Highest paid players from Japan
Daichi Kamada is the best paid player from Japan at $148,500 a week. We hold a salary for 622 of the 816 players in the squads we track who give Japan, and they earn $3,994,296 a week between them, across 25 leagues.
The best-paid XI from Japan
The eleven highest-paid players from Japan that fit a 4-3-3, ranked on club salary alone.
- GK Zion Suzuki $20,250 Aston Villa
- D Hiroki Itô $145,800 FC Bayern München
- D Wataru Endo $122,850 Liverpool
- D Ko Itakura $55,350 Borussia Mönchengladbach
- D Kota Takai $33,750 K Sint-Truidense VV
- M Daichi Kamada $148,500 Crystal Palace
- M Ao Tanaka $64,800 Leeds United
- M Hidemasa Morita $35,100 Hull City
- A Kaoru Mitoma $117,450 Brighton & Hove Albion
- A Takumi Minamino $98,550 AS Monaco
- A Ritsu Doan $98,550 Eintracht Frankfurt
Combined $940,950 per week · $48,929,400 per year
Highest paid from Japan
Top 50 by weekly salary, 48% of every Japan salary we hold. Sortable.
Where Japan players play
Players we hold a salary for, and what each league pays them
What each position earns
Average weekly salary, and share of the Japan salary total, across players aged 22 or over that we hold a salary for
Peak earning years
Average weekly salary by age band
Clubs with the most Japan players
Current squads, counting players we hold a salary for
Frequently asked questions
Players from Japan
Who is the highest paid soccer player from Japan?
Daichi Kamada of Crystal Palace is the highest paid player from Japan in our data, on $148,500 per week ($7,722,000 per year).
How much do players from Japan earn?
We hold a salary for 622 of the 816 players from Japan in our data, so an average across them would describe those 622 rather than Japan as a whole. The 50 highest paid are listed above.
Which league has the most players from Japan?
J1 League has the most, with 410 players from Japan on salaries we hold, ahead of Other clubs on 103.
How many players from Japan do you cover?
816 players in the current squads we track give their nationality as Japan, and we hold a weekly salary for 622 of them (76%). Figures are club salaries: this page is not a national-team squad.
Which club has the most players from Japan?
Kashiwa Reysol, with 34 players from Japan in its current squad.
Every player from Japan
66 with a page of their own, A-Z, including players we hold no current club for