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Home runs title holders, 2000–2025

The league leader in home runs for each season, Central League and Pacific League. Ties for first are shown with every player listed (6 seasons/leagues had a tie). For background on the leagues, see NPB players in MLB.

Home runs leaders by season, Central and Pacific Leagues, 2000–2025
Season	Central League leader	CL team	CL HR	Pacific League leader	PL team	PL HR
2000	Hideki Matsui	Yomiuri Giants	42	Norihiro Nakamura	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	39
2001	Roberto Petagine	Yakult Swallows	39	Tuffy Rhodes	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	55
2002	Hideki Matsui	Yomiuri Giants	50	Alex Cabrera	Seibu Lions	55
2003	Tyrone Woods Alex Ramírez	Yokohama BayStars Yakult Swallows	40	Tuffy Rhodes	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	51
2004	Tuffy Rhodes Tyrone Woods	Yomiuri Giants Yokohama BayStars	45	Nobuhiko Matsunaka Fernando Seguignol	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	44
2005	Takahiro Arai	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	43	Nobuhiko Matsunaka	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	46
2006	Tyrone Woods	Chunichi Dragons	47	Michihiro Ogasawara	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	32
2007	Shuichi Murata	Yokohama BayStars	36	Takeshi Yamasaki	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	43
2008	Shuichi Murata	Yokohama BayStars	46	Takeya Nakamura	Saitama Seibu Lions	46
2009	Tony Blanco	Chunichi Dragons	39	Takeya Nakamura	Saitama Seibu Lions	48
2010	Alex Ramírez	Yomiuri Giants	49	Takahiro Okada	Orix Buffaloes	33
2011	Wladimir Balentien	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	31	Takeya Nakamura	Saitama Seibu Lions	48
2012	Wladimir Balentien	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	31	Takeya Nakamura	Saitama Seibu Lions	27
2013	Wladimir Balentien	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	60	Michel Abreu	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	31
2014	Brad Eldred	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	37	Ernesto Mejía Takeya Nakamura	Saitama Seibu Lions	34
2015	Tetsuto Yamada	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	38	Takeya Nakamura	Saitama Seibu Lions	37
2016	Yoshi Tsutsugo	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	44	Brandon Laird	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	39
2017	Alex Guerrero	Chunichi Dragons	35	Alfredo Despaigne	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	35
2018	Neftalí Soto	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	41	Hotaka Yamakawa	Saitama Seibu Lions	47
2019	Neftalí Soto	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	43	Hotaka Yamakawa	Saitama Seibu Lions	43
2020	Kazuma Okamoto	Yomiuri Giants	31	Hideto Asamura	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	32
2021	Kazuma Okamoto Munetaka Murakami	Yomiuri Giants Tokyo Yakult Swallows	39	Yutaro Sugimoto	Orix Buffaloes	32
2022	Munetaka Murakami	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	56	Hotaka Yamakawa	Saitama Seibu Lions	41
2023	Kazuma Okamoto	Yomiuri Giants	41	Kensuke Kondoh Gregory Polanco Hideto Asamura	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Chiba Lotte Marines Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	26
2024	Munetaka Murakami	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	33	Hotaka Yamakawa	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	34
2025	Teruaki Satō	Hanshin Tigers	40	Franmil Reyes	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	32

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