NPB Draft Report Card by Year 2026

Data as of

How many of the players selected at the draft became established in NPB, gathered by year and by round.

Player names are shown in Japanese.

How to read this table

  • Established in NPB = reached 100 plate appearances (30 innings for pitchers) in total.
  • Groups with few players are shown as “—”.
  • Past seasons are counted for the players selected, whether or not they are on a roster now.
  • Players who did not sign are also counted in the number of picks.
  • ※ marks a draft year without five full seasons behind it. With fewer seasons, college and industrial-league picks tend to rate high, and high-school picks rate low until five seasons are in.
  • The rating is the place among the other draft years.

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Output by Year and Round

Output by Year and Round2026-10-08npbc.mediaRoundRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7 and later20052007200920112013201520172019202120232025YearLower outputHigher outputProvisional

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Output by Year and Round2026-10-08npbc.mediaRound1234567+20052010201520202025YearLower outputHigher outputProvisional

From 2005 to 2007 the high-school draft and the college and industrial-league draft were held separately, so those years are not in the grid by year and round.

Picks and What Followed, by Year

Regular picks

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Year Rating Picks Established
(rate)		 Core
(rate)
'05(College and industrial-league draft) C+ 49 31 (63.3 %) 24 (49.0 %)
'05(High-school draft) C+ 38 15 (39.5 %) 13 (34.2 %)
'05(Preferred-choice picks) C+ 9 9 9
'06(College and industrial-league draft) C 47 31 (66.0 %) 19 (40.4 %)
'06(High-school draft) C 33 13 (39.4 %) 10 (30.3 %)
'06(Preferred-choice picks) C 10 8 7
'07(College and industrial-league draft) F 34 27 (79.4 %) 17 (50.0 %)
'07(High-school draft) F 41 15 (36.6 %) 11 (26.8 %)
'08 E− 68 39 (57.4 %) 31 (45.6 %)
'09 D− 66 43 (65.2 %) 32 (48.5 %)
'10 D 68 43 (63.2 %) 31 (45.6 %)
'11 D+ 72 47 (65.3 %) 35 (48.6 %)
'12 B+ 70 37 (52.9 %) 28 (40.0 %)
'13 A 76 57 (75.0 %) 41 (53.9 %)
'14 E+ 81 47 (58.0 %) 35 (43.2 %)
'15 C 88 59 (67.0 %) 50 (56.8 %)
'16 B 87 57 (65.5 %) 49 (56.3 %)
'17 C− 82 54 (65.9 %) 39 (47.6 %)
'18 B− 83 61 (73.5 %) 50 (60.2 %)
'19 C− 74 47 (63.5 %) 36 (48.6 %)
'20 A+ 74 48 (64.9 %) 38 (51.4 %)
'21 D 77 47 (61.0 %) 33 (42.9 %)
'22 C− ※ 69 43 (62.3 %) ※ 26 (37.7 %) ※
'23 D ※ 72 32 (44.4 %) ※ 18 (25.0 %) ※
'24 C+ ※ 69 27 (39.1 %) ※ 13 (18.8 %) ※
'25 C− ※ 73 18 (24.7 %) ※ 1 (1.4 %) ※
'26 — 76 0 (0.0 %) ※ 0 (0.0 %) ※
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Players of note

Year Player of note
'08E− 浅村 栄斗 (Round 3)西 勇輝 (Round 3)大田 泰示 (Round 1)中村 悠平 (Round 3)上本 博紀 (Round 3)中島 卓也 (Round 5)辛島 航 (Round 6)野上 亮磨 (Round 2)
'09D− 筒香 嘉智 (Round 1)長野 久義 (Round 1)大島 洋平 (Round 5)菊池 雄星 (Round 1)荻野 貴司 (Round 1)今宮 健太 (Round 1)清田 育宏 (Round 4)秋山 拓巳 (Round 4)堂林 翔太 (Round 2)
'10D 柳田 悠岐 (Round 2)山田 哲人 (Round 1)秋山 翔吾 (Round 3)大野 雄大 (Round 1)西川 遥輝 (Round 2)牧田 和久 (Round 2)美馬 学 (Round 2)中崎 翔太 (Round 6)福山 博之 (Round 6)
'11D+ 近藤 健介 (Round 4)菊池 涼介 (Round 2)鈴木 大地 (Round 3)島内 宏明 (Round 6)上沢 直之 (Round 6)桑原 将志 (Round 4)野村 祐輔 (Round 1)武田 翔太 (Round 1)高橋 周平 (Round 1)
'12B+ 菅野 智之 (Round 1)宮﨑 敏郎 (Round 6)鈴木 誠也 (Round 2)則本 昂大 (Round 2)大谷 翔平 (Round 1)小川 泰弘 (Round 2)東浜 巨 (Round 1)
'13A 山川 穂高 (Round 2)森 友哉 (Round 1)九里 亜蓮 (Round 2)大瀬良 大地 (Round 1)田中 広輔 (Round 3)石川 歩 (Round 1)松井 裕樹 (Round 1)岩崎 優 (Round 6)岡 大海 (Round 3)井上 晴哉 (Round 5)田口 麗斗 (Round 3)
'14E+ 岡本 和真 (Round 1)外崎 修汰 (Round 3)栗原 陵矢 (Round 2)中村 奨吾 (Round 1)有原 航平 (Round 1)高橋 光成 (Round 1)宗 佑磨 (Round 2)石田 健大 (Round 2)山崎 康晃 (Round 1)
'15C 吉田 正尚 (Round 1)西川 龍馬 (Round 5)今永 昇太 (Round 1)茂木 栄五郎 (Round 3)加藤 貴之 (Round 2)青柳 晃洋 (Round 5)杉本 裕太郎 (Round 10)小笠原 慎之介 (Round 1)阿部 寿樹 (Round 5)木下 拓哉 (Round 3)村林 一輝 (Round 7)中川 皓太 (Round 7)
'16B 山本 由伸 (Round 4)大山 悠輔 (Round 1)佐野 恵太 (Round 9)才木 浩人 (Round 3)柳 裕也 (Round 1)坂倉 将吾 (Round 4)床田 寛樹 (Round 3)源田 壮亮 (Round 3)細川 成也 (Round 5)今井 達也 (Round 1)吉川 尚輝 (Round 1)
'17C− 村上 宗隆 (Round 1)東 克樹 (Round 1)平良 海馬 (Round 4)大城 卓三 (Round 3)髙橋 遥人 (Round 2)清宮 幸太郎 (Round 1)塩見 泰隆 (Round 4)藤岡 裕大 (Round 2)安田 尚憲 (Round 1)田嶋 大樹 (Round 1)福田 周平 (Round 3)
'18B− 近本 光司 (Round 1)戸郷 翔征 (Round 6)辰己 涼介 (Round 1)小園 海斗 (Round 1)万波 中正 (Round 4)中川 圭太 (Round 7)野村 佑希 (Round 2)山口 航輝 (Round 4)大貫 晋一 (Round 3)頓宮 裕真 (Round 2)藤原 恭大 (Round 1)太田 椋 (Round 1)
'19C− 森下 暢仁 (Round 1)宮城 大弥 (Round 1)紅林 弘太郎 (Round 2)佐々木 朗希 (Round 1)小深田 大翔 (Round 1)佐藤 都志也 (Round 2)岡林 勇希 (Round 5)長岡 秀樹 (Round 5)柳町 達 (Round 5)
'20A+ 佐藤 輝明 (Round 1)牧 秀悟 (Round 2)村上 頌樹 (Round 5)髙橋 宏斗 (Round 1)伊藤 大海 (Round 1)中野 拓夢 (Round 6)伊藤 将司 (Round 2)山崎 伊織 (Round 2)栗林 良吏 (Round 1)早川 隆久 (Round 1)
'21D 北山 亘基 (Round 8)隅田 知一郎 (Round 1)水野 達稀 (Round 3)古賀 悠斗 (Round 3)正木 智也 (Round 2)野村 勇 (Round 4)達 孝太 (Round 1)翁田 大勢 (Round 1)末包 昇大 (Round 6)
'22C− ※ 森下 翔太 (Round 1)大津 亮介 (Round 2)福永 裕基 (Round 7)村松 開人 (Round 2)金村 尚真 (Round 2)松本 晴 (Round 5)田中 幹也 (Round 6)松尾 汐恩 (Round 1)荘司 康誠 (Round 1)
'23D ※ 泉口 友汰 (Round 4)武内 夏暉 (Round 1)度会 隆輝 (Round 1)中島 大輔 (Round 6)前田 悠伍 (Round 1)寺地 隆成 (Round 5)
'24C+ ※ 石伊 雄太 (Round 4)宗山 塁 (Round 1)西川 史礁 (Round 1)金丸 夢斗 (Round 1)渡部 聖弥 (Round 2)
'25C− ※ 小島 大河 (Round 1)宮下 朝陽 (Round 3)鈴木 豪太 (Round 3)竹丸 和幸 (Round 1)
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Developmental picks

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Year Picks Established
(rate)
'05 6 2
'06 12 4
'07 15 0
'08 26 3 (11.5 %)
'09 17 2
'10 29 4 (13.8 %)
'11 26 4 (15.4 %)
'12 13 1
'13 13 4
'14 23 3 (13.0 %)
'15 28 4 (14.3 %)
'16 28 5 (17.9 %)
'17 32 7 (21.9 %)
'18 21 4 (19.0 %)
'19 33 8 (24.2 %)
'20 49 15 (30.6 %)
'21 51 14 (27.5 %)
'22 57 9 (15.8 %) ※
'23 50 3 (6.0 %) ※
'24 54 4 (7.4 %) ※
'25 43 0 (0.0 %) ※
'26 51 0 (0.0 %) ※

Players of note

Year Player of note
'08 西野 勇士 (Dev. 5)
'09 星野 真澄 (Dev. 1)
'10 千賀 滉大 (Dev. 4)
'11 亀澤 恭平 (Dev. 2)
'12 宮川 将 (Dev. 1)
'13 石川 柊太 (Dev. 1)
'14 田中 貴也 (Dev. 3)
'15 増田 大輝 (Dev. 1)
'16 榊原 翼 (Dev. 2)
'17 周東 佑京 (Dev. 2)
'18 大盛 穂 (Dev. 1)
'19 大関 友久 (Dev. 2)持丸 泰輝 (Dev. 1)
'20 長谷川 信哉 (Dev. 2)水上 由伸 (Dev. 5)豆田 泰志 (Dev. 4)
'21 滝澤 夏央 (Dev. 2)柳川 大晟 (Dev. 3)福島 蓮 (Dev. 1)
'22 松山 晋也 (Dev. 1)木村 光 (Dev. 3)
'23 平山 功太 (Dev. 7)
'24 工藤 泰成 (Dev. 1)

How to read the table and the figure

Picks is the number of players selected at the draft, as it stands. Developmental picks are collected in a separate table, and players who did not sign are counted too.

Established in NPB counts players who later reached 100 plate appearances or 30 innings in first-team official games.

The rate divides the players established in NPB by the number of picks. A draft year without five full seasons behind it carries a ※ next to the rate.

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