| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct | Gbl | RF | RA | Manager | Stadium | Attendance | Top Batter | Top Pitcher | Playoffs |
| 1 | Nippon Ham Fighters | 79 | 60 | .568 | -- | 526 | 489 | Trey Hillman | Sapporo Dome | 0 | Atsunori Inaba (1) | Yu Darvish (1) | |
| 2 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 76 | 61 | .555 | 2.0 | 629 | 525 | Bobby Valentine | Chiba Marine Stadium | 0 | Tsuyoshi Nishioka (8) | Yoshihasa Naruse (2) | |
| 3 | Fukuoka Softbank | 73 | 66 | .525 | 6.0 | 575 | 508 | Koji Akiyama | Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome | 0 | Nobuhiko Matsunaka (12) | Toshiya Sugiuchi (3) | |
| 4 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 67 | 75 | .472 | 13.5 | 575 | 676 | Katsuya Nomura | Miyagi Baseball Stadium | 0 | Takeshi Yamasaki (2) | Masahiro Tanaka (9) | |
| 5 | Seibu Lions | 66 | 76 | .465 | 14.5 | 566 | 585 | -- | Goodwill Dome | 0 | Hiroyuki Nakajima (5) | Hideaki Wakui (5) | |
| 6 | Orix Buffaloes | 62 | 77 | .446 | 17.0 | 536 | 585 | Terry Collins | Osaka Dome | 0 | Greg LaRocca (3) | Yoshihisa Hirano (7) |