Top guide 山野 太一 - Yakult Salary Guide 2026

The highest guide is 山野 太一 (¥325.2M). The gap between the guide total and the published payroll is −¥80.4M.

Players by guide, highest first

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Rank Player Yrs Guide PA / IP
1 山野 太一 6 ¥325.2M 148.3 IP
2 サンタナ 6 ¥287.3M 437 PA
3 奥川 恭伸 7 ¥270.2M 144.0 IP
4 増田 珠 8 ¥182.4M 405 PA
5 長岡 秀樹 7 ¥173.7M 494 PA
6 内山 壮真 6 ¥126.6M 335 PA
7 赤羽 由紘 5 ¥122.4M 304 PA
8 高梨 裕稔 12 ¥117.5M 74.3 IP
9 岩田 幸宏 3 ¥112.1M 425 PA
10 丸山 和郁 5 ¥95.3M 125 PA
11 古賀 優大 9 ¥83M 321 PA
12 オスナ 6 ¥79.3M 272 PA
13 武岡 龍世 7 ¥77M 291 PA
14 リランソ 1 ¥72.2M 34.3 IP
15 モンテル 2 ¥67.6M 103 PA
16 増居 翔太 1 ¥46M 37.0 IP
17 阪口 皓亮 8 ¥44.2M 29.3 IP
18 宮本 丈 9 ¥44M 80 PA
19 西村 瑠伊斗 4 ¥41.6M 76 PA
20 星 知弥 10 ¥37.9M 43.0 IP
21 松本 健吾 3 ¥37.5M 103.0 IP
22 西舘 昂汰 1 ¥35.9M 5.0 IP
23 並木 秀尊 6 ¥26.4M 74 PA
24 木澤 尚文 5 ¥16.9M 9.7 IP
25 茂木 栄五郎 11 ¥16.9M 39 PA
26 田中 陽翔 2 ¥16.3M 60 PA
27 松下 歩叶 1 ¥16.1M 81 PA

M means million yen

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Players with the highest guide (million yen)

0 100 200 300 400 山野 太一 325.2 サンタナ 287.3 奥川 恭伸 270.2 増田 珠 182.4 長岡 秀樹 173.7 内山 壮真 126.6 赤羽 由紘 122.4 高梨 裕稔 117.5 岩田 幸宏 112.1 丸山 和郁 95.3 2026 npbc.media

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0 100 200 300 400 山野 太一 325.2 サンタナ 287.3 奥川 恭伸 270.2 増田 珠 182.4 長岡 秀樹 173.7 内山 壮真 126.6 赤羽 由紘 122.4 高梨 裕稔 117.5 岩田 幸宏 112.1 丸山 和郁 95.3 2026 npbc.media

How to read this page

The guide looks at how much a hitter added to run scoring, or how many runs a pitcher prevented, together with playing time, and turns that into a yen figure using the league's overall salary level as the yardstick. Only first-team official statistics go into it: fielding quality, popularity, years in NPB and team circumstances do not.

Tables are ordered from the highest guide downwards. Only players whose guide comes out above the first-team minimum guarantee are listed. Players with little playing time accumulate little, so their guide comes out low. Figures are rounded for display, so totals can differ by small amounts.

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What this figure does and does not look at

The 'guide' on this page is a salary level derived only from this season's first-team statistics; it is neither an actual salary nor a reported estimate. Yakult players whose guide comes out above the first-team minimum guarantee are listed from the highest guide downwards, with nothing behind a fold.

Derived from the first-team official games of this season (2026).

  • This is a guide figure derived from performance alone; it does not look at anything else. Popularity / merchandise / publicity / team circumstances are not included.
  • Remaining years on multi-year deals and performance bonuses are not taken into account.
  • Years in NPB and contract rights such as free agency are not taken into account. The guide comes from performance alone, so players with few years tend to come out above their actual salary, while players with many years or on a multi-year deal tend to come out below it.
  • Injury information is not used. Time missed shows up only as fewer appearances.
  • The figure is a guide (estimate) derived from performance, not a judgement of the player or the contract. Actual salaries are settled between club and player.
  • Fielding (errors and range), the different demands of each fielding position such as catcher, and save and hold totals are not looked at. Only players who appeared in first-team official games are covered, and players with little playing time come out low. Only players whose guide comes out above the first-team minimum guarantee are listed.
  • The payroll used as the yardstick does not include foreign players, so the guide for a foreign player is a reference figure worked out on the same yardstick. Players who moved during the season are shown separately for each club.
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