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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS · TOKYO 2025 · FIELD

Men's javelin throw prize money

Keshorn Walcott won the men's javelin throw at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 88.16 m and took $70,000. Second was worth $35,000 and third $22,000, and the money ran eight deep, so the final paid $172,000 in all.

Twelve athletes started the final, from eleven countries. The championships put up $8,498,000 in Tokyo and spread it eight places deep in every event, which is deeper than any other meeting in athletics pays.

THE WINNER TOOK $70,000
THIS FINAL PAID $172,000
IN THE FINAL 12
COUNTRIES 11
PLACES PAID 8

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$172,000 paid
The men's javelin throw final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Keshorn Walcott Trinidad and Tobago TTO 88.16 m $70,000
2 Anderson Peters Grenada GRN 87.38 m $35,000
3 Curtis Thompson United States USA 86.67 m $22,000
4 Sachin Yadav India IND 86.27 m $16,000
5 Julian Weber Germany GER 86.11 m $11,000
6 Julius Yego Kenya KEN 85.54 m $7,000
7 Rumesh Tharanga Sri Lanka SRI 84.38 m $6,000
8 Neeraj Chopra India IND 84.03 m $5,000
9 Dawid Wegner Poland POL 83.03 m —
10 Arshad Nadeem Pakistan PAK 82.75 m —
11 Jakub Vadlejch Czechia CZE 78.71 m —
12 Cameron McEntyre Australia AUS 75.65 m —
12 finalists 11 countries — $172,000

Everyone from 9th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 8th: four of the twelve athletes here went home with nothing from the prize fund. The eight paid places came to $172,000.

What each place was worth

The ladder, and what this final actually handed over

$172,000 an event
The men's javelin throw prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE THE LADDER WHO TOOK IT PAID
1st $70,000 Keshorn Walcott $70,000
2nd $35,000 Anderson Peters $35,000
3rd $22,000 Curtis Thompson $22,000
4th $16,000 Sachin Yadav $16,000
5th $11,000 Julian Weber $11,000
6th $7,000 Julius Yego $7,000
7th $6,000 Rumesh Tharanga $6,000
8th $5,000 Neeraj Chopra $5,000
The event $172,000
eight paid $172,000
Keshorn Walcott $70k Anderson Peters $35k Curtis Thompson $22k Sachin Yadav $16k Julian Weber $11k Julius Yego $7,000 Rumesh Tharanga $6,000 Neeraj Chopra $5,000

The winner takes 41% of what the event pays out and the other seven places share the rest. That shape is the same in every individual event on the programme, so the chart is the championship's ladder rather than anything particular to the men's javelin throw.

What this field earns the rest of the year

The same athletes on the Diamond League money list

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What the athletes paid in this final have earned across the Diamond League.
ATHLETE TOKYO BUDAPEST DL STARTS DL WINS DIAMOND LEAGUE
Keshorn Walcott Trinidad and Tobago $70,000 — 18 0 $65,250
Anderson Peters Grenada $35,000 $75,000 28 7 $161,000
Curtis Thompson United States $22,000 — 14 0 $30,250
Sachin Yadav India $16,000 — 1 0 $1,000
Julian Weber Germany $11,000 $40,000 19 4 $138,750
Julius Yego Kenya $7,000 — 16 1 $33,500
Rumesh Tharanga Sri Lanka $6,000 — 6 5 $116,000
Neeraj Chopra India $5,000 — 17 5 $150,500

Nine days in Tokyo against careers of Diamond League meetings. The series runs fifteen times a summer and pays six places at a fraction of these rates, which is what makes a world title the biggest single cheque most of this field will ever collect. The Budapest column is the Ultimate Championship, the one meeting that pays more for a win.

Frequently asked questions

How much did the men's javelin throw pay at the 2025 World Championships?

$172,000, across eight paid places: $70,000 to Keshorn Walcott, $35,000 for second and $22,000 for third, down to $5,000 for 8th.

Who won the men's javelin throw in Tokyo?

Keshorn Walcott, in 88.16 m, for $70,000. Twelve athletes started the final, from eleven countries.

What did second and third pay?

$35,000 and $22,000. The same ladder covers every individual event at the championships, so this final paid exactly what every other one did.

How many places does the men's javelin throw pay?

Eight. The ladder runs $70,000, $35,000, $22,000, $16,000, $11,000, $7,000, $6,000, $5,000, which is $172,000 for the event, and below 8th it pays nothing. Across all 49 events that comes to the $8,498,000 World Athletics put up for Tokyo.

Where to next

The rest of the championships

World Championships prize money holds all 49 events, the 334 athletes who were paid and the $8,498,000 that was put up. Diamond League prize money is the series most of this field races all summer, and the Ultimate Championship is the one meeting that pays more for a win.

Every other event in Tokyo