Nikola Ogrodníková prize money
Nikola Ogrodníková has been paid $37,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 393rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from twelve 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2026 | Javelin throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2024 | Javelin throw | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2023 | Javelin throw | 4th | $2,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2023 | Javelin throw | 5th | $1,250 |
| Meeting de Paris 2022 | Javelin throw | 8th | $500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | Javelin throw | 3rd | $7,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2021 | Javelin throw | 6th | $1,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | Javelin throw | 3rd | $10,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | Javelin throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | Javelin throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | Javelin throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| Bislett Games 2018 | Javelin throw | 3rd | $4,000 |
| All twelve | Women's javelin throw | — | $37,250 |
The twelve paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $37,250 is twelve separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The Olympic Games
What Nikola Ogrodníková won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's javelin throw | Bronze | — |
The bronze in the women'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
2018 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | $4,000 |
| 2019 | 4 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $17,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 2 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $8,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | — | Meeting de Paris | $500 |
| 2023 | 2 | — | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $3,250 |
| 2024 | 1 | — | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $3,500 |
| 2025 | — | — | — | — |
| 2026 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | $1,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $17,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Nikola Ogrodníková in 2020 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $37,250.
Around Nikola Ogrodníková on the money list
Ranks 373 to 413
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 373 | Bryce Hoppel | two disciplines | — | $40,000 |
| 374 | Christine Mboma | Women's 200 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 375 | Claire Bryant | Women's long jump | — | $40,000 |
| 376 | Donald Scott | Men's triple jump | — | $40,000 |
| 377 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | five disciplines | — | $40,000 |
| 378 | Isabella Whittaker | Women's 400 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 379 | Josette Andrews | four disciplines | — | $39,750 |
| 380 | Josh Hoey | two disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 381 | Shiann Salmon | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $39,250 |
| 382 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $39,000 |
| 383 | Clayton Murphy | three disciplines | — | $39,000 |
| 384 | Bryce Deadmon | Men's 400 m | — | $38,750 |
| 385 | Candice McLeod | Women's 400 m | — | $38,750 |
| 386 | Sarah Billings | three disciplines | — | $38,500 |
| 387 | Mateusz Kołodziejski | Men's high jump | 1 | $38,250 |
| 388 | Sergey Shubenkov | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $38,000 |
| 389 | Flor Ruiz | Women's javelin throw | — | $37,500 |
| 390 | Genzebe Dibaba | three disciplines | 2 | $37,500 |
| 391 | Rojé Stona | Men's discus throw | — | $37,500 |
| 392 | Jackline Chepkoech | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $37,250 |
| 393 | Nikola Ogrodníková | Women's javelin throw | — | $37,250 |
| 394 | Natalia Bukowiecka | Women's 400 m | — | $36,500 |
| 395 | Almir dos Santos | Men's triple jump | — | $36,250 |
| 396 | Filip Mihaljević | Men's shot put | — | $36,250 |
| 397 | Abrham Sime | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $36,000 |
| 398 | Amalie Iuel | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $36,000 |
| 399 | Bozhidar Sarâboyukov | Men's long jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 400 | Letesenbet Gidey | two disciplines | — | $36,000 |
| 401 | Majd Eddin Ghazal | Men's high jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 402 | Narve Gilje Nordås | four disciplines | 1 | $36,000 |
| 403 | Andrian Mardare | Men's javelin throw | — | $35,750 |
| 404 | Enrique Llopis | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $35,750 |
| 405 | Dorcus Ewoi | two disciplines | — | $35,500 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nikola Ogrodníková is 393rd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $37,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Nikola Ogrodníková most
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the javelin throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Christin Hussong, Barbora Špotáková, Eda Tuğsuz, Līna Mūze, Tatsiana Khaladovich and Lü Huihui.
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the javelin throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Barbora Špotáková, Līna Mūze, Maria Andrejczyk, Christin Hussong and Kelsey-Lee Barber.
Bislett Games 2018 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the javelin throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sigrid Borge, Kara Winger, Madara Palameika, Christin Hussong, Elizabeth Gleadle and Kelsey-Lee Barber.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Nikola Ogrodníková won?
$37,250, which ranks 393rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from twelve paid finishes between 2018 and 2026.
What is Nikola Ogrodníková's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 3rd in the javelin throw at the 2019 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 Nikola Ogrodníková 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 Nikola Ogrodníková 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 her, 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 Nikola Ogrodníková is Jackline Chepkoech on $37,250, and one below Natalia Bukowiecka on $36,500. Nikola Ogrodníková is one of 17 Czechia athletes athletics has paid, and Czechia athletics prize money adds them up to $487,208 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 Nikola Ogrodníková 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 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.