Weltklasse Zürich prize money
Weltklasse Zürich has paid $8,555,500 to 670 athletes across seven editions, from 2019 to 2026. Karsten Warholm has taken more of it than anyone, $142,000.
The Diamond League pays by finishing place and by nothing else, so the rate here is the series rate: $10,000 for a win at the 2026 edition, eight places paid in every discipline, and nothing for ninth. Four of the seven editions here held the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for a win at the 2025 final. 16 of the 151 disciplines on those programmes have been Diamond+, which pays double.
Who Weltklasse Zürich has paid the most
Every edition on this site, added up
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BEST DAY HERE | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karsten Warholm | 5 | 3 | 1st | $142,000 |
| 2 | Armand Duplantis | 5 | 4 | 1st | $140,000 |
| 3 | Noah Lyles | 4 | 4 | 1st | $120,000 |
| 4 | Femke Bol | 3 | 3 | 1st | $90,000 |
| 5 | Valarie Allman | 3 | 3 | 1st | $90,000 |
| 6 | Yulimar Rojas | 4 | 3 | 1st | $90,000 |
| 7 | Salwa Eid Naser | 2 | 2 | 1st | $80,000 |
| 8 | Sam Kendricks | 4 | 1 | 1st | $78,000 |
| 9 | Shanieka Ricketts | 5 | 1 | 1st | $77,500 |
| 10 | Joe Kovacs | 5 | 2 | 1st | $77,000 |
| 11 | Julien Alfred | 3 | 2 | 1st | $76,000 |
| 12 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | 6 | 3 | 1st | $73,000 |
| 13 | Nicola Olyslagers | 5 | 2 | 1st | $70,000 |
| 14 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | 5 | 2 | 1st | $66,750 |
| 15 | Andriy Protsenko | 3 | 1 | 1st | $66,000 |
| 16 | Emmanuel Korir | 3 | 2 | 1st | $66,000 |
| 17 | Tobi Amusan | 3 | 2 | 1st | $66,000 |
| 18 | Alison dos Santos | 4 | 2 | 1st | $65,500 |
| 19 | Shericka Jackson | 4 | 2 | 1st | $64,000 |
| 20 | Gianmarco Tamberi | 3 | 2 | 1st | $62,000 |
| 21 | Sifan Hassan | 2 | 1 | 1st | $62,000 |
| 22 | Dina Asher-Smith | 6 | 0 | 2nd | $60,500 |
| 23 | Kenny Bednarek | 5 | 2 | 1st | $60,500 |
| 24 | Andy Díaz | 2 | 2 | 1st | $60,000 |
| 25 | Faith Kipyegon | 2 | 2 | 1st | $60,000 |
| 26 | Ivana Španović | 2 | 2 | 1st | $60,000 |
| 27 | Julian Weber | 5 | 1 | 1st | $58,500 |
| 28 | Beatrice Chepkoech | 2 | 1 | 1st | $56,000 |
| 29 | Chase Ealey | 3 | 1 | 1st | $54,000 |
| 30 | Kristjan Čeh | 3 | 1 | 1st | $54,000 |
| 31 | Marileidy Paulino | 3 | 1 | 1st | $54,000 |
| 32 | Pedro Pichardo | 3 | 1 | 1st | $54,000 |
| 33 | Niels Laros | 3 | 1 | 1st | $53,000 |
| 34 | Ackera Nugent | 2 | 1 | 1st | $52,500 |
| 35 | Norah Jeruto | 3 | 1 | 1st | $52,000 |
| 36 | Ryan Crouser | 3 | 2 | 1st | $52,000 |
| 37 | Audrey Werro | 3 | 2 | 1st | $50,750 |
| 38 | Faith Cherotich | 4 | 2 | 1st | $50,500 |
| 39 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | 4 | 1 | 1st | $50,500 |
| 40 | Christian Coleman | 1 | 1 | 1st | $50,000 |
Karsten Warholm has collected $142,000 of the $8,555,500 this meeting has paid out, 1.7% of it. Armand Duplantis and Noah Lyles have won here four times, more than anyone else. 265 of the 670 athletes the meeting has paid were paid at it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 670.
Every edition of Weltklasse Zürich
What each year's programme paid, and what a win was worth
| EDITION | WHERE | WHEN | DISCIPLINES | A WIN | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | Zürich | 26 to 27 August | 14 | $10,000 | $500,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | Zürich | 27 to 28 August | 32 | $30,000 | $2,202,000$2.2m |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2024 | Zürich | 5 September | 14 | $10,000 | $349,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2023 | Zürich | 31 August | 15 | $10,000 | $374,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2022 | Zürich | 7 to 8 September | 30 | $30,000 | $1,767,500$1.8m |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | Zürich | 8 to 9 September | 30 | $30,000 | $1,762,000$1.8m |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | Zürich | 29 August | 16 | $50,000 | $1,600,000$1.6m |
| 7 editions | 1 city | — | 151 | — | $8,555,500$8.6m |
What each edition paid
season running total
The line is the running total. A meeting's pot is its rate multiplied by its programme, so the columns move with how many disciplines were on the card rather than with who turned up: the biggest edition here ran 32 disciplines and the smallest 14. The tall columns are 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2025, when the series final was held here and every discipline paid on the final ladder.
Every discipline held at Weltklasse Zürich
How often each one has been on the programme, and what it has paid
| DISCIPLINE | EDITIONS | PAID HERE |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 m hurdles | 7 | $408,000 |
| Men's long jump | 7 | $364,000 |
| Men's javelin throw | 7 | $355,500 |
| Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 6 | $335,000 |
| Women's 400 m hurdles | 6 | $335,000 |
| Men's pole vault | 5 | $332,500 |
| Men's 100 m | 4 | $320,000 |
| Men's 1500 m | 6 | $310,000 |
| Women's 100 m hurdles | 6 | $310,000 |
| Women's 100 m | 6 | $309,000 |
| Women's 200 m | 5 | $305,000 |
| Men's high jump | 5 | $297,500 |
| Women's triple jump | 5 | $295,500 |
| Men's 800 m | 4 | $280,000 |
| Women's 1500 m | 4 | $280,000 |
| Women's 400 m | 4 | $280,000 |
| Women's shot put | 4 | $274,000 |
| Women's javelin throw | 4 | $272,500 |
| Men's 200 m | 6 | $270,000 |
| Women's 800 m | 6 | $270,000 |
| Women's pole vault | 6 | $253,500 |
| Women's high jump | 5 | $237,500 |
| Men's shot put | 5 | $229,000 |
| Women's long jump | 3 | $211,500 |
| Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $204,000 |
| Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $180,000 |
| Men's 400 m | 3 | $179,000 |
| Men's discus throw | 3 | $172,500 |
| Men's triple jump | 3 | $172,500 |
| Women's discus throw | 3 | $172,500 |
| Men's 5000 m | 2 | $125,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 1 | $100,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 2 | $90,000 |
| Women's 5000 m | 1 | $25,000 |
| 34 disciplines | 151 | $8,555,500$8.6m |
A discipline that has been on every programme has paid more here than one that has been on two, and that is the whole of what the column above ranks: the rate is the same in all of them. Each discipline links to what it has paid across the series.
What each place has paid at Weltklasse Zürich
The seven ladders this meeting has paid under
| PLACE | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES + | FINAL | FINAL | FINAL | FINAL + |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $10,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 | $50,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $50,000 |
| 2nd | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $20,000 | $12,000 | $12,000 | $20,000 |
| 3rd | $3,500 | $4,000 | $4,000 | $10,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $10,000 |
| 4th | $2,000 | $3,000 | $3,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 | $4,000 | $6,000 |
| 5th | $1,250 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $5,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| 6th | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $4,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $4,000 |
| 7th | $750 | $1,500 | $1,500 | $3,000 | $1,500 | $1,500 | $3,000 |
| 8th | $500 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| All eight | $25,000 | $30,000 | $40,000 | $100,000 | $60,000 | $60,000 | $100,000 |
One column per ladder, and a column covers every discipline the meeting ran while that ladder was in force. The series ladder has been rewritten once inside the run of editions here, and a win has paid $10,000 under every version of it. What moved is underneath: eighth place was worth $500 on the oldest card on this table and $1,000 on the current one, and the eight places together came to $25,000 against $30,000. There is no appearance money in any of it, nothing for a record and nothing for ninth, and where athletes tied they took the places between them and split the money for all of them.
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Weltklasse Zürich paid?
$8,555,500 across seven editions, to 670 athletes from 87 countries. That is 15.9% of everything the Diamond League has paid across the nine seasons on this site.
What does a win at Weltklasse Zürich pay?
$10,000, and double that in a Diamond+ discipline. It is the same figure in every discipline on the programme, so a win in the shot put pays what a win in the 100 m pays. Four of the seven editions here were the series final, which pays several times what a series meeting pays.
Who has earned the most at Weltklasse Zürich?
Karsten Warholm, on $142,000 from five paid finishes, three of them wins. 265 of the 670 athletes the meeting has paid were paid at it more than once.
How many editions of Weltklasse Zürich are on this site?
Seven, from 2019 to 2026. Those programmes ran 151 disciplines between them and produced 1,124 payments.
Which disciplines does Weltklasse Zürich run?
34 different ones across the seven editions, and never all of them at once: the series rotates its programme, so men's 400 m hurdles has been on it seven times and a discipline's total here is its rate multiplied by how often it was run.
How far down the field does Weltklasse Zürich pay?
Eight places, and ninth pays nothing however fast the race was. 1,124 payments have gone to 670 athletes at this meeting, and 142 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 nine seasons on this site, 104 meetings and $53,753,250. The 2026 season is at Diamond League 2026. Weltklasse Zürich is one of 18 meetings on this site, and Switzerland holds two of them.
Every edition of Weltklasse Zürich
- Weltklasse Zürich 2026
- Weltklasse Zürich 2025
- Weltklasse Zürich 2024
- Weltklasse Zürich 2023
- Weltklasse Zürich 2022
- Weltklasse Zürich 2021
- Weltklasse Zürich 2019
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- Athletissima
- Golden Gala Pietro Mennea
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- Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat
- Kamila Skolimowska Memorial
- Shanghai Diamond League
- London Athletics Meet
- Xiamen Diamond League
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- Birmingham Diamond League
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