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Choi Jeong-yong salary

Choi Jeong-yong is paid ₩45,000,000 by the Kia Tigers in 2026, the joint 413th highest of the 989 in the KBO. That is 69% below the league average of ₩145,961,072, and 0.3% of the Kia Tigers payroll of ₩14,465,000,000. Among the 208 infielders in the league, Choi Jeong-yong is paid the joint 85th most.

SALARY₩45,000,000
LEAGUE RANK413 of 989
TEAM RANK53 of 103
VS AVERAGE0.31x
AGE29

Choi Jeong-yong and the Kia Tigers

Every player on the Kia Tigers in 2026, highest paid first

Kia Tigers players ranked by salary in 2026.
# PLAYER POSITION SALARY CONVERTED LEAGUE RANK
1 James Naile Pitcher ₩2,190,000,000£1,210,455£1.2m 4
2 Adam Oller Pitcher ₩958,000,000£529,505£530k 27
2 Harold Castro Outfielder ₩958,000,000£529,505£530k 27
4 Na Sung-bum Outfielder ₩800,000,000£442,176£442k 45
4 Yang Hyeon-jong Pitcher ₩800,000,000£442,176£442k 45
6 Hong Geon-hui Pitcher ₩650,000,000£359,268£359k 60
7 Kim Sun-bin Infielder ₩600,000,000£331,632£332k 62
7 Kim Tae-gun Catcher ₩600,000,000£331,632£332k 62
9 Cho Sang-woo Pitcher ₩400,000,000£221,088£221k 89
9 Kim Beom-su Pitcher ₩400,000,000£221,088£221k 89
11 Jeon Sang-hyun Pitcher ₩310,000,000£171,343£171k 104
12 Jung Hai-young Pitcher ₩300,000,000£165,816£166k 106
13 Lee Tae-yang Pitcher ₩270,000,000£149,234£149k 123
14 Kim Do-yeong Infielder ₩250,000,000£138,180£138k 127
14 Kim Ho-ryung Outfielder ₩250,000,000£138,180£138k 127
16 Ha Ju-suk Infielder ₩200,000,000£110,544£111k 144
16 Lee Jun-young Pitcher ₩200,000,000£110,544£111k 144
18 Kim Do-hyeon Pitcher ₩130,000,000£71,854£72k 199
18 Lee Eui-lee Pitcher ₩130,000,000£71,854£72k 199
20 Oh Sun-woo Infielder ₩120,000,000£66,326£66k 207
20 Sung Yeong-tak Pitcher ₩120,000,000£66,326£66k 207
22 Kim Si-hoon Pitcher ₩110,000,000£60,799£61k 216
23 Choi Ji-min Pitcher ₩100,000,000£55,272£55k 231
23 Han Jun-su Catcher ₩100,000,000£55,272£55k 231
23 Ko Jong-wook Outfielder ₩100,000,000£55,272£55k 231
23 Yoon Young-cheol Pitcher ₩100,000,000£55,272£55k 231
27 Jarryd Dale Infielder ₩96,000,000£53,061£53k 252
28 Kim Kyu-sung Infielder ₩90,000,000£49,745£50k 264
28 Kwak Do-gyu Pitcher ₩90,000,000£49,745£50k 264
28 Lee Chang-jin Outfielder ₩90,000,000£49,745£50k 264
31 Hwang Dong-ha Pitcher ₩80,000,000£44,218£44k 288
32 Han Jae-seung Pitcher ₩75,000,000£41,454£41k 298
33 Kim Dae-yu Pitcher ₩70,000,000£38,690£39k 304
33 Lee Ho-yeon Infielder ₩70,000,000£38,690£39k 304
35 Aderlin Rodriguez Infielder ₩68,000,000£37,585£38k 320
36 Byun Woo-hyuk Infielder ₩65,000,000£35,927£36k 327
36 Kim Keon-kuk Pitcher ₩65,000,000£35,927£36k 327
36 Kim Ki-hoon Pitcher ₩65,000,000£35,927£36k 327
39 Kim Tae-hyeong Pitcher ₩60,000,000£33,163£33k 346
39 Park Jung-woo Outfielder ₩60,000,000£33,163£33k 346
39 Yoon Joong-hyun Pitcher ₩60,000,000£33,163£33k 346
42 Hwang Dae-in Infielder ₩55,000,000£30,400£30k 362
42 Jeong Hyun-chang Infielder ₩55,000,000£30,400£30k 362
42 Joo Hyo-sang Catcher ₩55,000,000£30,400£30k 362
42 Keisho Shirakawa Pitcher ₩55,000,000£30,400£30k 362
42 Kim Hyeon-su Pitcher ₩55,000,000£30,400£30k 362
42 Kim Seok-hwan Outfielder ₩55,000,000£30,400£30k 362
42 Park Min Infielder ₩55,000,000£30,400£30k 362
42 Yoon Do-hyun Infielder ₩55,000,000£30,400£30k 362
50 Jung Hae-won Outfielder ₩50,000,000£27,636£28k 386
50 Lee Doh-hyun Pitcher ₩50,000,000£27,636£28k 386
50 Park Jae-hyun Outfielder ₩50,000,000£27,636£28k 386
53 Choi Jeong-yong Infielder ₩45,000,000£24,872£25k 413
54 Hong Min-gyu Pitcher ₩43,000,000£23,767£24k 427
54 Kang Hyo-jong Pitcher ₩43,000,000£23,767£24k 427
56 Kim Sa-yun Pitcher ₩40,000,000£22,109£22k 445
57 You Seung-cheol Pitcher ₩38,000,000£21,003£21k 464
58 Lee Seung-jae Pitcher ₩36,000,000£19,898£20k 479
59 Jang Min-ki Pitcher ₩35,000,000£19,345£19k 484
59 Park Heon Outfielder ₩35,000,000£19,345£19k 484
59 You Ji-sung Pitcher ₩35,000,000£19,345£19k 484
62 Jang Jae-hyeok Pitcher ₩34,000,000£18,792£19k 505
63 Kim Jeong-yeop Pitcher ₩33,000,000£18,240£18k 518
63 Lee Sung-won Pitcher ₩33,000,000£18,240£18k 518
65 Kwon Da-gyeol Catcher ₩32,000,000£17,687£18k 550
66 Han Seung-yeon Outfielder ₩31,000,000£17,134£17k 589
66 Kim Sun-woo Catcher ₩31,000,000£17,134£17k 589
66 Song Ho-jeong Infielder ₩31,000,000£17,134£17k 589
69 Cha Sang-hyun Infielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Cheon Jeong-min Outfielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Cho Geon-ho Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Choi Geon-hee Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Choi Ji-woong Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Choi Yu-chan Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Han Jun-hee Infielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Hwang Seok-min Infielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Jang Si-hyun Infielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Ji Hyun Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Jung Chan-hwa Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Jung Da-hoon Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Kang Yi-jun Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Kim Chan-min Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Kim Gyeong-mook Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Kim Hyun-soo Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Kim Jae-hyun Infielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Kim Min-kyu Outfielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Kim Min-su Outfielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Kim Sang-beom Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Kim Se-il Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Kim Yang-su Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Kwak Dong-hyo Outfielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Lee Do-hoon Catcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Lee Ho-jin Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Lee Jun-beom Infielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Lee Song-chan Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Lee Young-jae Outfielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Na Yeon-woo Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Oh Gyu-seok Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Oh Jeong-hwan Infielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Park Jong-hyeok Infielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Park Sang-jun Infielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Shin Myeong-seung Catcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
69 Uhm Jun-hyun Infielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645

The Kia Tigers by salary

James Naile ₩2.19bn Adam Oller ₩958m Harold Castro ₩958m Na Sung-bum ₩800m Yang Hyeon-jong ₩800m Hong Geon-hui ₩650m Kim Sun-bin ₩600m Kim Tae-gun ₩600m Cho Sang-woo ₩400m Kim Beom-su ₩400m Jeon Sang-hyun ₩310m Jung Hai-young ₩300m Lee Tae-yang ₩270m Kim Do-yeong ₩250m Kim Ho-ryung ₩250m Ha Ju-suk ₩200m Lee Jun-young ₩200m Kim Do-hyeon ₩130m Lee Eui-lee ₩130m Oh Sun-woo ₩120m Sung Yeong-tak ₩120m Kim Si-hoon ₩110m Choi Ji-min ₩100m Han Jun-su ₩100m Ko Jong-wook ₩100m Yoon Young-cheol ₩100m Jarryd Dale ₩96m Kim Kyu-sung ₩90m Kwak Do-gyu ₩90m Lee Chang-jin ₩90m Hwang Dong-ha ₩80m Han Jae-seung ₩75m Kim Dae-yu ₩70m Lee Ho-yeon ₩70m Aderlin Rodriguez ₩68m Byun Woo-hyuk ₩65m Kim Keon-kuk ₩65m Kim Ki-hoon ₩65m Kim Tae-hyeong ₩60m Park Jung-woo ₩60m Yoon Joong-hyun ₩60m Hwang Dae-in ₩55m Jeong Hyun-chang ₩55m Joo Hyo-sang ₩55m Keisho Shirakawa ₩55m Kim Hyeon-su ₩55m Kim Seok-hwan ₩55m Park Min ₩55m Yoon Do-hyun ₩55m Jung Hae-won ₩50m Lee Doh-hyun ₩50m Park Jae-hyun ₩50m
Choi Jeong-yong ₩45m
Hong Min-gyu ₩43m Kang Hyo-jong ₩43m Kim Sa-yun ₩40m You Seung-cheol ₩38m Lee Seung-jae ₩36m Jang Min-ki ₩35m Park Heon ₩35m You Ji-sung ₩35m Jang Jae-hyeok ₩34m Kim Jeong-yeop ₩33m Lee Sung-won ₩33m Kwon Da-gyeol ₩32m Han Seung-yeon ₩31m Kim Sun-woo ₩31m Song Ho-jeong ₩31m Cha Sang-hyun ₩30m Cheon Jeong-min ₩30m Cho Geon-ho ₩30m Choi Geon-hee ₩30m Choi Ji-woong ₩30m Choi Yu-chan ₩30m Han Jun-hee ₩30m Hwang Seok-min ₩30m Jang Si-hyun ₩30m Ji Hyun ₩30m Jung Chan-hwa ₩30m Jung Da-hoon ₩30m Kang Yi-jun ₩30m Kim Chan-min ₩30m Kim Gyeong-mook ₩30m Kim Hyun-soo ₩30m Kim Jae-hyun ₩30m Kim Min-kyu ₩30m Kim Min-su ₩30m Kim Sang-beom ₩30m Kim Se-il ₩30m Kim Yang-su ₩30m Kwak Dong-hyo ₩30m Lee Do-hoon ₩30m Lee Ho-jin ₩30m Lee Jun-beom ₩30m Lee Song-chan ₩30m Lee Young-jae ₩30m Na Yeon-woo ₩30m Oh Gyu-seok ₩30m Oh Jeong-hwan ₩30m Park Jong-hyeok ₩30m Park Sang-jun ₩30m Shin Myeong-seung ₩30m Uhm Jun-hyun ₩30m

The players paid either side of Choi Jeong-yong

The 25 players paid closest to Choi Jeong-yong in 2026, of 989 in the league

KBO players paid close to Choi Jeong-yong in 2026.
# PLAYER TEAM SALARY CONVERTED
401 Kim Nok-won NC Dinos ₩49,000,000£27,083£27k
403 Han Suk-hyun NC Dinos ₩48,000,000£26,531£27k
403 Jang Seung-hyun Samsung Lions ₩48,000,000£26,531£27k
403 Kim Dong-hyeok Kiwoom Heroes ₩48,000,000£26,531£27k
403 Kim Han-byul NC Dinos ₩48,000,000£26,531£27k
407 Park Ju-seong Kiwoom Heroes ₩47,000,000£25,978£26k
407 Song Jae-young Lotte Giants ₩47,000,000£25,978£26k
407 Yang Jae-hun Doosan Bears ₩47,000,000£25,978£26k
410 Choi Hang Lotte Giants ₩46,000,000£25,425£25k
410 Kim Min-su LG Twins ₩46,000,000£25,425£25k
410 Lee Jun-hyeok NC Dinos ₩46,000,000£25,425£25k
413 Choi Chung-yeon Lotte Giants ₩45,000,000£24,872£25k
413 Choi Jeong-yong Kia Tigers ₩45,000,000£24,872£25k
413 Choi Jun-ho Doosan Bears ₩45,000,000£24,872£25k
413 Han Seung-ju KT Wiz ₩45,000,000£24,872£25k
413 Im Jong-sung Doosan Bears ₩45,000,000£24,872£25k
413 Jeon Eui-san SSG Landers ₩45,000,000£24,872£25k
413 Kim Dong-hyeok Lotte Giants ₩45,000,000£24,872£25k
413 Kim Yeon-ju Kiwoom Heroes ₩45,000,000£24,872£25k
413 Lee Jae-hee Samsung Lions ₩45,000,000£24,872£25k
413 Lee Myeong-jong Kiwoom Heroes ₩45,000,000£24,872£25k
413 Ryu Hyo-seung SSG Landers ₩45,000,000£24,872£25k
413 Yoon Seong-pin Lotte Giants ₩45,000,000£24,872£25k
425 Shin Yoon-hoo Lotte Giants ₩44,000,000£24,320£24k
425 Yang Woo-hyun Samsung Lions ₩44,000,000£24,320£24k

Frequently asked questions

How much does Choi Jeong-yong earn?

₩45,000,000 in 2026, a base salary from the Kia Tigers. It is the joint 413th highest of the 989 salaries in the KBO.

Is Choi Jeong-yong the highest paid player on the Kia Tigers?

No. James Naile is, on ₩2,190,000,000. Choi Jeong-yong is 53rd of the 103 on the team.

How does Choi Jeong-yong's salary compare with the KBO average?

The average across the league is ₩145,961,072 and the median is ₩35,000,000, so ₩45,000,000 is 69% below the average.

Who is the highest paid player in the KBO?

Yang Eui-ji of the Doosan Bears, on ₩4,200,000,000 in 2026.

Where to next

The whole Kia Tigers payroll, and every player in the league on the KBO salaries 2026 page. Everything else we hold on baseball is on the baseball page.