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

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