Written on 16-May-2023
In this article, we have compiled the top 100 salaries of J.League(J1) players in 2023, which represents the highest category of professional soccer in Japan.
*The exchange rate is 0.073 $/￥
| Rank | Player | Age | Pos. | Club | Salary[￥] | Salary[$] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrés Iniesta | 39 | MF | Kobe | ¥2,000,000,000 | $14,600,000 |
| 2 | Yuya Osako | 32 | FW | Kobe | ¥350,000,000 | $2,555,000 |
| 3 | Kasper Junker | 29 | FW | Nakoya | ¥200,000,000 | $1,460,000 |
| 4 | Mateus Castro | 28 | FW | Nakoya | ¥185,000,000 | $1,350,500 |
| 5 | Sergi Samper | 28 | MF | Kobe | ¥180,000,000 | $1,314,000 |
| 6 | Yuki Muto | 30 | FW | Kobe | ¥180,000,000 | $1,314,000 |
| 7 | Gotoku Sakai | 32 | DF | Kobe | ¥180,000,000 | $1,314,000 |
| 8 | Jean Patric | 26 | FW | Kobe | ¥175,000,000 | $1,277,500 |
| 9 | Mitchell Langerak | 34 | GK | Nagoya | ¥170,000,000 | $1,241,000 |
| 10 | Leandro Damião | 33 | FW | Kawasaki | ¥170,000,000 | $1,241,000 |
| 11 | Matej Jonjić | 32 | DF | S.Osaka | ¥155,000,000 | $1,131,500 |
| 12 | Léo Ceará | 28 | FW | S.Osaka | ¥154,000,000 | $1,124,200 |
| 13 | Diego Pituca | 30 | MF | Kashima | ¥150,000,000 | $1,095,000 |
| 14 | Alexander Scholz | 30 | DF | Urawa | ¥150,000,000 | $1,095,000 |
| 15 | Yuto Nagatomo | 36 | DF | F.Tokyo | ¥150,000,000 | $1,095,000 |
| 16 | Diego Oliveira | 32 | FW | F.Tokyo | ¥150,000,000 | $1,095,000 |
| 17 | Hotaru Yamaguchi | 32 | MF | Kobe | ¥150,000,000 | $1,095,000 |
| 18 | Neta Lavi | 26 | MF | G.Osaka | ¥140,000,000 | $1,022,000 |
| 19 | Anderson Lopes | 29 | FW | Yoohama.FM | ¥135,000,000 | $985,500 |
| 20 | Jay-Roy Jornell | 25 | FW | Kashiwa | ¥130,000,000 | $949,000 |
| 21 | Takashi Usami | 31 | FW | G.Osaka | ¥125,000,000 | $912,500 |
| 22 | Issam Jebali | 31 | FW | G.Osaka | ¥125,000,000 | $912,500 |
| 23 | Nassim Ben Khalifa | 31 | FW | Hiroshima | ¥120,000,000 | $876,000 |
| 24 | Shusaku Nishikawa | 36 | GK | Urawa | ¥120,000,000 | $876,000 |
| 25 | Hiroki Sakai | 33 | DF | Urawa | ¥120,000,000 | $876,000 |
| 26 | David Moberg | 29 | MF | Urawa | ¥120,000,000 | $876,000 |
| 27 | Akihiro Ienaga | 36 | MF | Kawasaki | ¥120,000,000 | $876,000 |
| 28 | Marcos Júnior | 30 | FW | Yoohama.FM | ¥120,000,000 | $876,000 |
| 29 | Shinji Kagawa | 30 | MF | S.Osaka | ¥115,000,000 | $839,500 |
| 30 | Pieros Sotiriou | 30 | FW | Hiroshima | ¥110,000,000 | $803,000 |
| 31 | Adaílton | 32 | MF | F.Tokyo | ¥110,000,000 | $803,000 |
| 32 | Kwon Kyung-won | 31 | DF | G.Osaka | ¥110,000,000 | $803,000 |
| 33 | Song Bum-keun | 25 | GK | Shonan | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 34 | Gen Shoji | 30 | DF | Kashima | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 35 | Matheus Sávio | 26 | MF | Kashiwa | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 36 | Masato Morishige | 35 | DF | F.Tokyo | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 37 | Pedro Perotti | 25 | FW | F.Tokyo | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 38 | JUNG Sung-Ryong | 38 | GK | Kawasaki | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 39 | Márcio | 27 | FW | Kawasaki | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 40 | Kim Jin-hyeon | 35 | GK | S.Osaka | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 41 | Stefan Mugoša | 31 | FW | Kobe | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 42 | Hiroshi Kiyotake | 33 | MF | S.Osaka | ¥95,000,000 | $693,500 |
| 43 | Patric | 35 | FW | Kyoto | ¥92,000,000 | $671,600 |
| 44 | Leandro | 30 | MF | F.Tokyo | ¥92,000,000 | $671,600 |
| 45 | Yu Kobayashi | 35 | FW | Kawasaki | ¥92,000,000 | $671,600 |
| 46 | Élber | 30 | FW | Yoohama.FM | ¥90,000,000 | $657,000 |
| 47 | Jakub Słowik | 31 | GK | F.Tokyo | ¥89,000,000 | $649,700 |
| 48 | Lucas Fernandes | 29 | MF | Sapporo | ¥88,000,000 | $642,400 |
| 49 | Marius Hoibraten | 28 | DF | Urawa | ¥88,000,000 | $642,400 |
| 50 | Bryan Linssen | 32 | FW | Urawa | ¥87,500,000 | $638,750 |
| 51 | Masaaki Higashiguchi | 37 | GK | G.Osaka | ¥86,000,000 | $627,800 |
| 52 | Arthur Caíke | 30 | MF | Kashima | ¥84,000,000 | $613,200 |
| 53 | Dawhan | 26 | MF | G.Osaka | ¥84,000,000 | $613,200 |
| 54 | Alex Schalk | 30 | FW | Urawa | ¥82,500,000 | $602,250 |
| 55 | Gabriel | 28 | DF | Yoohama.FM | ¥82,000,000 | $598,600 |
| 56 | Douglas | 35 | FW | Kashiwa | ¥82,000,000 | $598,600 |
| 57 | Juan Alano | 26 | MF | G.Osaka | ¥82,000,000 | $598,600 |
| 58 | Naomichi Ueda | 28 | DF | Kashima | ¥80,000,000 | $584,000 |
| 59 | Blesses Eleke | 27 | FW | Kashima | ¥78,000,000 | $569,400 |
| 60 | Diego | 27 | DF | Kashiwa | ¥78,000,000 | $569,400 |
| 61 | Jesiel | 29 | DF | Kawasaki | ¥78,000,000 | $569,400 |
| 62 | Lukian | 31 | FW | Fukuoka | ¥77,000,000 | $562,100 |
| 63 | Takuya Iwanami | 28 | DF | Urawa | ¥77,000,000 | $562,100 |
| 64 | Jordy Croux | 29 | MF | S.Osaka | ¥77,000,000 | $562,100 |
| 65 | Svend Brodersen | 26 | GK | Yokohama.FC | ¥76,000,000 | $554,800 |
| 66 | Takahiro Ohgihara | 31 | MF | Kobe | ¥75,000,000 | $547,500 |
| 67 | Yuma Suzuki | 27 | FW | Kashiwa | ¥75,000,000 | $547,500 |
| 68 | João Schmidt | 29 | MF | Kawasaki | ¥75,000,000 | $547,500 |
| 69 | Tarik Elyounoussi | 35 | FW | Shonan | ¥72,500,000 | $529,250 |
| 70 | Leonardo | 30 | FW | Nagoya | ¥72,500,000 | $529,250 |
| 71 | Caprini | 25 | FW | Yokohama.FC | ¥72,000,000 | $525,600 |
| 72 | Douglas Grolli | 33 | DF | Fukuoka | ¥71,000,000 | $518,300 |
| 73 | Matheus Thuler | 24 | DF | Kobe | ¥67,000,000 | $489,100 |
| 74 | Genta Miura | 28 | DF | G.Osaka | ¥66,000,000 | $481,800 |
| 75 | Kazuki Nagasawa | 31 | MF | Nagoya | ¥65,000,000 | $474,500 |
| 76 | Yuri Lara | 29 | MF | Yokohama.FC | ¥63,500,000 | $463,550 |
| 77 | Capixaba | 26 | FW | S.Osaka | ¥62,500,000 | $456,250 |
| 78 | Tsukasa Shiotani | 34 | DF | Hiroshima | ¥62,000,000 | $452,600 |
| 79 | Sho Inagaki | 31 | MF | Nagoya | ¥62,000,000 | $452,600 |
| 80 | Teruhito Nakagawa | 30 | FW | F.Tokyo | ¥62,000,000 | $452,600 |
| 81 | Eduardo | 30 | DF | Yoohama.FM | ¥62,000,000 | $452,600 |
| 82 | Yan Matheus | 24 | FW | Yoohama.FM | ¥62,000,000 | $452,600 |
| 83 | Warner Hahn | 30 | GK | Kyoto | ¥61,500,000 | $448,950 |
| 84 | Saulo Mineiro | 25 | FW | Yokohama.FC | ¥61,000,000 | $445,300 |
| 85 | Shinnosuke Nakatani | 27 | DF | Nagoya | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 86 | Yosuke Ideguchi | 26 | MF | Fukuoka | ¥59,000,000 | $430,700 |
| 87 | Yuichi Maruyama | 33 | DF | Nagoya | ¥58,000,000 | $423,400 |
| 88 | Kensuke Nagai | 34 | FW | Nagoya | ¥58,000,000 | $423,400 |
| 89 | Shoma Doi | 30 | MF | Kashima | ¥56,000,000 | $408,800 |
| 90 | Keigo Higashi | 32 | MF | F.Tokyo | ¥56,000,000 | $408,800 |
| 91 | Miki Yamane | 29 | DF | Kawasaki | ¥56,000,000 | $408,800 |
| 92 | Sho Sasaki | 33 | DF | Hiroshima | ¥54,000,000 | $394,200 |
| 93 | Kim Gun-hee | 28 | FW | Sapporo | ¥54,000,000 | $394,200 |
| 94 | Henrique Trevisan | 26 | DF | F.Tokyo | ¥54,000,000 | $394,200 |
| 95 | Yoshifumi Kashiwa | 35 | MF | Hiroshima | ¥53,000,000 | $386,900 |
| 96 | Kwon Sun-tae | 38 | GK | Kashima | ¥53,000,000 | $386,900 |
| 97 | Yohei Takaoka | 27 | GK | Yokohama.FC | ¥53,000,000 | $386,900 |
| 98 | Ezequiel | 25 | MF | Hiroshima | ¥52,000,000 | $379,600 |
| 99 | Musashi Suzuki | 29 | FW | G.Osaka | ¥52,000,000 | $379,600 |
| 100 | Shintaro Kurumaya | 31 | DF | Kawasaki | ¥52,000,000 | $379,600 |
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