NIPPON BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/31/2026
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HISTORY
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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