NIPPON BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/31/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Morihiro Yamasaki 1st Morihiro Yamasaki 1st 1st
Saitama Seibu Lions Sang-your Park 2nd Sang-your Park 3rd 2nd
ORIX Buffaloes Xiao-shuang Xing 3rd Xiao-shuang Xing 2nd 3rd
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Toshinobu Seki 4th Kenshin Yamasaki Tied for 4th 4th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Ryuichi Kobayashi 5th Sadao Ono Tied for 4th 5th
Chunichi Dragons Kakuzo Maekawa 6th Kakuzo Maekawa Tied for 4th 6th
Hanshin Tigers Fu-Kang Woo 7th Joo-hyun Kim Tied for 4th 7th
Yokohama Bay Stars Wei Mei 8th Wei Mei Tied for 4th 8th
Chiba Lotte Marines Takehide Yamasaki 9th Yasukazu Mashiba Tied for 4th 9th
Yomiuri Giants Tsugiharu Kozawa 10th Kiyohira Miura Tied for 4th 10th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Toshiro Hasegawa 11th Toshiro Hasegawa Tied for 4th 11th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Tsukasa Ito 12th Tsukasa Ito Tied for 4th 12th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Chong-yee Huang 1st Chong-yee Huang 1st 1st
ORIX Buffaloes Su-hyeon Pak 2nd Su-hyeon Pak 2nd 2nd
Yokohama Bay Stars Wu-ti Ong 3rd Wu-ti Ong 3rd 3rd
Chunichi Dragons Sadakuno Sasaki 4th Sadakuno Sasaki Tied for 4th 4th
Hanshin Tigers Takane Nomura 5th Takane Nomura Tied for 4th 5th
Yomiuri Giants Nakamaro Fukuda 6th Nakamaro Fukuda Tied for 4th 6th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Shinji Onishi 7th Shinji Onishi Tied for 4th 7th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Tadanobu Yamada 8th Tadanobu Yamada Tied for 4th 8th
Saitama Seibu Lions Isamu Hashimoto 9th Isamu Hashimoto Tied for 4th 9th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Juro Sato 10th Juro Sato Tied for 4th 10th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Yasunari Ichikawa 11th Yasunari Ichikawa Tied for 4th 11th
Chiba Lotte Marines Chee-hwa Zhang 12th Chee-hwa Zhang Tied for 4th 12th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Yang Xing 1st Yang Xing 1st 1st
Yomiuri Giants Sotatsu Kajitani 2nd Sotatsu Kajitani Tied for 2nd 2nd
Chiba Lotte Marines Isao Tanaka 3rd Isao Tanaka Tied for 2nd 3rd
ORIX Buffaloes Kiyoshi Shinohara 4th Kiyoshi Shinohara Tied for 2nd 4th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Akihiro Kataoka 5th Akihiro Kataoka Tied for 2nd 5th
Chunichi Dragons Tetsui Nemoto 6th Tetsui Nemoto Tied for 2nd 6th
Saitama Seibu Lions Toshimichi Kikuchi 7th Ángel Mendoza Tied for 2nd 7th
Hanshin Tigers Yoshiki Ikarashi 8th Kiyonaga Kataoka Tied for 2nd 8th
Yokohama Bay Stars Yu Jin 9th Yu Jin Tied for 2nd 9th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Hikaru Tashima 10th Hikaru Tashima Tied for 2nd 10th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Hen-to Jing 11th Hen-to Jing Tied for 2nd 11th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Yun-qi Huang 12th Yun-qi Huang Tied for 2nd 12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Yomiuri Giants Motoki Hayakawa 1st Motoki Hayakawa 1st 1st
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Shinji Kakuta 2nd Shinji Kakuta Tied for 3rd 3rd
Chiba Lotte Marines Guan-cai Huang Tied for 3rd Sung-min Im Tied for 3rd Tied for 4th
Hanshin Tigers Yoshihiro Takahashi Tied for 3rd Yoshihiro Takahashi Tied for 3rd Tied for 4th
Yokohama Bay Stars Takehide Sasaki 5th Takehide Sasaki Tied for 3rd 6th
Chunichi Dragons Mokichi Koumura 6th Mokichi Koumura Tied for 3rd 7th
ORIX Buffaloes Shunso Sato 7th Shunso Sato Tied for 3rd 8th
Saitama Seibu Lions Tadamasa Furukawa 8th Tadamasa Furukawa Tied for 3rd 9th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Shao-zu Jung 9th Narihari Matsuura 2nd 2nd
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Taisuke Ono 10th Taisuke Ono Tied for 3rd 10th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Tied for 11th Tied for 3rd Tied for 11th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Tied for 11th Tied for 3rd Tied for 11th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
ORIX Buffaloes Ichiyo Yano 1st Ichiyo Yano Tied for 1st 1st
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Matsudaira Shimada 2nd Matsudaira Shimada Tied for 1st 2nd
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Hiroya Kuroki 3rd Hiroya Kuroki Tied for 1st 3rd
Chunichi Dragons Atsushi Sugita 4th Atsushi Sugita Tied for 1st 4th
Yokohama Bay Stars Ryunosuke Uchida 5th Ryunosuke Uchida Tied for 1st 5th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Tsukasa Kichida 6th Tsukasa Kichida Tied for 1st 6th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Tadahisa Samurakami 7th Tadahisa Samurakami Tied for 1st 7th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Noor Osmani 8th Noor Osmani Tied for 1st 8th
Hanshin Tigers Shigenaga Fujita 9th Shigenaga Fujita Tied for 1st 9th
Yomiuri Giants Katsumi Mochizuki 10th Katsumi Mochizuki Tied for 1st 10th
Chiba Lotte Marines Katsumi Hirose 11th Katsumi Hirose Tied for 1st 11th
Saitama Seibu Lions Hisamitsu Uchiyama 12th Hisamitsu Uchiyama Tied for 1st 12th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chiba Lotte Marines Kyoichi Ohayashi 1st Kyoichi Ohayashi 1st 1st
Saitama Seibu Lions Tatsuya Kobayashi 2nd Tatsuya Kobayashi Tied for 2nd 2nd
Yokohama Bay Stars Tatsukichi Baba 3rd Tatsukichi Baba Tied for 2nd 3rd
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Jang-lu Bei 4th Jang-lu Bei Tied for 2nd 4th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Tsuneyo Kawai 5th Tsuneyo Kawai Tied for 2nd 5th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Hideki Sakamoto 6th Hideki Sakamoto Tied for 2nd 6th
Yomiuri Giants Jou Hayashi 7th Jou Hayashi Tied for 2nd 7th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Yohachi Mori 8th Yohachi Mori Tied for 2nd 8th
Hanshin Tigers Xu-gang Qiu 9th Xu-gang Qiu Tied for 2nd 9th
ORIX Buffaloes Kiyomori Takahashi 10th Kiyomori Takahashi Tied for 2nd 10th
Chunichi Dragons Dharmaghosa Sudarsan 11th Dharmaghosa Sudarsan Tied for 2nd 11th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 12th Tied for 2nd 12th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Saitama Seibu Lions Xing-hua Chiu 1st Xing-hua Chiu Tied for 1st 1st
Chunichi Dragons Tae-soo Yi 2nd Tae-soo Yi Tied for 1st 2nd
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Toyoshige Morishita 3rd Toyoshige Morishita Tied for 1st 3rd
Yomiuri Giants Kenko Hori 4th Kenko Hori Tied for 1st 4th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Soh Matsumoto 5th Soh Matsumoto Tied for 1st 5th
Yokohama Bay Stars Dae-jung Park 6th Dae-jung Park Tied for 1st 6th
Hanshin Tigers Munenori Kimura 7th Munenori Kimura Tied for 1st 7th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Shohei Horiuchi 8th Shohei Horiuchi Tied for 1st 8th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Zhao-ji Men 9th Zhao-ji Men Tied for 1st 9th
ORIX Buffaloes Noriaki Sanu 10th Noriaki Sanu Tied for 1st 10th
Chiba Lotte Marines Tied for 11th Tied for 1st Tied for 11th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Tied for 11th Tied for 1st Tied for 11th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Saitama Seibu Lions Nathan Winslade 1st Nathan Winslade Tied for 1st 1st
ORIX Buffaloes Yoriyuki Hirai 2nd Yoriyuki Hirai Tied for 1st 2nd
Chunichi Dragons Mitsuhide Kurota Tied for 3rd Mitsuhide Kurota Tied for 1st Tied for 3rd
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Chia-kang Duan Tied for 3rd Chia-kang Duan Tied for 1st Tied for 3rd
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Sakutaro Watanabe 5th Sakutaro Watanabe Tied for 1st 5th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Lu-shan Dung 6th Lu-shan Dung Tied for 1st 6th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Katsunan Kumatani 7th Katsunan Kumatani Tied for 1st 7th
Yomiuri Giants Lao-che Qin 8th Lao-che Qin Tied for 1st 8th
Chiba Lotte Marines Tied for 9th Tied for 1st Tied for 9th
Hanshin Tigers Tied for 9th Tied for 1st Tied for 9th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Tied for 9th Tied for 1st Tied for 9th
Yokohama Bay Stars Tied for 9th Tied for 1st Tied for 9th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chiba Lotte Marines Koshiro Ohayashi 1st Koshiro Ohayashi 1st 1st
Chunichi Dragons Nobuharu Fujita 2nd Tetsuzan Ono 2nd 2nd
Hanshin Tigers Dae-je Kwak 3rd Peng Zhi 11th 3rd
ORIX Buffaloes Tsuneyo Kichikawa Tied for 4th Dae-il Chon 7th 5th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Kiyohira Yokoyama Tied for 4th Suk-jin Hwang 6th 4th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Takashi Toru 6th Masamichi Uchida 12th 7th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Deug-yeom Park 7th Deug-yeom Park 10th 6th
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Noboru Miyamoto 8th Kakuzo Hoshino 3rd 8th
Yomiuri Giants Gwang-oo Han 9th Jun Sasaki 8th 10th
Saitama Seibu Lions Kazuhiro Kamida 10th Kazuhiro Kamida Tied for 4th 9th
Yokohama Bay Stars Naganori Naito 11th Masaru Jouda 9th 11th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Ken Morita 12th Ken Morita Tied for 4th 12th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
ORIX Buffaloes Ah-cy Jian 1st Ah-cy Jian 3rd 1st
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Nakamaro Takahashi 2nd Nakamaro Takahashi 1st 2nd
Yomiuri Giants Sun Zhou 3rd Tanyu Okada 4th 3rd
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Suezo Koike 4th Tsugiharu Oda Tied for 7th 4th
Chiba Lotte Marines Ryuichi Yoshida Tied for 5th Ryuichi Yoshida 10th 10th
Chunichi Dragons Ippei Kichikawa Tied for 5th Ippei Kichikawa 9th 9th
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Gu Feng Tied for 5th Nobukazu Yoshida 6th 7th
Hanshin Tigers Kazuo Hori Tied for 5th Katsumi Yamasaki 2nd 5th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Okakura Maeda Tied for 5th Okakura Maeda 11th 11th
Saitama Seibu Lions Du-sung Ku Tied for 5th Du-sung Ku Tied for 7th 8th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Shunsen Takahashi Tied for 5th Shunsen Takahashi 12th 12th
Yokohama Bay Stars Isei Kamida Tied for 5th Shumei Ito 5th 6th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Yoshimochi Chikuda 1st Yoshimochi Chikuda Tied for 5th 1st
Chiba Lotte Marines Munemori Abe 2nd Munemori Abe 11th 3rd
Chunichi Dragons Motonobu Okumura 3rd Motonobu Okumura Tied for 8th 2nd
Tokyo Yakult Swallows Nakamaro Takahashi 4th Nakamaro Takahashi 3rd 4th
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Hideyoshi Kawamura 5th Hideyoshi Kawamura 10th 6th
Yokohama Bay Stars Tokuhei Yano 6th Tokuhei Yano 4th 5th
ORIX Buffaloes Kenji Ito 7th Kenji Ito 2nd 7th
Hanshin Tigers Katsumi Yamasaki Tied for 8th Katsumi Yamasaki 7th 10th
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Rikyu Sato Tied for 8th Rikyu Sato 12th 12th
Saitama Seibu Lions Toichi Kato Tied for 8th Toichi Kato Tied for 8th 11th
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Toshinobu Kanemura Tied for 8th Toshinobu Kanemura 1st 8th
Yomiuri Giants Mokichi Ono Tied for 8th Mokichi Ono Tied for 5th 9th
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