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Top 30 annual salaries of J.League (J1 division) players in 2015

J. League stands for Japan Professional Football League. It has three divisions, J1, J2, and J3. J1 is the superior rank division. 

The list below shows J1 division players who get high salaries. Please see the second table for Dollar/Euro currency version.

Rank Player Age Pos. Club Salary (yen)
1 Yasuhito Endo 35 MF Gamba Osaka 180,000,000
2 Marcus Tulio Tanaka 33 DF Nagoya Grampus 150,000,000
3 Shunsuke Nakamura 36 MF Yokohama F·Marinos 130,000,000
4 Yuji Nakazawa 37 DF Yokohama F·Marinos 125,000,000
5 Yasuyuki Konno 32 DF Gamba Osaka 120,000,000
5 Pedro Bispo Moreira Junior 28 FW Vissel Kobe 120,000,000
7 Kengo Nakamura 34 MF Kawasaki Frontale 100,000,000
7 Marcos Gomes De Araujo "Marquinhos" 39 FW Vissel Kobe 100,000,000
7 Yuki Abe 33 MF Urawa Reds 100,000,000
7 Yoshito Okubo 32 FW Kawasaki Frontale 100,000,000
11 Seigo Narazaki 38 GK Nagoya Grampus 90,000,000
12 Leandro Montera Da Silva 30 FW Kashiwa Reysol 80,000,000
12 Milivoje Novakovic 35 FW Nagoya Grampus 80,000,000
12 Mitsuo Ogasawara 35 MF Kashima Antlers 80,000,000
12 Yohei Toyoda 29 FW Sagan Tosu 80,000,000
12 Shusaku Nishikawa 28 GK Urawa Reds 80,000,000
12 Weverton Almeida Santos Evaristo "Ferrugem" 27 MF Vissel Kobe 80,000,000
12 Zlatan Ljubijankic 31 FW Urawa Reds 80,000,000
12 Keita Suzuki 33 MF Urawa Reds 80,000,000
20 Michele Canini 29 DF FC Tokyo 72,000,000
21 Shinzo Koroki 28 FW Urawa Reds 70,000,000
21 Wilson Rodrigues Fonseca 30 FW Vegalta Sendai 70,000,000
21 Yuzo Kurihara 31 DF Yokohama F·Marinos 70,000,000
24 Hitoshi Sogahata 35 GK Kashima Antlers 65,000,000
25 Lins Lima De Brito 27 FW Gamba Osaka 60,000,000
25 Masato Morishige 27 DF FC Tokyo 60,000,000
25 Anderson Patric Aguiar Oliveira 27 FW Gamba Osaka 60,000,000
25 Masaaki Higashiguchi 28 GK Gamba Osaka 60,000,000
25 Calvin Ray Jong A Pin 28 DF Shimizu S-Pulse 60,000,000
25 Yosuke Kashiwagi  27 MF Urawa Reds 60,000,000
25 Tomoaki Makino 27 DF Urawa Reds 60,000,000
25 Jungo Fujimoto 31 MF Yokohama F·Marinos 60,000,000
25 Davi Jose Silva Do Nascimento 31 FW Kashima Antlers 60,000,000
25 Hisato Sato  33 FW Sanfrecce Hiroshima 60,000,000

Table : Salaries in Euro/Dollar 

Rank Player $ Euro
1 Yasuhito Endo 1,503,000 1,395,000
2 Marcus Tulio Tanaka 1,252,500 1,162,500
3 Shunsuke Nakamura 1,085,500 1,007,500
4 Yuji Nakazawa 1,043,750 968,750
5 Yasuyuki Konno 1,002,000 930,000
5 Pedro Bispo Moreira Junior 1,002,000 930,000
7 Kengo Nakamura 835,000 775,000
7 Marcos Gomes De Araujo "Marquinhos" 835,000 775,000
7 Yuki Abe 835,000 775,000
7 Yoshito Okubo 835,000 775,000
11 Seigo Narazaki 751,500 697,500
12 Leandro Montera Da Silva 668,000 620,000
12 Milivoje Novakovic 668,000 620,000
12 Mitsuo Ogasawara 668,000 620,000
12 Yohei Toyoda 668,000 620,000
12 Shusaku Nishikawa 668,000 620,000
12 Weverton Almeida Santos Evaristo "Ferrugem" 668,000 620,000
12 Zlatan Ljubijankic 668,000 620,000
12 Keita Suzuki 668,000 620,000
20 Michele Canini 601,200 558,000
21 Shinzo Koroki 584,500 542,500
21 Wilson Rodrigues Fonseca 584,500 542,500
21 Yuzo Kurihara 584,500 542,500
24 Hitoshi Sogahata 542,750 503,750
25 Lins Lima De Brito 501,000 465,000
25 Masato Morishige 501,000 465,000
25 Anderson Patric Aguiar Oliveira 501,000 465,000
25 Masaaki Higashiguchi 501,000 465,000
25 Calvin Ray Jong A Pin 501,000 465,000
25 Yosuke Kashiwagi  501,000 465,000
25 Tomoaki Makino 501,000 465,000
25 Jungo Fujimoto 501,000 465,000
25 Davi Jose Silva Do Nascimento 501,000 465,000
25 Hisato Sato  501,000 465,000

The list does not include J2 division players.

Diego Forlán, last year's highest-paid, belongs to J2 club Cerezo Osaka. Cerezo Osaka made a six-month contract with Forlán in Feb. He will play at Cerezo until July 31. It is said Forlán will get 300 million yen (€2.3 million. $2.5 million) salary by July. 

Source is Web site Sakamane.

www.soccer-money.net/players/in_players.php

 

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