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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 $47,880 a week. At the other end, Mito Hollyhock pays its own best paid player, Mizuki Ando, $2,527 — a gap of 19×.

BIGGEST SINGLE WAGE $48k Erik · Vissel Kobe
LOWEST TOP EARNER $3k Mizuki Ando · Mito Hollyhock
TOP TO BOTTOM 19× Vissel Kobe over Mito Hollyhock
BIGGEST SINGLE SHARE 38% Fagiano Okayama's bill taken by Kewin (Kewin Oliveira Silva)
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The best paid at each club

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

Erik Vissel Kobe $48k Oriol Romeu Avispa $47k Yuki Soma FC Machida Zelvia $37k Takuma Asano Sanfrecce $29k Aleksandar Čavrić Kashima Antlers $27k Kewin (Kewin Oliveira Silva) Fagiano Okayama $27k Mateus Santos Nagoya Grampus $24k Jackson Irvine Cerezo Osaka $23k Din David F Marinos $21k Akihiro Ienaga Kawasaki Frontale $20k Miki Yamane Urawa Reds $15k Takashi Usami Gamba Osaka $13k

Clubs leaning hardest on one player

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

Fagiano Okayama Kewin (Kewin Oliveira Silva) 38% Avispa Oriol Romeu 32% 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% FC Tokyo Yuto Nagatomo 17% Cerezo Osaka Jackson Irvine 16% Sagamihara Topolino Hiroaki Okuno 15% F Marinos Din David 15% Kawasaki Frontale Akihiro Ienaga 14%

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 salary. Tap a column heading to re-rank

# CLUB TOP EARNER WEEKLY YEARLY AGE POSITION CLUB WEEKLY BILL SALARIES HELD SHARE OF BILL
01 Vissel Kobe Erik
$47,880
$2,489,760 30 AM/F C $271k 29/31
02 Avispa Oriol Romeu
$46,550
$2,420,600 33 DM $144k 33/35
03 FC Machida Zelvia Yuki Soma
$37,240
$1,936,480 28 AM LC $192k 26/27
04 Sanfrecce Takuma Asano
$29,260
$1,521,520 30 AM RLC, F C $166k 28/29
05 Kashima Antlers Aleksandar Čavrić
$26,600
$1,383,200 31 AM RL, ST $232k 27/28
06 Fagiano Okayama Kewin (Kewin Oliveira Silva)
$26,600
$1,383,200 30 GK $70k 20/30
07 Nagoya Grampus Mateus Santos
$23,940
$1,244,880 30 AM RLC, F C $134k 29/30
08 Cerezo Osaka Jackson Irvine
$22,610
$1,175,720 32 DM $145k 23/26
09 F Marinos Din David
$21,280
$1,106,560 29 AM RL, ST $141k 28/32
10 Kawasaki Frontale Akihiro Ienaga
$19,950
$1,037,400 39 AM RLC $141k 29/33
11 Urawa Reds Miki Yamane
$14,630
$760,760 31 D RC $124k 22/31
12 Gamba Osaka Takashi Usami
$13,300
$691,600 33 AM LC, F C $106k 21/28
13 FC Tokyo Yuto Nagatomo
$13,300
$691,600 38 D/WB/M RL $79k 20/30
14 Shimizu S-Pulse Diego
$12,502
$650,104 29 DM, AM RC $108k 30/33
15 Sagamihara Topolino Hiroaki Okuno
$10,906
$567,112 35 DM $72k 28/30
16 Kyoto Sanga F.C. Masaya Okugawa
$10,507
$546,364 29 AM RLC $59k 15/27
17 Kashiwa Reysol Taiyo Koga
$10,108
$525,616 26 D C $137k 34/39
18 JEF United Chiba Erison
$9,709
$504,868 26 AM R, ST $15k 4/35
19 Tokyo Verdy 1969 Yuta Arai
$5,719
$297,388 22 AM RLC $52k 25/32
20 V-Varen Nagasaki Juanma Delgado
$4,123
$214,396 34 ST $5k 3/32
21 Mito Hollyhock Mizuki Ando
$2,527
$131,404 25 ST $8k 6/35
A club's weekly payroll is the salaries we hold for its squad, so SALARIES 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 salary?

Vissel Kobe. Erik earns $47,880 per week there, $2,489,760 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 salary for is Mizuki Ando on $2,527 per week. Vissel Kobe pays 19 times that for its own top earner.

Which J1 League club leans hardest on one player?

Fagiano Okayama. Kewin (Kewin Oliveira Silva) takes 38% of the $70,326 a week the club pays across the 20 squad members we hold a salary 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 salary.