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J1 League · scouting overview

S. Nakamura of Sanfrecce Hiroshima is the standout for raw talent across the J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 57, and R. Kojima has been the form player this season, grading 71.6, and Léo Ceará leads the scoring with 21 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Kojima has improved his Season rating most, up +58 on last season, while G. Ota's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Hayakawa of Kashima is the most valuable name in this group at 22.8.

Kyoto Sanga · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

R. Kojima+58SsN

Kashiwa Reysol · 24/25→25/26

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Player	Club	Nat.	Age	G	A	Value	Season Δ%	Rating Δ%
K. Nagata Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	Japan	23	0	0	11.7	0	43
K. Fujii Central midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	Japan	23	0	0	11.7	3	43
S. Sato Attacking midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	Japan	23	0	0	11.5	0	42
K. Suzuki Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	23	0	0	11.4	376.2%	4214.8%
G. Kato Defensive midfielder	Nagoya Grampus	Japan	23	0	0	11.4	2	42
S. Toyama Winger	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	23	0	0	11.3	0	418.8%
Takanari Endo Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	Japan	23	0	0	11.1	0	41
Y. Iesaka Central midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	Japan	23	0	0	11.1	0	41
R. Kimura Goalkeeper	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	23	0	0	11.1	0	40
K. Watanabe Centre-forward	Shonan Bellmare	Japan	23	0	0	10.8	0	405.3%
M. Sako Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	23	0	0	10.8	0	40
R. Handa Full-back	Gamba Osaka	Japan	24	1	4	20.7	4666.1%	577%
N. Nakagawa Defensive midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	24	3	4	15	30	55
Y. Funabashi Central midfielder	Kashima	Japan	24	2	2	14.9	256050%	5425.1%
M. Hosoya Centre-forward	Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	24	11	2	15.2	3313.6%	540.7%
A. Uenaka Attacking midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	24	7	4	15.1	3394.7%	545.7%
H. Mochizuki Full-back	Machida Zelvia	Japan	24	1	1	16.3	3611.9%	532.6%
K. Nono Full-back	Kashima	Japan	24	1	1	14.8	3219.8%	5311.8%
Marcelo Ryan Centre-forward	FC Tokyo	Brazil	24	8	1	14	2835.2%	513.9%
I. Someno Centre-forward	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	24	5	4	13.9	2712.1%	5111.3%
S. Takagi Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	Japan	24	2	3	13.8	27	51
M. Shibayama Attacking midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	Japan	24	4	2	13.8	18105.7%	507.2%
Y. Obata Goalkeeper	Avispa Fukuoka	Japan	24	0	0	13.4	27380.7%	496.3%
R. Araki Attacking midfielder	Kashima	Japan	24	0	2	13.2	680.3%	4814.4%
Y. Hashimoto Defensive midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	Japan	24	0	3	13	15	48
H. Inamura Full-back	Albirex Niigata	Japan	24	1	1	12.8	14426.9%	473.3%
T. Oka Centre-back	FC Tokyo	Japan	24	0	0	12.7	158.7%	479.9%
R. Mito Defensive midfielder	Gamba Osaka	Japan	24	1	1	12.6	15368.8%	460.9%
S. Baba Defensive midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	24	0	0	12.5	585.6%	4614.4%
Y. Matsuhashi Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	24	0	1	12.3	1213.3%	458%
N. Komazawa Centre-forward	Yokohama FC	Japan	24	2	0	12.3	11	45
M. Shigemi Attacking midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	Japan	24	1	1	12.2	868.6%	4511%
R. Kamihashi Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	24	0	1	12.1	0	44
M. Yumiba Defensive midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	Japan	24	0	1	12	8	44
K. Bangnagande Full-back	FC Tokyo	Japan	24	0	0	11.9	766.8%	4319.3%
S. Tanabe Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	24	0	0	11.8	4600%	430.7%
K. Yamauchi Central midfielder	Vissel Kobe	Japan	24	0	0	11.8	174%	4312.4%
S. Nakajima Winger	Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	24	0	0	11.7	0	43
Y. Oda Centre-forward	Shonan Bellmare	Japan	24	1	0	11.5	561.3%	423.2%
Y. Wakatsuki Centre-forward	Albirex Niigata	Japan	24	1	0	11.5	3	423.4%
Werik Popó Winger	Fagiano Okayama	Brazil	24	0	0	11.4	0	4222.2%
C. Hill Goalkeeper	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	24	0	0	11.4	0	42
Kyota Tokiwa Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	Japan	24	0	0	11.4	1	42
Y. Fujiwara Centre-back	Urawa	Japan	24	0	0	11.2	0	41
K. Kumakura Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	Japan	24	0	0	11.2	0	41
H. Uemura Defensive midfielder	Albirex Niigata	Japan	24	0	0	11.1	391.2%	4123.1%
Kim Moon-Hyeon Centre-back	Avispa Fukuoka	Korea Republic	24	0	0	11.1	0	41
M. Sasaki Goalkeeper	Fagiano Okayama	Japan	24	0	0	11.1	0100%	406.3%
H. Kato Central midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	Japan	24	0	0	11.1	0	40
K. Suganuma Goalkeeper	Avispa Fukuoka	Japan	24	0	0	10.9	0	40
S. Tamura Attacking midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	Japan	24	0	0	10.8	0	39
K. Tani Goalkeeper	Machida Zelvia	Japan	25	0	0	19.2	4231.6%	565.4%
K. Hayashi Defensive midfielder	Machida Zelvia	Japan	25	4	1	15.9	3536.8%	544.6%
D. Matsuoka Central midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	Japan	25	1	0	14.4	298.9%	531.3%
S. Fukuda Full-back	Kyoto Sanga	Japan	25	3	1	14.4	2138.7%	535.2%
Kim Tae-Hyeon Centre-back	Kashima	Korea Republic	25	0	1	14.3	3178.4%	527.6%
S. Miura Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	25	0	6	14.3	2184.1%	520.6%
K. Sato Centre-forward	FC Tokyo	Japan	25	7	5	15.5	34	52
Y. Matsumura Attacking midfielder	Kashima	Japan	25	3	6	14.2	23725%	5216.4%
Thiago Andrade Attacking midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	Brazil	25	4	4	14.1	24	5110%
H. Okuda Full-back	Cerezo Osaka	Japan	25	0	0	13.7	1610.5%	502.7%
K. Kumasaka Defensive midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	25	0	0	13.6	18525%	5023%
K. Morita Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	25	0	3	13.5	2914.1%	499.1%
S. Fujio Centre-forward	Machida Zelvia	Japan	25	2	2	13.3	1457.4%	4913.5%
I. Sekigawa Centre-back	Kashima	Japan	25	0	0	13.2	2545.7%	4817.5%
S. Sakuragawa Centre-forward	Yokohama FC	Japan	25	4	3	13.1	22	48
Kim Ju-Sung Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Korea Republic	25	1	1	13	1829.4%	47±0%
R. Nishio Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	Japan	25	0	1	13	1256.7%	4710.7%
J. Okumura Attacking midfielder	Albirex Niigata	Japan	25	3	2	12.9	18123.7%	474.4%
Y. Kimura Centre-forward	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	25	3	0	12.9	1463.1%	4717.8%
S. Morooka Attacking midfielder	Kashima	Japan	25	2	0	12.7	762.9%	4614.2%
H. Yamauchi Winger	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	25	1	1	12.6	425.5%	460.9%
T. Miyagi Winger	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	25	4	0	12.4	10	458.1%
F. Yamada Attacking midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	Japan	25	0	2	12.1	571.3%	4411.2%
S. Homma Attacking midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	Japan	25	0	2	12	61475%	447.8%
H. Ogura Defensive midfielder	Yokohama FC	Japan	25	1	0	12	16	44
K. Fujita Goalkeeper	Albirex Niigata	Japan	25	0	0	11.9	2	43
A. Ohata Full-back	Cerezo Osaka	Japan	25	0	0	11.7	675.2%	4313.2%
H. Fujii Centre-back	Nagoya Grampus	Japan	25	0	1	11.6	850.6%	4221%
T. Yamasaki Centre-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	25	0	0	11.6	4	421.6%
H. Matsumoto Full-back	Shonan Bellmare	Japan	25	0	0	11.6	81800%	422.1%
S. Naruse Central midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	25	0	0	11.5	197.2%	4222.4%
S. Kawasaki Winger	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	25	1	0	11.2	423.3%	4117%
R. Kubota Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	Japan	25	1	0	11.1	4	41
Soma Meshino Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	25	0	0	10.9	3160%	406.4%
G. Yamada Winger	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	25	0	0	10.8	0100%	4014.7%
T. Nakamura Full-back	Cerezo Osaka	Japan	25	0	0	10.7	098%	3910.1%
K. Kawakami Goalkeeper	Fagiano Okayama	Japan	25	0	0	10.5	0	38
S. Teranuma Centre-forward	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	25	0	0	10.5	0	38
Y. Inokoshi Goalkeeper	Shimizu S-pulse	Japan	25	0	0	10.4	0	38
N. Takahashi Centre-back	Shonan Bellmare	Japan	25	0	0	10.3	189.2%	3818%
M. Endo Goalkeeper	Yokohama FC	Japan	25	0	0	10.2	0	37
S. Nakano Defensive midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	26	1	1	13.8	2732.6%	5019.5%
K. Yasui Central midfielder	Urawa	Japan	26	1	1	14.8	3334.3%	50±0%
D. Sasaki Winger	Vissel Kobe	Japan	26	5	7	14.8	3327%	508.7%
A. Sasaki Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	26	3	2	14	3132.5%	508.6%
Y. Miyamoto Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	Japan	26	0	0	13.6	2918.5%	50±0%
S. Higashi Defensive midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	26	3	0	13.4	2736.9%	4917.8%
H. Taniguchi Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	26	3	1	21.9	5779.1%	4811.6%
S. Fukuoka Central midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	Japan	26	0	1	13	2172.6%	484.6%