Vítězslav Veselý prize money
Vítězslav Veselý has been paid $183,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 130th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 38 paid finishes in the men's javelin throw, eight 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 38 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $183,000 is 38 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. One of the 39 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2010 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | Athletissima | $1,000 |
| 2011 | 4 | - | Athletissima | $11,000 |
| 2012 | 6 | 2 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $41,000 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3 | Qatar Athletic | $43,000 |
| 2014 | 6 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $29,000 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $44,000 |
| 2016 | 4 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $10,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $2,250 |
| 2022 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $1,750 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $44,000 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Vítězslav Veselý in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $183,000.
Around Vítězslav Veselý on the money list
Ranks 110 to 150
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 127 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | 8 | $184,500 |
| 128 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
| 129 | Olha Saladukha | Women's triple jump | 6 | $183,000 |
| 130 | Vítězslav Veselý | Men's javelin throw | 8 | $183,000 |
| 131 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 5 | $181,750 |
| 132 | Bershawn Jackson | two disciplines | 9 | $181,500 |
| 133 | Emmanuel Korir | two disciplines | 6 | $181,500 |
| 134 | Janieve Russell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $180,500 |
| 135 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 136 | Christina Obergföll | Women's javelin throw | 12 | $179,000 |
| 137 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 6 | $178,750 |
| 138 | Tianna Bartoletta | two disciplines | 8 | $177,750 |
| 139 | Larissa Iapichino | Women's long jump | 6 | $177,500 |
| 140 | Sally Pearson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $172,500 |
| 141 | Usain Bolt | two disciplines | 16 | $172,000 |
| 142 | Andriy Protsenko | Men's high jump | 3 | $171,250 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Vítězslav Veselý is 130th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $183,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Vítězslav Veselý most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Julius Yego, Keshorn Walcott, Tero Pitkämäki, Thomas Röhler, Ihab Abdelrahman and Rocco van Rooyen.
Adidas Grand Prix 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ari Mannio, Hamish Peacock, Thomas Röhler, Riley Dolezal, Marcin Krukowski and Tim Glover.
Prefontaine Classic 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andreas Thorkildsen, Dmitriy Tarabin, Petr Frydrych, Thomas Röhler, Kim Amb and Keshorn Walcott.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Vítězslav Veselý won?
$183,000, which ranks 130th 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 2022.
What is Vítězslav Veselý's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the javelin throw at the 2015 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. 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 Vítězslav Veselý 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 Vítězslav Veselý won?
Eight of 39, worth $80,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Has Vítězslav Veselý 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 Vítězslav Veselý 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 Vítězslav Veselý is Olha Saladukha on $183,000, and one below Ferguson Rotich on $181,750. Vítězslav Veselý is one of 30 Czechia athletes athletics has paid, and Czechia athletics prize money adds them up to $1,752,792 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 Vítězslav Veselý 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 Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.