Simon Pettersson prize money
Simon Pettersson has been paid $12,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 773rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from twelve paid finishes in the men's discus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2024 | Discus throw | 8th | $500 |
| Doha Diamond League 2023 | Discus throw | 6th | $1,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2023 | Discus throw | 7th | $750 |
| London Athletics Meet 2023 | Discus throw | 8th | $500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2022 | Discus throw | 7th | $750 |
| Bauhausgalan 2022 | Discus throw | 7th | $750 |
| Birmingham Diamond League 2022 | Discus throw | 8th | $500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2022 | Discus throw | 9th | — |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | Discus throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bauhausgalan 2021 | Discus throw | 4th | $2,000 |
| Bislett Games 2021 | Discus throw | 5th | $1,250 |
| Allianz Memorial Van Damme 2021 | Discus throw | 6th | $1,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2019 | Discus throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| All thirteen | Men's discus throw | — | $12,500 |
The twelve paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $12,500 is twelve separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the thirteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2019 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | — | Bauhausgalan | $1,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 4 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $6,750 |
| 2022 | 4 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 3 | — | Doha Diamond League | $2,250 |
| 2024 | 1 | — | Bauhausgalan | $500 |
season running total
2021 is the biggest of them, $6,750 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Simon Pettersson in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $12,500.
Around Simon Pettersson on the money list
Ranks 753 to 793
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 753 | Berke Akçam | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 754 | Jaël Bestué | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 755 | Jimmy Vicaut | Men's 100 m | — | $13,000 |
| 756 | Jonielle Smith | Women's 100 m | — | $13,000 |
| 757 | Marta Pérez | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 758 | Michelle Carter | Women's shot put | 1 | $13,000 |
| 759 | Olha Lyakhova | Women's 800 m | — | $13,000 |
| 760 | Stacey-Ann Williams | Women's 400 m | — | $13,000 |
| 761 | Vincent Ciattei | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 762 | Aminatou Seyni | two disciplines | — | $12,750 |
| 763 | Iryna Zhuk | Women's pole vault | — | $12,750 |
| 764 | Joshua Hartmann | two disciplines | — | $12,750 |
| 765 | Anita Márton | Women's shot put | — | $12,500 |
| 766 | Christine Botlogetswe | Women's 400 m | — | $12,500 |
| 767 | Cory McGee | two disciplines | — | $12,500 |
| 768 | Courtney Okolo | Women's 400 m | — | $12,500 |
| 769 | Jaydon Hibbert | Men's triple jump | — | $12,500 |
| 770 | Kethobogile Haingura | two disciplines | — | $12,500 |
| 771 | Lachlan Kennedy | Men's 100 m | — | $12,500 |
| 772 | Robert Farken | two disciplines | — | $12,500 |
| 773 | Simon Pettersson | Men's discus throw | — | $12,500 |
| 774 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | four disciplines | — | $12,250 |
| 775 | Paraskevi Papachristou | Women's triple jump | — | $12,250 |
| 776 | Annik Kälin | two disciplines | — | $12,000 |
| 777 | Ehsan Haddadi | Men's discus throw | — | $12,000 |
| 778 | Emily Mackay | two disciplines | — | $12,000 |
| 779 | Isaac Kimeli | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $12,000 |
| 780 | Kena Tufa | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $12,000 |
| 781 | LaQuan Nairn | Men's long jump | 1 | $12,000 |
| 782 | Lina Nielsen | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $12,000 |
| 783 | Margaret Wambui | Women's 800 m | — | $12,000 |
| 784 | Milica Gardašević | Women's long jump | — | $12,000 |
| 785 | Naoto Tobe | Men's high jump | — | $12,000 |
| 786 | Xu Zhuoyi | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $12,000 |
| 787 | Elise Cranny | four disciplines | — | $11,750 |
| 788 | Ersu Şaşma | Men's pole vault | — | $11,750 |
| 789 | Marija Vuković | Women's high jump | — | $11,750 |
| 790 | Maureen Koster | three disciplines | — | $11,750 |
| 791 | Timur Morgunov | Men's pole vault | — | $11,750 |
| 792 | Tobia Bocchi | Men's triple jump | — | $11,750 |
| 793 | Erick Portillo | Men's high jump | — | $11,583 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Simon Pettersson is 773rd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $12,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Simon Pettersson most
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $2,500 for 5th in the discus throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lukas Weißhaidinger, Daniel Ståhl, Kristjan Čeh, Fedrick Dacres and Andrius Gudžius.
Bauhausgalan 2021 paid $2,000 for 4th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Daniel Jasinski, Alex Rose, Fedrick Dacres, Lukas Weißhaidinger, Daniel Ståhl and Kristjan Čeh.
Bislett Games 2021 paid $1,250 for 5th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Fedrick Dacres, Alin Firfirică, Ola Stunes Isene, Daniel Ståhl, Kristjan Čeh and Lukas Weißhaidinger.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Simon Pettersson won?
$12,500, which ranks 773rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from twelve paid finishes between 2019 and 2024.
What is Simon Pettersson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the discus throw at the 2021 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 Simon Pettersson 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 discus 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 Simon Pettersson 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. He is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Simon Pettersson 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 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 Simon Pettersson is Robert Farken on $12,500, and one below Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal on $12,250. Simon Pettersson is one of 47 Sweden athletes athletics has paid, and Sweden athletics prize money adds them up to $1,899,458 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Simon Pettersson 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 Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it.