Simon Pettersson prize money
Simon Pettersson has been paid $14,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1386th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from thirteen 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 |
| Bauhausgalan 2018 | Discus throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| All fourteen | Men's discus throw | - | $14,000 |
The thirteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $14,000 is thirteen 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 fourteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2018 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | - | Bauhausgalan | $1,500 |
| 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 $14,000.
Around Simon Pettersson on the money list
Ranks 1366 to 1406
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1366 | Barbara Parker | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $14,000 |
| 1367 | Christine Botlogetswe | Women's 400 m | - | $14,000 |
| 1368 | Dan Bramble | Men's long jump | - | $14,000 |
| 1369 | Daniel Bailey | Men's 100 m | - | $14,000 |
| 1370 | Dezerea Bryant | two disciplines | - | $14,000 |
| 1371 | Eda Tuğsuz | Women's javelin throw | - | $14,000 |
| 1372 | Elise Thorner | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $14,000 |
| 1373 | Erik Sowinski | Men's 800 m | - | $14,000 |
| 1374 | Ksenija Balta | Women's long jump | - | $14,000 |
| 1375 | Lawrence Kemboi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $14,000 |
| 1376 | Leonard Kirwa Kosencha | Men's 800 m | 1 | $14,000 |
| 1377 | Marian Oprea | Men's triple jump | - | $14,000 |
| 1378 | Märt Israel | Men's discus throw | - | $14,000 |
| 1379 | Olesya Povh | two disciplines | - | $14,000 |
| 1380 | Oratile Nowe | Women's 800 m | - | $14,000 |
| 1381 | Rafael Pereira | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $14,000 |
| 1382 | Ricardo Chambers | Men's 400 m | - | $14,000 |
| 1383 | Sarah Chelangat | two disciplines | - | $14,000 |
| 1384 | Sebastian Bayer | Men's long jump | - | $14,000 |
| 1385 | Sergey Makarov | Men's javelin throw | - | $14,000 |
| 1386 | Simon Pettersson | Men's discus throw | - | $14,000 |
| 1387 | Valentin Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | - | $14,000 |
| 1388 | Alex Wilson | two disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1389 | Anita Horvat | two disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1390 | Imke Onnen | Women's high jump | - | $13,750 |
| 1391 | Liu Junxi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $13,750 |
| 1392 | Luis Grijalva | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1393 | Marta Alemayo | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1394 | Matthew Hughes | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $13,750 |
| 1395 | Nozomi Tanaka | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1396 | Payton Chadwick | two disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1397 | Zhu Yaming | Men's triple jump | - | $13,750 |
| 1398 | Aisha Praught-Leer | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1399 | Aleen Bailey | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1400 | Aleksandra Kiryashova | Women's pole vault | - | $13,500 |
| 1401 | Andrew Butchart | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1402 | Bridget Franek | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $13,500 |
| 1403 | Cynthia Bolingo | Women's 400 m | 1 | $13,500 |
| 1404 | Isa Phillips | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
| 1405 | Jessica Ramsey | Women's shot put | - | $13,500 |
| 1406 | Jessie Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Simon Pettersson is 1386th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $14,000.
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.
Bauhausgalan 2018 paid $1,500 for 7th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mason Finley, Fedrick Dacres, Andrius Gudžius, Ehsan Haddadi, Philip Milanov and Lukas Weißhaidinger.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Simon Pettersson won?
$14,000, which ranks 1386th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from thirteen paid finishes between 2018 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. That start 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 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 Simon Pettersson is Sergey Makarov on $14,000, and one below Valentin Lavillenie on $14,000. Simon Pettersson is one of 89 Sweden athletes athletics has paid, and Sweden athletics prize money adds them up to $2,690,592 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.