Vanessa Kamga prize money
Vanessa Kamga has been paid $11,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1546th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women'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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | Discus throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | Discus throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | Discus throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bauhausgalan 2026 | Discus throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | Discus throw | 11th | - |
| Meeting de Paris 2025 | Discus throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | Discus throw | 9th | - |
| Bauhausgalan 2019 | Discus throw | 9th | - |
| All eight | Women's discus throw | - | $11,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $11,000 is five 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. Three of the eight starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Vanessa Kamga did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's discus throw | 4th | 66.61 m | $16,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Vanessa Kamga $16,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $11,000 from eight Diamond League starts between 2019 and 2026. Nine days there paid her more than any whole Diamond League season has. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2019 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | - | Bauhausgalan | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 2 | - | Meeting de Paris | $1,000 |
| 2026 | 5 | - | London Athletics Meet | $10,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $10,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Vanessa Kamga in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $11,000.
Around Vanessa Kamga on the money list
Ranks 1526 to 1566
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1526 | Carrie Russell | Women's 100 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1527 | DeeDee Trotter | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1528 | Djilali Bedrani | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1529 | Edinah Jebitok | four disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1530 | Fatoumata Binta Diallo | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1531 | Georgi Ivanov | Men's shot put | - | $11,000 |
| 1532 | Ingvill Måkestad Bovim | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1533 | Karyna Demidik | Women's high jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1534 | Leford Green | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1535 | Madeline Heiner | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1536 | Marione Fourie | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1537 | Nicole Leach | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1538 | Nigel Levine | Men's 400 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1539 | Ola Stunes Isene | Men's discus throw | - | $11,000 |
| 1540 | Richard Kiplagat | Men's 800 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1541 | Robby Andrews | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1542 | Robert Sobera | Men's pole vault | - | $11,000 |
| 1543 | Rondel Sorrillo | Men's 200 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1544 | Rondell Bartholomew | Men's 400 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1545 | Tigest Getent | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1546 | Vanessa Kamga | Women's discus throw | - | $11,000 |
| 1547 | Veronica Wanjiru | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1548 | Yanmei Li | Women's triple jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1549 | Maja Åskag | two disciplines | - | $10,750 |
| 1550 | Mohamed Tindouft | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,750 |
| 1551 | Ainars Kovals | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1552 | Anne Zagré | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $10,500 |
| 1553 | Artur Felfner | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1554 | Donn Cabral | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,500 |
| 1555 | Edwin Kurgat | two disciplines | - | $10,500 |
| 1556 | Genki Dean | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1557 | Jarmila Jurkovičová | Women's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1558 | Javianne Oliver | Women's 100 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1559 | Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai | Men's 800 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1560 | Nadine Hildebrand | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $10,500 |
| 1561 | Nataliya Lupu | Women's 800 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1562 | Yuki Hashioka | Men's long jump | - | $10,500 |
| 1563 | Antonio Manuel Reina | Men's 800 m | - | $10,250 |
| 1564 | Hendrik Gruber | Men's pole vault | - | $10,250 |
| 1565 | Malik James-King | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,250 |
| 1566 | Marike Steinacker | Women's discus throw | - | $10,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Vanessa Kamga is 1546th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $11,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Vanessa Kamga most
London Athletics Meet 2026 paid $3,000 for 4th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alida van Daalen, Laulauga Tausaga, Shanice Craft, Zara Obamakinwa, Cierra Jackson and Valarie Sion.
Xiamen Diamond League 2026 paid $2,500 for 5th in the discus throw, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shanice Craft, Cierra Jackson, Laulauga Tausaga, Silinda Morales, Valarie Sion and Feng Bin.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $2,500 for 5th in the discus throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Cierra Jackson, Feng Bin, Valarie Sion, Jorinde van Klinken and Shanice Craft.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Vanessa Kamga won?
$11,000, which ranks 1546th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2019 and 2026.
What is Vanessa Kamga's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the discus throw at the 2026 London Athletics Meet. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Vanessa Kamga 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 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 Vanessa Kamga ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
How much did Vanessa Kamga win at the 2025 World Championships?
$16,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Vanessa Kamga earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Vanessa Kamga is Tigest Getent on $11,000, and one below Veronica Wanjiru on $11,000. Vanessa Kamga 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 women's discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Vanessa Kamga 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 London Athletics Meet has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the women's discus throw page.