The Top 100 Nippon Professional Baseball Players of All-Time (2025)

Japanese baseball, like any sport in any country, has its fair share of legends. Some are well known outside of Japan, either because their stats were utterly ridiculous, they held a world record for a time, or they played in Major League Baseball. But there are dozens who aren’t that well know, some even amongst the Japanese Baseball Community

3 years ago, I made a list of the Top 100 players in NPB history, in hopes of getting some of those names out there. And now, I’m doing it again, now with a bit more structure. I’m also a lot better versed in the history of NPB than I was 3 years ago, so some players that fell through the cracks last time have now made the list.

Let's take a look at the Top 100 NPB Players off all time.

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