J1 LEAGUE · TOP 100
Highest paid J1 League players
Erik leads on £36,000 per week. These 100 players take £1,026,400 a week between them - 57% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 480 of the 653 players in the J1 League.
TOP 100 WEEKLY £1m
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL57%
MEDIAN AGE29
MOST IN THE LIST13 Kashima Antlers
Where the top 100 play
Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list
What each age band takes
Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age
The shape of the top 100
Weekly wage by rank #1 £36k #10 £17k #100 £6k
Erik earns 2.1× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 6.4× the 100th. Half of the £1m a week on this page goes to the first 30 players on it.
The top 100
Tap a column heading to re-rank| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | TEAM | NATION | AGE | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Erik | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | Vissel Kobe | Brazil | 30 | AM/F C |
| 02 | Oriol Romeu | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | Avispa | Spain | 33 | DM |
| 03 | Yûya Ôsako | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | Vissel Kobe | Japan | 35 | AM/F C |
| 04 | Yuki Soma | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | FC Machida Zelvia | Japan | 28 | AM LC |
| 05 | Yoshinori Mutô | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | Vissel Kobe | Japan | 32 | AM RL, ST |
| 06 | Takuma Asano | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | Sanfrecce | Japan | 30 | AM RLC, F C |
| 07 | Kewin (Kewin Oliveira Silva) | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Fagiano Okayama | Brazil | 30 | GK |
| 08 | Aleksandar Čavrić | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Kashima Antlers | Serbia | 31 | AM RL, ST |
| 09 | Mateus Santos | £18,000 | £936,000 | Nagoya Grampus | Brazil | 30 | AM RLC, F C |
| 10 | Jackson Irvine | £17,000 | £884,000 | Cerezo Osaka | Australia | 32 | DM |
| 11 | Leo Ceara | £17,000 | £884,000 | Kashima Antlers | Brazil | 30 | ST |
| 12 | Elber | £17,000 | £884,000 | Kashima Antlers | Brazil | 33 | AM RLC |
| 13 | Na Sangho | £16,000 | £832,000 | FC Machida Zelvia | South Korea | 28 | AM C |
| 14 | Din David | £16,000 | £832,000 | F Marinos | Israel | 29 | AM RL, ST |
| 15 | Gaku Shibasaki | £15,000 | £780,000 | Kashima Antlers | Japan | 33 | DM |
| 16 | Akihiro Ienaga | £15,000 | £780,000 | Kawasaki Frontale | Japan | 39 | AM RLC |
| 17 | Gotoku Sakai | £15,000 | £780,000 | Vissel Kobe | Japan | 34 | D/WB RL |
| 18 | Gen Shoji | £13,000 | £676,000 | FC Machida Zelvia | Japan | 32 | D C, DM |
| 19 | Naomichi Ueda | £13,000 | £676,000 | Kashima Antlers | Japan | 30 | D C |
| 20 | Boniface Nduka | £13,000 | £676,000 | Vissel Kobe | Japan | 29 | D C |
| 21 | Kim Jin Hyeon | £12,000 | £624,000 | Cerezo Osaka | South Korea | 38 | GK |
| 22 | Ibrahim Dresevic | £12,000 | £624,000 | FC Machida Zelvia | Kosovo | 28 | D C, DM |
| 23 | Hiroto Taniguchi | £12,000 | £624,000 | Kawasaki Frontale | Japan | 25 | D C, DM |
| 24 | Marcinho | £11,000 | £572,000 | Kawasaki Frontale | Brazil | 30 | AM RL |
| 25 | Marcos Júnior | £11,000 | £572,000 | Sanfrecce | Brazil | 32 | AM/F C |
| 26 | Miki Yamane | £11,000 | £572,000 | Urawa Reds | Japan | 31 | D RC |
| 27 | Kento Hashimoto | £10,000 | £520,000 | FC Tokyo | Japan | 31 | DM |
| 28 | Yuto Nagatomo | £10,000 | £520,000 | FC Tokyo | Japan | 38 | D/WB/M RL |
| 29 | Takashi Usami | £10,000 | £520,000 | Gamba Osaka | Japan | 33 | AM LC, F C |
| 30 | Yûma Suzuki | £10,000 | £520,000 | Kashima Antlers | Japan | 29 | AM RLC, F C |
| 31 | Kento Misao | £10,000 | £520,000 | Kashima Antlers | Japan | 29 | D C, DM |
| 32 | Takashi Inui | £10,000 | £520,000 | Vissel Kobe | Japan | 37 | AM LC |
| 33 | Diego | £9,400 | £488,800 | Shimizu S-Pulse | Brazil | 29 | DM, AM RC |
| 34 | Danilo Boza | £9,400 | £488,800 | Urawa Reds | Brazil | 27 | D RC |
| 35 | Filip Uremović | £9,300 | £483,600 | Kawasaki Frontale | Croatia | 28 | D C |
| 36 | Issam Jebali | £9,100 | £473,200 | Gamba Osaka | Tunisia | 33 | AM/F C |
| 37 | Kazuya Konno | £9,000 | £468,000 | Kawasaki Frontale | Japan | 28 | AM RC |
| 38 | Matheus Sávio | £9,000 | £468,000 | Urawa Reds | Brazil | 28 | AM LC |
| 39 | Tatsuki Seko | £9,000 | £468,000 | Urawa Reds | Japan | 27 | D R, DM |
| 40 | Thuler | £8,900 | £462,800 | Vissel Kobe | Brazil | 26 | D C |
| 41 | Asahi Masuyama | £8,500 | £442,000 | FC Machida Zelvia | Japan | 28 | AM RL |
| 42 | Diego | £8,400 | £436,800 | Vissel Kobe | Brazil | 29 | D LC |
| 43 | Hiroyuki Mae | £8,200 | £426,400 | FC Machida Zelvia | Japan | 29 | DM |
| 44 | Hiroaki Okuno | £8,200 | £426,400 | Sagamihara Topolino | Japan | 35 | DM |
| 45 | Kazuki Fujita | £8,000 | £416,000 | Avispa | Japan | 24 | GK |
| 46 | Lucas | £8,000 | £416,000 | Cerezo Osaka | Brazil | 31 | AM RC |
| 47 | Koki Anzai | £8,000 | £416,000 | Kashima Antlers | Japan | 30 | D L |
| 48 | Kei Koizumi | £8,000 | £416,000 | Shimizu S-Pulse | Japan | 30 | WB R, DM |
| 49 | Kei Chinen | £8,000 | £416,000 | F Marinos | Japan | 30 | DM |
| 50 | Masaya Okugawa | £7,900 | £410,800 | Kyoto Sanga F.C. | Japan | 29 | AM RLC |
| 51 | Ryoya Ogawa | £7,700 | £400,400 | Kashima Antlers | Japan | 28 | D/WB L |
| 52 | Papagaio | £7,700 | £400,400 | Kyoto Sanga F.C. | Brazil | 26 | ST |
| 53 | Ryuji Izumi | £7,700 | £400,400 | Nagoya Grampus | Japan | 31 | DM, AM RLC |
| 54 | Shahab Zahedi | £7,600 | £395,200 | Avispa | Iran | 29 | AM RL, ST |
| 55 | Shinji Kagawa | £7,600 | £395,200 | Cerezo Osaka | Japan | 36 | DM, AM C |
| 56 | Shinnosuke Nakatani | £7,600 | £395,200 | Gamba Osaka | Japan | 29 | D C |
| 57 | Taiyo Koga | £7,600 | £395,200 | Kashiwa Reysol | Japan | 26 | D C |
| 58 | Sébastien Haller | £7,600 | £395,200 | Sanfrecce | Côte d’Ivoire | 31 | ST |
| 59 | Samuel Gustafson | £7,600 | £395,200 | Urawa Reds | Sweden | 30 | DM |
| 60 | Daihachi Okamura | £7,400 | £384,800 | FC Machida Zelvia | Japan | 28 | D C |
| 61 | Daichi Hayashi | £7,400 | £384,800 | Gamba Osaka | Japan | 28 | AM/F C |
| 62 | Daniel Schmidt | £7,400 | £384,800 | Nagoya Grampus | Japan | 33 | GK |
| 63 | Capixaba | £7,400 | £384,800 | Shimizu S-Pulse | Brazil | 28 | AM RL |
| 64 | Yota Komi | £7,300 | £379,600 | Cerezo Osaka | Japan | 22 | AM RL, ST |
| 65 | Erison | £7,300 | £379,600 | JEF United Chiba | Brazil | 26 | AM R, ST |
| 66 | Yuta Higuchi | £7,300 | £379,600 | Kashima Antlers | Japan | 28 | M RC |
| 67 | Haruya Fujii | £7,200 | £374,400 | Nagoya Grampus | Japan | 24 | D C |
| 68 | Hayao Kawabe | £7,200 | £374,400 | Sanfrecce | Japan | 29 | DM, AM C |
| 69 | Takuma Nishimura | £7,000 | £364,000 | FC Machida Zelvia | Japan | 28 | AM/F C |
| 70 | Teruhito Nakagawa | £7,000 | £364,000 | FC Tokyo | Japan | 32 | AM RC, F C |
| 71 | Welton | £7,000 | £364,000 | Gamba Osaka | Brazil | 27 | AM RL |
| 72 | Kyôsuke Tagawa | £7,000 | £364,000 | Kashima Antlers | Japan | 26 | AM R, ST |
| 73 | Keita Endo | £7,000 | £364,000 | Kashiwa Reysol | Japan | 27 | AM RL |
| 74 | Katsuya Nagato | £7,000 | £364,000 | Vissel Kobe | Japan | 30 | D/WB L |
| 75 | Nassim Ben Khalifa | £6,900 | £358,800 | Avispa | Switzerland | 33 | AM RLC, F C |
| 76 | Marco Túlio | £6,900 | £358,800 | Kyoto Sanga F.C. | Brazil | 27 | AM RLC |
| 77 | Ryuta Koike | £6,700 | £348,400 | Kashima Antlers | Japan | 29 | D/WB RL |
| 78 | Rubén Blanco | £6,700 | £348,400 | F Marinos | Spain | 29 | GK |
| 79 | Sho Inagaki | £6,600 | £343,200 | Nagoya Grampus | Japan | 33 | DM |
| 80 | Takumu Kawamura | £6,600 | £343,200 | Sanfrecce | Japan | 25 | DM, AM C |
| 81 | Thiago Santana | £6,600 | £343,200 | Urawa Reds | Brazil | 32 | ST |
| 82 | Shusaku Nishikawa | £6,600 | £343,200 | Urawa Reds | Japan | 39 | GK |
| 83 | Takahiro Ohgihara | £6,600 | £343,200 | Vissel Kobe | Japan | 33 | DM |
| 84 | Ayumu Ohata | £6,500 | £338,000 | Cerezo Osaka | Japan | 24 | D/WB L |
| 85 | Dion Cools | £6,400 | £332,800 | Cerezo Osaka | Malaysia | 29 | D RC, M R |
| 86 | Yûta Nakayama | £6,300 | £327,600 | FC Machida Zelvia | Japan | 28 | D LC, DM |
| 87 | Yudai Kimura | £6,300 | £327,600 | Nagoya Grampus | Japan | 24 | AM RLC, F C |
| 88 | Jesiel | £6,100 | £317,200 | Kawasaki Frontale | Brazil | 31 | D C |
| 89 | Keigo Higashi | £6,000 | £312,000 | FC Tokyo | Japan | 34 | DM, AM C |
| 90 | Koya Yuruki | £6,000 | £312,000 | Kashiwa Reysol | Japan | 30 | AM LC |
| 91 | Yu Kobayashi | £6,000 | £312,000 | Kawasaki Frontale | Japan | 37 | AM R, ST |
| 92 | Kensuke Nagai | £6,000 | £312,000 | Nagoya Grampus | Japan | 36 | AM/F C |
| 93 | Kim Ju-Sung | £6,000 | £312,000 | Sanfrecce | South Korea | 24 | D C |
| 94 | Kenta Inoue | £6,000 | £312,000 | Shimizu S-Pulse | Japan | 26 | AM RL |
| 95 | Ryoma Watanabe | £5,700 | £296,400 | Urawa Reds | Japan | 28 | AM LC |
| 96 | Solomon Sakuragawa | £5,600 | £291,200 | Cerezo Osaka | Japan | 23 | ST |
| 97 | Thiago Andrade | £5,600 | £291,200 | Cerezo Osaka | Brazil | 24 | AM RL, ST |
| 98 | Tomoki Hayakawa | £5,600 | £291,200 | Kashima Antlers | Japan | 26 | GK |
| 99 | Tomoya Inukai | £5,600 | £291,200 | Kashiwa Reysol | Japan | 32 | D C |
| 100 | Takaaki Shichi | £5,600 | £291,200 | Sanfrecce | Japan | 31 | D/WB/M L |
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid player in the J1 League?
Erik of Vissel Kobe, on £36,000 per week — £1,872,000 a year.
How much do the top 100 J1 League players earn between them?
£1,026,400 per week and £53,372,800 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 £163,900 a week across those players.
What does it take to make the top 100?
£5,600 per week — that is what Takaaki Shichi earns in 100th place.