Highest paid players from Japan
Daichi Kamada is the best paid player from Japan at £110,000 a week. We hold a wage for 622 of the 816 players in the squads we track who give Japan, and they earn £2,958,738 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 wage alone.
- GK Zion Suzuki £15,000 Aston Villa
- D Hiroki Itô £108,000 FC Bayern München
- D Wataru Endo £91,000 Liverpool
- D Ko Itakura £41,000 Borussia Mönchengladbach
- D Kota Takai £25,000 K Sint-Truidense VV
- M Daichi Kamada £110,000 Crystal Palace
- M Ao Tanaka £48,000 Leeds United
- M Hidemasa Morita £26,000 Hull City
- A Kaoru Mitoma £87,000 Brighton & Hove Albion
- A Takumi Minamino £73,000 AS Monaco
- A Ritsu Doan £73,000 Eintracht Frankfurt
Combined £697,000 per week · £36,244,000 per year
Highest paid from Japan
Top 50 by weekly wage, 48% of every Japan wage we hold. Sortable.
Where Japan players play
Players we hold a wage for, and what each league pays them
What each position earns
Average weekly wage, and share of the Japan wage total, across players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for
Peak earning years
Average weekly wage by age band
Clubs with the most Japan players
Current squads, counting players we hold a wage for
Frequently asked questions
Players from Japan
Who is the highest paid footballer from Japan?
Daichi Kamada of Crystal Palace is the highest paid player from Japan in our data, on £110,000 per week (£5,720,000 per year).
How much do players from Japan earn?
We hold a wage 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?
The J1 League has the most, with 410 players from Japan on wages we hold, ahead of the 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 wage for 622 of them (76%). Figures are club wages: 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