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J1 LEAGUE · TOP 100

Highest paid J1 League players

Erik leads on AU$68,040 per week. These 100 players take AU$1,939,896 a week between them - 57% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 480 of the 653 players in J1 League.

TOP 100 WEEKLY AU$1.9m
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL57%
MEDIAN AGE29
MOST IN THE LIST13 Kashima Antlers
J1 League league stats Top earner at every club All leagues

Where the top 100 play

Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list

Vissel Kobe 10 AU$310k Kashima Antlers 13 AU$273k FC Machida Zelvia 9 AU$201k Cerezo Osaka 9 AU$144k Kawasaki Frontale 7 AU$129k Sanfrecce 7 AU$125k Urawa Reds 8 AU$123k Nagoya Grampus 7 AU$112k Avispa 4 AU$109k Gamba Osaka 5 AU$78k FC Tokyo 4 AU$62k Shimizu S-Pulse 4 AU$58k

What each age band takes

Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age

Under 23 1 AU$14k
23-26 16 AU$215k
27-30 47 AU$934k
Over 30 36 AU$777k

The shape of the top 100

Weekly wage by rank
#1 AU$68k #10 AU$32k #100 AU$11k

Erik earns 2.1× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 6.4× the 100th. Half of the AU$1.9m a week on this page goes to the first 30 players on it.

The top 100

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#PLAYERWEEKLY YEARLYTEAMNATION AGEPOSITION
01 Erik
AU$68,040
AU$3,538,080 Vissel Kobe Brazil 30 Attacking midfielder, striker
02 Oriol Romeu
AU$66,150
AU$3,439,800 Avispa Spain 33 Defensive midfielder
03 Yûya Ôsako
AU$64,260
AU$3,341,520 Vissel Kobe Japan 35 Attacking midfielder, striker
04 Yuki Soma
AU$52,920
AU$2,751,840 FC Machida Zelvia Japan 28 Attacking midfielder
05 Yoshinori Mutô
AU$47,250
AU$2,457,000 Vissel Kobe Japan 32 Winger, striker
06 Takuma Asano
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 Sanfrecce Japan 30 Attacking midfielder, striker
07 Kewin (Kewin Oliveira Silva)
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 Fagiano Okayama Brazil 30 Goalkeeper
08 Aleksandar Čavrić
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 Kashima Antlers Serbia 31 Winger, striker
09 Mateus Santos
AU$34,020
AU$1,769,040 Nagoya Grampus Brazil 30 Attacking midfielder, striker
10 Jackson Irvine
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 Cerezo Osaka Australia 32 Defensive midfielder
11 Leo Ceara
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 Kashima Antlers Brazil 30 Striker
12 Elber
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 Kashima Antlers Brazil 33 Attacking midfielder
13 Na Sangho
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 FC Machida Zelvia South Korea 28 Attacking midfielder
14 Din David
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 F Marinos Israel 29 Winger, striker
15 Gaku Shibasaki
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Kashima Antlers Japan 33 Defensive midfielder
16 Akihiro Ienaga
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Kawasaki Frontale Japan 39 Attacking midfielder
17 Gotoku Sakai
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 Vissel Kobe Japan 34 Full-back
18 Gen Shoji
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 FC Machida Zelvia Japan 32 Centre-back, defensive midfielder
19 Naomichi Ueda
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 Kashima Antlers Japan 30 Centre-back
20 Boniface Nduka
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 Vissel Kobe Japan 29 Centre-back
21 Kim Jin Hyeon
AU$22,680
AU$1,179,360 Cerezo Osaka South Korea 38 Goalkeeper
22 Ibrahim Dresevic
AU$22,680
AU$1,179,360 FC Machida Zelvia Kosovo 28 Centre-back, defensive midfielder
23 Hiroto Taniguchi
AU$22,680
AU$1,179,360 Kawasaki Frontale Japan 25 Centre-back, defensive midfielder
24 Marcinho
AU$20,790
AU$1,081,080 Kawasaki Frontale Brazil 30 Winger
25 Marcos Júnior
AU$20,790
AU$1,081,080 Sanfrecce Brazil 32 Attacking midfielder, striker
26 Miki Yamane
AU$20,790
AU$1,081,080 Urawa Reds Japan 31 Centre-back
27 Kento Hashimoto
AU$18,900
AU$982,800 FC Tokyo Japan 31 Defensive midfielder
28 Yuto Nagatomo
AU$18,900
AU$982,800 FC Tokyo Japan 38 Full-back, wide midfielder
29 Takashi Usami
AU$18,900
AU$982,800 Gamba Osaka Japan 33 Attacking midfielder, striker
30 Yûma Suzuki
AU$18,900
AU$982,800 Kashima Antlers Japan 29 Attacking midfielder, striker
31 Kento Misao
AU$18,900
AU$982,800 Kashima Antlers Japan 29 Centre-back, defensive midfielder
32 Takashi Inui
AU$18,900
AU$982,800 Vissel Kobe Japan 37 Attacking midfielder
33 Diego
AU$17,766
AU$923,832 Shimizu S-Pulse Brazil 29 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
34 Danilo Boza
AU$17,766
AU$923,832 Urawa Reds Brazil 27 Centre-back
35 Filip Uremović
AU$17,577
AU$914,004 Kawasaki Frontale Croatia 28 Centre-back
36 Issam Jebali
AU$17,199
AU$894,348 Gamba Osaka Tunisia 33 Attacking midfielder, striker
37 Kazuya Konno
AU$17,010
AU$884,520 Kawasaki Frontale Japan 28 Attacking midfielder
38 Matheus Sávio
AU$17,010
AU$884,520 Urawa Reds Brazil 28 Attacking midfielder
39 Tatsuki Seko
AU$17,010
AU$884,520 Urawa Reds Japan 27 Right-back, defensive midfielder
40 Thuler
AU$16,821
AU$874,692 Vissel Kobe Brazil 26 Centre-back
41 Asahi Masuyama
AU$16,065
AU$835,380 FC Machida Zelvia Japan 28 Winger
42 Diego
AU$15,876
AU$825,552 Vissel Kobe Brazil 29 Centre-back
43 Hiroyuki Mae
AU$15,498
AU$805,896 FC Machida Zelvia Japan 29 Defensive midfielder
44 Hiroaki Okuno
AU$15,498
AU$805,896 Sagamihara Topolino Japan 35 Defensive midfielder
45 Kazuki Fujita
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 Avispa Japan 24 Goalkeeper
46 Lucas
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 Cerezo Osaka Brazil 31 Attacking midfielder
47 Koki Anzai
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 Kashima Antlers Japan 30 Left-back
48 Kei Koizumi
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 Shimizu S-Pulse Japan 30 Right wing-back, defensive midfielder
49 Kei Chinen
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 F Marinos Japan 30 Defensive midfielder
50 Masaya Okugawa
AU$14,931
AU$776,412 Kyoto Sanga F.C. Japan 29 Attacking midfielder
51 Ryoya Ogawa
AU$14,553
AU$756,756 Kashima Antlers Japan 28 Left-back
52 Papagaio
AU$14,553
AU$756,756 Kyoto Sanga F.C. Brazil 26 Striker
53 Ryuji Izumi
AU$14,553
AU$756,756 Nagoya Grampus Japan 31 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
54 Shahab Zahedi
AU$14,364
AU$746,928 Avispa Iran 29 Winger, striker
55 Shinji Kagawa
AU$14,364
AU$746,928 Cerezo Osaka Japan 36 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
56 Shinnosuke Nakatani
AU$14,364
AU$746,928 Gamba Osaka Japan 29 Centre-back
57 Taiyo Koga
AU$14,364
AU$746,928 Kashiwa Reysol Japan 26 Centre-back
58 Sébastien Haller
AU$14,364
AU$746,928 Sanfrecce Côte d’Ivoire 31 Striker
59 Samuel Gustafson
AU$14,364
AU$746,928 Urawa Reds Sweden 30 Defensive midfielder
60 Daihachi Okamura
AU$13,986
AU$727,272 FC Machida Zelvia Japan 28 Centre-back
61 Daichi Hayashi
AU$13,986
AU$727,272 Gamba Osaka Japan 28 Attacking midfielder, striker
62 Daniel Schmidt
AU$13,986
AU$727,272 Nagoya Grampus Japan 33 Goalkeeper
63 Capixaba
AU$13,986
AU$727,272 Shimizu S-Pulse Brazil 28 Winger
64 Yota Komi
AU$13,797
AU$717,444 Cerezo Osaka Japan 22 Winger, striker
65 Erison
AU$13,797
AU$717,444 JEF United Chiba Brazil 26 Right winger, striker
66 Yuta Higuchi
AU$13,797
AU$717,444 Kashima Antlers Japan 28 Central midfielder
67 Haruya Fujii
AU$13,608
AU$707,616 Nagoya Grampus Japan 24 Centre-back
68 Hayao Kawabe
AU$13,608
AU$707,616 Sanfrecce Japan 29 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
69 Takuma Nishimura
AU$13,230
AU$687,960 FC Machida Zelvia Japan 28 Attacking midfielder, striker
70 Teruhito Nakagawa
AU$13,230
AU$687,960 FC Tokyo Japan 32 Attacking midfielder, striker
71 Welton
AU$13,230
AU$687,960 Gamba Osaka Brazil 27 Winger
72 Kyôsuke Tagawa
AU$13,230
AU$687,960 Kashima Antlers Japan 26 Right winger, striker
73 Keita Endo
AU$13,230
AU$687,960 Kashiwa Reysol Japan 27 Winger
74 Katsuya Nagato
AU$13,230
AU$687,960 Vissel Kobe Japan 30 Left-back
75 Nassim Ben Khalifa
AU$13,041
AU$678,132 Avispa Switzerland 33 Attacking midfielder, striker
76 Marco Túlio
AU$13,041
AU$678,132 Kyoto Sanga F.C. Brazil 27 Attacking midfielder
77 Ryuta Koike
AU$12,663
AU$658,476 Kashima Antlers Japan 29 Full-back
78 Rubén Blanco
AU$12,663
AU$658,476 F Marinos Spain 29 Goalkeeper
79 Sho Inagaki
AU$12,474
AU$648,648 Nagoya Grampus Japan 33 Defensive midfielder
80 Takumu Kawamura
AU$12,474
AU$648,648 Sanfrecce Japan 25 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
81 Thiago Santana
AU$12,474
AU$648,648 Urawa Reds Brazil 32 Striker
82 Shusaku Nishikawa
AU$12,474
AU$648,648 Urawa Reds Japan 39 Goalkeeper
83 Takahiro Ohgihara
AU$12,474
AU$648,648 Vissel Kobe Japan 33 Defensive midfielder
84 Ayumu Ohata
AU$12,285
AU$638,820 Cerezo Osaka Japan 24 Left-back
85 Dion Cools
AU$12,096
AU$628,992 Cerezo Osaka Malaysia 29 Centre-back, right midfielder
86 Yûta Nakayama
AU$11,907
AU$619,164 FC Machida Zelvia Japan 28 Centre-back, defensive midfielder
87 Yudai Kimura
AU$11,907
AU$619,164 Nagoya Grampus Japan 24 Attacking midfielder, striker
88 Jesiel
AU$11,529
AU$599,508 Kawasaki Frontale Brazil 31 Centre-back
89 Keigo Higashi
AU$11,340
AU$589,680 FC Tokyo Japan 34 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
90 Koya Yuruki
AU$11,340
AU$589,680 Kashiwa Reysol Japan 30 Attacking midfielder
91 Yu Kobayashi
AU$11,340
AU$589,680 Kawasaki Frontale Japan 37 Right winger, striker
92 Kensuke Nagai
AU$11,340
AU$589,680 Nagoya Grampus Japan 36 Attacking midfielder, striker
93 Kim Ju-Sung
AU$11,340
AU$589,680 Sanfrecce South Korea 24 Centre-back
94 Kenta Inoue
AU$11,340
AU$589,680 Shimizu S-Pulse Japan 26 Winger
95 Ryoma Watanabe
AU$10,773
AU$560,196 Urawa Reds Japan 28 Attacking midfielder
96 Solomon Sakuragawa
AU$10,584
AU$550,368 Cerezo Osaka Japan 23 Striker
97 Thiago Andrade
AU$10,584
AU$550,368 Cerezo Osaka Brazil 24 Winger, striker
98 Tomoki Hayakawa
AU$10,584
AU$550,368 Kashima Antlers Japan 26 Goalkeeper
99 Tomoya Inukai
AU$10,584
AU$550,368 Kashiwa Reysol Japan 32 Centre-back
100 Takaaki Shichi
AU$10,584
AU$550,368 Sanfrecce Japan 31 Left-back, left midfielder

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid player in J1 League?

Erik of Vissel Kobe, on AU$68,040 per week — AU$3,538,080 a year.

How much do the top 100 J1 League players earn between them?

AU$1,939,896 per week and AU$100,874,592 per year, which is 57% of the entire J1 League wage bill.

Which J1 League club has the most players in the top 100?

Vissel Kobe, with 10 of them, paying AU$309,771 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

AU$10,584 per week — that is what Takaaki Shichi earns in 100th place.