Jo-Ané du Plessis prize money
Jo-Ané du Plessis has been paid $21,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 577th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's javelin throw, the best of them 2nd.
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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herculis EBS 2026 | Javelin throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | Javelin throw | 3rd | $7,000 |
| Athletissima 2025 | Javelin throw | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bislett Games 2025 | Javelin throw | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | Javelin throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| All five | Women's javelin throw | — | $21,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $21,000 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Jo-Ané du Plessis did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's javelin throw | 4th | 63.06 m | $16,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Jo-Ané du Plessis $16,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $21,000 from five Diamond League starts between 2025 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $19,500 from four starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $21,000.
Around Jo-Ané du Plessis on the money list
Ranks 557 to 597
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 557 | Tori Peeters | Women's javelin throw | — | $23,000 |
| 558 | Kuma Girma | three disciplines | — | $22,750 |
| 559 | Tori Franklin | Women's triple jump | — | $22,750 |
| 560 | Agathe Guillemot | three disciplines | — | $22,500 |
| 561 | Armin Sinančević | Men's shot put | — | $22,500 |
| 562 | Ralford Mullings | Men's discus throw | 1 | $22,500 |
| 563 | Ronald Musagala | two disciplines | 1 | $22,500 |
| 564 | Roshawn Clarke | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $22,500 |
| 565 | Filippo Tortu | two disciplines | — | $22,250 |
| 566 | Henrik Janssen | Men's discus throw | — | $22,000 |
| 567 | Angelica Bengtsson | Women's pole vault | 1 | $21,500 |
| 568 | Senayet Getachew | two disciplines | — | $21,500 |
| 569 | TJ Holmes | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $21,500 |
| 570 | Alexander Doom | Men's 400 m | 1 | $21,250 |
| 571 | Amel Tuka | Men's 800 m | — | $21,250 |
| 572 | Ben Pattison | two disciplines | — | $21,250 |
| 573 | Maksim Nedasekau | Men's high jump | — | $21,250 |
| 574 | Michael Mason | Men's high jump | 1 | $21,250 |
| 575 | Sam Mattis | Men's discus throw | — | $21,250 |
| 576 | Brandon Miller | Men's 800 m | 1 | $21,000 |
| 577 | Jo-Ané du Plessis | Women's javelin throw | — | $21,000 |
| 578 | Marco Fassinotti | Men's high jump | — | $21,000 |
| 579 | Adam Gemili | two disciplines | — | $20,500 |
| 580 | Alexis Copello | Men's triple jump | — | $20,500 |
| 581 | Gabrielle Jennings | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $20,500 |
| 582 | Jamile Samuel | two disciplines | — | $20,500 |
| 583 | Jordan Díaz | Men's triple jump | 1 | $20,500 |
| 584 | Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui | two disciplines | 1 | $20,250 |
| 585 | Gabriela Leon | Women's pole vault | — | $20,250 |
| 586 | Martina Weil | Women's 400 m | — | $20,250 |
| 587 | Yemisi Ogunleye | Women's shot put | — | $20,250 |
| 588 | Cooper Lutkenhaus | Men's 800 m | 2 | $20,000 |
| 589 | Favour Ofili | two disciplines | — | $20,000 |
| 590 | Hyvin Kiyeng | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $20,000 |
| 591 | Jacob Kiplimo | three disciplines | — | $20,000 |
| 592 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | Women's long jump | — | $20,000 |
| 593 | Kemba Nelson | Women's 100 m | 1 | $20,000 |
| 594 | Rusheen McDonald | Men's 400 m | 1 | $20,000 |
| 595 | Salaheddine Ben Yazide | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $20,000 |
| 596 | Marcell Jacobs | Men's 100 m | — | $19,750 |
| 597 | Mélina Robert-Michon | Women's discus throw | — | $19,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Jo-Ané du Plessis is 577th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $21,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Jo-Ané du Plessis most
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the javelin throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mackenzie Little, Flor Ruiz, Haruka Kitaguchi, Elina Tzengko and Adriana Vilagoš.
Athletissima 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the javelin throw, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Elina Tzengko, Sigrid Borge, Mackenzie Little, Maria Andrejczyk, Flor Ruiz and Victoria Hudson.
Bislett Games 2025 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Elina Tzengko, Mackenzie Little, Sigrid Borge, Sara Kolak, Flor Ruiz and Haruka Kitaguchi.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Jo-Ané du Plessis won?
$21,000, which ranks 577th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Jo-Ané du Plessis's biggest Diamond League payday?
$7,000, for finishing 3rd in the javelin throw at the 2025 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 Jo-Ané du Plessis 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 place 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 much did Jo-Ané du Plessis win at the 2025 World Championships?
$16,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Jo-Ané du Plessis earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Championships 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Jo-Ané du Plessis is Brandon Miller on $21,000, and one below Marco Fassinotti on $21,000. Jo-Ané du Plessis is one of 34 South Africa athletes athletics has paid, and South Africa athletics prize money adds them up to $993,000 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 Jo-Ané du Plessis 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 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Herculis EBS 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 women's javelin throw page.