Top 100 Salaries of NPB (Japan Professional Baseball) Players in 2017
The following table shows the top 100 annual salaries among NPB palyers in 2017.
The list of 2018 is Top 100 Salaries of NPB Players in 2018
Table 1: 2017 Top 100 Salaries of NPB, Japanese Yen Version
Rank | No. | Player | Yen | Team | Pos. |
1 | 99 | Ernesto Mejia | 500,000,000 | L | IF |
1 | 19 | Chihiro Kaneko | 500,000,000 | Bu | P |
1 | 58 | Dennis Sarfate | 500,000,000 | H | P |
4 | 7 | Yoshio Itoi | 450,000,000 | T | OF |
5 | 60 | Takeya Nakamura | 410,000,000 | L | IF |
6 | 21 | Tsuyoshi Wada | 400,000,000 | H | P |
6 | 44 | Henricus van den Hurk | 400,000,000 | H | P |
6 | 18 | Daisuke Matsuzaka | 400,000,000 | H | P |
6 | 54 | Alfredo Despaigne | 400,000,000 | H | OF |
6 | 3 | Nobuhiro Matsuda | 400,000,000 | H | IF |
6 | 50 | Tadashi Settsu | 400,000,000 | H | P |
6 | 1 | Takashi Toritani | 400,000,000 | T | IF |
13 | 1 | Hiroyuki Nakajima | 350,000,000 | Bu | IF |
13 | 1 | Seiichi Uchikawa | 350,000,000 | H | OF |
13 | 53 | Ryota Igarashi | 350,000,000 | H | P |
13 | 54 | Randy Messenger | 350,000,000 | T | P |
13 | 1 | Tetsuto Yamada | 350,000,000 | S | IF |
13 | 6 | Hayato Sakamoto | 350,000,000 | G | IF |
19 | 4 | Wladimir Balentien | 330,000,000 | S | OF |
20 | 47 | Tetsuya Yamaguchi | 320,000,000 | G | P |
21 | 42 | Kris Johnson | 300,000,000 | C | P |
21 | 16 | Yoshihisa Hirano | 300,000,000 | Bu | P |
21 | 2 | Dai-Kang Yang | 300,000,000 | G | OF |
21 | 25 | Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh | 300,000,000 | Bs | IF |
25 | 6 | Sho Nakata | 280,000,000 | F | IF |
26 | 11 | Shohei Otani | 270,000,000 | F | P/OF |
27 | 9 | Yuki Yanagita | 260,000,000 | H | OF |
27 | 10 | Shinnosuke Abe | 260,000,000 | G | IF |
29 | 5 | Brandon Laird | 250,000,000 | F | IF |
29 | 16 | Hideaki Wakui | 250,000,000 | M | P |
31 | 39 | Miles Mikolas | 240,000,000 | G | P |
31 | 11 | Luis Cruz | 240,000,000 | G | IF |
33 | 8 | Kousuke Fukudome | 230,000,000 | T | OF |
33 | 2 | Jose Lopez | 230,000,000 | Bs | IF |
33 | 20 | Scott Mathieson | 230,000,000 | G | P |
33 | 19 | Tomoyuki Sugano | 230,000,000 | G | P |
37 | 11 | Takayuki Kishi | 225,000,000 | E | P |
37 | 7 | Hisayoshi Chono | 225,000,000 | G | OF |
39 | 19 | Hirotoshi Masui | 220,000,000 | F | P |
39 | 25 | Shuichi Murata | 220,000,000 | G | IF |
41 | 22 | Kyuji Fujikawa | 200,000,000 | T | P |
41 | 3 | Kensuke Tanaka | 200,000,000 | F | IF |
41 | 15 | Luis Mendoza | 200,000,000 | F | P |
41 | 8 | Toshiaki Imae | 200,000,000 | E | IF |
41 | 14 | Takahiro Norimoto | 200,000,000 | E | P |
41 | 24 | Yuya Hasegawa | 200,000,000 | H | OF |
41 | 55 | Shogo Akiyama | 200,000,000 | L | OF |
41 | 25 | Naoki Miyanishi | 200,000,000 | F | P |
41 | 42 | Shun Yamaguchi | 200,000,000 | G | P |
41 | 26 | Tetsuya Utsumi | 200,000,000 | G | P |
51 | 33 | Casey McGehee | 193,000,000 | G | IF |
52 | 1 | Takumi Kuriyama | 190,000,000 | L | OF |
53 | 32 | Brandon Dickson | 180,000,000 | Bu | P |
53 | 46 | Yuichi Honda | 180,000,000 | H | IF |
53 | 19 | Masanori Ishikawa | 180,000,000 | S | P |
56 | 34 | Curtis Ohlendorf | 176,000,000 | S | P |
57 | 66 | Dayan Viciedo | 170,000,000 | D | OF |
58 | 5 | Garrett Jones | 160,000,000 | G | OF |
58 | 19 | Shintaro Fujinami | 160,000,000 | T | P |
58 | 5 | Shingo Kawabata | 160,000,000 | S | IF |
61 | 3 | Hideto Asamura | 155,000,000 | L | IF |
62 | 42 | Alexander Guerrero | 150,000,000 | D | IF |
62 | 49 | Phil Klein | 150,000,000 | Bs | P |
62 | 7 | Akira Nakamura | 150,000,000 | H | OF |
62 | 8 | Yohei Oshima | 150,000,000 | D | OF |
62 | 15 | Hirokazu Sawamura | 150,000,000 | G | P |
67 | 2 | Kenta Imamiya | 145,000,000 | H | IF |
67 | 33 | Ryosuke Kikuchi | 145,000,000 | C | IF |
69 | 17 | Yoshihisa Naruse | 144,000,000 | S | P |
70 | 3 | Katsuya Kakunaka | 141,000,000 | M | OF |
71 | 9 | Yoshihiro Maru | 140,000,000 | C | OF |
72 | 42 | Jimmy Paredes | 138,000,000 | M | IF |
72 | 55 | Jason Standridge | 138,000,000 | M | P |
74 | 6 | Tadahito Iguchi | 135,000,000 | M | IF |
75 | 13 | Masahiko Morifuku | 133,330,000 | G | P |
76 | 44 | Arquimedes Caminero | 132,000,000 | G | P |
77 | 12 | Ayumu Ishikawa | 130,000,000 | M | P |
77 | 21 | Yuki Nishi | 130,000,000 | Bu | P |
77 | 14 | Atsushi Nomi | 130,000,000 | T | P |
77 | 33 | Kazuhiro Hatakeyama | 130,000,000 | S | IF |
81 | 52 | Naoya Masuda | 120,000,000 | M | P |
81 | 30 | Shota Takeda | 120,000,000 | H | P |
81 | 31 | Yoshiyuki Ishihara | 120,000,000 | C | C |
81 | 25 | Shohei Tateyama | 120,000,000 | S | P |
81 | 6 | Ryosuke Hirata | 120,000,000 | D | OF |
81 | 29 | Daisuke Yamai | 120,000,000 | D | P |
87 | 25 | Phillip Coke | 115,000,000 | Bu | P |
88 | 38 | Marcos Mateo | 110,000,000 | T | P |
88 | 14 | Ryo Akiyoshi | 110,000,000 | S | P |
88 | 6 | Kazuya Fujita | 110,000,000 | E | IF |
88 | 37 | Motohiro Shima | 110,000,000 | E | C |
88 | 25 | Takahiro Arai | 110,000,000 | C | IF |
88 | 55 | Brad Eldred | 110,000,000 | C | IF |
94 | 55 | Christopher Martin | 100,000,000 | F | P |
94 | 40 | Zelous Wheeler | 100,000,000 | E | IF |
94 | 55 | Takahiro Okada | 100,000,000 | Bu | OF |
94 | 7 | Daichi Suzuki | 100,000,000 | M | IF |
94 | 27 | Ginjiro Sumitani | 100,000,000 | L | C |
94 | 35 | Kazuhisa Makita | 100,000,000 | L | P |
94 | 16 | Yusei Kikuchi | 100,000,000 | L | P |
94 | 9 | Takuya Nakashima | 100,000,000 | F | IF |
94 | 7 | Haruki Nishikawa | 100,000,000 | F | OF |
94 | 22 | Keisuke Tanimoto | 100,000,000 | F | P |
94 | 27 | Yasutomo Kubo | 100,000,000 | Bs | P |
94 | 19 | Yusuke Nomura | 100,000,000 | C | P |
Team Code
Bu: ORIX Buffaloes
C: Hiroshima Toyo Carp
D: Chunichi Dragons
E: Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
F: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
G: Yomiuri Giants
H: Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
L: Saitama Seibu Lions
M: Chiba Lotte Marines
S: Tokyo Yakult Swallows
T: Hanshin Tigers
Table 2: 2017 Top 100 Salaries of NPB, Dollar/Euro Version
Rank | No. | Player | $ | Euro | Team | Pos. |
1 | 99 | Ernesto Mejia | 4,580,000 | 4,267,000 | L | IF |
1 | 19 | Chihiro Kaneko | 4,580,000 | 4,267,000 | Bu | P |
1 | 58 | Dennis Sarfate | 4,580,000 | 4,267,000 | H | P |
4 | 7 | Yoshio Itoi | 4,122,000 | 3,840,300 | T | OF |
5 | 60 | Takeya Nakamura | 3,755,600 | 3,498,940 | L | IF |
6 | 21 | Tsuyoshi Wada | 3,664,000 | 3,413,600 | H | P |
6 | 44 | Henricus van den Hurk | 3,664,000 | 3,413,600 | H | P |
6 | 18 | Daisuke Matsuzaka | 3,664,000 | 3,413,600 | H | P |
6 | 54 | Alfredo Despaigne | 3,664,000 | 3,413,600 | H | OF |
6 | 3 | Nobuhiro Matsuda | 3,664,000 | 3,413,600 | H | IF |
6 | 50 | Tadashi Settsu | 3,664,000 | 3,413,600 | H | P |
6 | 1 | Takashi Toritani | 3,664,000 | 3,413,600 | T | IF |
13 | 1 | Hiroyuki Nakajima | 3,206,000 | 2,986,900 | Bu | IF |
13 | 1 | Seiichi Uchikawa | 3,206,000 | 2,986,900 | H | OF |
13 | 53 | Ryota Igarashi | 3,206,000 | 2,986,900 | H | P |
13 | 54 | Randy Messenger | 3,206,000 | 2,986,900 | T | P |
13 | 1 | Tetsuto Yamada | 3,206,000 | 2,986,900 | S | IF |
13 | 6 | Hayato Sakamoto | 3,206,000 | 2,986,900 | G | IF |
19 | 4 | Wladimir Balentien | 3,022,800 | 2,816,220 | S | OF |
20 | 47 | Tetsuya Yamaguchi | 2,931,200 | 2,730,880 | G | P |
21 | 42 | Kris Johnson | 2,748,000 | 2,560,200 | C | P |
21 | 16 | Yoshihisa Hirano | 2,748,000 | 2,560,200 | Bu | P |
21 | 2 | Dai-Kang Yang | 2,748,000 | 2,560,200 | G | OF |
21 | 25 | Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh | 2,748,000 | 2,560,200 | Bs | IF |
25 | 6 | Sho Nakata | 2,564,800 | 2,389,520 | F | IF |
26 | 11 | Shohei Otani | 2,473,200 | 2,304,180 | F | P/OF |
27 | 9 | Yuki Yanagita | 2,381,600 | 2,218,840 | H | OF |
27 | 10 | Shinnosuke Abe | 2,381,600 | 2,218,840 | G | IF |
29 | 5 | Brandon Laird | 2,290,000 | 2,133,500 | F | IF |
29 | 16 | Hideaki Wakui | 2,290,000 | 2,133,500 | M | P |
31 | 39 | Miles Mikolas | 2,198,400 | 2,048,160 | G | P |
31 | 11 | Luis Cruz | 2,198,400 | 2,048,160 | G | IF |
33 | 8 | Kousuke Fukudome | 2,106,800 | 1,962,820 | T | OF |
33 | 2 | Jose Lopez | 2,106,800 | 1,962,820 | Bs | IF |
33 | 20 | Scott Mathieson | 2,106,800 | 1,962,820 | G | P |
33 | 19 | Tomoyuki Sugano | 2,106,800 | 1,962,820 | G | P |
37 | 11 | Takayuki Kishi | 2,061,000 | 1,920,150 | E | P |
37 | 7 | Hisayoshi Chono | 2,061,000 | 1,920,150 | G | OF |
39 | 19 | Hirotoshi Masui | 2,015,200 | 1,877,480 | F | P |
39 | 25 | Shuichi Murata | 2,015,200 | 1,877,480 | G | IF |
41 | 22 | Kyuji Fujikawa | 1,832,000 | 1,706,800 | T | P |
41 | 3 | Kensuke Tanaka | 1,832,000 | 1,706,800 | F | IF |
41 | 15 | Luis Mendoza | 1,832,000 | 1,706,800 | F | P |
41 | 8 | Toshiaki Imae | 1,832,000 | 1,706,800 | E | IF |
41 | 14 | Takahiro Norimoto | 1,832,000 | 1,706,800 | E | P |
41 | 24 | Yuya Hasegawa | 1,832,000 | 1,706,800 | H | OF |
41 | 55 | Shogo Akiyama | 1,832,000 | 1,706,800 | L | OF |
41 | 25 | Naoki Miyanishi | 1,832,000 | 1,706,800 | F | P |
41 | 42 | Shun Yamaguchi | 1,832,000 | 1,706,800 | G | P |
41 | 26 | Tetsuya Utsumi | 1,832,000 | 1,706,800 | G | P |
51 | 33 | Casey McGehee | 1,767,880 | 1,647,062 | G | IF |
52 | 1 | Takumi Kuriyama | 1,740,400 | 1,621,460 | L | OF |
53 | 32 | Brandon Dickson | 1,648,800 | 1,536,120 | Bu | P |
53 | 46 | Yuichi Honda | 1,648,800 | 1,536,120 | H | IF |
53 | 19 | Masanori Ishikawa | 1,648,800 | 1,536,120 | S | P |
56 | 34 | Curtis Ohlendorf | 1,612,160 | 1,501,984 | S | P |
57 | 66 | Dayan Viciedo | 1,557,200 | 1,450,780 | D | OF |
58 | 5 | Garrett Jones | 1,465,600 | 1,365,440 | G | OF |
58 | 19 | Shintaro Fujinami | 1,465,600 | 1,365,440 | T | P |
58 | 5 | Shingo Kawabata | 1,465,600 | 1,365,440 | S | IF |
61 | 3 | Hideto Asamura | 1,419,800 | 1,322,770 | L | IF |
62 | 42 | Alexander Guerrero | 1,374,000 | 1,280,100 | D | IF |
62 | 49 | Phil Klein | 1,374,000 | 1,280,100 | Bs | P |
62 | 7 | Akira Nakamura | 1,374,000 | 1,280,100 | H | OF |
62 | 8 | Yohei Oshima | 1,374,000 | 1,280,100 | D | OF |
62 | 15 | Hirokazu Sawamura | 1,374,000 | 1,280,100 | G | P |
67 | 2 | Kenta Imamiya | 1,328,200 | 1,237,430 | H | IF |
67 | 33 | Ryosuke Kikuchi | 1,328,200 | 1,237,430 | C | IF |
69 | 17 | Yoshihisa Naruse | 1,319,040 | 1,228,896 | S | P |
70 | 3 | Katsuya Kakunaka | 1,291,560 | 1,203,294 | M | OF |
71 | 9 | Yoshihiro Maru | 1,282,400 | 1,194,760 | C | OF |
72 | 42 | Jimmy Paredes | 1,264,080 | 1,177,692 | M | IF |
72 | 55 | Jason Standridge | 1,264,080 | 1,177,692 | M | P |
74 | 6 | Tadahito Iguchi | 1,236,600 | 1,152,090 | M | IF |
75 | 13 | Masahiko Morifuku | 1,221,302 | 1,137,838 | G | P |
76 | 44 | Arquimedes Caminero | 1,209,120 | 1,126,488 | G | P |
77 | 12 | Ayumu Ishikawa | 1,190,800 | 1,109,420 | M | P |
77 | 21 | Yuki Nishi | 1,190,800 | 1,109,420 | Bu | P |
77 | 14 | Atsushi Nomi | 1,190,800 | 1,109,420 | T | P |
77 | 33 | Kazuhiro Hatakeyama | 1,190,800 | 1,109,420 | S | IF |
81 | 52 | Naoya Masuda | 1,099,200 | 1,024,080 | M | P |
81 | 30 | Shota Takeda | 1,099,200 | 1,024,080 | H | P |
81 | 31 | Yoshiyuki Ishihara | 1,099,200 | 1,024,080 | C | C |
81 | 25 | Shohei Tateyama | 1,099,200 | 1,024,080 | S | P |
81 | 6 | Ryosuke Hirata | 1,099,200 | 1,024,080 | D | OF |
81 | 29 | Daisuke Yamai | 1,099,200 | 1,024,080 | D | P |
87 | 25 | Phillip Coke | 1,053,400 | 981,410 | Bu | P |
88 | 38 | Marcos ・ Mateo | 1,007,600 | 938,740 | T | P |
88 | 14 | Ryo Akiyoshi | 1,007,600 | 938,740 | S | P |
88 | 6 | Kazuya Fujita | 1,007,600 | 938,740 | E | IF |
88 | 37 | Motohiro Shima | 1,007,600 | 938,740 | E | C |
88 | 25 | Takahiro Arai | 1,007,600 | 938,740 | C | IF |
88 | 55 | Brad Eldred | 1,007,600 | 938,740 | C | IF |
94 | 55 | Christopher Martin | 916,000 | 853,400 | F | P |
94 | 40 | Zelous Wheeler | 916,000 | 853,400 | E | IF |
94 | 55 | Takahiro Okada | 916,000 | 853,400 | Bu | OF |
94 | 7 | Daichi Suzuki | 916,000 | 853,400 | M | IF |
94 | 27 | Ginjiro Sumitani | 916,000 | 853,400 | L | C |
94 | 35 | Kazuhisa Makita | 916,000 | 853,400 | L | P |
94 | 16 | Yusei Kikuchi | 916,000 | 853,400 | L | P |
94 | 9 | Takuya Nakashima | 916,000 | 853,400 | F | IF |
94 | 7 | Haruki Nishikawa | 916,000 | 853,400 | F | OF |
94 | 22 | Keisuke Tanimoto | 916,000 | 853,400 | F | P |
94 | 27 | Yasutomo Kubo | 916,000 | 853,400 | Bs | P |
94 | 19 | Yusuke Nomura | 916,000 | 853,400 | C | P |
Source is Pro-Yakyu Senshu Data Meikan 2017, Takarajima sha. プロ野球選手データ名鑑 2017、宝島社
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