Sang-Yoon of Jeonbuk Motors is the most valuable name in this group at 11.1.

Best talent

Kang Sang-Yoon47.8RTG

Kang Sang-Yoon-0.2RTG

Jeonbuk Motors · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

Go Jae-Hyeon+15SsN

Gimcheon Sangmu FC · 24/25→25/26

Kang Sang-Yoon11.1val

Jeonbuk Motors

33 players · ranked by top scorersCustomise →

	Player	Team
1	Willyan Attacking midfielder	Suwon City FC	32	5	1515%	1631.3%
2	Hernandes Attacking midfielder	Daejeon Citizen	26	4	1398.5%	399%
3	Lee Dong-Gyeong Attacking midfielder	Ulsan Hyundai FC	28	3	2129.3%	352%
4	Lee Seung-Mo Attacking midfielder	FC Seoul	28	3	12±0%	3110.4%
5	Go Jae-Hyeon Attacking midfielder	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	27	3	21	3616.3%
6	Lee Seung-Woo Attacking midfielder	Jeonbuk Motors	28	3	11±0%	331.2%
7	Lee Jae-Won Defensive midfielder	Suwon City FC	29	2	2210%	2922.7%
8	Juninho Rocha Winger	Pohang Steelers	28	2	10±0%	30±0%
9	Mo Jae-Hyeon Attacking midfielder	Gangwon FC	29	2	22±0%	317%
10	Jeong Jae-Hee Attacking midfielder	Daejeon Citizen	32	2	3±0%	159.4%
11	Moon Min-seo Central midfielder	Gwangju FC	22	2	2±0%	431.9%
12	K. Yoshino Attacking midfielder	Daegu FC	31	1	484.3%	1749.1%
13	G. Ludwigson Central midfielder	Daejeon Citizen	32	1	1320.1%	178.3%
14	Kim Jin-Gyu Central midfielder	Jeonbuk Motors	29	1	1816.6%	295.9%
15	Oh Jae-Hyeok Central midfielder	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	24	1	10±0%	451.6%
16	Anderson Oliveira Central midfielder	FC Seoul	28	1	8±0%	3211.8%
17	Cho Young-Wook Attacking midfielder	FC Seoul	27	1	19±0%	3811%
18	Song Min-Kyu Central midfielder	FC Seoul	26	1	130.8%	447.5%
19	H. Babec Central midfielder	FC Seoul	27	1	1314%	3836.1%
20	Lee Hui-Gyun Central midfielder	Ulsan Hyundai FC	28	1	1±0%	3217.3%
21	Park Tae-Jun Defensive midfielder	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	27	1	16108%	341.7%
22	Kim Ju-Chan Central midfielder	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	22	1	3±0%	424.8%
23	Kim Yi-Seok Attacking midfielder	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	28	1	3±0%	281.8%
24	K. Nishiya Central midfielder	Pohang Steelers	26	1	411.1%	3918.6%
25	Lee Dong-Jun Central midfielder	Jeonbuk Motors	29	1	1715.2%	3110.1%
26	Kang Sang-Yoon Central midfielder	Jeonbuk Motors	22	1	1556.1%	481.5%
27	Jang Min-Gyu Central midfielder	Jeju United FC	27	1	14111.8%	369.4%
28	Lee You-Hyeon Central midfielder	Gangwon FC	29	1	173.9%	287.2%
29	Choi Byung-Wook Winger	Jeju United FC	21	1	4±0%	476.4%
30	Kim Jung-Hyun Central midfielder	FC Anyang	33	1	8±0%	121.7%
31	Kim Dong-Jin Central midfielder	FC Anyang	33	1	12±0%	153.3%
32	Thiaguinho Central midfielder	Bucheon FC 1995	26	1	14	39
33	Kim Ye-geon Winger	Jeonbuk Motors	17	1	4	48