🇯🇵Japan National Team Salary Ranking
Players with senior international experience and a 2026 salary are listed from highest to lowest.
Salary ranking for 2026
| Rank | Player | Club | Annual salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daichi Kamada | Crystal Palace | $7.3M£5.5M |
| 2 | Ritsu Doan | Eintracht Frankfurt | $6.6M€5.7M |
| 3 | Takefusa Kubo | Real Sociedad | $6.1M€5.2M |
| 4 | Kaoru Mitoma | Brighton & Hove Albion | $5.6M£4.2M |
| 5 | Takumi Minamino | AS Monaco | $5.2M€4.5M |
| 6 | Hiroki Ito | Bayern Munich | $4.4M€3.8M |
| 7 | Koki Machida | TSG Hoffenheim | $4.4M€3.8M |
| 8 | Yuito Suzuki | SC Freiburg | $3.7M€3.2M |
| 9 | Wataru Endo | Liverpool | $3.5M£2.6M |
| 10 | Zion Suzuki | Aston Villa | $3.5M£2.6M |
| 11 | Yukinari Sugawara | Southampton | $2.8M£2.1M |
| 12 | Takehiro Tomiyasu | Crystal Palace | $2.4M£1.8M |
| 13 | Hidemasa Morita | Hull City | $2.4M£1.8M |
| 14 | Kota Takai | Tottenham Hotspur | $2.3M£1.7M |
| 15 | Ao Tanaka | Leeds United | $1.7M£1.3M |
| 16 | Yuya Osako | Vissel Kobe | $1.7M¥270M |
| 17 | Kodai Sano | PSV Eindhoven | $1.5M€1.3M |
| 18 | Koki Saito | Queens Park Rangers | $1.4M£1M |
| 19 | Ayumu Seko | Le Havre | $1.2M€1M |
| 20 | Tsuyoshi Watanabe | Feyenoord | $1.1M€980K |
| 21 | Yoshinori Muto | Vissel Kobe | $1.1M¥180M |
| 22 | Reo Hatate | Celtic | $1.1M£832K |
| 23 | Yuki Ohashi | Blackburn Rovers | $1M£780K |
| 24 | Junya Ito | KRC Genk | $1M£780K |
| 25 | Kaishu Sano | Mainz 05 | $987.8K€850K |
| 26 | Gotoku Sakai | Vissel Kobe | $944.6K¥150M |
| 27 | Ayase Ueda | Feyenoord | $906.4K€780K |
| 28 | Ryoya Morishita | Blackburn Rovers | $874.4K£650K |
| 29 | Tomoki Iwata | Birmingham City | $874.4K£650K |
| 30 | Kuryu Matsuki | Southampton | $874.4K£650K |
| 31 | Seiya Maikuma | AZ Alkmaar | $870.2K€748.8K |
| 32 | Shusaku Nishikawa | Urawa Red Diamonds | $818.7K¥130M |
| 33 | Takashi Usami | Gamba Osaka | $818.7K¥130M |
| 34 | Hotaru Yamaguchi | V-Varen Nagasaki | $818.7K¥130M |
| 35 | Satoshi Tanaka | Schalke 04 | $691.6K |
| 36 | Maya Yoshida | LA Galaxy | $640K |
| 37 | Naomichi Ueda | Kashima Antlers | $629.7K¥100M |
| 38 | Yuto Nagatomo | FC Tokyo | $629.7K¥100M |
| 39 | Daiki Hashioka | Borussia Monchengladbach | $580.9K |
| 40 | Gen Shoji | FC Machida Zelvia | $566.8K¥90M |
| 41 | Akihiro Ienaga | Kawasaki Frontale | $566.8K¥90M |
| 42 | Shinji Kagawa | Cerezo Osaka | $535.3K¥85M |
| 43 | Shuichi Gonda | Vissel Kobe | $535.3K¥85M |
| 44 | Tatsuhiro Sakamoto | Coventry City | $524.6K£390K |
| 45 | Kosuke Nakamura | Cerezo Osaka | $484.9K¥77M |
| 46 | Yuki Soma | FC Machida Zelvia | $472.3K¥75M |
| 47 | Yuta Nakayama | FC Machida Zelvia | $459.7K¥73M |
| 48 | Masato Morishige | FC Tokyo | $440.8K¥70M |
| 49 | Daniel Schmidt | Nagoya Grampus | $440.8K¥70M |
| 50 | Hayao Kawabe | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | $440.8K¥70M |
| 51 | Teruhito Nakagawa | FC Tokyo | $434.5K¥69M |
| 52 | Yu Hirakawa | Bristol City | $419.7K£312K |
| 53 | Yosuke Ideguchi | Vissel Kobe | $415.6K¥66M |
| 54 | Tsukasa Shiotani | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | $409.3K¥65M |
| 55 | Sei Muroya | FC Tokyo | $403K¥64M |
| 56 | Sho Sasaki | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | $377.8K¥60M |
| 57 | Yuto Tsunashima | Royal Antwerp FC | $370.8K£275.6K |
| 58 | Kento Misao | Kashima Antlers | $365.3K¥58M |
| 59 | Kensuke Nagai | Nagoya Grampus | $352.7K¥56M |
| 60 | Koki Ogawa | NEC Nijmegen | $348.6K€300K |
| 61 | Takahiro Ohgihara | Vissel Kobe | $346.4K¥55M |
| 62 | Takuma Nishimura | FC Machida Zelvia | $340.1K¥54M |
| 63 | Shogo Taniguchi | STVV | $321.8K£239.2K |
| 64 | Gaku Shibasaki | Kashima Antlers | $302.3K¥48M |
| 65 | Ataru Esaka | Fagiano Okayama | $283.4K¥45M |
| 66 | Koki Anzai | Kashima Antlers | $277.1K¥44M |
| 67 | Daisuke Suzuki | JEF United Chiba | $251.9K¥40M |
| 68 | Jun Amano | Yokohama F. Marinos | $251.9K¥40M |
| 69 | Ryo Miyaichi | Yokohama F. Marinos | $251.9K¥40M |
| 70 | Shinnosuke Hatanaka | Cerezo Osaka | $251.9K¥40M |
| 71 | Yuto Iwasaki | V-Varen Nagasaki | $251.9K¥40M |
| 72 | Atsuki Ito | KAA Gent | $244.8K£182K |
| 73 | Ryuta Koike | Kashima Antlers | $239.3K¥38M |
| 74 | Yuichi Maruyama | Kawasaki Frontale | $233K¥37M |
| 75 | Ryoya Ogawa | Kashima Antlers | $226.7K¥36M |
| 76 | Kanji Okunuki | Gamba Osaka | $226.7K¥36M |
| 77 | Kyosuke Tagawa | Kashima Antlers | $220.4K¥35M |
| 78 | Taishi Taguchi | JEF United Chiba | $220.4K¥35M |
| 79 | Shu Kurata | Gamba Osaka | $220.4K¥35M |
| 80 | Yugo Tatsuta | Fagiano Okayama | $220.4K¥35M |
| 81 | Daiki Sugioka | Kashiwa Reysol | $201.5K¥32M |
| 82 | Haruya Fujii | Nagoya Grampus | $201.5K¥32M |
| 83 | Takuji Yonemoto | Kyoto Sanga F.C. | $188.9K¥30M |
| 84 | Masaaki Higashiguchi | Gamba Osaka | $188.9K¥30M |
| 85 | Shunsuke Mito | Sparta Rotterdam | $185.9K€160K |
| 86 | Teruki Hara | Nagoya Grampus | $176.3K¥28M |
| 87 | Koki Yonekura | JEF United Chiba | $170K¥27M |
| 88 | Sota Miura | Kawasaki Frontale | $170K¥27M |
| 89 | Yu Kobayashi | Kawasaki Frontale | $157.4K¥25M |
| 90 | Genta Miura | Gamba Osaka | $157.4K¥25M |
| 91 | Keisuke Goto | SC Freiburg | $138.3K |
| 92 | Zento Uno | Borussia Monchengladbach | $66.4K |
| 93 | Sota Nakamura | Le Havre | $26.4K |