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2025 Nippon Professional Baseball season

{{short description|76th annual season of Nippon Professional Baseball}}

{{NPBseason|year=2025}}

{{Infobox sports season

| logo =

| title = 2025 NPB season

| league = Nippon Professional Baseball

| sport = Baseball

| duration = March 28 – October 2

| no_of_games = 143

| no_of_teams = 12

| season2 = Central League pennant

| league_champs2 =

| second_place2 =

| MVP2 =

| MVP_link2 =

| season3 = Pacific League pennant

| league_champs3 =

| second_place3 =

| MVP3 =

| MVP_link3 =

| playoffs = Climax Series

| conf1 = CL

| conf1_link =

| conf1_champ =

| conf1_runner-up =

| conf2 = PL

| conf2_link =

| conf2_champ =

| conf2_runner-up =

| finals = Japan Series

| finals_link = 2025 Japan Series

| finals_champ =

| finals_runner-up =

| finals_MVP =

| finals_MVP_link =

| seasonslist = List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons

| seasonslistnames = NPB

| prevseason_link = 2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season

| prevseason_year = 2024

| nextseason_link = 2026 Nippon Professional Baseball season

| nextseason_year = 2026

}}

The 2025 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 76th season of professional baseball in Japan since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950 and the 90th anniversary of the founding of professional baseball in Japan. There are 12 NPB teams, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League.

The Yokohama DeNA BayStars entered the season as the defending champions.

Regular season standings

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|+ 2025 Central League regular season standings{{cite web|title=2025 Central League Standings|url=https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2025/stats/std_c.html |access-date=April 4, 2025 |publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball}}

!scope="col"| {{abbr|Pos|Position}}

!scope="col"| Team

!scope="col"| {{abbrlink|G|Games played}}

!scope="col"| {{abbr|W|Games won}}

!scope="col"| {{abbr|L|Games lost}}

!scope="col"| Tie (draw)

!scope="col"| Winning percentage

!scope="col"| {{abbrlink|GB|Games behind}}

!scope="col"| {{abbr|Home|Home record}}

!scope="col"| {{abbr|Road|Road record}}

1

| style="text-align:left;" |Hanshin Tigers

|64

35272{{Winning percentage|35|27}}—16–13–119–14–1
2

| style="text-align:left;" |Yokohama DeNA BayStars

|62

31283{{Winning percentage|31|28}}2½17–9–214–19–1
3

| style="text-align:left;" |Hiroshima Toyo Carp

|61

30292{{Winning percentage|30|29}}3½19–8–111–21–1
colspan="10" |
4

| style="text-align:left;" |Yomiuri Giants

|64

31312{{Winning percentage|31|31}}419–9–012–22–2
5

| style="text-align:left;" |Chunichi Dragons

|63

29322{{Winning percentage|29|32}}5½17–10–112–22–1
6

| style="text-align:left;" |Tokyo Yakult Swallows

|59

18392{{Winning percentage|18|39}}14½11–15–17–24–1

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|+ 2025 Pacific League regular season standings{{cite web|title=2025 Pacific League Standings |url=https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2025/stats/std_p.html |access-date=June 16, 2025 |publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball}}

!scope="col"| {{abbr|Pos|Position}}

!scope="col"| Team

!scope="col"| {{abbrlink|G|Games played}}

!scope="col"| {{abbr|W|Games won}}

!scope="col"| {{abbr|L|Games lost}}

!scope="col"| Tie (draw)

!scope="col"| Winning percentage

!scope="col"| {{abbrlink|GB|Games behind}}

!scope="col"| {{abbr|Home|Home record}}

!scope="col"| {{abbr|Road|Road record}}

1

| style="text-align:left;" |Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

|63

36252{{Winning percentage|36|25}}—19–17–017–8–2
2

| style="text-align:left;" |Orix Buffaloes

|61

32263{{Winning percentage|32|26}}2½18–14–214–12–1
3

| style="text-align:left;" |Saitama Seibu Lions

|62

34280{{Winning percentage|34|28}}2½22–13–012–15–0
colspan="10" |
4

| style="text-align:left;" |Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

|62

32273{{Winning percentage|32|27}}317–16–215–11–1
5

| style="text-align:left;" |Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

|62

29321{{Winning percentage|29|32}}716–17–113–15–0
6

| style="text-align:left;"|Chiba Lotte Marines

|59

23360{{Winning percentage|23|36}}1214–14–09–22–0

=Interleague=

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|+ 2025 regular season interleague standings{{cite web|url=https://npb.jp/bis/2025/stats/std_inter.html |title=2025年度 交流戦 |publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball |access-date=June 23, 2025 |language=ja |trans-title=2025 Interleague Play}}

!scope="col"| {{abbr|Pos|Position}}

!scope="col"| Team

!scope="col"| {{abbrlink|G|Games played}}

!scope="col"| {{abbr|W|Games won}}

!scope="col"| {{abbr|L|Games lost}}

!scope="col"| Tie (draw)

!scope="col"| Winning percentage

!scope="col"| {{abbrlink|GB|Games behind}}

!scope="col"| {{abbr|Home|Home record}}

!scope="col"| {{abbr|Road|Road record}}

style="background: #BBF3BB"

|1

| style="text-align:left;" |Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks{{Dagger|sup=yes}}

181251.706—7–1–15–4
2

| style="text-align:left;" |Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

181170.6111½6–35–4
3

| style="text-align:left;" |Orix Buffaloes

181170.6111½7–24–5
4

| style="text-align:left;" |Saitama Seibu Lions

181080.5562½7–23–6
5

| style="text-align:left;" |Chiba Lotte Marines

181080.5562½7–23–6
6

| style="text-align:left;" |Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

18981.52935–44–4–1
7

| style="text-align:left;" |Hiroshima Toyo Carp

18990.5003½6–33–6
8

| style="text-align:left;" |Hanshin Tigers

188100.4444½6–32–7
9

| style="text-align:left;" |Chunichi Dragons

188100.4444½5–43–6
10

| style="text-align:left;" |Yokohama DeNA BayStars

187110.3895½4–53–6
11

| style="text-align:left;" |Yomiuri Giants

186111.35365–41–7–1
12

| style="text-align:left;" |Tokyo Yakult Swallows

185121.29473–5−12–7

:{{Color box|#BBF3BB|{{Dagger|sup=yes}}|border=darkgray}} Interleague champion

See also

Notes

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References

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{{Nippon Professional Baseball Seasons}}

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