Julius Yego prize money
Julius Yego has been paid $33,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 426th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from fourteen paid finishes in the men's javelin throw, one of them a win.
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 fourteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $33,500 is fourteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.06% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the sixteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Julius Yego did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's javelin throw | 6th | 85.54 m | $7,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Julius Yego $7,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $33,500 from sixteen Diamond League starts between 2017 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Julius Yego did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's javelin throw | 6th | 80.23 m | — |
Julius Yego stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where he finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
Season by season
2017 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $1,500 |
| 2018 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $1,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | — | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $1,500 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 3 | — | Athletissima | $1,500 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $17,000 |
| 2026 | 5 | — | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $11,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $17,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Julius Yego in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $33,500.
Around Julius Yego on the money list
Ranks 406 to 446
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 406 | Hillary Bor | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $35,500 |
| 407 | Leonard Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $35,500 |
| 408 | Mattia Furlani | Men's long jump | — | $35,250 |
| 409 | Abbey Caldwell | four disciplines | 1 | $35,000 |
| 410 | Ayanleh Souleiman | two disciplines | — | $35,000 |
| 411 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | — | $35,000 |
| 412 | Wayde van Niekerk | two disciplines | 3 | $35,000 |
| 413 | Catriona Bisset | Women's 800 m | — | $34,750 |
| 414 | Daisy Jepkemei | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,750 |
| 415 | Quanera Hayes | Women's 400 m | 1 | $34,750 |
| 416 | Ryuji Miura | two disciplines | — | $34,750 |
| 417 | Margaret Kipkemboi | two disciplines | — | $34,250 |
| 418 | Benjamin Robert | two disciplines | 1 | $34,000 |
| 419 | Doris Lemngole | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,000 |
| 420 | Yanis Meziane | Men's 800 m | — | $34,000 |
| 421 | Addisu Yihune | two disciplines | 2 | $33,750 |
| 422 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $33,750 |
| 423 | Xie Zhenye | two disciplines | — | $33,750 |
| 424 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | two disciplines | — | $33,500 |
| 425 | Gift Leotlela | Men's 100 m | 1 | $33,500 |
| 426 | Julius Yego | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $33,500 |
| 427 | Mohamed Attaoui | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 428 | Georgia Griffith | three disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 429 | Andreas Almgren | three disciplines | 1 | $32,750 |
| 430 | Makanakaishe Charamba | Men's 200 m | — | $32,500 |
| 431 | Mark English | Men's 800 m | 1 | $32,500 |
| 432 | Wilma Murto | Women's pole vault | 1 | $32,500 |
| 433 | Anthonique Strachan | two disciplines | — | $32,250 |
| 434 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 2 | $32,000 |
| 435 | Ezekiel Nathaniel | two disciplines | — | $32,000 |
| 436 | Ivana Vuleta | Women's long jump | 2 | $32,000 |
| 437 | Kanyinsola Ajayi | Men's 100 m | 1 | $32,000 |
| 438 | Rababe Arafi | three disciplines | 1 | $32,000 |
| 439 | Shakima Wimbley | Women's 400 m | — | $32,000 |
| 440 | Thomas Barr | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $32,000 |
| 441 | Adrian Piperi | Men's shot put | — | $31,750 |
| 442 | Django Lovett | Men's high jump | 1 | $31,750 |
| 443 | Emma Coburn | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $31,750 |
| 444 | Sharika Nelvis | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $31,500 |
| 445 | Vashti Cunningham | Women's high jump | — | $31,250 |
| 446 | Álex Quiñónez | Men's 200 m | — | $31,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Julius Yego is 426th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $33,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Julius Yego most
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Keshorn Walcott, Andrian Mardare, Dawid Wegner, Cyprian Mrzygłód, Anderson Peters and Edis Matusevičius.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 paid $2,500 for 5th in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Curtis Thompson, Jakub Vadlejch, Dawid Wegner, Anderson Peters, Rumesh Tharanga and Keshorn Walcott.
Weltklasse Zürich 2026 paid $2,500 for 5th in the javelin throw, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marc Minichello, Curtis Thompson, Thomas Röhler, Simon Wieland, Patriks Gailums and Rumesh Tharanga.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Julius Yego won?
$33,500, which ranks 426th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from fourteen paid finishes between 2017 and 2026.
What is Julius Yego's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the javelin throw at the 2025 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 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Julius Yego 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 Julius Yego won?
One of sixteen, worth $10,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $5,000.
Has Julius Yego ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. 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. He are in the result tables on this site either way.
How much did Julius Yego win at the 2025 World Championships?
$7,000, 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 Julius Yego 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 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 Julius Yego is Gift Leotlela on $33,500, and one below Mohamed Attaoui on $33,500. Julius Yego is one of 100 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $4,636,250 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 Julius Yego 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. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the men's javelin throw page.