After 11 years of Deep Impact's dominance, Duramente was crowned as the JRA leading sire for the first time. Progenies performed consistently and dominated in classic races. Total earnings were 4,165,559,000 JPY.

Lord Kanaloa came in second followed by Deep Impact. Here is the full list of the top 20 sires in Japan.

1st Duramente 4,165,559,000 JPY 118 wins
2nd Lord Kanaloa 3,931,722,000 JPY 157 wins
3rd Deep Impact 3,239,853,000 JPY 80 wins
4th Kizuna 3,222,555,000 JPY 134 wins
5th Heart's Cry 3,172,249,000 JPY 97 wins
6th Kitasan Black 2,794,765,000 JPY 79 wins
7th Maurice 2,550,051,000 JPY 109 wins
8th Harbinger 2,028,783,000 JPY 78 wins
9th Epiphaneia 1,954,345,000 JPY 99 wins
10th Rulership 1,937,694,000 JPY 89 wins
11th Drefong 1,753,656,000 JPY 109 wins
12th Henny Hughes 1,741,302,000 JPY 90 wins
13th King Kamehameha 1,435,708,000 JPY 38 wins
14th Daiwa Major 1,329,671,000 JPY 60 wins
15th Sinister Minister 1,270,061,000 JPY 68 wins
16th Gold Ship 1,258,145,000 JPY 57 wins
17th Just a Way 1,242,891,000 JPY 65 wins
18th Orfevre 1,167,127,000 JPY 45 wins
19th Leontes 1,119,135,000 JPY 54 wins
20th Silver State 1,070,898,000 JPY 51 wins

Data Creds: JRA website