Sunette Viljoen prize money
Sunette Viljoen has been paid $1,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1917th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's javelin throw, and it was 8th.
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.
The payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | Javelin throw | 8th | $1,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,000 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Around Sunette Viljoen on the money list
Ranks 1897 to 1937
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Pavel Mialeshka | Men's javelin throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1898 | Polina Lukyanenkova | Women's long jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1899 | Rabah Yousif | Men's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1900 | Rachel Dincoff | Women's discus throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1901 | Rachel Klopfenstein | Women's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1902 | Rashid Al-Mannai | Men's triple jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1903 | Raven Clay | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1904 | Remi Rougetet | Men's javelin throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1905 | Rhesa Foster | Women's long jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1906 | Rihab Dhahri | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,000 |
| 1907 | Rikkoi Brathwaite | Men's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1908 | Robin Ganter | Men's 200 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1909 | Sachin Yadav | Men's javelin throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1910 | Salif Mane | Men's triple jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1911 | Sam Bennett | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1912 | Shivpal Singh | Men's javelin throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1913 | Silinda Morales | Women's discus throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1914 | Silvan Wicki | Men's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1915 | Simon Denissel | Men's 1500 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1916 | Sintayehu Vissa | Women's 1500 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1917 | Sunette Viljoen | Women's javelin throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1918 | Sven Martin Skagestad | Men's discus throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1919 | Sydney Siame | Men's 200 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1920 | Takele Nigate | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,000 |
| 1921 | Tan Mengyi | Women's long jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1922 | TeJyrica Robinson | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1923 | Thijmen Kupers | Men's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1924 | Thomas Keen | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1925 | Tiffani McReynolds | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1926 | Tiffany Flynn | Women's long jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1927 | Tigest Getent | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,000 |
| 1928 | Toby Harries | Men's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1929 | Tom Dradriga | Men's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1930 | Tsiyon Abebe | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1931 | Uziel Muñoz | Men's shot put | — | $1,000 |
| 1932 | Victor Hogan | Men's discus throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1933 | Vincent Kibet Keter | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1934 | Walid El Boussiri | Men's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1935 | Wei Yongli | Women's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1936 | Wilma Heltelä | Women's pole vault | — | $1,000 |
| 1937 | Xu Huiqin | Women's pole vault | — | $1,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sunette Viljoen is 1917th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $1,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sunette Viljoen most
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 paid $1,000 for 8th in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lü Huihui, Līna Mūze, Christin Hussong, Madara Palameika, Nikola Ogrodníková and Kelsey-Lee Barber.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sunette Viljoen won?
$1,000, which ranks 1917th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2019.
What is Sunette Viljoen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,000, for finishing 8th in the javelin throw at the 2019 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 8th 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 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 Sunette Viljoen 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 Sunette Viljoen is Sintayehu Vissa on $1,000, and one below Sven Martin Skagestad on $1,000. 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 800 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.