2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2024 in baseball.

2024 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	March 29 – October 4
Number of games	143
Number of teams	12
Central League Pennant
Pacific League Pennant
Climax Series
Japan Series

The 2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 75th season of professional baseball in Japan since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950. There are 12 NPB teams, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League.

Regular season standings

Current through May 5.

Central League regular season standings

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
1	Hanshin Tigers	31	16	11	4	.593	—	9–5–1	7–6–3
2	Yomiuri Giants	32	15	14	3	.517	2	10–8–0	5–6–3
3	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	29	13	14	2	.481	3	6–7–2	7–7–0
4	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	30	14	15	1	.483	3	4–8–1	10–7–0
5	Chunichi Dragons	30	12	14	4	.462	3½	6–6–2	6–8–2
6	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	28	11	13	4	.458	3½	6–6–3	5–7–1

Pacific League regular season standings

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
1	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	30	19	9	2	.679	—	8–4–1	11–5–1
2	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	28	16	11	1	.593	2½	8–4–1	8–7–0
3	Chiba Lotte Marines	30	14	15	1	.483	5½	6–8–0	8–7–1
4	Orix Buffaloes	32	14	17	1	.452	6½	8–9–0	6–8–1
5	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	30	13	16	1	.448	6½	6–10–1	7–6–0
6	Saitama Seibu Lions	30	11	19	0	.367	9	6–10–0	5–9–0

See also

• 2024 Major League Baseball season
• 2024 KBO League season
• 2024 Mexican League season
• 2024 Chinese Professional Baseball League season
• 2024 Frontier League season
• 2024 Pioneer League season