The following table shows the top 30 annual salaries among NPB palyers in 2016.
This year, 41 years old pitcher Kuroda gets the highest salary.
2017 version is Top 100 Salaries of NPB (Japan Professional Baseball) Players in 2017
| Rank | Nama | Team | Pos | Yen | $ | Euro |
| 1 | Kuroda, Hiroki | Carp | P | 600,000,000 | 5,554,800 | 4,921,800 |
| 2 | Kaneko, Chihiro | Buffaloes | P | 500,000,000 | 4,629,000 | 4,101,500 |
| 2 | Sarfate, Dennis Scott | Hawks | P | 500,000,000 | 4,629,000 | 4,101,500 |
| 4 | Nakamura, Takeya | Lions | IF | 410,000,000 | 3,795,780 | 3,363,230 |
| 5 | Matsuzaka, Daisuke | Hawks | P | 400,000,000 | 3,703,200 | 3,281,200 |
| 5 | Toritani, Takashi | Tigers | IF | 400,000,000 | 3,703,200 | 3,281,200 |
| 5 | Settsu, Tadashi | Hawks | P | 400,000,000 | 3,703,200 | 3,281,200 |
| 5 | Utsumi, Tetsuya | Giants | P | 400,000,000 | 3,703,200 | 3,281,200 |
| 5 | Wada, Tsuyoshi | Hawks | P | 400,000,000 | 3,703,200 | 3,281,200 |
| 10 | Balentien, Wladimir | Swallows | OF | 360,000,000 | 3,332,880 | 2,953,080 |
| 11 | Nakajima, Hiroyuki | Buffaloes | IF | 350,000,000 | 3,240,300 | 2,871,050 |
| 11 | Igarashi, Ryota | Hawks | P | 350,000,000 | 3,240,300 | 2,871,050 |
| 13 | Uchikawa, Seiichi | Hawks | OF | 330,000,000 | 3,055,140 | 2,706,990 |
| 14 | Abe, Shinnosuke | Giants | IF | 326,000,000 | 3,018,108 | 2,674,178 |
| 15 | Yamaguchi, Tetsuya | Giants | P | 320,000,000 | 2,962,560 | 2,624,960 |
| 16 | Messenger, Randy | Tigers | P | 300,000,000 | 2,777,400 | 2,460,900 |
| 16 | Murata, Shuichi | Giants | IF | 300,000,000 | 2,777,400 | 2,460,900 |
| 16 | Hirano, Yoshihisa | Buffaloes | P | 300,000,000 | 2,777,400 | 2,460,900 |
| 16 | Jones, Garrett Thomas | Giants | OF | 300,000,000 | 2,777,400 | 2,460,900 |
| 20 | Itoi, Yoshio | Buffaloes | OF | 280,000,000 | 2,592,240 | 2,296,840 |
| 21 | Yanagita, Yuki | Hawks | OF | 270,000,000 | 2,499,660 | 2,214,810 |
| 22 | Sakamoto, Hayato | Giants | IF | 250,000,000 | 2,314,500 | 2,050,750 |
| 22 | Rodriguez, Alfredo Despaigne | Marines | OF | 250,000,000 | 2,314,500 | 2,050,750 |
| 22 | Blanco, Tony | Buffaloes | IF | 250,000,000 | 2,314,500 | 2,050,750 |
| 22 | Mejía, Ernesto Antonio | Lions | IF | 250,000,000 | 2,314,500 | 2,050,750 |
| 26 | Nakata, Sho | Fighters | IF | 245,000,000 | 2,268,210 | 2,009,735 |
| 27 | Cruz Bojorquez, Luis Alfonso | Giants | IF | 244,000,000 | 2,258,952 | 2,001,532 |
| 28 | Mikolas, Miles Tice | Giants | P | 240,000,000 | 2,221,920 | 1,968,720 |
| 29 | Kishi, Takayuki | Fighters | P | 225,000,000 | 2,083,050 | 1,845,675 |
| 30 | Wakui, Hideaki | Marines | P | 220,000,000 | 2,036,760 | 1,804,660 |
| 30 | Yamada, Tetsuto | Swallows | IF | 220,000,000 | 2,036,760 | 1,804,660 |
| 30 | Matsuda, Nobuhiro | Hawks | IF | 220,000,000 | 2,036,760 | 1,804,660 |
| 30 | Ondrusek, Logan Jared | Swallows | P | 220,000,000 | 2,036,760 | 1,804,660 |
| 30 | Masui, Hirotoshi | Fighters | P | 220,000,000 | 2,036,760 | 1,804,660 |
Source is Pro-Yakyu Senshu Data Meikan 2016, Takarajima sha. プロ野球選手データ名鑑 2016、宝島社
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