Cristiano Ronaldo AU$5,670,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Karim Benzema AU$1,566,810/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Sadio Mané AU$1,181,250/wk Al-Nassr Football Club João Félix AU$1,096,200/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Kylian Mbappé AU$939,330/wk Real Madrid Kalidou Koulibaly AU$939,330/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Otávio AU$892,080/wk Al-Qadsiah Football Club Erling Haaland AU$850,500/wk Manchester City Victor Osimhen AU$824,040/wk Galatasaray A.Ş. Robert Lewandowski AU$816,480/wk Chicago Fire FC Jamal Musiala AU$782,460/wk FC Bayern München Rúben Neves AU$782,460/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Kingsley Coman AU$782,460/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Mohamed Salah AU$756,000/wk Trabzonspor A.Ş. Harry Kane AU$720,090/wk FC Bayern München Dušan Vlahovic AU$697,410/wk Beşiktaş A.Ş.
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J1 LEAGUE · CLUB BY CLUB

Highest paid player at every J1 League club

One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Erik of Vissel Kobe leads on AU$68,040 a week. At the other end, Mito Hollyhock pays its own best paid player, Mizuki Ando, AU$3,591 — a gap of 19×.

BIGGEST SINGLE WAGE AU$68k Erik · Vissel Kobe
LOWEST TOP EARNER AU$4k Mizuki Ando · Mito Hollyhock
TOP TO BOTTOM 19× Vissel Kobe over Mito Hollyhock
BIGGEST SINGLE SHARE 32% Avispa's bill taken by Oriol Romeu
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The best paid at each club

Weekly wage of the top earner, at the 12 clubs paying the most

Erik Vissel Kobe AU$68k Oriol Romeu Avispa AU$66k Yuki Soma FC Machida Zelvia AU$53k Takuma Asano Sanfrecce AU$42k Aleksandar Čavrić Kashima Antlers AU$38k Mateus Santos Nagoya Grampus AU$34k Jackson Irvine Cerezo Osaka AU$32k Din David F Marinos AU$30k Akihiro Ienaga Kawasaki Frontale AU$28k Takashi Usami Gamba Osaka AU$19k Yuto Nagatomo FC Tokyo AU$19k Diego Shimizu S-Pulse AU$18k

Clubs leaning hardest on one player

Top earner's share of the club's own weekly bill, among clubs where we hold at least 8 wages

Avispa Oriol Romeu 32% FC Tokyo Yuto Nagatomo 19% FC Machida Zelvia Yuki Soma 19% Kyoto Sanga F.C. Masaya Okugawa 18% Nagoya Grampus Mateus Santos 18% Vissel Kobe Erik 18% Sanfrecce Takuma Asano 18% Sagamihara Topolino Hiroaki Okuno 15% Cerezo Osaka Jackson Irvine 15% F Marinos Din David 15% Kawasaki Frontale Akihiro Ienaga 13% Fagiano Okayama Junki Kanayama 13%

Every club's top earner

All 21 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage. Tap a column heading to re-rank

# CLUB TOP EARNER WEEKLY YEARLY AGE POSITION CLUB WEEKLY BILL WAGES HELD SHARE OF BILL
01 Vissel Kobe Erik
AU$68,040
AU$3,538,080 30 AM/F C AU$384k 29/31
02 Avispa Oriol Romeu
AU$66,150
AU$3,439,800 33 DM AU$205k 33/35
03 FC Machida Zelvia Yuki Soma
AU$52,920
AU$2,751,840 28 AM LC AU$280k 27/28
04 Sanfrecce Takuma Asano
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 30 AM RLC, F C AU$236k 29/30
05 Kashima Antlers Aleksandar Čavrić
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 31 AM RL, ST AU$331k 28/29
06 Nagoya Grampus Mateus Santos
AU$34,020
AU$1,769,040 30 AM RLC, F C AU$190k 29/30
07 Cerezo Osaka Jackson Irvine
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 32 DM AU$211k 25/28
08 F Marinos Din David
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 29 AM RL, ST AU$201k 28/32
09 Kawasaki Frontale Akihiro Ienaga
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 39 AM RLC AU$214k 30/34
10 Gamba Osaka Takashi Usami
AU$18,900
AU$982,800 33 AM LC, F C AU$152k 22/29
11 FC Tokyo Yuto Nagatomo
AU$18,900
AU$982,800 38 D/WB/M RL AU$99k 19/29
12 Shimizu S-Pulse Diego
AU$17,766
AU$923,832 29 DM, AM RC AU$154k 31/34
13 Urawa Reds Danilo Boza
AU$17,766
AU$923,832 27 D RC AU$145k 19/27
14 Sagamihara Topolino Hiroaki Okuno
AU$15,498
AU$805,896 35 DM AU$102k 27/29
15 Kyoto Sanga F.C. Masaya Okugawa
AU$14,931
AU$776,412 29 AM RLC AU$83k 15/27
16 Kashiwa Reysol Taiyo Koga
AU$14,364
AU$746,928 26 D C AU$191k 35/40
17 Tokyo Verdy 1969 Yuta Arai
AU$8,127
AU$422,604 22 AM RLC AU$74k 25/32
18 Fagiano Okayama Junki Kanayama
AU$7,749
AU$402,948 37 GK AU$60k 19/30
19 V-Varen Nagasaki Juanma Delgado
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 34 ST AU$7k 2/35
20 JEF United Chiba Kaito Mori
AU$3,780
AU$196,560 25 ST AU$4k 1/31
21 Mito Hollyhock Mizuki Ando
AU$3,591
AU$186,732 25 ST AU$5k 2/33
A club's weekly bill is the wages we hold for its squad, so WAGES HELD is what that figure and the share beside it are taken over.

Frequently asked questions

J1 League club top earners

Which J1 League club pays the biggest single wage?

Vissel Kobe. Erik earns AU$68,040 per week there, AU$3,538,080 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.

Which J1 League club has the lowest paid top earner?

Mito Hollyhock, where the best paid player we hold a wage for is Mizuki Ando on AU$3,591 per week. Vissel Kobe pays 19 times that for its own top earner.

Which J1 League club leans hardest on one player?

Avispa. Oriol Romeu takes 32% of the AU$204,668 a week the club pays across the 33 squad members we hold a wage for.

How many J1 League clubs are on this list?

All 21 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage.