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Men's javelin throw prize money

The Diamond League has paid $3,157,000 in the men's javelin throw, to 101 athletes across 95 runnings of it, from 2010 to 2026. Jakub Vadlejch has taken more of it than anyone, $281,750.

The series pays by finishing place and by nothing else, so a win here is worth what a win in any other discipline is worth: $10,000 at a 2026 series meeting, eight places paid, and nothing for ninth. Nine of the 95 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $60,000 for the win at the 2026 final. Two of the 95 runnings were Diamond+, which pays double.

PAID IN IT $3,157,000
A WIN IN 2026 $10,000
RUNNINGS 95
SEASONS 16
ATHLETES PAID 101

Who the men's javelin throw has paid the most

Every running of it on this site, added up

101 paid
The athletes the Diamond League men's javelin throw has paid the most across its 95 runnings.
# ATHLETE PAID WINS BEST DAY EARNED
1 Jakub Vadlejch CZE 45 9 1st 2017 · Weltklasse Zürich $281,750
2 Thomas Röhler GER 40 9 2nd 2017 · Weltklasse Zürich $211,250
3 Tero Pitkämäki FIN 36 10 3rd 2017 · Weltklasse Zürich $202,000
4 Vítězslav Veselý CZE 38 8 1st 2015 · Golden Gala Pietro Mennea $183,000
5 Neeraj Chopra IND 22 5 1st 2022 · Weltklasse Zürich $165,500
6 Anderson Peters GRN 28 7 1st 2024 · AG Memorial Van Damme $161,000
7 Julian Weber GER 24 4 1st 2025 · Weltklasse Zürich $160,750
8 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 23 10 1st 2013 · British Grand Prix $149,500
9 Keshorn Walcott TTO 39 1 1st 2015 · Athletissima $137,750
10 Johannes Vetter GER 18 5 1st 2021 · Weltklasse Zürich $129,500
11 Andreas Hofmann GER 15 4 1st 2018 · Weltklasse Zürich $117,500
12 Rumesh Tharanga SRI 6 5 1st 2026 · AG Memorial Van Damme $116,000
13 Magnus Kirt EST 12 2 1st 2019 · Weltklasse Zürich $112,500
14 Julius Yego KEN 32 2 1st 2025 · Kamila Skolimowska Memorial $96,000
15 Matthias de Zordo GER 13 2 1st 2011 · Bislett Games $65,000
16 Antti Ruuskanen FIN 14 1 1st 2014 · DN Galan $49,000
17 Ari Mannio FIN 21 0 2nd 2015 · Adidas Grand Prix $48,000
18 Cheng Chao-tsun TPE 5 1 2nd 2019 · Weltklasse Zürich $43,000
19 Vadims Vasiļevskis LAT 13 1 1st 2012 · Prefontaine Classic $40,500
20 Petr Frydrych CZE 12 1 1st 2011 · Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix $40,000
21 Kim Amb SWE 15 1 1st 2013 · Athletissima $39,000
22 Andrian Mardare MDA 19 0 3rd 2025 · Kamila Skolimowska Memorial $36,750
23 Marcin Krukowski POL 10 1 1st 2021 · Müller Grand Prix Gateshead $36,750
24 Ihab Abdelrahman EGY 9 2 1st 2014 · Shanghai Golden Grand Prix $33,000
25 Curtis Thompson USA 12 0 3rd 2026 · Golden Gala Pietro Mennea $30,250
26 Dawid Wegner POL 5 0 2nd 2026 · AG Memorial Van Damme $30,000
27 Oleksandr Pyatnytsya UKR 6 2 1st 2012 · Meeting Areva $27,500
28 Dmitriy Tarabin RUS 7 0 2nd 2013 · Monaco $24,500
29 Stuart Farquhar NZL 9 0 3rd 2013 · Athletissima $23,000
30 Hamish Peacock AUS 10 0 3rd 2016 · Muller Anniversary Games $21,500
31 Jarrod Bannister AUS 7 0 3rd 2012 · Meeting Areva $21,000
32 Teemu Wirkkala FIN 6 0 2nd 2010 · Meeting Areva $21,000
33 Roman Avramenko UKR 7 0 3rd 2012 · Herculis $20,500
34 Robert Oosthuizen RSA 5 0 2nd 2011 · Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix $20,000
35 Oliver Helander FIN 7 0 3rd 2023 · Prefontaine Classic $19,250
36 Sergey Makarov RUS 4 0 2nd 2011 · Athletissima $14,000
37 Ahmed Bader Magour QAT 6 0 4th 2017 · Herculis $12,500
38 Fatih Avan TUR 3 0 2nd 2012 · Bislett Games $12,000
39 Gatis Čakšs LAT 10 0 6th 2018 · Müller Grand Prix Birmingham $11,250
40 Ainars Kovals LAT 4 0 4th 2010 · Athletissima $10,500
Jakub Vadlejch $282k Thomas Röhler $211k Tero Pitkämäki $202k Vítězslav Veselý $183k Neeraj Chopra $165k Anderson Peters $161k Julian Weber $161k Andreas Thorkildsen $150k Keshorn Walcott $138k Johannes Vetter $129k Andreas Hofmann $117k Rumesh Tharanga $116k Magnus Kirt $113k Julius Yego $96k Matthias de Zordo $65k

Jakub Vadlejch has collected $281,750 of the $3,157,000 this discipline has paid out, 8.9% of it. Tero Pitkämäki and Andreas Thorkildsen have won ten of them, more than anyone else. 63 of the 101 athletes paid in this discipline were paid in it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 101.

Every Diamond League men's javelin throw

Who won it, what the win paid and what the field took

$3,157,000
Every running of the Diamond League men's javelin throw on this site, with its winner and what it paid.
SEASON MEETING WINNER THE WIN EVENT PAID
2026 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 31 May Anderson Peters GRN $10,000 $30,000
2026 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 4 June Rumesh Tharanga SRI $10,000 $30,000
2026 Doha Diamond League 19 June Rumesh Tharanga LKA $10,000 $30,000
2026 Athletissima 20 to 21 August · Diamond+ Rumesh Tharanga SRI $20,000 $40,000
2026 Weltklasse Zürich 26 to 27 August Rumesh Tharanga SRI $10,000 $30,000
2026 AG Memorial Van Damme 4 to 5 September · the series final · Diamond+ Rumesh Tharanga SRI $60,000 $99,000
2025 Doha Diamond League 16 May Julian Weber GER $10,000 $30,000
2025 Meeting de Paris 20 June Neeraj Chopra IND $10,000 $30,000
2025 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 15 to 16 August Julius Yego KEN $10,000 $30,000
2025 AG Memorial Van Damme 22 August Julian Weber GER $10,000 $30,000
2025 Weltklasse Zürich 27 to 28 August · the series final Julian Weber GER $30,000 $59,000
2024 Doha Diamond League 10 May Jakub Vadlejch CZE $10,000 $25,000
2024 Meeting de Paris 7 July Julian Weber GER $10,000 $25,000
2024 Athletissima 22 August Anderson Peters GRN $10,000 $25,000
2024 Weltklasse Zürich 5 September Anderson Peters GRN $10,000 $25,000
2024 AG Memorial Van Damme 13-14 September · the series final Anderson Peters GRN $30,000 $59,000
2023 Doha Diamond League 5 May Neeraj Chopra IND $10,000 $25,000
2023 Athletissima 30 June Neeraj Chopra IND $10,000 $25,000
2023 Herculis EBS 21 July Jakub Vadlejch CZE $10,000 $24,500
2023 Weltklasse Zürich 31 August Jakub Vadlejch CZE $10,000 $25,000
2023 Prefontaine Classic 16 to 17 September · the series final Jakub Vadlejch CZE $30,000 $57,500
2022 Doha Diamond League 13 May Anderson Peters GRN $10,000 $25,000
2022 Bauhausgalan 30 June Anderson Peters GRN $10,000 $25,000
2022 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 6 August Jakub Vadlejch CZE $10,000 $25,000
2022 Athletissima 26 August Neeraj Chopra IND $10,000 $25,000
2022 Weltklasse Zürich 7 to 8 September · the series final Neeraj Chopra IND $30,000 $57,500
2021 Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 23 May Marcin Krukowski $10,000 $24,500
2021 Anniversary Games 13 July Johannes Vetter GER $10,000 $25,000
2021 Athletissima 26 August Johannes Vetter $10,000 $25,000
2021 Meeting de Paris 28 August Anderson Peters GRN $10,000 $25,000
2021 Weltklasse Zürich 8 to 9 September · the series final Johannes Vetter GER $30,000 $59,000
2019 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 18 May Andreas Hofmann $10,000 $30,000
2019 Oslo Bislett Games 13 June Johannes Vetter $10,000 $30,000
2019 Herculis 12 July Andreas Hofmann $10,000 $30,000
2019 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 18 August Cheng Chao-tsun TPE $10,000 $30,000
2019 Weltklasse Zürich 29 August · the series final Magnus Kirt $50,000 $100,000
2018 Doha Diamond League 4 May Thomas Röhler GER $10,000 $30,000
2018 Prefontaine Classic 26 May Thomas Röhler GER $10,000 $30,000
2018 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 13 July Magnus Kirt EST $10,000 $30,000
2018 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 18 August Andreas Hofmann GER $10,000 $29,000
2018 Weltklasse Zürich 30 August · the series final Andreas Hofmann GER $50,000 $100,000
2017 Doha Diamond League 5 May Thomas Röhler GER $10,000 $30,000
2017 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 8 June Thomas Röhler GER $10,000 $30,000
2017 Meeting de Paris 1 July Johannes Vetter GER $10,000 $30,000
2017 Herculis 21 July Thomas Röhler GER $10,000 $30,000
2017 Weltklasse Zürich 24 August · the series final Jakub Vadlejch CZE $50,000 $100,000
2016 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 14 May Thomas Röhler GER $10,000 $27,000
2016 Prefontaine Classic 27 to 28 May Ihab Abdelrahman EGY $0 $19,000
2016 Bislett Games 9 June Thomas Röhler GER $10,000 $27,500
2016 Bauhausgalan 16 June Ihab Abdelrahman EGY $0 $20,000
2016 Muller Anniversary Games 22 to 23 July Jakub Vadlejch CZE $10,000 $30,000
2016 Meeting de Paris 27 August Jakub Vadlejch CZE $10,000 $30,000
2016 Weltklasse Zürich 1 September Jakub Vadlejch CZE $10,000 $30,000
2015 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 15 May Tero Pitkämäki FIN $10,000 $30,000
2015 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 4 June Vítězslav Veselý CZE $10,000 $30,000
2015 British Athletics Grand Prix 7 June Julius Yego KEN $10,000 $30,000
2015 Adidas Grand Prix 13 June Vítězslav Veselý CZE $10,000 $30,000
2015 Athletissima 9 July Keshorn Walcott TTO $10,000 $30,000
2015 Herculis 17 July Tero Pitkämäki FIN $10,000 $30,000
2015 Memorial Van Damme 11 September Tero Pitkämäki FIN $10,000 $30,000
2014 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 18 May Ihab Abdelrahman EGY $10,000 $30,000
2014 Prefontaine Classic 31 May Vítězslav Veselý CZE $10,000 $30,000
2014 ExxonMobil Bislett Games 11 June Tero Pitkämäki FIN $10,000 $30,000
2014 Meeting Areva 05 July Ihab Abdelrahman EGY $10,000 $30,000
2014 Glasgow Grand Prix 11 to 12 July Thomas Röhler GER $10,000 $29,000
2014 DN Galan 21 August Antti Ruuskanen FIN $10,000 $30,000
2014 Weltklasse Zürich 28 August Thomas Röhler GER $10,000 $30,000
2013 Qatar Athletic 10 May Vítězslav Veselý CZE $10,000 $30,000
2013 Golden Grand Prix 18 May Tero Pitkämäki FIN $10,000 $30,000
2013 Bislett Games 13 June Vítězslav Veselý CZE $10,000 $30,000
2013 British Grand Prix 30 June Andreas Thorkildsen NOR $10,000 $30,000
2013 Athletissima 4 July Kim Amb SWE $10,000 $29,000
2013 Monaco 19 July Vítězslav Veselý CZE $10,000 $27,500
2013 Memorial Van Damme 6 September Tero Pitkämäki FIN $10,000 $30,000
2012 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 19 May Vítězslav Veselý CZE $10,000 $30,000
2012 Prefontaine Classic 2 June Vadims Vasiļevskis LAT $10,000 $29,000
2012 Bislett Games 7 June Vítězslav Veselý CZE $10,000 $30,000
2012 Meeting Areva 6 July Oleksandr Pyatnytsya UKR $10,000 $30,000
2012 Herculis 20 July Oleksandr Pyatnytsya UKR $10,000 $29,000
2012 DN Galan 17 August Tero Pitkämäki FIN $10,000 $26,000
2012 Weltklasse Zürich 30 August Tero Pitkämäki FIN $10,000 $26,000
2011 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 6 May Petr Frydrych CZE $10,000 $30,000
2011 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 15 May Tero Pitkämäki FIN $10,000 $30,000
2011 Bislett Games 9 June Matthias de Zordo GER $10,000 $30,000
2011 Athletissima 30 June Andreas Thorkildsen NOR $10,000 $29,000
2011 Aviva British Grand Prix 10 July Andreas Thorkildsen NOR $10,000 $30,000
2011 DN Galan 29 July Andreas Thorkildsen NOR $10,000 $30,000
2011 Memorial van Damme 16 September Matthias de Zordo GER $10,000 $30,000
2010 Bislett Games 4 June Andreas Thorkildsen NOR $10,000 $30,000
2010 New York adidas Grand Prix 12 June Andreas Thorkildsen NOR $10,000 $30,000
2010 Athletissima 8 July Andreas Thorkildsen NOR $10,000 $30,000
2010 Meeting Areva 16 July Andreas Thorkildsen NOR $10,000 $30,000
2010 BAUHAUS-galan 6 August Tero Pitkämäki FIN $10,000 $30,000
2010 London Grand Prix 13 to 14 August Andreas Thorkildsen NOR $10,000 $30,000
2010 Memorial Van Damme 27 August Andreas Thorkildsen NOR $10,000 $30,000
16 95 runnings 23 winners $1,210,000 $3,157,000$3.2m

What the men's javelin throw paid each season

season running total

The line is the running total. A season's figure is the rate multiplied by how many meetings put the discipline on, so the columns move with the programme rather than with who turned up: 2010 ran it seven times and 2017 five times. Nobody has ever shared the win in it, so every figure in the win column is one athlete's cheque.

Where the men's javelin throw is run

The meetings that have put it on, and what each has paid for it

18 meetings
Every Diamond League meeting that has run the men's javelin throw, with how often.
MEETING RUNNINGS PAID FOR IT
Weltklasse Zürich 12 $641,500
AG Memorial Van Damme 7 $308,000
Doha Diamond League 10 $285,000
Athletissima 9 $258,000
Meeting de Paris 8 $230,000
Oslo Bislett Games 7 $207,500
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 6 $177,000
Herculis EBS 6 $171,000
Prefontaine Classic 5 $165,500
Bauhausgalan 6 $161,000
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 5 $149,000
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 3 $90,000
Anniversary Games 3 $84,000
Adidas Grand Prix 2 $60,000
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2 $60,000
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2 $55,000
London Grand Prix 1 $30,000
Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 1 $24,500
18 meetings 95 $3,157,000$3.2m

Every meeting pays the same ladder, so this column ranks how often each one put the discipline on rather than how generous it is. Weltklasse Zürich has run it twelve times and paid $641,500 for it. Each meeting links to everything it has paid across every edition of it.

What each place pays in the men's javelin throw

The eight ladders this discipline has been paid under

eight places
What the Diamond League men's javelin throw has paid for each finishing place, on every rate card it has run under.
PLACE SERIES 2010-20 SERIES 2021-24 SERIES 2025-26 SERIES + 2026 FINAL 2017-19 FINAL 2021-24 FINAL 2025-26 FINAL + 2026
1st $10,000$10,000$10,000$20,000$50,000$30,000$30,000$60,000
2nd $6,000$6,000$6,000$6,000$20,000$12,000$12,000$20,000
3rd $4,000$3,500$4,000$4,000$10,000$7,000$7,000$9,000
4th $3,000$2,000$3,000$3,000$6,000$4,000$4,000$4,000
5th $2,500$1,250$2,500$2,500$5,000$2,500$2,500$2,500
6th $2,000$1,000$2,000$2,000$4,000$2,000$2,000$2,000
7th $1,500$750$1,500$1,500$3,000$1,500$1,500$1,500
8th $1,000$500$1,000$1,000$2,000$1,000$1,000$1,000
All eight $30,000$25,000$30,000$40,000$100,000$60,000$60,000$100,000

One column per ladder, and none of them is specific to this discipline: the men's javelin throw is paid on the same card as the 100 m and the shot put at the same meeting. There is no appearance money in any of it, nothing for a record, and nothing at all for ninth place. The Diamond+ columns are the two of 95 runnings where the series doubled the discipline's rate for the day.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money does the Diamond League pay in the men's javelin throw?

$3,157,000 across 95 runnings of it, to 101 athletes from 40 countries. That is 2.8% of everything the series has paid, and the 24th biggest of the 41 disciplines on this site.

What does a win in the men's javelin throw pay?

$10,000, and double that at a meeting where it is a Diamond+ discipline. It is the same figure in every discipline on a programme, so a win here pays exactly what a win in the 100 m pays. Nine of the 95 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $60,000 for the win at the 2026 final.

Who has earned the most in the men's javelin throw?

Jakub Vadlejch, on $281,750 from 45 paid finishes, nine of them wins. 63 of the 101 athletes the discipline has paid were paid in it more than once.

Who has won the most Diamond League men's javelin throw titles?

Tero Pitkämäki and Andreas Thorkildsen, on ten wins apiece. 23 different athletes have won a Diamond League men's javelin throw across the 95 runnings on this site.

How often does the Diamond League run the men's javelin throw?

95 times across sixteen seasons, from 2010 to 2026, on the programmes of 18 different meetings. Weltklasse Zürich has run it twelve times, more than anywhere else. The series rotates its programme, so no discipline is on every card.

How far down the field does the men's javelin throw pay?

Eight places, and ninth pays nothing however good the mark was. 736 payments have gone to 101 athletes in this discipline, and 40 other finishes in the same result tables were worth nothing at all.

Where to next

The rest of the Diamond League money

Diamond League prize money holds all sixteen seasons on this site, 224 meetings and $113,397,000. The 2026 season is at Diamond League 2026. The other half of the event is at Women's javelin throw, which has paid $3,005,500.

Every other Diamond League discipline

Every Diamond League meeting

Every Diamond League season