Haruka Kitaguchi prize money
Haruka Kitaguchi has been paid $199,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 107th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 21 paid finishes in the women's javelin throw, eleven 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 21 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $199,500 is 21 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. Two of the 23 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The Ultimate Championship
What Haruka Kitaguchi did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's javelin throw | 1st | 68.92 m | $150,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Haruka Kitaguchi $150,000 for one finish over three days, against $199,500 from 23 Diamond League starts between 2022 and 2026. One win in Budapest paid $150,000, which is more than the Diamond League has paid her in any single season. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The Olympic Games
What Haruka Kitaguchi won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's javelin throw | Gold | $50,000 |
Haruka Kitaguchi was paid $50,000 for the women's javelin throw in Paris, the first Games at which an athletics title carried prize money at all. Every one of the 48 golds paid the same $50,000. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2022 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 2 | Meeting de Paris | $39,000 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4 | Prefontaine Classic | $66,000 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $52,000 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | Bislett Games | $15,000 |
| 2026 | 5 | 1 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $27,500 |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $66,000 from five starts. Every season from 2022 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $199,500.
Around Haruka Kitaguchi on the money list
Ranks 87 to 127
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 11 | $217,500 |
| 88 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 89 | Ayanleh Souleiman | four disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 90 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 91 | LaShawn Merritt | two disciplines | 16 | $212,000 |
| 92 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 93 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $211,250 |
| 94 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 4 | $211,000 |
| 95 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | 12 | $210,500 |
| 96 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 10 | $208,000 |
| 97 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 7 | $206,500 |
| 98 | Silas Kiplagat | two disciplines | 11 | $205,000 |
| 99 | Genzebe Dibaba | five disciplines | 12 | $204,500 |
| 100 | Danielle Williams | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $204,250 |
| 101 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 7 | $203,333 |
| 102 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 16 | $203,250 |
| 103 | Kimberly Williams | Women's triple jump | 1 | $203,250 |
| 104 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 3 | $202,250 |
| 105 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 10 | $202,000 |
| 106 | Tero Pitkämäki | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $202,000 |
| 107 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 108 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 109 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 110 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $197,500 |
| 111 | Ajeé Wilson | Women's 800 m | 6 | $197,250 |
| 112 | Sofia Assefa | two disciplines | 4 | $196,000 |
| 113 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Men's high jump | 6 | $195,958 |
| 114 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | two disciplines | 4 | $194,750 |
| 115 | Mercy Cherono | five disciplines | 9 | $194,500 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Haruka Kitaguchi is 107th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $199,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Haruka Kitaguchi most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $30,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Adriana Vilagoš, Maggie Malone-Hardin, Victoria Hudson, Mackenzie Little and Flor Ruiz.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $30,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tori Peeters, Mackenzie Little, Maggie Malone-Hardin, Līna Mūze, Victoria Hudson and Liveta Jasiūnaitė.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the javelin throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Flor Ruiz, Adriana Vilagoš, Anete Sietiņa, Sigrid Borge and Yan Ziyi.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Haruka Kitaguchi won?
$199,500, which ranks 107th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 21 paid finishes between 2022 and 2026.
What is Haruka Kitaguchi's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the javelin throw at the 2024 AG Memorial Van Damme. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Haruka Kitaguchi 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 Haruka Kitaguchi won?
Eleven of 23, worth $150,000 between them. Five of her appearances came at a final, which paid $81,000.
Has Haruka Kitaguchi ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
How much did Haruka Kitaguchi win at the Ultimate Championship?
$150,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
Is this everything Haruka Kitaguchi earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The Ultimate Championship and Olympic money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Haruka Kitaguchi is Tero Pitkämäki on $202,000, and one below Faith Cherotich on $198,000. Haruka Kitaguchi is one of 40 Japan athletes athletics has paid, and Japan athletics prize money adds them up to $780,167 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 Haruka Kitaguchi 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 AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the women's javelin throw page.