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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

Bs: YOKOHAMA DeNA BAYSTARS

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

プロ野球選手データ名鑑2017 (別冊宝島)

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