Statistics
Professional's earnings
The earnings of shogi professional players are not a great secret. Annually Japanese shogi
federation Nihon Shogi Renmei gives information about earnings of professionals on it's official website. This earnings
consists only from participation in professional tournaments and matches.
How much money shogi professionals earn per year? Yuo can see such information in the table
below. During 2002-2005 earnings of the 10 best shogi professional players are:
| № | 2005 | mln.yen | № | 2004 | млн.yen | № | 2003 | mln.yen | № | 2002 | mln.yen | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Habu | 103,91 | 1 | Habu | 112,72 | 1 | Habu | 129,10 | 1 | Habu | 110,48 | |||
| 2 | Mohiuchi | 71,17 | 2 | Moriuchi | 108,33 | 2 | Sato | 57,09 | 2 | Sato | 57,88 | |||
| 3 | Watanabe | 61,94 | 3 | Tanigawa | 46,73 | 3 | Moriuchi | 52,69 | 3 | Moriuchi | 48,72 | |||
| 4 | Sato | 50,40 | 4 | Sato | 40,51 | 4 | Tanigawa | 42,91 | 4 | Maruyama | 44,05 | |||
| 5 | Tanigawa | 28,44 | 5 | Maruyama | 27,85 | 5 | Maruyama | 37,45 | 5 | Tanigawa | 42,31 | |||
| 6 | Miura | 26,37 | 6 | Watanabe | 24,42 | 6 | Fukaura | 33,30 | 6 | Fujii | 34,17 | |||
| 7 | Yamasaki | 22,99 | 7 | Kubo | 24,07 | 7 | Miura | 21,05 | 7 | Goda | 28,51 | |||
| 8 | Kimura | 22,86 | 8 | Fukaura | 23,84 | 8 | Abe | 20,49 | 8 | Horiguchi | 26,31 | |||
| 9 | Fujii | 19,81 | 9 | Morishita | 17,85 | 9 | Nakahara | 18,50 | 9 | Abe | 25,63 | |||
| 10 | Fukaura | 19,54 | 10 | Miura | 17,72 | 10 | Kubo | 18,18 | 10 | Morishita | 23,71 |
By materials of japanese resources
Andrei Kasperovich, 2006