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J1 League
Japan · top flight · #35 by transfer spend
#35by transfer spend
€157mfees paid, all seasons
€133mfees received, all seasons
587moves in 3 seasons
The J1 League is Japan's top flight and ranks #35 in the world by disclosed incoming fees across the three most recent seasons. Across the full record it has spent €157m and received €133m.
| Season | Spent | Received | Net | Incoming moves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | €4.2m | €10.6m | −€6.4m | 92 |
| 2025/26 | €9.2m | €15.8m | −€6.6m | 506 |
| 2024/25 | €17.3m | €10.9m | +€6.4m | 506 |
| 2023/24 | €15.9m | €20.4m | −€4.4m | 429 |
| 2022/23 | €11.6m | €9.8m | +€1.8m | 383 |
| 2021/22 | €25.0m | €18.1m | +€6.9m | 378 |
| 2020/21 | €12.4m | €13.3m | −€940k | 336 |
| 2019/20 | €19.1m | €13.8m | +€5.3m | 407 |
| 2018/19 | €20.0m | €10.6m | +€9.4m | 317 |
| 2017/18 | €22.2m | €10.0m | +€12.2m | 268 |
Disclosed fees only. Undisclosed deals are excluded rather than estimated.
Every read on J1 League
The Window Ledger
€9.2m in, €15.8m out: the J1 League's 2025/26 ledger across 506 moves
What the league paid, what it recouped, and the 98% of its business that carried no fee at all.
15 Aug 2026Read →
The Window Ledger
€8.9m in, €15.2m out: the J1 League's 2025/26 ledger across 299 moves
What the league paid, what it recouped, and the 97% of its business that carried no fee at all.
13 Aug 2026Read →
The Done Deal
€2.0m at 1.00× his valuation: Haruya Fujii to Nagoya Grampus, 1st on the J1 League's 2025/26 list
KV Kortrijk to Nagoya Grampus for €2.0m. What the price says against the 10 other disclosed fees the J1 League paid that season.
13 Aug 2026Read →
The Fee
€1.5m under the valuation: Hayao Kawabe moved to Sanf. Hiroshima at 0.70× his market price
The fee, the valuation, and the 30% gap between them — read against every priced deal the J1 League did in 2024/25.
12 Aug 2026Read →