Sunette Viljoen prize money
Sunette Viljoen has been paid $160,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 163rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 38 paid finishes in the women's javelin throw, four 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
The 38 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $160,000 is 38 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.
Season by season
2010 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 1 | British Grand Prix | $21,500 |
| 2011 | 6 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $21,000 |
| 2012 | 6 | 1 | Adidas Grand Prix | $32,000 |
| 2013 | 5 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $14,500 |
| 2014 | 3 | - | Belgacom Memorial Van Damme | $12,500 |
| 2015 | 5 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $25,000 |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $26,500 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | Athletissima | $2,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $4,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $1,000 |
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $32,000 from six starts. Every season from 2010 to 2019 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $160,000.
Around Sunette Viljoen on the money list
Ranks 143 to 183
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 172 | Ruswahl Samaai | Men's long jump | 2 | $152,500 |
| 173 | Mary Moraa | three disciplines | 9 | $151,500 |
| 174 | Ryan Whiting | Men's shot put | 5 | $150,500 |
| 175 | Nadine Müller | Women's discus throw | 3 | $150,000 |
| 176 | Alexis Copello | Men's triple jump | 2 | $149,500 |
| 177 | Andreas Thorkildsen | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $149,500 |
| 178 | Cordell Tinch | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $149,500 |
| 179 | Anzhelika Sidorova | Women's pole vault | 4 | $149,250 |
| 180 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | 1 | $148,750 |
| 181 | Aries Merritt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $148,500 |
| 182 | Jamal Britt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $148,500 |
| 183 | Kara Winger | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $148,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sunette Viljoen is 163rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $160,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sunette Viljoen most
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kathryn Mitchell, Lyu Huihui, Katharina Molitor, Brittany Borman, Martina Ratej and Madara Palameika.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Madara Palameika, Christin Hussong, Christina Obergföll, Tatsiana Khaladovich, Barbora Špotáková and Katharina Molitor.
Adidas Grand Prix 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Barbora Špotáková, Kara Winger, Goldie Sayers, Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir, Jarmila Jurkovičová and Rachel Buciarski.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sunette Viljoen won?
$160,000, which ranks 163rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 38 paid finishes between 2010 and 2019.
What is Sunette Viljoen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the javelin throw at the 2016 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Sunette Viljoen 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 win 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Sunette Viljoen won?
Four of 38, worth $40,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Sunette Viljoen 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 her, 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 Sunette Viljoen is Tajay Gayle on $160,250, and one below Nickel Ashmeade on $159,500. Sunette Viljoen is one of 54 South Africa athletes athletics has paid, and South Africa athletics prize money adds them up to $2,356,250 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 Sunette Viljoen 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 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and IAAF Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.