Johannes Vetter prize money
Johannes Vetter has been paid $129,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 235th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 18 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
The 18 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $129,500 is 18 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2015 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $2,500 |
| 2016 | 4 | - | Bislett Games | $12,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | Meeting de Paris | $32,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $12,000 |
| 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 $129,500.
Around Johannes Vetter on the money list
Ranks 215 to 255
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 215 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Men's triple jump | 3 | $135,250 |
| 216 | Natalia Bukowiecka | Women's 400 m | 3 | $135,250 |
| 217 | Elijah Manangoi | three disciplines | 5 | $135,000 |
| 218 | Leonardo Fabbri | Men's shot put | 5 | $135,000 |
| 219 | Hamish Kerr | Men's high jump | 7 | $134,750 |
| 220 | Jenny Simpson | four disciplines | 4 | $133,500 |
| 221 | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Women's pole vault | 5 | $133,250 |
| 222 | Anna Chicherova | Women's high jump | 8 | $133,000 |
| 223 | Eleanor Patterson | Women's high jump | 2 | $132,750 |
| 224 | Getnet Wale | three disciplines | 2 | $132,750 |
| 225 | Abraham Kibiwot | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $132,250 |
| 226 | Asafa Powell | Men's 100 m | 9 | $131,500 |
| 227 | Daryll Neita | two disciplines | 3 | $131,500 |
| 228 | Hiwot Ayalew | two disciplines | 5 | $131,500 |
| 229 | Tomasz Majewski | Men's shot put | 1 | $131,000 |
| 230 | Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot | two disciplines | 11 | $131,000 |
| 231 | Michael Norman | three disciplines | 7 | $130,750 |
| 232 | Djamel Sedjati | two disciplines | 5 | $130,500 |
| 233 | Georgia Hunter Bell | three disciplines | 4 | $130,250 |
| 234 | Dylan Armstrong | Men's shot put | 5 | $130,000 |
| 235 | Johannes Vetter | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $129,500 |
| 236 | Queen Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $129,500 |
| 237 | Jason Richardson | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $129,000 |
| 238 | Yohan Blake | two disciplines | 3 | $128,250 |
| 239 | Christian Cantwell | Men's shot put | 7 | $128,000 |
| 240 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $128,000 |
| 241 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | two disciplines | 2 | $126,750 |
| 242 | Viola Jelagat Kibiwot | five disciplines | - | $126,500 |
| 243 | David Storl | Men's shot put | 5 | $125,500 |
| 244 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $125,250 |
| 245 | Tina Šutej | Women's pole vault | 1 | $123,250 |
| 246 | Robert Urbanek | Men's discus throw | 3 | $122,750 |
| 247 | Greg Rutherford | Men's long jump | 7 | $122,500 |
| 248 | Adam Kszczot | two disciplines | 5 | $122,000 |
| 249 | Jessica Hull | six disciplines | 1 | $121,750 |
| 250 | Tori Bowie | three disciplines | 8 | $121,500 |
| 251 | Mélina Robert-Michon | Women's discus throw | - | $121,250 |
| 252 | Brandon Starc | Men's high jump | 3 | $121,000 |
| 253 | Yenew Alamirew | three disciplines | 6 | $121,000 |
| 254 | Muktar Edris | two disciplines | 5 | $120,750 |
| 255 | Yarelis Barrios | Women's discus throw | 6 | $120,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Johannes Vetter is 235th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $129,500.
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?
$129,500, which ranks 235th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 18 paid finishes between 2015 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 18, worth $70,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $41,000.
Is this everything Johannes Vetter 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 Johannes Vetter is Dylan Armstrong on $130,000, and one below Queen Claye on $129,500. Johannes Vetter 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 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.