J1 LEAGUE · GOALKEEPERS · 2026/27
Highest paid J1 League goalkeepers
Kewin (Kewin Oliveira Silva) is the best-paid goalkeeper in the J1 League, on £20,000 a week at Fagiano Okayama, or £1,040,000 a year. Kim Jin Hyeon is next on £12,000 at Cerezo Osaka. We hold wages for 65 J1 League goalkeepers in 2026/27.
BEST PAID £20k
AVERAGE WAGE £2,645
SHARE OF WAGE BILL8%
TOP 10 A WEEK £80k
WAGES HELD65
The 50 best-paid J1 League goalkeepers
Weekly wage, 2026/27. A player who plays in two areas of the pitch is on both lists, at the full wage.
| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | CLUB | AGE | POSITION | NATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kewin (Kewin Oliveira Silva) | £20,000£20k | £1,040,000£1.0m | Fagiano Okayama | 30 | Goalkeeper | Brazil |
| 2 | Kim Jin Hyeon | £12,000£12k | £624,000£624k | Cerezo Osaka | 38 | Goalkeeper | South Korea |
| 3 | Kazuki Fujita | £8,000£8k | £416,000£416k | Avispa | 24 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 4 | Daniel Schmidt | £7,400£7k | £384,800£385k | Nagoya Grampus | 33 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 5 | Rubén Blanco | £6,700£7k | £348,400£348k | F Marinos | 29 | Goalkeeper | Spain |
| 6 | Shusaku Nishikawa | £6,600£7k | £343,200£343k | Urawa Reds | 39 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 7 | Tomoki Hayakawa | £5,600£6k | £291,200£291k | Kashima Antlers | 26 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 8 | Kosei Tani | £5,000£5k | £260,000£260k | FC Machida Zelvia | 24 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 9 | Daiya Maekawa | £4,400£4k | £228,800£229k | Vissel Kobe | 30 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 10 | Junki Kanayama | £4,100£4k | £213,200£213k | Fagiano Okayama | 37 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 11 | Jun Ichimori | £4,100£4k | £213,200£213k | Gamba Osaka | 34 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 12 | IlGyu Park | £4,100£4k | £213,200£213k | F Marinos | 35 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 13 | Kosuke Nakamura | £4,000£4k | £208,000£208k | Cerezo Osaka | 30 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 14 | Keisuke Osako | £4,000£4k | £208,000£208k | Sanfrecce | 25 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 15 | Masaaki Higashiguchi | £3,900£4k | £202,800£203k | Gamba Osaka | 39 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 16 | Matheus Vidotto | £3,900£4k | £202,800£203k | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 32 | Goalkeeper | Brazil |
| 17 | Ryosuke Kojima | £3,700£4k | £192,400£192k | Kashiwa Reysol | 28 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 18 | Hiroki Iikura | £3,200£3k | £166,400£166k | F Marinos | 39 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 19 | Kenta Matsumoto | £3,000£3k | £156,000£156k | Kashiwa Reysol | 28 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 20 | Kei Ishikawa | £3,000£3k | £156,000£156k | Shimizu S-Pulse | 32 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 21 | Powell Obinna Obi | £2,800£3k | £145,600£146k | Avispa | 27 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 22 | Ayumi Niekawa | £2,500£3k | £130,000£130k | Urawa Reds | 31 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 23 | Koki Fukui | £2,000£2k | £104,000£104k | Urawa Reds | 29 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 24 | Takumi Nagaishi | £1,600£2k | £83,200£83k | Avispa | 29 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 25 | Tatsuya Morita | £1,600£2k | £83,200£83k | FC Machida Zelvia | 34 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 26 | Aki Koch | £1,500£2k | £78,000£78k | FC Machida Zelvia | 21 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 27 | Yuji Kajikawa | £1,300£1k | £67,600£68k | Kashima Antlers | 33 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 28 | Yuya Oki | £1,300£1k | £67,600£68k | Shimizu S-Pulse | 25 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 29 | Gakuji Ota | £1,200£1k | £62,400£62k | Kyoto Sanga F.C. | 34 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 30 | Kengo Nagai | £1,000£1k | £52,000£52k | Kashiwa Reysol | 30 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 31 | Kentaro Kakoi | £1,000£1k | £52,000£52k | Kyoto Sanga F.C. | 34 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 32 | Shun Yoshida | £880£880 | £45,760£46k | Sagamihara Topolino | 28 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 33 | Taiki Yamada | £870£870 | £45,240£45k | Kashima Antlers | 23 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 34 | Tatsunari Nagai | £870£870 | £45,240£45k | Sagamihara Topolino | 30 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 35 | Louis Yamaguchi | £854£854 | £44,408£44k | Kawasaki Frontale | 27 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 36 | Yudai Tanaka | £820£820 | £42,640£43k | Sanfrecce | 29 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 37 | Yoshiaki Arai | £820£820 | £42,640£43k | Urawa Reds | 29 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 38 | Hiroki Mawatari | £750£750 | £39,000£39k | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 30 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 39 | Togo Umeda | £678£678 | £35,256£35k | Shimizu S-Pulse | 24 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 40 | Akira Fantini | £637£637 | £33,124£33k | Kyoto Sanga F.C. | 27 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 41 | Svend Brodersen | £600£600 | £31,200£31k | Kawasaki Frontale | 28 | Goalkeeper | Germany |
| 42 | Shota Arai | £600£600 | £31,200£31k | Vissel Kobe | 36 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 43 | Shunsuke Ando | £592£592 | £30,784£31k | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 44 | Yuya Nagasawa | £580£580 | £30,160£30k | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 29 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 45 | Issei Ouchi | £554£554 | £28,808£29k | Sanfrecce | 24 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 46 | Alex Kouto Horio Pisano | £522£522 | £27,144£27k | Nagoya Grampus | 19 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 47 | Aolin Zhang | £503£503 | £26,156£26k | Gamba Osaka | 20 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 48 | Haruki Saruta | £491£491 | £25,532£26k | Kashiwa Reysol | 26 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 49 | Go Kambayashi | £481£481 | £25,012£25k | Cerezo Osaka | 22 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
| 50 | Kota Sanada | £480£480 | £24,960£25k | Sagamihara Topolino | 26 | Goalkeeper | Japan |
What each position earns in the J1 League
Average weekly wage of the players aged 22 or over we hold a wage for
Goalkeepers take 8% of what the J1 League pays its players of that age. The four shares add up to the whole bill, because a player who plays in two areas gives half the wage to each.
The clubs that pay their goalkeepers the most
Every goalkeeper wage we hold at each J1 League club, added together, a week
Fagiano Okayama pay 3 goalkeepers £24,541 a week between them, and Kewin (Kewin Oliveira Silva) takes 81% of it.
The best-paid goalkeeper at every J1 League club
21 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's goalkeepers
| CLUB | PLAYER | WEEKLY | RANK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fagiano Okayama | Kewin (Kewin Oliveira Silva) | £20,000£20k | 1 |
| Cerezo Osaka | Kim Jin Hyeon | £12,000£12k | 2 |
| Avispa | Kazuki Fujita | £8,000£8k | 3 |
| Nagoya Grampus | Daniel Schmidt | £7,400£7k | 4 |
| F Marinos | Rubén Blanco | £6,700£7k | 5 |
| Urawa Reds | Shusaku Nishikawa | £6,600£7k | 6 |
| Kashima Antlers | Tomoki Hayakawa | £5,600£6k | 7 |
| FC Machida Zelvia | Kosei Tani | £5,000£5k | 8 |
| Vissel Kobe | Daiya Maekawa | £4,400£4k | 9 |
| Gamba Osaka | Jun Ichimori | £4,100£4k | 11 |
| Sanfrecce | Keisuke Osako | £4,000£4k | 14 |
| Tokyo Verdy 1969 | Matheus Vidotto | £3,900£4k | 16 |
| Kashiwa Reysol | Ryosuke Kojima | £3,700£4k | 17 |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Kei Ishikawa | £3,000£3k | 20 |
| Kyoto Sanga F.C. | Gakuji Ota | £1,200£1k | 29 |
| Sagamihara Topolino | Shun Yoshida | £880£880 | 32 |
| Kawasaki Frontale | Louis Yamaguchi | £854£854 | 35 |
| FC Tokyo | Masataka Kobayashi | £325£325 | 60 |
| JEF United Chiba | No wage held | - | - |
| Mito Hollyhock | No wage held | - | - |
| V-Varen Nagasaki | No wage held | - | - |
The best-paid goalkeeper in every men's league
42 leagues, ordered by their best-paid goalkeeper. The J1 League ranks 23rd.
| LEAGUE | BEST PAID | WEEKLY | AVERAGE |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Liga | Jan Oblak | £308,000£308k | £33,550£34k |
| Bundesliga | Manuel Neuer | £298,000£298k | £26,779£27k |
| Premier League | Gianluigi Donnarumma | £250,000£250k | £49,479£49k |
| Eredivisie | Marc-André ter Stegen | £232,000£232k | £9,671£10k |
| Süper Lig | Ederson | £229,000£229k | £19,950£20k |
| Saudi Pro League | Édouard Mendy | £170,000£170k | £40,756£41k |
| Championship | Alphonse Areola | £120,000£120k | £13,758£14k |
| Serie A | Mike Maignan | £109,000£109k | £24,594£25k |
| Ligue 1 | Brice Samba | £102,000£102k | £20,578£21k |
| Primeira Liga | Diogo Costa | £82,000£82k | £7,355£7k |
| Scottish Premiership | Sam Johnstone | £78,000£78k | £7,256£7k |
| Superleague Greece | Stefan Ortega | £58,000£58k | £6,841£7k |
| Belgian Pro League | Yann Sommer | £49,000£49k | £6,044£6k |
| Serie B | Mattia Perin | £45,000£45k | £6,094£6k |
| Danish Superliga | Diant Ramaj | £43,000£43k | £5,493£5k |
| Croatian First League | Dominik Livaković | £35,000£35k | £2,378£2k |
| Liga MX | Keylor Navas | £29,000£29k | £7,296£7k |
| La Liga 2 | Paulo Gazzaniga | £29,000£29k | £4,582£5k |
| Major League Soccer | Angus Gunn | £28,000£28k | £5,216£5k |
| Russian Premier League | Igor Akinfeev | £28,000£28k | £10,471£10k |
| League One | Alex McCarthy | £27,000£27k | £5,034£5k |
| Brasileirão Série A | Cássio | £24,000£24k | £5,729£6k |
| J1 League | Kewin (Kewin Oliveira Silva) | £20,000£20k | £2,645£3k |
| Ekstraklasa | Bartlomiej Dragowski | £20,000£20k | £2,314£2k |
| Super Liga | Fernando Muslera | £17,000£17k | £3,207£3k |
| Chinese Super League | Bao Yaxiong | £13,000£13k | £3,606£4k |
| Austrian Bundesliga | Christian Früchtl | £9,400£9k | £2,221£2k |
| Categoría Primera A | Jean | £9,100£9k | £3,699£4k |
| 2. Bundesliga | Marcel Schuhen | £9,000£9k | £4,703£5k |
| Ligue 2 | Gautier Larsonneur | £8,200£8k | £2,571£3k |
| League Two | Matthew Cox | £7,900£8k | £2,048£2k |
| Czech First League | Ondřej Kolář | £6,800£7k | £1,182£1k |
| National League | Ted Curd | £6,600£7k | £932£932 |
| Thai League | Neil Etheridge | £5,900£6k | £1,122£1k |
| Belgian Challenger Pro League | Emile Doucouré | £3,300£3k | £1,148£1k |
| Indian Super League | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | £3,200£3k | £427£427 |
| Eliteserien | Ľubomír Belko | £3,000£3k | £1,145£1k |
| Scottish Championship | Aston Oxborough | £2,500£3k | £787£787 |
| A-League | Filip Kurto | £2,300£2k | £1,190£1k |
| Veikkausliiga | Matej Marković | £1,900£2k | £564£564 |
| I-League | Ryan Fulton | £830£830 | £191£191 |
| Meistriliiga | Marko Meerits | £427£427 | £160£160 |
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid goalkeeper in the J1 League?
Kewin (Kewin Oliveira Silva) of Fagiano Okayama, on £20,000 a week in 2026/27, or £1,040,000 a year. Kim Jin Hyeon of Cerezo Osaka is second on £12,000 a week.
How much do J1 League goalkeepers earn?
The average J1 League goalkeeper aged 22 or over earns £2,645 a week, and the median one £1,100. Goalkeepers take 8% of what the J1 League pays its players of that age.
Which J1 League club pays its goalkeepers the most?
Fagiano Okayama, £24,541 a week across the 3 goalkeepers we hold a wage for, led by Kewin (Kewin Oliveira Silva) on £20,000.
Who is the highest paid goalkeeper in football?
Of the 42 men's leagues we rank goalkeepers in, the best-paid is Jan Oblak of Atlético Madrid in La Liga, on £308,000 a week. The best-paid in the J1 League ranks 23rd of the 42 leagues on that measure.
Where to next
The same J1 League squads, cut a different way
See the highest paid J1 League players in every position, the best-paid player at every club, what J1 League players are paid at every age, or the J1 League wage bill, club by club.