Average annual salary of professional baseball players in Japan 2014-2023, by league
In the 2023 season, the average player in Japan's professional baseball league (NPB) playing in the Pacific League earned 43.85 million Japanese yen, while Central League players earned on average about 45.52 million yen. In the 2023 season, Yomiuri Giants players on average received the highest remuneration among all teams, followed by Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks players.