Katharina Molitor prize money
Katharina Molitor has been paid $33,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 842nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 19 paid finishes in the women's javelin throw, the best of them 3rd.
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
The 19 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $33,500 is 19 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $2,500 |
| 2011 | 2 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $3,500 |
| 2012 | 3 | - | London Grand Prix | $4,500 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Weltklasse | $1,500 |
| 2014 | 4 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $6,500 |
| 2015 | 2 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $5,500 |
| 2016 | 4 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $7,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $1,500 |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $7,000 from four starts. Every season from 2010 to 2018 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $33,500.
Around Katharina Molitor on the money list
Ranks 822 to 862
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 822 | Ryuji Miura | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
| 823 | Alexandria Anderson | two disciplines | - | $34,500 |
| 824 | Mamadou Kassé Hann | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $34,500 |
| 825 | Mimi Belete | two disciplines | - | $34,500 |
| 826 | Andreas Almgren | four disciplines | 1 | $34,250 |
| 827 | Chala Beyo | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,250 |
| 828 | Claudine Vita | Women's discus throw | - | $34,250 |
| 829 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | - | $34,250 |
| 830 | Benjamin Robert | two disciplines | 1 | $34,000 |
| 831 | Doris Lemngole | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,000 |
| 832 | Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
| 833 | Nicholas Kiptanui Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
| 834 | Yanis Meziane | Men's 800 m | - | $34,000 |
| 835 | Addisu Yihune | two disciplines | 2 | $33,750 |
| 836 | Jaroslav Bába | Men's high jump | 1 | $33,750 |
| 837 | Airinė Palšytė | Women's high jump | 1 | $33,500 |
| 838 | Alfred Kipketer | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 839 | Collins Cheboi | two disciplines | - | $33,500 |
| 840 | Gift Leotlela | Men's 100 m | 1 | $33,500 |
| 841 | James Kiplagat Magut | two disciplines | - | $33,500 |
| 842 | Katharina Molitor | Women's javelin throw | - | $33,500 |
| 843 | Mohamed Attaoui | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 844 | Tyrone Smith | Men's long jump | - | $33,500 |
| 845 | Benjamin Kiplagat | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $33,000 |
| 846 | Brittany Smith | Women's shot put | - | $33,000 |
| 847 | Eliud Kipchoge | two disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 848 | Elliot Giles | three disciplines | - | $33,000 |
| 849 | Georgia Griffith | three disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 850 | Ihab Abdelrahman | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $33,000 |
| 851 | Jiřina Ptáčníková | Women's pole vault | - | $33,000 |
| 852 | Kurt Roberts | Men's shot put | 1 | $33,000 |
| 853 | Meraf Bahta | three disciplines | - | $33,000 |
| 854 | Michael Frater | Men's 100 m | - | $33,000 |
| 855 | O'Dayne Richards | Men's shot put | - | $33,000 |
| 856 | Tori Franklin | Women's triple jump | - | $32,750 |
| 857 | Makanakaishe Charamba | Men's 200 m | - | $32,500 |
| 858 | Perdita Felicien | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $32,500 |
| 859 | Sage Hurta-Klecker | two disciplines | - | $32,500 |
| 860 | Sigrid Borge | Women's javelin throw | - | $32,500 |
| 861 | Eilish McColgan | five disciplines | - | $32,250 |
| 862 | Ezekiel Nathaniel | two disciplines | - | $32,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Katharina Molitor is 842nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $33,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Katharina Molitor most
Weltklasse Zürich 2015 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Madara Palameika, Christin Hussong, Linda Stahl, Lyu Huihui, Christina Obergföll and Barbora Špotáková.
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2016 paid $3,000 for 4th in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Brittany Borman, Martina Ratej, Madara Palameika, Sanni Utriainen, Sunette Viljoen and Kathryn Mitchell.
Adidas Grand Prix 2014 paid $2,500 for 5th in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir, Sofi Flink, Barbara Madejczyk, Linda Stahl, Kathryn Mitchell and Madara Palameika.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Katharina Molitor won?
$33,500, which ranks 842nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 19 paid finishes between 2010 and 2018.
What is Katharina Molitor's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the javelin throw at the 2015 Weltklasse Zürich. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Katharina Molitor 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.
Is this everything Katharina Molitor 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 her, 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 Katharina Molitor is James Kiplagat Magut on $33,500, and one below Mohamed Attaoui on $33,500. Katharina Molitor 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 women's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Katharina Molitor 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 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and IAAF Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.