Johannes Vetter prize money
Johannes Vetter has been paid $93,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 153rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from nine paid finishes in the men's javelin throw, five 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | Javelin throw | 1st | $30,000 |
| Anniversary Games 2021 | Javelin throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2021 | Javelin throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2021 | Javelin throw | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Oslo Bislett Games 2019 | Javelin throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | Javelin throw | 5th | $5,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2018 | Javelin throw | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | Javelin throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | Javelin throw | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All nine | Men's javelin throw | — | $93,000 |
The nine paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $93,000 is nine separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2017 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | Meeting de Paris | $16,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $6,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | Oslo Bislett Games | $15,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 | Weltklasse Zürich | $56,000 |
season running total
2021 is the biggest of them, $56,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Johannes Vetter in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $93,000.
Around Johannes Vetter on the money list
Ranks 133 to 173
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 133 | Woo Sang-hyeok | Men's high jump | 4 | $103,750 |
| 134 | Jacory Patterson | Men's 400 m | 4 | $103,000 |
| 135 | Rajindra Campbell | Men's shot put | 2 | $102,500 |
| 136 | Yuliya Levchenko | Women's high jump | 1 | $102,375 |
| 137 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | two disciplines | 6 | $102,000 |
| 138 | Alexander Ogando | two disciplines | 2 | $101,250 |
| 139 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Men's 400 m | 5 | $101,250 |
| 140 | Trey Cunningham | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $100,750 |
| 141 | Anzhelika Sidorova | Women's pole vault | 3 | $99,000 |
| 142 | Lieke Klaver | Women's 400 m | — | $98,750 |
| 143 | Natalia Kaczmarek | Women's 400 m | 3 | $98,750 |
| 144 | Adriana Vilagoš | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $97,250 |
| 145 | Feng Bin | Women's discus throw | 3 | $97,000 |
| 146 | Janieve Russell | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $97,000 |
| 147 | Chris Nilsen | Men's pole vault | 2 | $96,750 |
| 148 | Emma Zapletalová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $96,500 |
| 149 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 1 | $96,250 |
| 150 | Mutaz Barsham | Men's high jump | 7 | $95,833 |
| 151 | Jorinde van Klinken | two disciplines | 1 | $94,000 |
| 152 | Lamecha Girma | five disciplines | 6 | $94,000 |
| 153 | Johannes Vetter | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $93,000 |
| 154 | Abraham Kibiwot | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $92,500 |
| 155 | Amy Hunt | two disciplines | — | $92,500 |
| 156 | Berihu Aregawi | three disciplines | 4 | $91,750 |
| 157 | Niels Laros | three disciplines | 3 | $91,000 |
| 158 | Nelly Chepchirchir | two disciplines | 4 | $90,750 |
| 159 | Jereem Richards | two disciplines | — | $88,000 |
| 160 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 161 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 162 | Peruth Chemutai | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $86,750 |
| 163 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 164 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 165 | Birhanu Balew | two disciplines | 2 | $85,750 |
| 166 | Selemon Barega | four disciplines | 3 | $85,750 |
| 167 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | Men's 5000 m | 3 | $85,500 |
| 168 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 169 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
| 170 | Anna Ryzhykova | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $83,500 |
| 171 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 4 | $82,500 |
| 172 | Joshua Cheptegei | three disciplines | 2 | $82,500 |
| 173 | Kelsey-Lee Barber | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $82,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Johannes Vetter is 153rd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $93,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Johannes Vetter most
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $30,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Julian Weber, Jakub Vadlejch, Andrian Mardare, Anderson Peters, Simon Wieland and Gatis Čakšs.
Anniversary Games 2021 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Julian Weber, Keshorn Walcott, Jakub Vadlejch, Anderson Peters, Gatis Čakšs and Leandro Ramos.
Athletissima 2021 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jakub Vadlejch, Anderson Peters, Andrian Mardare, Vítězslav Veselý, Pavel Mialeshka and Aliaksei Katkavets.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Johannes Vetter won?
$93,000, which ranks 153rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from nine paid finishes between 2017 and 2021.
What is Johannes Vetter's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the javelin throw at the 2021 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 Johannes Vetter 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 Johannes Vetter won?
Five of nine, worth $70,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $35,000.
Is this everything Johannes Vetter earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Johannes Vetter is Lamecha Girma on $94,000, and one below Abraham Kibiwot on $92,500. Johannes Vetter is one of 81 Germany athletes athletics has paid, and Germany athletics prize money adds them up to $1,858,417 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 Johannes Vetter 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 Weltklasse Zürich has its own page across every edition of it.