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John Cushing salary

John Cushing is paid ₩82,000,000 by the Hanwha Eagles in 2026, the joint 283rd highest of the 989 in the KBO. That is 44% below the league average of ₩145,961,072, and 0.6% of the Hanwha Eagles payroll of ₩14,178,000,000. Among the 523 pitchers in the league, John Cushing is paid the joint 158th most.

SALARY₩82,000,000
LEAGUE RANK283 of 989
TEAM RANK27 of 96
VS AVERAGE0.56x
AGE29

John Cushing and the Hanwha Eagles

Every player on the Hanwha Eagles in 2026, highest paid first

Hanwha Eagles players ranked by salary in 2026.
# PLAYER POSITION SALARY CONVERTED LEAGUE RANK
1 Ryu Hyun-jin Pitcher ₩2,100,000,000£1,160,711£1.2m 5
2 Owen White Pitcher ₩1,095,000,000£605,228£605k 18
3 Roh Si-hwan Infielder ₩1,000,000,000£552,719£553k 25
4 Yonathan Perlaza Outfielder ₩958,000,000£529,505£530k 27
5 Kang Baek-ho Infielder ₩900,000,000£497,447£497k 34
5 Um Sang-back Pitcher ₩900,000,000£497,447£497k 34
7 Wilkel Hernandez Pitcher ₩890,000,000£491,920£492k 38
8 Bruce Zimmermann Pitcher ₩411,000,000£227,168£227k 88
9 Chae Eun-seong Infielder ₩400,000,000£221,088£221k 89
9 Choi Jae-hoon Catcher ₩400,000,000£221,088£221k 89
9 Sim Woo-jun Infielder ₩400,000,000£221,088£221k 89
12 Park Sang-won Pitcher ₩263,000,000£145,365£145k 125
13 Moon Hyun-bin Outfielder ₩230,000,000£127,125£127k 134
14 Moon Dong-ju Pitcher ₩220,000,000£121,598£122k 138
15 Joo Hyun-sang Pitcher ₩187,000,000£103,359£103k 162
16 Kim Seo-hyeon Pitcher ₩168,000,000£92,857£93k 171
17 Kang Jae-min Pitcher ₩145,000,000£80,144£80k 185
18 Yan-Cheng Wang Pitcher ₩137,000,000£75,723£76k 187
19 Jung Eun-won Infielder ₩135,000,000£74,617£75k 193
20 Kim Tae-yean Outfielder ₩133,000,000£73,512£74k 197
21 Lee Do-yun Infielder ₩121,000,000£66,879£67k 206
22 Kim Jong-soo Pitcher ₩117,000,000£64,668£65k 212
23 Lee Jin-young Outfielder ₩110,000,000£60,799£61k 216
24 Lee Jae-won Catcher ₩100,000,000£55,272£55k 231
25 Hwang Young-mook Infielder ₩96,000,000£53,061£53k 252
26 Cho Dong-uk Pitcher ₩88,000,000£48,639£49k 276
27 Hwang Jun-seo Pitcher ₩82,000,000£45,323£45k 283
27 John Cushing Pitcher ₩82,000,000£45,323£45k 283
29 Kim Min-woo Pitcher ₩77,000,000£42,559£43k 296
30 Jeong Woo-joo Pitcher ₩70,000,000£38,690£39k 304
31 Lee Won-seok Outfielder ₩65,000,000£35,927£36k 327
32 Choi In-ho Outfielder ₩64,000,000£35,374£35k 335
33 Lee Min-woo Pitcher ₩56,000,000£30,952£31k 359
34 Lee Hyeong-beom Pitcher ₩55,000,000£30,400£30k 362
35 Yun San-heum Pitcher ₩42,000,000£23,214£23k 431
36 Lee Sang-kyu Pitcher ₩40,000,000£22,109£22k 445
36 Nam Ji-min Pitcher ₩40,000,000£22,109£22k 445
36 Park Sang-un Catcher ₩40,000,000£22,109£22k 445
39 Lee Kyo-hoon Pitcher ₩38,000,000£21,003£21k 464
40 Bae Min-seo Pitcher ₩37,000,000£20,451£20k 470
40 Park Jung-hyun Infielder ₩37,000,000£20,451£20k 470
42 Heo In-seo Catcher ₩36,000,000£19,898£20k 479
42 Kwon Kwang-min Outfielder ₩36,000,000£19,898£20k 479
44 Lim Jong-chan Outfielder ₩35,000,000£19,345£19k 484
45 Chang Kyu-hyun Catcher ₩33,000,000£18,240£18k 518
45 Heo Gwan-hoe Catcher ₩33,000,000£18,240£18k 518
45 Jang Yoo-ho Pitcher ₩33,000,000£18,240£18k 518
45 Park Jun-yeong Pitcher ₩33,000,000£18,240£18k 518
45 Yoo Ro-gyeol Outfielder ₩33,000,000£18,240£18k 518
50 Gwon Min-gyu Pitcher ₩32,000,000£17,687£18k 550
50 Kim Geon Infielder ₩32,000,000£17,687£18k 550
50 Kim Seung-il Pitcher ₩32,000,000£17,687£18k 550
50 Won Jong-hyeok Pitcher ₩32,000,000£17,687£18k 550
54 Han Gyeong-bin Infielder ₩31,000,000£17,134£17k 589
54 Jung Min-kyu Infielder ₩31,000,000£17,134£17k 589
54 Kim Do-been Pitcher ₩31,000,000£17,134£17k 589
54 Lee Min-jun Infielder ₩31,000,000£17,134£17k 589
58 Bae Seung-su Infielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Choe Won-jun Infielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Choi Yu-bin Infielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Ha Dong-jun Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Han Ji-youn Outfielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Han Seo-gu Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Hwang Hee-sung Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Jung Yi-hwang Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Kang Kun-woo Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Kim Bum-jun Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Kim Gwan-woo Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Kim Gyeom-jae Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Kim Hae-chan Outfielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Kim Jun-su Infielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Kwon Hyeon-gyu Infielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Kwon Hyun Catcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Lee Do-hun Outfielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Lee Dong-young Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Lee Jae-hwan Outfielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Lee Ji-sung Infielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Lee Ki-chang Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Lee Seung-hyun Catcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 No Seok-jin Infielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Oh Jae-won Outfielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Park Bu-sung Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Park Jae-kyu Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Park Ju-jin Outfielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Park Jun-young Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Park Sang-mok Outfielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Seung Ji-hwan Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Uhm Yo-sep Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Yang Gyeong-mo Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Yang Su-ho Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Yang Sun-ryul Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Yeo Hyun-seung Pitcher ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
58 Yu Min Outfielder ₩30,000,000£16,582£17k 645
94 Choi Yun-ho Outfielder ₩15,000,000£8,291£8k 975
94 Jung Woo-sung Catcher ₩15,000,000£8,291£8k 975
94 Kim Dong-hwi Outfielder ₩15,000,000£8,291£8k 975

The Hanwha Eagles by salary

Ryu Hyun-jin ₩2.10bn Owen White ₩1.09bn Roh Si-hwan ₩1bn Yonathan Perlaza ₩958m Kang Baek-ho ₩900m Um Sang-back ₩900m Wilkel Hernandez ₩890m Bruce Zimmermann ₩411m Chae Eun-seong ₩400m Choi Jae-hoon ₩400m Sim Woo-jun ₩400m Park Sang-won ₩263m Moon Hyun-bin ₩230m Moon Dong-ju ₩220m Joo Hyun-sang ₩187m Kim Seo-hyeon ₩168m Kang Jae-min ₩145m Yan-Cheng Wang ₩137m Jung Eun-won ₩135m Kim Tae-yean ₩133m Lee Do-yun ₩121m Kim Jong-soo ₩117m Lee Jin-young ₩110m Lee Jae-won ₩100m Hwang Young-mook ₩96m Cho Dong-uk ₩88m Hwang Jun-seo ₩82m
John Cushing ₩82m
Kim Min-woo ₩77m Jeong Woo-joo ₩70m Lee Won-seok ₩65m Choi In-ho ₩64m Lee Min-woo ₩56m Lee Hyeong-beom ₩55m Yun San-heum ₩42m Lee Sang-kyu ₩40m Nam Ji-min ₩40m Park Sang-un ₩40m Lee Kyo-hoon ₩38m Bae Min-seo ₩37m Park Jung-hyun ₩37m Heo In-seo ₩36m Kwon Kwang-min ₩36m Lim Jong-chan ₩35m Chang Kyu-hyun ₩33m Heo Gwan-hoe ₩33m Jang Yoo-ho ₩33m Park Jun-yeong ₩33m Yoo Ro-gyeol ₩33m Gwon Min-gyu ₩32m Kim Geon ₩32m Kim Seung-il ₩32m Won Jong-hyeok ₩32m Han Gyeong-bin ₩31m Jung Min-kyu ₩31m Kim Do-been ₩31m Lee Min-jun ₩31m Bae Seung-su ₩30m Choe Won-jun ₩30m Choi Yu-bin ₩30m Ha Dong-jun ₩30m Han Ji-youn ₩30m Han Seo-gu ₩30m Hwang Hee-sung ₩30m Jung Yi-hwang ₩30m Kang Kun-woo ₩30m Kim Bum-jun ₩30m Kim Gwan-woo ₩30m Kim Gyeom-jae ₩30m Kim Hae-chan ₩30m Kim Jun-su ₩30m Kwon Hyeon-gyu ₩30m Kwon Hyun ₩30m Lee Do-hun ₩30m Lee Dong-young ₩30m Lee Jae-hwan ₩30m Lee Ji-sung ₩30m Lee Ki-chang ₩30m Lee Seung-hyun ₩30m No Seok-jin ₩30m Oh Jae-won ₩30m Park Bu-sung ₩30m Park Jae-kyu ₩30m Park Ju-jin ₩30m Park Jun-young ₩30m Park Sang-mok ₩30m Seung Ji-hwan ₩30m Uhm Yo-sep ₩30m Yang Gyeong-mo ₩30m Yang Su-ho ₩30m Yang Sun-ryul ₩30m Yeo Hyun-seung ₩30m Yu Min ₩30m Choi Yun-ho ₩15m Jung Woo-sung ₩15m Kim Dong-hwi ₩15m

The players paid either side of John Cushing

The 25 players paid closest to John Cushing in 2026, of 989 in the league

KBO players paid close to John Cushing in 2026.
# PLAYER TEAM SALARY CONVERTED
264 Kwak Do-gyu Kia Tigers ₩90,000,000£49,745£50k
264 Lee Chang-jin Kia Tigers ₩90,000,000£49,745£50k
264 Lee Min-ho LG Twins ₩90,000,000£49,745£50k
276 Cho Dong-uk Hanwha Eagles ₩88,000,000£48,639£49k
277 Choi Jeong-won NC Dinos ₩87,000,000£48,087£48k
277 Choi Ji-kang Doosan Bears ₩87,000,000£48,087£48k
277 Kim In-tae Doosan Bears ₩87,000,000£48,087£48k
280 Kim Young-woo LG Twins ₩85,000,000£46,981£47k
280 Yang Chang-seop Samsung Lions ₩85,000,000£46,981£47k
282 Kim Seon-gi Kiwoom Heroes ₩84,000,000£46,428£46k
283 Choi Sung-young NC Dinos ₩82,000,000£45,323£45k
283 Hwang Jun-seo Hanwha Eagles ₩82,000,000£45,323£45k
283 John Cushing Hanwha Eagles ₩82,000,000£45,323£45k
283 Takuto Takada Doosan Bears ₩82,000,000£45,323£45k
287 Kim Min-suk Doosan Bears ₩81,000,000£44,770£45k
288 Hwang Dong-ha Kia Tigers ₩80,000,000£44,218£44k
288 Kim Yu-yeong LG Twins ₩80,000,000£44,218£44k
288 Lee Min-seok Lotte Giants ₩80,000,000£44,218£44k
288 Lee Woo-chan LG Twins ₩80,000,000£44,218£44k
288 Oh Sun-jin Kiwoom Heroes ₩80,000,000£44,218£44k
288 Park Seung-kyu Samsung Lions ₩80,000,000£44,218£44k
288 Son Ju-hwan NC Dinos ₩80,000,000£44,218£44k
295 Oh Seok-joo Kiwoom Heroes ₩78,000,000£43,112£43k
296 Kim Min-woo Hanwha Eagles ₩77,000,000£42,559£43k
296 Park Gye-beom Samsung Lions ₩77,000,000£42,559£43k

Frequently asked questions

How much does John Cushing earn?

₩82,000,000 in 2026, a base salary from the Hanwha Eagles. It is the joint 283rd highest of the 989 salaries in the KBO.

Is John Cushing the highest paid player on the Hanwha Eagles?

No. Ryu Hyun-jin is, on ₩2,100,000,000. John Cushing is joint 27th of the 96 on the team.

How does John Cushing's salary compare with the KBO average?

The average across the league is ₩145,961,072 and the median is ₩35,000,000, so ₩82,000,000 is 44% 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 Hanwha Eagles payroll, and every player in the league on the KBO salaries 2026 page. Everything else we hold on baseball is on the baseball page.