Neeraj Chopra prize money
Neeraj Chopra has been paid $165,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 151st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 22 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 22 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $165,500 is 22 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.
The World Championships
What Neeraj Chopra did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's javelin throw | 8th | 84.03 m | $5,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Neeraj Chopra $5,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $165,500 from 22 Diamond League starts between 2017 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Neeraj Chopra won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's javelin throw | Silver | - |
The silver in the men's javelin throw paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2017 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $7,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $13,500 |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | $46,000 |
| 2023 | 4 | 2 | Prefontaine Classic | $38,000 |
| 2024 | 3 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $24,000 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $28,000 |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $9,000 |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $46,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Neeraj Chopra in 2019, 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $165,500.
Around Neeraj Chopra on the money list
Ranks 131 to 171
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 5 | $181,750 |
| 132 | Bershawn Jackson | two disciplines | 9 | $181,500 |
| 133 | Emmanuel Korir | two disciplines | 6 | $181,500 |
| 134 | Janieve Russell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $180,500 |
| 135 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 136 | Christina Obergföll | Women's javelin throw | 12 | $179,000 |
| 137 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 6 | $178,750 |
| 138 | Tianna Bartoletta | two disciplines | 8 | $177,750 |
| 139 | Larissa Iapichino | Women's long jump | 6 | $177,500 |
| 140 | Sally Pearson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $172,500 |
| 141 | Usain Bolt | two disciplines | 16 | $172,000 |
| 142 | Andriy Protsenko | Men's high jump | 3 | $171,250 |
| 143 | Emmanouil Karalis | Men's pole vault | 3 | $170,875 |
| 144 | Keely Hodgkinson | two disciplines | 9 | $170,500 |
| 145 | Marcin Lewandowski | four disciplines | 2 | $170,500 |
| 146 | Sarah Mitton | Women's shot put | 3 | $170,250 |
| 147 | Yuliya Levchenko | Women's high jump | 1 | $169,125 |
| 148 | Aaron Brown | two disciplines | 2 | $167,000 |
| 149 | Abeba Aregawi | four disciplines | 12 | $166,000 |
| 150 | David Rudisha | Men's 800 m | 14 | $166,000 |
| 151 | Neeraj Chopra | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $165,500 |
| 152 | Will Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $164,750 |
| 153 | Hansle Parchment | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $164,000 |
| 154 | Selemon Barega | four disciplines | 5 | $163,750 |
| 155 | Eunice Sum | two disciplines | 11 | $162,500 |
| 156 | Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 2 | $162,000 |
| 157 | Marco Arop | two disciplines | 5 | $162,000 |
| 158 | Anderson Peters | Men's javelin throw | 7 | $161,000 |
| 159 | Konstantinos Filippidis | Men's pole vault | 6 | $161,000 |
| 160 | Julian Weber | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $160,750 |
| 161 | Norah Jeruto | two disciplines | 6 | $160,750 |
| 162 | Tajay Gayle | Men's long jump | 4 | $160,250 |
| 163 | Sunette Viljoen | Women's javelin throw | 4 | $160,000 |
| 164 | Nickel Ashmeade | two disciplines | 6 | $159,500 |
| 165 | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Women's 100 m hurdles | 12 | $158,500 |
| 166 | Mike Rodgers | Men's 100 m | 1 | $157,000 |
| 167 | Brianna Rollins-McNeal | Women's 100 m hurdles | 6 | $155,000 |
| 168 | Abderrahman Samba | three disciplines | 7 | $154,500 |
| 169 | Jessica Schilder | Women's shot put | 5 | $153,250 |
| 170 | Silke Spiegelburg | Women's pole vault | 8 | $153,250 |
| 171 | Ruth Beitia | Women's high jump | 7 | $153,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Neeraj Chopra is 151st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $165,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Neeraj Chopra most
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $30,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jakub Vadlejch, Julian Weber, Curtis Thompson, Patriks Gailums and Leandro Ramos.
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the javelin throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Keshorn Walcott, Anderson Peters, Julius Yego, Andrian Mardare, Simon Wieland and Julian Weber.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the javelin throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Julian Weber, Andrian Mardare, Genki Dean, Artur Felfner, Timothy Herman and Anderson Peters.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Neeraj Chopra won?
$165,500, which ranks 151st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 22 paid finishes between 2017 and 2026.
What is Neeraj Chopra's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the javelin throw at the 2022 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 Neeraj Chopra 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 Neeraj Chopra won?
Five of 22, worth $70,000 between them. Six of his appearances came at a final, which paid $75,000.
How much did Neeraj Chopra win at the 2025 World Championships?
$5,000, 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 Neeraj Chopra earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Neeraj Chopra is David Rudisha on $166,000, and one below Will Claye on $164,750. Neeraj Chopra is one of 17 India athletes athletics has paid, and India athletics prize money adds them up to $284,000 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 Neeraj Chopra 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 Athletissima 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.