Written on 28-May-2023
In this article, we have compiled the top 100 salaries of J.League(J1) players in 2022, which represents the highest category of professional soccer in Japan.
*The exchange rate is 0.073 $/￥
| Rank | Player | Age | Pos. | Team | Salary[￥] | Salary[$] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrés Iniesta | 37 | MF | Kobe | ¥2,000,000,000 | $14,600,000 |
| 2 | Yuya Osako | 31 | FW | Kobe | ¥350,000,000 | $2,555,000 |
| 3 | Gotoku Sakai | 31 | DF | Kobe | ¥200,000,000 | $1,460,000 |
| 4 | Hotaru Yamaguchi | 31 | MF | Kobe | ¥200,000,000 | $1,460,000 |
| 5 | Sergi Samper | 27 | MF | Kobe | ¥200,000,000 | $1,460,000 |
| 6 | Bojan Krkić | 31 | FW | Kobe | ¥200,000,000 | $1,460,000 |
| 7 | Yoshinori Muto | 29 | FW | Kobe | ¥200,000,000 | $1,460,000 |
| 8 | Mitchell Langerak | 33 | GK | Nagoya | ¥180,000,000 | $1,314,000 |
| 9 | Leandro Pereira | 30 | FW | G.Osaka | ¥150,000,000 | $1,095,000 |
| 10 | Leandro Damião | 32 | FW | Kawasaki | ¥120,000,000 | $876,000 |
| 11 | Diego Pituca | 29 | MF | Kashima | ¥120,000,000 | $876,000 |
| 12 | Kwon Kyung-won | 30 | DF | G.Osaka | ¥110,000,000 | $803,000 |
| 13 | Douglas | 34 | FW | Kashiwa | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 14 | Peter Utaka | 38 | FW | Kyoto | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 15 | Gen Shoji | 29 | DF | G.Osaka | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 16 | Patric | 34 | FW | G.Osaka | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 17 | Takashi Usami | 29 | FW | G.Osaka | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 18 | Kim Jin-hyeon | 34 | GK | S.Osaka | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 19 | Takashi Inui | 33 | MF | S.Osaka | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 20 | Hiroshi Kiyotake | 32 | MF | S.Osaka | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 21 | Akihiro Ienaga | 35 | MF | Kawasaki | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 22 | Tomoaki Makino | 34 | DF | Kobe | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 23 | Takahiro Ohgihara | 30 | MF | Kobe | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 24 | Everaldo Stum | 30 | FW | Kashima | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 25 | Hiroki Sakai | 31 | DF | Urawa | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 26 | Kenyu Sugimito | 29 | FW | Iwata | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 27 | Kasper Junker | 28 | FW | Urawa | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 28 | Yoichiro Kakitani | 32 | FW | Nagoya | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 29 | Jakub Świerczok | 29 | FW | Nagoya | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 30 | Dodi | 25 | MF | Kashiwa | ¥100,000,000 | $730,000 |
| 31 | Manabu Saito | 31 | FW | Nagoya | ¥95,000,000 | $693,500 |
| 32 | Yuto Nagatomo | 35 | DF | Tokyo | ¥90,000,000 | $657,000 |
| 33 | Matheus Sávio | 24 | MF | Kashiwa | ¥90,000,000 | $657,000 |
| 34 | Léo Silva | 36 | MF | Nagoya | ¥88,000,000 | $642,400 |
| 35 | Masaaki Higashiguchi | 35 | GK | G.Osaka | ¥85,000,000 | $620,500 |
| 36 | Masato Morishige | 34 | DF | Tokyo | ¥80,000,000 | $584,000 |
| 37 | Wellington Silva | 29 | MF | G.Osaka | ¥80,000,000 | $584,000 |
| 38 | Diego Oliveira | 31 | FW | Tokyo | ¥80,000,000 | $584,000 |
| 39 | JUNG Sung-Ryong | 37 | GK | Kawasaki | ¥80,000,000 | $584,000 |
| 40 | Jesiel | 28 | DF | Kawasaki | ¥80,000,000 | $584,000 |
| 41 | Shogo Taniguchi | 30 | DF | Kawasaki | ¥80,000,000 | $584,000 |
| 42 | Yu Kobayashi | 34 | FW | Kawasaki | ¥80,000,000 | $584,000 |
| 43 | Adam Taggart | 28 | FW | S.Osaka | ¥80,000,000 | $584,000 |
| 44 | Marcos Júnior | 29 | FW | Yokohama.FM | ¥80,000,000 | $584,000 |
| 45 | Ricardo Graça | 25 | DF | Iwata | ¥80,000,000 | $584,000 |
| 46 | Yasuhito Endo | 42 | MF | Iwata | ¥80,000,000 | $584,000 |
| 47 | Alexander Scholz | 29 | DF | Urawa | ¥80,000,000 | $584,000 |
| 48 | Emerson Santos | 26 | DF | Nagoya | ¥80,000,000 | $584,000 |
| 49 | Mu Kanazaki | 33 | FW | Nagoya | ¥80,000,000 | $584,000 |
| 50 | Rodrigo Angelotti | 23 | MF | Kashiwa | ¥80,000,000 | $584,000 |
| 51 | Kazuki Nagasawa | 30 | MF | Nagoya | ¥78,000,000 | $569,400 |
| 52 | Mateus Castro | 27 | FW | Nagoya | ¥75,000,000 | $547,500 |
| 53 | Ju Se-jong | 31 | MF | G.Osaka | ¥70,000,000 | $511,000 |
| 54 | Shintaro Kurumaya | 29 | DF | Kawasaki | ¥70,000,000 | $511,000 |
| 55 | Ryota Ohshima | 29 | MF | Kawasaki | ¥70,000,000 | $511,000 |
| 56 | Chanathip Songkrasin | 28 | MF | Kawasaki | ¥70,000,000 | $511,000 |
| 57 | Élber | 29 | FW | Yokohama.FM | ¥70,000,000 | $511,000 |
| 58 | Léo Ceará | 27 | FW | Yokohama.FM | ¥70,000,000 | $511,000 |
| 59 | Toshihiro Aoyama | 36 | MF | Hiroshima | ¥70,000,000 | $511,000 |
| 60 | Wellington | 34 | FW | Shonan | ¥70,000,000 | $511,000 |
| 61 | Kim Min Tae | 28 | DF | Kashima | ¥70,000,000 | $511,000 |
| 62 | Shoma Doi | 29 | MF | Kashima | ¥70,000,000 | $511,000 |
| 63 | Shusaku Nishikawa | 35 | GK | Urawa | ¥70,000,000 | $511,000 |
| 64 | David Moberg | 28 | MF | Urawa | ¥70,000,000 | $511,000 |
| 65 | Ataru Esaka | 29 | MF | Urawa | ¥70,000,000 | $511,000 |
| 66 | Abe Hiroyuki | 32 | MF | Nagoya | ¥70,000,000 | $511,000 |
| 67 | Kim Seung Gyu | 31 | GK | Kashiwa | ¥70,000,000 | $511,000 |
| 68 | Hidekazu Otani | 37 | MF | Kashiwa | ¥70,000,000 | $511,000 |
| 69 | Dudu | 25 | MF | Iwata | ¥65,000,000 | $474,500 |
| 70 | Genta Miura | 27 | DF | G.Osaka | ¥62,000,000 | $452,600 |
| 71 | Jakub Słowik | 30 | GK | Tokyo | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 72 | Yojiro Takahagi | 35 | MF | Tokyo | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 73 | Dawhan | 25 | MF | G.Osaka | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 74 | Kensuke Nagai | 33 | FW | Tokyo | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 75 | Kyohei Noborizato | 31 | DF | Kawasaki | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 76 | João Schmidt | 28 | MF | Kawasaki | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 77 | Kazuya Yamamura | 32 | MF | Kawasaki | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 78 | Hiroaki Okuno | 32 | MF | S.Osaka | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 79 | Marcinho | 26 | FW | Kawasaki | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 80 | Bruno Mendes | 27 | FW | S.Osaka | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 81 | Takuya Kida | 27 | MF | Yokohama.FM | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 82 | Lincoln | 21 | FW | Kobe | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 83 | Yoshifumi Kashiwa | 34 | MF | Hiroshima | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 84 | Shuichi Gonda | 33 | GK | Shimizu | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 85 | Gabriel Xavier | 28 | FW | Hokkaido | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 86 | Shinzo Koroki | 35 | FW | Hokkaido | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 87 | Kwon Sun-tae | 37 | GK | Kashima | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 88 | Koki Anzai | 26 | DF | Kashima | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 89 | Kento Misao | 25 | MF | Kashima | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 90 | Juan Alano | 25 | MF | Kashima | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 91 | Arthur Caíke | 29 | MF | Kashima | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 92 | Yuma Suzuki | 25 | FW | Kashima | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 93 | Tomoya Inukai | 28 | DF | Urawa | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 94 | Jean Patric | 24 | FW | S.Osaka | ¥60,000,000 | $438,000 |
| 95 | Shu Kurata | 33 | MF | G.Osaka | ¥58,000,000 | $423,400 |
| 96 | Sho Inagaki | 30 | MF | Nagoya | ¥58,000,000 | $423,400 |
| 97 | Valdo | 30 | DF | Shimizu | ¥55,000,000 | $401,500 |
| 98 | Shinnosuke Nakatani | 26 | DF | Nagoya | ¥55,000,000 | $401,500 |
| 99 | Yutaka Yoshida | 32 | DF | Nagoya | ¥55,000,000 | $401,500 |
| 100 | Akihiro Hayashi | 34 | GK | Tokyo | ¥50,000,000 | $365,000 |
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