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 £36,000 a week. At the other end, Mito Hollyhock pays its own best paid player, Mizuki Ando, £1,900 — a gap of 19×.
The best paid at each club
Weekly wage of the top earner, at the 12 clubs paying the most
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
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 |  | Erik | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 30 | AM/F C | £203k | 29/31 | 18% |
| 02 |  | Oriol Romeu | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | 33 | DM | £108k | 33/35 | 32% |
| 03 | FC Machida Zelvia | Yuki Soma | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 28 | AM LC | £148k | 27/28 | 19% |
| 04 |  | Takuma Asano | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 30 | AM RLC, F C | £125k | 29/30 | 18% |
| 05 |  | Aleksandar Čavrić | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 31 | AM RL, ST | £175k | 28/29 | 11% |
| 06 |  | Mateus Santos | £18,000 | £936,000 | 30 | AM RLC, F C | £101k | 29/30 | 18% |
| 07 |  | Jackson Irvine | £17,000 | £884,000 | 32 | DM | £111k | 25/28 | 15% |
| 08 |  | Din David | £16,000 | £832,000 | 29 | AM RL, ST | £106k | 28/32 | 15% |
| 09 |  | Akihiro Ienaga | £15,000 | £780,000 | 39 | AM RLC | £113k | 30/34 | 13% |
| 10 | Gamba Osaka | Takashi Usami | £10,000 | £520,000 | 33 | AM LC, F C | £80k | 22/29 | 12% |
| 11 | FC Tokyo | Yuto Nagatomo | £10,000 | £520,000 | 38 | D/WB/M RL | £53k | 19/29 | 19% |
| 12 |  | Diego | £9,400 | £488,800 | 29 | DM, AM RC | £82k | 31/34 | 12% |
| 13 | Urawa Reds | Danilo Boza | £9,400 | £488,800 | 27 | D RC | £77k | 19/27 | 12% |
| 14 |  | Hiroaki Okuno | £8,200 | £426,400 | 35 | DM | £54k | 27/29 | 15% |
| 15 | Kyoto Sanga F.C. | Masaya Okugawa | £7,900 | £410,800 | 29 | AM RLC | £44k | 15/27 | 18% |
| 16 |  | Taiyo Koga | £7,600 | £395,200 | 26 | D C | £101k | 35/40 | 8% |
| 17 | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | Yuta Arai | £4,300 | £223,600 | 22 | AM RLC | £39k | 25/32 | 11% |
| 18 | Fagiano Okayama | Junki Kanayama | £4,100 | £213,200 | 37 | GK | £32k | 19/30 | 13% |
| 19 | V-Varen Nagasaki | Juanma Delgado | £3,100 | £161,200 | 34 | ST | £4k | 2/35 | 85% |
| 20 | JEF United Chiba | Kaito Mori | £2,000 | £104,000 | 25 | ST | £2k | 1/31 | 100% |
| 21 | Mito Hollyhock | Mizuki Ando | £1,900 | £98,800 | 25 | ST | £3k | 2/33 | 69% |
Frequently asked questions
J1 League club top earners
Which J1 League club pays the biggest single wage?
Vissel Kobe. Erik earns £36,000 per week there, £1,872,000 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 £1,900 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 £108,290 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.