Tokyo Yakult Swallows belong to Central League in NPB. Swallows claimed the Central League title last season. The following is the list of their annual salaries in 2016.
| No. | Player | Pos. | Age | Salary | $ | Euro |
| 4 | Wladimir Balentien | OF | 31 | 360,000,000 | 3,302,640 | 2,918,160 |
| 23 | Tetsuto Yamada | IF | 23 | 220,000,000 | 2,018,280 | 1,783,320 |
| 58 | Logan Ondrusek | P | 31 | 220,000,000 | 2,018,280 | 1,783,320 |
| 19 | Masanori Ishikawa | P | 36 | 200,000,000 | 1,834,800 | 1,621,200 |
| 5 | Shingo Kawabata | IF | 28 | 160,000,000 | 1,467,840 | 1,296,960 |
| 17 | Yoshihisa Naruse | P | 30 | 144,000,000 | 1,321,056 | 1,167,264 |
| 33 | Kazuhiro Hatakeyama | IF | 33 | 130,000,000 | 1,192,620 | 1,053,780 |
| 25 | Shohei Tateyama | P | 35 | 120,000,000 | 1,100,880 | 972,720 |
| 29 | Yasuhiro Ogawa | P | 26 | 100,000,000 | 917,400 | 810,600 |
| 34 | Kyle Davies | P | 32 | 72,000,000 | 660,528 | 583,632 |
| 2 | Keiji Obiki | IF | 31 | 70,000,000 | 642,180 | 567,420 |
| 14 | Ryo Akiyoshi | P | 27 | 68,000,000 | 623,832 | 551,208 |
| 52 | Yuhei Nakamura | C | 25 | 67,000,000 | 614,658 | 543,102 |
| 7 | Hiroyasu Tanaka | IF | 33 | 65,000,000 | 596,310 | 526,890 |
| 41 | Yuhei Takai | OF | 31 | 65,000,000 | 596,310 | 526,890 |
| 13 | Luis Manuel Pérez | P | 31 | 54,000,000 | 495,396 | 437,724 |
| 12 | Taichi Ishiyama | P | 27 | 41,000,000 | 376,134 | 332,346 |
| 21 | Kenichi Matsuoka | P | 33 | 36,000,000 | 330,264 | 291,816 |
| 53 | Joshua William Lueke | P | 31 | 36,000,000 | 330,264 | 291,816 |
| 20 | Tetsuya Yamamoto | P | 30 | 35,000,000 | 321,090 | 283,710 |
| 10 | Ryosuke Morioka | IF | 31 | 32,000,000 | 293,568 | 259,392 |
| 26 | Kentaro Kyuko | P | 30 | 30,000,000 | 275,220 | 243,180 |
| 42 | Tomotaka Sakaguchi | OF | 31 | 30,000,000 | 275,220 | 243,180 |
| 66 | Nagisa Arakaki | P | 36 | 28,000,000 | 256,872 | 226,968 |
| 9 | Yasushi Iihara | OF | 33 | 27,000,000 | 247,698 | 218,862 |
| 50 | Tsuyoshi Ueda | OF | 27 | 25,000,000 | 229,350 | 202,650 |
| 15 | Kyohei Muranaka | P | 28 | 24,000,000 | 220,176 | 194,544 |
| 68 | Hirofumi Yamanaka | P | 30 | 22,000,000 | 201,828 | 178,332 |
| 54 | Masato Nakazawa | P | 31 | 21,600,000 | 198,158 | 175,090 |
| 60 | Masayoshi Miwa | IF | 32 | 20,000,000 | 183,480 | 162,120 |
| 0 | Wataru Hiyane | OF | 28 | 20,000,000 | 183,480 | 162,120 |
| 70 | Ryosuke Yagi | P | 25 | 20,000,000 | 183,480 | 162,120 |
| 24 | Takahiro Araki | IF | 28 | 20,000,000 | 183,480 | 162,120 |
| 59 | Takahiro Imanami | IF | 31 | 19,500,000 | 178,893 | 158,067 |
| 8 | Shinichi Takeuchi | IF | 32 | 19,000,000 | 174,306 | 154,014 |
| 40 | Masato Furuno | P | 29 | 18,000,000 | 165,132 | 145,908 |
| 28 | Masahiko Tanaka | C | 34 | 18,000,000 | 165,132 | 145,908 |
| 18 | Toshihiro Sugiura | P | 24 | 17,000,000 | 155,958 | 137,802 |
| 62 | Takeaki Tokuyama | P | 26 | 15,800,000 | 144,949 | 128,075 |
| 16 | Juri Hara | P | 22 | 15,000,000 | 137,610 | 121,590 |
| 11 | Yoshinori Sato | P | 26 | 15,000,000 | 137,610 | 121,590 |
| 22 | Shingo Takeshita | P | 25 | 14,000,000 | 128,436 | 113,484 |
| 16 | Ryohei Kiya | P | 27 | 12,600,000 | 115,592 | 102,136 |
| 3 | Naomichi Nishiura | IF | 25 | 12,500,000 | 114,675 | 101,325 |
| 32 | Ren Kazahari | P | 23 | 11,000,000 | 100,914 | 89,166 |
| 46 | Ryota Yachi | IF | 25 | 10,500,000 | 96,327 | 85,113 |
| 44 | Keiji Iwahashi | P | 25 | 9,500,000 | 87,153 | 77,007 |
| 38 | Tetsuya Terada | P | 29 | 9,500,000 | 87,153 | 77,007 |
| 57 | Jun Matsui | OF | 28 | 8,900,000 | 81,649 | 72,143 |
| 30 | Akihisa Nishida | C | 24 | 8,600,000 | 78,896 | 69,712 |
| 31 | Kotaro Yamasaki | OF | 22 | 8,000,000 | 73,392 | 64,848 |
| 39 | Yusaku Nakamoto | P | 27 | 7,900,000 | 72,475 | 64,037 |
| 45 | Hiroaki Dohi | P | 25 | 7,900,000 | 72,475 | 64,037 |
| 63 | Suguru Ino | C | 32 | 7,700,000 | 70,640 | 62,416 |
| 37 | Yudai Hoshino | C | 27 | 7,600,000 | 69,722 | 61,606 |
| 51 | Ryota Fujii | C | 27 | 7,500,000 | 68,805 | 60,795 |
| 91 | Atsushi Ugumori | OF | 29 | 7,500,000 | 68,805 | 60,795 |
| 65 | Izumi Hara | OF | 23 | 7,200,000 | 66,053 | 58,363 |
| 55 | Koji Yamakawa | C | 19 | 6,300,000 | 57,796 | 51,068 |
| 36 | Taishi Hirooka | IF | 19 | 6,000,000 | 55,044 | 48,636 |
| 47 | Keiji Takahashi | P | 19 | 6,000,000 | 55,044 | 48,636 |
| 36 | Ryuhei Kawakami | OF | 23 | 5,800,000 | 53,209 | 47,015 |
| 35 | Kengo Tagawa | P | 21 | 5,600,000 | 51,374 | 45,394 |
| 61 | Yuto Koyama | P | 20 | 5,500,000 | 50,457 | 44,583 |
| 56 | Nobuyuki Okumura | IF | 20 | 5,500,000 | 50,457 | 44,583 |
| 49 | Daiki Watanabe | IF | 18 | 5,000,000 | 45,870 | 40,530 |
| 67 | Ryo Hirai | P | 25 | 5,000,000 | 45,870 | 40,530 |
| 48 | Julius Higuma | P | 18 | 5,000,000 | 45,870 | 40,530 |
Source is Pro-Yakyu Senshu Data Meikan 2016, Takarajima sha. プロ野球選手データ名鑑、宝島社
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