Ryohei Arai prize money
Ryohei Arai has been paid $8,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1728th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's javelin throw, the best of them 4th.
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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | Javelin throw | 9th | - |
| Bauhausgalan 2016 | Javelin throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2016 | Javelin throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2014 | Javelin throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| All four | Men's javelin throw | - | $8,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $8,000 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2014 to 2017, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | - | Meeting Areva | $3,000 |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 2 | - | Bauhausgalan | $5,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | - |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $5,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Ryohei Arai in 2015 and 2017, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $8,000.
Around Ryohei Arai on the money list
Ranks 1708 to 1748
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1708 | Dedric Dukes | Men's 200 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1709 | Doreen Amata | Women's high jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1710 | Elijah Kipterege | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1711 | Hawi Feysa | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1712 | Irene Ekelund | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1713 | Isaac Updike | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1714 | Jessica Warner-Judd | four disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1715 | Josephus Lyles | Men's 200 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1716 | Karl Taillepierre | Men's triple jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1717 | Kenenisa Bekele | Men's 5000 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1718 | Krystian Zalewski | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1719 | Lenka Masná | Women's 800 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1720 | Lidio Andrés Feliz | Men's 400 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1721 | Lisa Aguilera | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1722 | Lopez Lomong | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1723 | Maggie Vessey | Women's 800 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1724 | Marlon Devonish | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1725 | Maurren Higa Maggi | Women's long jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1726 | Michał Rozmys | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1727 | Ryan Hill | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1728 | Ryohei Arai | Men's javelin throw | - | $8,000 |
| 1729 | Shalane Flanagan | Women's 5000 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1730 | Shevon Stoddart | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $8,000 |
| 1731 | Tatyana Polnova | Women's pole vault | - | $8,000 |
| 1732 | Thomas Wilkes | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $8,000 |
| 1733 | Viktoriya Rybalko | Women's long jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1734 | Zhang Yaoguang | Men's long jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1735 | Abby Steiner | two disciplines | - | $7,750 |
| 1736 | Adrián Ben | two disciplines | - | $7,750 |
| 1737 | Emmanuel Matadi | two disciplines | - | $7,750 |
| 1738 | Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen | Men's 400 m | - | $7,750 |
| 1739 | Ilionis Guillaume | Women's triple jump | - | $7,750 |
| 1740 | Mark Hollis | Men's pole vault | - | $7,750 |
| 1741 | Michal Balner | Men's pole vault | - | $7,750 |
| 1742 | Pavel Seliverstau | Men's high jump | - | $7,750 |
| 1743 | Shaun Maswanganyi | two disciplines | - | $7,750 |
| 1744 | Yancarlos Martínez | Men's 200 m | - | $7,750 |
| 1745 | Tomohiro Shinno | Men's high jump | - | $7,667 |
| 1746 | Abiodun Oyepitan | Women's 200 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1747 | Ashleigh Nelson | Women's 100 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1748 | Audrey Leduc | Women's 200 m | - | $7,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ryohei Arai is 1728th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $8,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ryohei Arai most
Bauhausgalan 2016 paid $3,000 for 4th in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Keshorn Walcott, Vítězslav Veselý, Kim Amb, Jakub Vadlejch, Ihab Abdelrahman and Thomas Röhler.
Meeting Areva 2014 paid $3,000 for 4th in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vítězslav Veselý, Łukasz Grzeszczuk, Andreas Thorkildsen, Zigismunds Sirmais, Ihab Abdelrahman and Tero Pitkämäki.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2016 paid $2,000 for 6th in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marcin Krukowski, Qinggang Zhao, Thomas Röhler, Jakub Vadlejch, Vítězslav Veselý and Ihab Abdelrahman.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ryohei Arai won?
$8,000, which ranks 1728th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2014 and 2017.
What is Ryohei Arai's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the javelin throw at the 2016 Bauhausgalan. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Ryohei Arai 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 place 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.
Has Ryohei Arai ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Ryohei Arai 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 Ryohei Arai is Ryan Hill on $8,000, and one below Shalane Flanagan on $8,000. Ryohei Arai is one of 40 Japan athletes athletics has paid, and Japan athletics prize money adds them up to $780,167 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 Ryohei Arai 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 Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.