Players at each age
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| Team | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | Total players |
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| Hanshin | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 80 | |||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 104 | |||||||||||
| DeNA | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Hiroshima | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Yakult | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Chunichi | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 81 | ||||||||
| SoftBank | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 118 | ||||||||||
| Seibu | 1 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 104 | |||||||||||
| Nippon-Ham | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 82 | ||||||||||||
| ORIX | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 91 | ||||||||||
| Lotte | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 88 | |||||||||||
| Rakuten | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 82 |
Ages of established players and the core (players holding a top-team place)
All players Established Core
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| Team | Median age, all players |
Median age, established |
Median age, core |
Players, core |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanshin | 27 | 25 (−2) | 30 (+3) | 37 |
| Yomiuri | 25 | 26 (+1) | 28 (+3) | 37 |
| DeNA | 27 | 27 (0) | 29 (+2) | 38 |
| Hiroshima | 26 | 26 (0) | 28 (+2) | 30 |
| Yakult | 26.5 | 26 (−0.5) | 29 (+2.5) | 35 |
| Chunichi | 27 | 26 (−1) | 30 (+3) | 35 |
| SoftBank | 24.5 | 27 (+2.5) | 29 (+4.5) | 35 |
| Seibu | 25 | 26.5 (+1.5) | 28.5 (+3.5) | 34 |
| Nippon-Ham | 26 | 25 (−1) | 28 (+2) | 43 |
| ORIX | 26 | 26 (0) | 29 (+3) | 35 |
| Lotte | 26 | 26.5 (+0.5) | 29 (+3) | 39 |
| Rakuten | 26 | 27 (+1) | 30 (+4) | 33 |
Age spread by club
Holding a top-team place Established in the top team Other registered players Development players Median age
Every age on this page is the age for this season. Whether the birthday has already come round is not taken into account.
Players whose birth year is not in the records are left out of the table and charts.
See the wins by age for all 12 clubs
The estimated figures are worked out by this site and are not official announcements.
How to read the age profile
In the table of established and core ages, the figure in brackets is the gap from the median of all players, so a negative figure means the established players (core excluded) or the core are younger than the squad as a whole. Each club chart stacks, from the darkest band at the bottom, players holding a top-team place, other players established in the top team, other registered players and development players. The age profile with every player's name is on each club's page. The same view by league is on Central League age structure and Pacific League age structure.