Jakub Vadlejch prize money
Jakub Vadlejch has been paid $281,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 56th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 45 paid finishes in the men's javelin throw, nine 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
The 45 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $281,750 is 45 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. One of the 46 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Jakub Vadlejch did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's javelin throw | 11th | 78.71 m | - |
Jakub Vadlejch 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
2015 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | - | Herculis | $9,500 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3 | Muller Anniversary Games | $42,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $69,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $12,500 |
| 2019 | 5 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $16,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $17,000 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $36,000 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3 | Prefontaine Classic | $59,500 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | Doha Diamond League | $14,250 |
| 2025 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | $1,500 |
| 2026 | 4 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $4,000 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $69,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Jakub Vadlejch in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $281,750.
Around Jakub Vadlejch on the money list
Ranks 36 to 76
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | two disciplines | 21 | $335,000 |
| 37 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | two disciplines | 15 | $321,500 |
| 38 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 39 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | 18 | $312,500 |
| 40 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 17 | $310,250 |
| 41 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 15 | $310,000 |
| 42 | Gong Lijiao | Women's shot put | 13 | $309,000 |
| 43 | Yaime Pérez | Women's discus throw | 8 | $307,500 |
| 44 | Conseslus Kipruto | two disciplines | 15 | $305,500 |
| 45 | Caster Semenya | three disciplines | 20 | $304,000 |
| 46 | Asbel Kiprop | four disciplines | 19 | $302,500 |
| 47 | Hellen Obiri | five disciplines | 13 | $301,000 |
| 48 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 12 | $300,500 |
| 49 | Kaliese Carter | two disciplines | 21 | $297,500 |
| 50 | Beatrice Chepkoech | three disciplines | 11 | $297,000 |
| 51 | Salwa Eid Naser | two disciplines | 13 | $296,500 |
| 52 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $292,875 |
| 53 | Orlando Ortega | Men's 110 m hurdles | 11 | $287,500 |
| 54 | Kenny Bednarek | two disciplines | 13 | $286,500 |
| 55 | Allyson Felix | three disciplines | 19 | $283,250 |
| 56 | Jakub Vadlejch | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $281,750 |
| 57 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $281,250 |
| 58 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 11 | $280,250 |
| 59 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 16 | $272,000 |
| 60 | Dafne Schippers | two disciplines | 11 | $271,000 |
| 61 | Dalilah Muhammad | Women's 400 m hurdles | 10 | $270,500 |
| 62 | Sergey Shubenkov | Men's 110 m hurdles | 7 | $268,000 |
| 63 | Laura Muir | five disciplines | 11 | $266,750 |
| 64 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 13 | $266,000 |
| 65 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $263,500 |
| 66 | Christian Coleman | two disciplines | 10 | $263,000 |
| 67 | Olga Rypakova | Women's triple jump | 9 | $262,000 |
| 68 | Kristjan Čeh | Men's discus throw | 12 | $261,500 |
| 69 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $257,500 |
| 70 | Murielle Ahouré-Demps | two disciplines | 10 | $252,750 |
| 71 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $252,250 |
| 72 | David Oliver | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14 | $247,000 |
| 73 | Kendra Harrison | Women's 100 m hurdles | 14 | $246,750 |
| 74 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $244,917 |
| 75 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 10 | $244,750 |
| 76 | Javier Culson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 13 | $243,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Jakub Vadlejch is 56th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $281,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Jakub Vadlejch most
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $50,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Thomas Röhler, Tero Pitkämäki, Johannes Vetter, Keshorn Walcott, Magnus Kirt and Neeraj Chopra.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $30,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Neeraj Chopra, Oliver Helander, Andrian Mardare, Curtis Thompson and Anderson Peters.
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the javelin throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Julian Weber, Curtis Thompson, Patriks Gailums, Leandro Ramos and Neeraj Chopra.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Jakub Vadlejch won?
$281,750, which ranks 56th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 45 paid finishes between 2015 and 2026.
What is Jakub Vadlejch's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the javelin throw at the 2017 Weltklasse Zürich. 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 Jakub Vadlejch 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 win is worth the same in the men'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 Jakub Vadlejch won?
Nine of 46, worth $150,000 between them. Six of his appearances came at a final, which paid $106,000.
Has Jakub Vadlejch ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Jakub Vadlejch 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 Jakub Vadlejch is Allyson Felix on $283,250, and one below Shanieka Ricketts on $281,250. Jakub Vadlejch is one of 30 Czechia athletes athletics has paid, and Czechia athletics prize money adds them up to $1,752,792 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Jakub Vadlejch 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 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 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 javelin throw page.