Christina Obergföll prize money
Christina Obergföll has been paid $179,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 136th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 29 paid finishes in the women's javelin throw, twelve of them wins.
The Diamond League pays by finishing place and nothing else. A published card sets what first through eighth is worth, the same figure in every discipline at that meeting, and ninth pays nothing.
Every payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
The 29 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $179,000 is 29 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $19,000 |
| 2011 | 7 | 5 | Prefontaine Classic | $62,000 |
| 2012 | 4 | - | Aviva British Grand Prix | $16,000 |
| 2013 | 7 | 5 | Adidas Grand Prix | $60,000 |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $14,500 |
| 2016 | 3 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $7,500 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $62,000 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Christina Obergföll in 2014, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $179,000.
Around Christina Obergföll on the money list
Ranks 116 to 156
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | Gerd Kanter | Men's discus throw | 9 | $194,000 |
| 117 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 12 | $193,583 |
| 118 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 7 | $193,000 |
| 119 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 120 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $190,250 |
| 121 | Carmelita Jeter | two disciplines | 13 | $189,000 |
| 122 | Milcah Chemos | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 16 | $189,000 |
| 123 | Shara Proctor | Women's long jump | 4 | $187,000 |
| 124 | Michelle Carter | Women's shot put | 3 | $186,500 |
| 125 | Blanka Vlašić | Women's high jump | 14 | $185,500 |
| 126 | Novlene Williams-Mills | Women's 400 m | 7 | $185,000 |
| 127 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | 8 | $184,500 |
| 128 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
| 129 | Olha Saladukha | Women's triple jump | 6 | $183,000 |
| 130 | Vítězslav Veselý | Men's javelin throw | 8 | $183,000 |
| 131 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 5 | $181,750 |
| 132 | Bershawn Jackson | two disciplines | 9 | $181,500 |
| 133 | Emmanuel Korir | two disciplines | 6 | $181,500 |
| 134 | Janieve Russell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $180,500 |
| 135 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 136 | Christina Obergföll | Women's javelin throw | 12 | $179,000 |
| 137 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 6 | $178,750 |
| 138 | Tianna Bartoletta | two disciplines | 8 | $177,750 |
| 139 | Larissa Iapichino | Women's long jump | 6 | $177,500 |
| 140 | Sally Pearson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $172,500 |
| 141 | Usain Bolt | two disciplines | 16 | $172,000 |
| 142 | Andriy Protsenko | Men's high jump | 3 | $171,250 |
| 143 | Emmanouil Karalis | Men's pole vault | 3 | $170,875 |
| 144 | Keely Hodgkinson | two disciplines | 9 | $170,500 |
| 145 | Marcin Lewandowski | four disciplines | 2 | $170,500 |
| 146 | Sarah Mitton | Women's shot put | 3 | $170,250 |
| 147 | Yuliya Levchenko | Women's high jump | 1 | $169,125 |
| 148 | Aaron Brown | two disciplines | 2 | $167,000 |
| 149 | Abeba Aregawi | four disciplines | 12 | $166,000 |
| 150 | David Rudisha | Men's 800 m | 14 | $166,000 |
| 151 | Neeraj Chopra | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $165,500 |
| 152 | Will Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $164,750 |
| 153 | Hansle Parchment | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $164,000 |
| 154 | Selemon Barega | four disciplines | 5 | $163,750 |
| 155 | Eunice Sum | two disciplines | 11 | $162,500 |
| 156 | Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 2 | $162,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Christina Obergföll is 136th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $179,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Christina Obergföll most
Prefontaine Classic 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kara Winger, Madara Palameika, Elizabeth Gleadle, Barbora Špotáková, Linda Stahl and Mariya Abakumova.
Adidas Grand Prix 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mariya Abakumova, Kimberley Mickle, Vera Markaryan, Martina Ratej, Brittany Borman and Sunette Viljoen.
Prefontaine Classic 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kimberley Mickle, Sunette Viljoen, Martina Ratej, Mariya Abakumova, Madara Palameika and Brittany Borman.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Christina Obergföll won?
$179,000, which ranks 136th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 29 paid finishes between 2010 and 2016.
What is Christina Obergföll's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the javelin throw at the 2015 Prefontaine Classic. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Christina Obergföll gets paid?
Entirely by where she finishes. The series publishes one rate card a season and applies it to every discipline at every meeting, so a win is worth the same in the women's javelin throw as it is in the shot put on the same afternoon. Eight places are paid and ninth pays nothing. There is no bonus for a record and no share of a gate.
How many Diamond League meetings has Christina Obergföll won?
Twelve of 29, worth $120,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Christina Obergföll earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. It holds no championship prize money, no national federation payment, no appearance fee and no sponsorship. What it does hold is every dollar the series itself paid her, priced off the card it published.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money ranks all 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Christina Obergföll is Beatrice Chebet on $180,250, and one below Fedrick Dacres on $178,750. Christina Obergföll is one of 139 Germany athletes athletics has paid, and Germany athletics prize money adds them up to $4,199,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Christina Obergföll has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.