Henrik Janssen prize money
Henrik Janssen has been paid $22,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1085th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten paid finishes in the men's discus throw, the best of them 4th.
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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | Discus throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2026 | Discus throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | Discus throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2025 | Discus throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2025 | Discus throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | Discus throw | 6th | $2,500 |
| London Athletics Meet 2025 | Discus throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | Discus throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2024 | Discus throw | 4th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 | Discus throw | 6th | $1,000 |
| All ten | Men's discus throw | - | $22,000 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $22,000 is ten separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Henrik Janssen did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's discus throw | - | NM | - |
Henrik Janssen stood in one 2025 World Championships final in Tokyo and finished outside the money. The championships pay eight places, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th, and nothing at all below that. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | - | Bauhausgalan | $3,000 |
| 2025 | 5 | - | Doha Diamond League | $12,000 |
| 2026 | 3 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $7,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $12,000 from five starts. Every season from 2024 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $22,000.
Around Henrik Janssen on the money list
Ranks 1065 to 1105
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1065 | Tori Peeters | Women's javelin throw | - | $23,000 |
| 1066 | Kuma Girma | three disciplines | - | $22,750 |
| 1067 | Maksim Nedasekau | Men's high jump | - | $22,750 |
| 1068 | Abadi Hadis | Men's 5000 m | - | $22,500 |
| 1069 | Agathe Guillemot | three disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1070 | Aleksandr Shustov | Men's high jump | - | $22,500 |
| 1071 | Anna Willard | two disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1072 | Armin Sinančević | Men's shot put | - | $22,500 |
| 1073 | Barbara Pierre | two disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1074 | Ekaterina Guliyev | Women's 800 m | 1 | $22,500 |
| 1075 | James Ellington | two disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1076 | John Kipkoech | two disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1077 | Luis Alberto Rivera Morales | Men's long jump | - | $22,500 |
| 1078 | Marilyn Okoro | Women's 800 m | - | $22,500 |
| 1079 | Milan Trajkovic | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $22,500 |
| 1080 | Ralford Mullings | Men's discus throw | 1 | $22,500 |
| 1081 | Roshawn Clarke | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $22,500 |
| 1082 | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | two disciplines | - | $22,250 |
| 1083 | Antonio Alkana | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $22,000 |
| 1084 | Clement Kimutai Kemboi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $22,000 |
| 1085 | Henrik Janssen | Men's discus throw | - | $22,000 |
| 1086 | Jacob Kiplimo | three disciplines | - | $22,000 |
| 1087 | Lisa Dobriskey | two disciplines | - | $22,000 |
| 1088 | Marshevet Hooker | two disciplines | - | $22,000 |
| 1089 | Ronnie Ash | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $22,000 |
| 1090 | Rose-Marie Whyte-Robinson | Women's 400 m | - | $22,000 |
| 1091 | Augusto Dutra | Men's pole vault | - | $21,750 |
| 1092 | Morolake Akinosun | two disciplines | - | $21,750 |
| 1093 | Trevor Barry | Men's high jump | - | $21,750 |
| 1094 | Ancuţa Bobocel | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $21,500 |
| 1095 | Anna Rüh | Women's discus throw | - | $21,500 |
| 1096 | Hamish Peacock | Men's javelin throw | - | $21,500 |
| 1097 | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | two disciplines | - | $21,500 |
| 1098 | Selina Büchel | Women's 800 m | - | $21,500 |
| 1099 | Senayet Getachew | two disciplines | - | $21,500 |
| 1100 | Snežana Vukmirovič | Women's triple jump | - | $21,500 |
| 1101 | T'erea Brown | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $21,500 |
| 1102 | Tarik Langat Akdag | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $21,500 |
| 1103 | Alexander Doom | Men's 400 m | 1 | $21,250 |
| 1104 | Ben Pattison | two disciplines | - | $21,250 |
| 1105 | Marcell Jacobs | Men's 100 m | - | $21,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Henrik Janssen is 1085th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $22,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Henrik Janssen most
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 paid $3,000 for 4th in the discus throw, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Steven Richter, Rojé Stona, Ralford Mullings, Matthew Denny, Alex Rose and Mykolas Alekna.
Doha Diamond League 2025 paid $3,000 for 4th in the discus throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sam Mattis, Lawrence Okoye, Fedrick Dacres, Clemens Prüfer, Moaaz Mohamed Ibrahim and Matthew Denny.
Bauhausgalan 2025 paid $2,500 for 5th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rojé Stona, Lawrence Okoye, Lukas Weißhaidinger, Kristjan Čeh, Daniel Ståhl and Matthew Denny.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Henrik Janssen won?
$22,000, which ranks 1085th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2024 and 2026.
What is Henrik Janssen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the Diamond+ discus throw at the 2026 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Henrik Janssen gets paid?
Entirely by where he finishes. The series publishes one rate card a season and applies it to every discipline at every meeting, so a place is worth the same in the men's discus 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.
Is this everything Henrik Janssen 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 him, 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 Henrik Janssen is Clement Kimutai Kemboi on $22,000, and one below Jacob Kiplimo on $22,000. Henrik Janssen 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 men's discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Henrik Janssen has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Kamila Skolimowska Memorial has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the men's discus throw page.