Tero Pitkämäki prize money
Tero Pitkämäki has been paid $202,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 106th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 36 paid finishes in the men's javelin throw, ten 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
The 36 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $202,000 is 36 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2017, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 1 | BAUHAUS-galan | $37,000 |
| 2011 | 5 | 1 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $20,000 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | DN Galan | $22,500 |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 | Golden Grand Prix | $32,000 |
| 2014 | 6 | 1 | ExxonMobil Bislett Games | $30,000 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $39,500 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $2,500 |
| 2017 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $18,500 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $39,500 from six starts. Every season from 2010 to 2017 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $202,000.
Around Tero Pitkämäki on the money list
Ranks 86 to 126
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 87 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 11 | $217,500 |
| 88 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 89 | Ayanleh Souleiman | four disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 90 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 91 | LaShawn Merritt | two disciplines | 16 | $212,000 |
| 92 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 93 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $211,250 |
| 94 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 4 | $211,000 |
| 95 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | 12 | $210,500 |
| 96 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 10 | $208,000 |
| 97 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 7 | $206,500 |
| 98 | Silas Kiplagat | two disciplines | 11 | $205,000 |
| 99 | Genzebe Dibaba | five disciplines | 12 | $204,500 |
| 100 | Danielle Williams | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $204,250 |
| 101 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 7 | $203,333 |
| 102 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 16 | $203,250 |
| 103 | Kimberly Williams | Women's triple jump | 1 | $203,250 |
| 104 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 3 | $202,250 |
| 105 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 10 | $202,000 |
| 106 | Tero Pitkämäki | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $202,000 |
| 107 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 108 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 109 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 110 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $197,500 |
| 111 | Ajeé Wilson | Women's 800 m | 6 | $197,250 |
| 112 | Sofia Assefa | two disciplines | 4 | $196,000 |
| 113 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Men's high jump | 6 | $195,958 |
| 114 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | two disciplines | 4 | $194,750 |
| 115 | Mercy Cherono | five disciplines | 9 | $194,500 |
| 116 | Gerd Kanter | Men's discus throw | 9 | $194,000 |
| 117 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 12 | $193,583 |
| 118 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 7 | $193,000 |
| 119 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 120 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $190,250 |
| 121 | Carmelita Jeter | two disciplines | 13 | $189,000 |
| 122 | Milcah Chemos | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 16 | $189,000 |
| 123 | Shara Proctor | Women's long jump | 4 | $187,000 |
| 124 | Michelle Carter | Women's shot put | 3 | $186,500 |
| 125 | Blanka Vlašić | Women's high jump | 14 | $185,500 |
| 126 | Novlene Williams-Mills | Women's 400 m | 7 | $185,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Tero Pitkämäki is 106th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $202,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Tero Pitkämäki most
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Johannes Vetter, Keshorn Walcott, Magnus Kirt, Neeraj Chopra, Ahmed Bader Magour and Jakub Vadlejch.
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Antti Ruuskanen, Vítězslav Veselý, Ihab Abdelrahman, Thomas Röhler, Julius Yego and Hamish Peacock.
Herculis 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vítězslav Veselý, Jakub Vadlejch, Keshorn Walcott, Thomas Röhler, Julius Yego and Ari Mannio.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Tero Pitkämäki won?
$202,000, which ranks 106th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 36 paid finishes between 2010 and 2017.
What is Tero Pitkämäki's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 3rd in the javelin throw at the 2017 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 Tero Pitkämäki 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 win 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Tero Pitkämäki won?
Ten of 36, worth $100,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $10,000.
Is this everything Tero Pitkämäki 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 Tero Pitkämäki is Christina Schwanitz on $202,000, and one below Haruka Kitaguchi on $199,500. Tero Pitkämäki is one of 33 Finland athletes athletics has paid, and Finland athletics prize money adds them up to $513,750 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 Tero Pitkämäki 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 Weltklasse Zürich has its own page across every edition of it.