We identified 181 real signings across the 18 clubs of J1 League; 180 are included in the hit-rate calculation (1 youth investments set aside). Signings without relevant game time are classified as unsuccessful. League average hit rate: 33%.
Hit rate by club
1º Kashima (3rd in the league · 4 eval.)
2º Vissel Kobe (8th in the league · 11 eval.)
3º Cerezo Osaka (5th in the league · 8 eval.)
4º Consadole Sapporo (10th in the league · 5 eval.)
5º Sanfrecce Hiroshima (6th in the league · 5 eval.)
6º Yokohama F. Marinos (1st in the league · 14 eval.)
7º Vegalta Sendai (11th in the league · 11 eval.)
8º Nagoya Grampus (13th in the league · 8 eval.)
9º Gamba Osaka (7th in the league · 6 eval.)
10º Shimizu S-pulse (12th in the league · 9 eval.)
11º Oita Trinita (9th in the league · 22 eval.)
12º Kawasaki Frontale (4th in the league · 8 eval.)
13º Sagan Tosu (16th in the league · 10 eval.)
14º Jubilo Iwata (18th in the league · 8 eval.)
15º Matsumoto Yamaga (17th in the league · 27 eval.)
16º Shonan Bellmare (15th in the league · 11 eval.)
17º Urawa (14th in the league · 6 eval.)
18º FC Tokyo (2nd in the league · 7 eval.)
Detailed ranking
| Club | League position | Signings | Evaluated | Successful | Fair | Unsuccessful | Hit rate % |
|---|
| 1º | Kashima | 3º | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75% |
| 2º | Vissel Kobe | 8º | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 54% |
| 3º | Cerezo Osaka | 5º | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 50% |
| 4º | Consadole Sapporo | 10º | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 50% |
| 5º | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6º | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 50% |
| 6º | Yokohama F. Marinos | 1º | 14 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 43% |
| 7º | Vegalta Sendai | 11º | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 41% |
| 8º | Nagoya Grampus | 13º | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 38% |
| 9º | Gamba Osaka | 7º | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 33% |
| 10º | Shimizu S-pulse | 12º | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 28% |
| 11º | Oita Trinita | 9º | 22 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 27% |
| 12º | Kawasaki Frontale | 4º | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 25% |
| 13º | Sagan Tosu | 16º | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 20% |
| 14º | Jubilo Iwata | 18º | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 19% |
| 15º | Matsumoto Yamaga | 17º | 27 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 17% |
| 16º | Shonan Bellmare | 15º | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 14% |
| 17º | Urawa | 14º | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8% |
| 18º | FC Tokyo | 2º | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7% |
Season Highlights
| Player | Club | Min | G+A | Nota | Rating |
|---|
| Marcos Júnior | Yokohama F. Marinos | 2670 | 15+4 | 7.28 | Excellent |
| Musashi Suzuki | Consadole Sapporo | 2875 | 13+2 | 7.01 | Excellent |
| David Villa | Vissel Kobe | 2128 | 13+2 | 7.09 | Excellent |
| Erik | Yokohama F. Marinos | 1078 | 8+3 | 7.37 | Excellent |
| Edigar Junio | Yokohama F. Marinos | 1188 | 11+0 | 7.21 | Excellent |
Methodology
Only genuine signings for the first-team squad are considered — academy promotions, loan returns and internal moves are excluded. Each evaluated signing is classified into five tiers from a score that combines match ratings, attacking output adjusted for game time and consistency over the season, in comparison with the other players in the competition. Successful signings count as a full point; Fair ones, half a point.
Appendix — Signings by club
* Youth investment (under-23, no game time) — outside the calculation.
Cerezo Osaka (8 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Hiroaki Okuno | 32 | 2459 | 7 | 2 | Excellent |
| Naoyuki Fujita | 25 | 2170 | 0 | 1 | Good |
| Bruno Mendes | 24 | 1792 | 6 | 1 | Excellent |
| Leandro Desábato | 18 | 1294 | 0 | 1 | Fair |
| Ken Tokura | 11 | 733 | 1 | 0 | Fair |
| Koji Suzuki | 11 | 405 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Jun Nishikawa | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Hiroto Yamada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Consadole Sapporo (5 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Musashi Suzuki | 33 | 2875 | 13 | 2 | Excellent |
| Lucas Fernandes | 31 | 2098 | 2 | 3 | Fair |
| Anderson Lopes | 25 | 1558 | 9 | 2 | Excellent |
| Yoshihiro Nakano | 19 | 565 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Yuto Iwasaki | 8 | 61 | 0 | 1 | Did not deliver |
FC Tokyo (7 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Jae Suk Oh | 12 | 1080 | 0 | 1 | Below expectations |
| Hirotaka Mita | 14 | 727 | 1 | 2 | Fair |
| Sang-Ho Na | 25 | 697 | 2 | 1 | Below expectations |
| Kyosuke Tagawa | 11 | 253 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Jael | 15 | 249 | 1 | 2 | Did not deliver |
| Arthur Feitoza | 8 | 210 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Tsuyoshi Kodama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Gamba Osaka (6 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Young-Gwon Kim | 32 | 2880 | 1 | 1 | Good |
| Takashi Usami | 14 | 1192 | 7 | 1 | Excellent |
| Tatsuya Tanaka | 8 | 276 | 0 | 1 | Did not deliver |
| Lukian | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Markel Susaeta | 5 | 155 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Yuto Suzuki | 3 | 113 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Jubilo Iwata (8 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Lukian | 13 | 1117 | 1 | 1 | Fair |
| Gerson Rodrigues | 15 | 927 | 5 | 0 | Fair |
| Masato Nakayama | 14 | 648 | 2 | 1 | Fair |
| Kentaro Moriya | 9 | 548 | 0 | 1 | Below expectations |
| Yosuke Akiyama | 8 | 409 | 0 | 1 | Did not deliver |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 5 | 361 | 1 | 1 | Below expectations |
| Fabio | 3 | 252 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Lorenzo Ebecilio | 3 | 120 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Kashima (5 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Ryohei Shirasaki | 25 | 1985 | 5 | 3 | Excellent |
| Sho Ito | 26 | 1831 | 7 | 1 | Good |
| Yuta Koike | 14 | 1134 | 1 | 4 | Excellent |
| Kei Koizumi | 7 | 541 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Yuki Soma * | 5 | 79 | 1 | 0 | Investment |
Kawasaki Frontale (8 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Jesiel | 15 | 1350 | 0 | 1 | Fair |
| Leandro Damião | 23 | 1017 | 9 | 3 | Below expectations |
| Kazuya Yamamura | 18 | 953 | 2 | 1 | Did not deliver |
| Kazuaki Mawatari | 13 | 917 | 1 | 2 | Fair |
| Maguinho | 8 | 501 | 2 | 1 | Fair |
| Michael James Fitzgerald | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Caio César | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Hiroki Mawatari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Matsumoto Yamaga (27 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Ryo Takahashi | 32 | 2871 | 1 | 3 | Fair |
| Tatsuya Morita | 31 | 2790 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Yuya Hashiuchi | 27 | 2353 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Hayuma Tanaka | 31 | 2273 | 0 | 1 | Did not deliver |
| Ibuki Fujita | 27 | 2134 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Ryo Nagai | 27 | 1689 | 3 | 3 | Fair |
| Taro Sugimoto | 27 | 1675 | 2 | 1 | Below expectations |
| Tomoki Imai | 18 | 1620 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Daizen Maeda | 18 | 1461 | 2 | 1 | Below expectations |
| Hiroki Mizumoto | 13 | 1170 | 1 | 0 | Fair |
| Serginho | 15 | 1154 | 2 | 1 | Good |
| Yuzo Iwakami | 19 | 1114 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Keiya Nakami | 18 | 862 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Leandro Pereira | 12 | 809 | 2 | 0 | Fair |
| Toyofumi Sakano | 13 | 681 | 2 | 0 | Fair |
| Eduardo | 7 | 617 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Yamato Machida | 13 | 559 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Hiroyuki Takasaki | 18 | 437 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Takefumi Toma | 5 | 405 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Kohei Hattori | 5 | 369 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Tomohiko Murayama | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Akira Ando | 8 | 71 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Hiroki Yamamoto | 3 | 68 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Nobuhisa Urata | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Koki Tsukagawa | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Toshiya Takagi | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Kengo Nagai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Nagoya Grampus (8 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| João Schmidt | 32 | 2715 | 2 | 2 | Excellent |
| Yutaka Yoshida | 30 | 2541 | 0 | 4 | Good |
| Takuji Yonemoto | 28 | 2322 | 0 | 2 | Good |
| Kosuke Ota | 12 | 855 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Shuhei Akasaki | 21 | 566 | 5 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Mateus Castro | 9 | 418 | 3 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Yohei Takeda | 3 | 173 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Kazuhiko Chiba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Oita Trinita (22 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Shun Takagi | 34 | 3060 | 0 | 0 | Good |
| Kazuki Kozuka | 33 | 2581 | 1 | 5 | Good |
| Ado Onaiwu | 31 | 2294 | 10 | 2 | Good |
| Kento Misao | 26 | 1831 | 1 | 2 | Below expectations |
| Noriaki Fujimoto | 21 | 1684 | 8 | 2 | Excellent |
| Ryosuke Maeda | 20 | 1613 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Toshio Shimakawa | 22 | 1428 | 0 | 1 | Did not deliver |
| Tatsuya Tanaka | 15 | 1324 | 1 | 2 | Fair |
| Kaoru Takayama | 20 | 1163 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Thitipan Puangchan | 20 | 1023 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Yuki Kobayashi | 11 | 944 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Naoya Fukumori | 9 | 787 | 0 | 1 | Fair |
| Kazushi Mitsuhira | 17 | 769 | 4 | 1 | Fair |
| Yuji Hoshi | 11 | 528 | 0 | 1 | Did not deliver |
| Honoya Shoji | 6 | 334 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Shintaro Shimada | 8 | 290 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Seigo Kobayashi | 7 | 279 | 2 | 0 | Fair |
| Jun Okano | 4 | 261 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Takuya Marutani | 6 | 124 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Ryosuke Tone | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Kenji Baba | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| William Popp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Sagan Tosu (10 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Isaac Cuenca | 29 | 2226 | 6 | 1 | Good |
| Yohei Takaoka | 24 | 2160 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Teruki Hara | 19 | 1544 | 0 | 1 | Below expectations |
| Takuo Okubo | 10 | 900 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Takashi Kanai | 10 | 900 | 3 | 1 | Fair |
| Takeshi Kanamori | 14 | 757 | 0 | 1 | Did not deliver |
| Jeongsu Park | 9 | 724 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Karlo Bručić | 5 | 386 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Nino Galović | 3 | 210 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Tiago Alves | 4 | 74 | 0 | 2 | Did not deliver |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima (5 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Douglas Da Silva Vieira | 25 | 1894 | 7 | 4 | Excellent |
| Rhayner | 24 | 1654 | 2 | 2 | Good |
| Emil Salomonsson | 19 | 1087 | 2 | 1 | Below expectations |
| Leandro Pereira | 9 | 393 | 4 | 0 | Fair |
| Akira Ibayashi | 4 | 271 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Shimizu S-pulse (9 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Elsinho | 27 | 2289 | 4 | 4 | Good |
| Renato Augusto | 21 | 1662 | 1 | 2 | Fair |
| Kenta Nishizawa | 23 | 1655 | 7 | 3 | Excellent |
| Keita Nakamura | 21 | 1257 | 1 | 1 | Below expectations |
| Yohei Nishibe | 14 | 1171 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Takuo Okubo | 11 | 990 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Kazunori Yoshimoto | 5 | 444 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Júnior Dutra | 12 | 346 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Wanderson | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Shonan Bellmare (11 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Leandro Freire | 16 | 1421 | 2 | 0 | Fair |
| Kosuke Taketomi | 18 | 1400 | 5 | 1 | Good |
| Shota Kobayashi | 24 | 1189 | 1 | 3 | Below expectations |
| Masahito Onoda | 9 | 651 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Hiroshi Ibusuki | 14 | 529 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Hiroto Nakagawa | 10 | 405 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Crislan | 6 | 129 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Leleu | 2 | 92 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Rick | 1 | 90 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Rafael Dumas | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Sosuke Shibata | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Urawa (6 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Ewerton | 22 | 1764 | 2 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Ryosuke Yamanaka | 22 | 1406 | 0 | 4 | Below expectations |
| Daisuke Suzuki | 15 | 1155 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Kenyu Sugimoto | 21 | 710 | 2 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Koya Yuruki | 8 | 247 | 0 | 1 | Did not deliver |
| Katsuya Iwatake | 3 | 202 | 0 | 1 | Fair |
Vegalta Sendai (11 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Yoshiki Matsushita | 25 | 2153 | 3 | 1 | Good |
| Simao Mate | 24 | 1991 | 3 | 0 | Fair |
| Shun Nagasawa | 31 | 1953 | 7 | 2 | Excellent |
| Ryohei Michibuchi | 25 | 1828 | 5 | 0 | Fair |
| Jakub Słowik | 15 | 1350 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Takayoshi Ishihara | 23 | 1236 | 0 | 3 | Below expectations |
| Kaina Yoshio | 13 | 883 | 2 | 1 | Fair |
| Shingo Hyodo | 13 | 667 | 1 | 1 | Fair |
| Shogo Nakahara | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Diogo Acosta | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Ryutaro Iio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
Vissel Kobe (11 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Hotaru Yamaguchi | 34 | 3065 | 3 | 2 | Excellent |
| Dankler | 29 | 2614 | 0 | 0 | Good |
| Daigo Nishi | 29 | 2423 | 0 | 7 | Good |
| David Villa | 28 | 2128 | 13 | 2 | Excellent |
| Sergi Samper | 24 | 1623 | 0 | 0 | Below expectations |
| Ryo Hatsuse | 17 | 1391 | 0 | 1 | Below expectations |
| Hiroki Ilkura | 12 | 1085 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Gotoku Sakai | 12 | 1073 | 0 | 2 | Good |
| Thomas Vermaelen | 8 | 702 | 0 | 1 | Fair |
| Joan Oumari | 4 | 338 | 1 | 0 | Fair |
| Noriaki Fujimoto | 7 | 161 | 1 | 1 | Did not deliver |
Yokohama F. Marinos (14 signings)
| Player | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|
| Marcos Júnior | 33 | 2670 | 15 | 4 | Excellent |
| Theerathon Bunmathan | 25 | 2219 | 3 | 4 | Excellent |
| Rikuto Hirose | 20 | 1727 | 1 | 1 | Fair |
| Park Il-Kyu | 17 | 1530 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
| Edigar Junio | 16 | 1188 | 11 | 0 | Excellent |
| Erik | 12 | 1078 | 8 | 3 | Excellent |
| Koji Miyoshi | 19 | 1035 | 3 | 1 | Fair |
| Takuya Wada | 10 | 854 | 0 | 2 | Below expectations |
| Mateus Castro | 11 | 725 | 1 | 1 | Fair |
| Daichi Sugimoto | 4 | 360 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Makito Ito | 5 | 157 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Tadanari Lee | 10 | 129 | 1 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Hirotsugu Nakabayashi | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |
| Jin Izumisawa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not deliver |