Indian javelin ace Neeraj Chopra bettered his throw of 89.94m with a season-best throw of 90.23m at the at the Doha Diamond League 2025. After this, he became the first Indian to breach the 90m mark in the sport.
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Despite the historic achievement, Chopra missed out on the top podium spot at the Doha Diamond League, where Germany’s Julian Weber stole the show with a massive throw. Chopra’s previous best was 89.94m, set on June 30, 2022, at the Stockholm Diamond League — a mark that stood as both his personal best and the men’s national record.
Neeraj achieved his target
- Neeraj Chopra’s best throw is 90.23m, achieved at the Doha Diamond League on May 16, 2025. The mark stands as the men’s national record in India and Neeraj Chopra’s personal best.
- The second-best throw of Neeraj Chopra's career is 89.94m. Neeraj had thrown this throw in the Stockholm Diamond League on 30 June 2022. This throw is a national record and one of Neeraj Chopra's best throws.
- Neeraj Chopra's third-best throw of 89.49m came at the Lausanne Diamond League 2024This is Chopra's best throw ever at a global championship and his third-best overall.
- Neeraj Chopra's fourth-best throw in javelin throw came at Paris Olympics 2024 where he bagged the silver medal with an 89.45m throw.
- His fifth best throw came in Paavo Nurmi Games in 2022 where he went close to that 90m mark once again.
- In the Lausanne Diamond League 2022, held in the month of August, Neeraj Chopra had thrown the sixth-best throw of his career. Neeraj had thrown the javelin 89.08 meters.
- Neeraj's seventh-best throw came in the Asian Games 2023 held in Hangzhou. In this round, Neeraj had achieved a distance of 88.88m.
- Neeraj Chopra's eighth-best throw came in the World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest. In this competition which was held on August 25, 2023, Neeraj showed excellent performance and achieved a distance of 88.77m.
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Neeraj Chopra’s best throws | Full list to date
Rank | Throw | Competition | Date |
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1 | 90.23m | Doha Diamond League 2025 | May 16, 2025 |
2 | 89.94m | Stockholm Diamond League 2022 | June 30, 2022 |
3 | 89.49m | Lausanne Diamond League 2024 | August 22, 2024 |
4 | 89.45m | Paris 2024 Olympics - F | August 8, 2024 |
5 | 89.34m | Paris 2024 Olympics - Q | August 6, 2024 |
6 | 89.30m | Paavo Nurmi Games 2022 (Turku) | June 14, 2022 |
7 | 89.08m | Lausanne Diamond League 2022 | August 26, 2022 |
8 | 88.88m | Asian Games 2023 (Hangzhou) | October 4, 2023 |
9 | 88.77m | World Athletics Championships 2023 (Budapest) - Q | August 25, 2023 |
10 | 88.67m | Doha Diamond League 2023 | May 5, 2023 |
11 | 88.44m | Zurich Diamond League Final 2022 | September 8, 2022 |
11 | 88.44m | Doha Diamond League 2025 | May 16, 2025 |
13 | 88.39m | World Athletics Championships 2022 (Oregon) - Q | July 21, 2022 |
14 | 88.36m | Doha Diamond League 2024 | May 10, 2024 |
15 | 88.20m | Doha Diamond League 2025 | May 16, 2025 |
16 | 88.17m | World Athletics Championships 2023 (Budapest) - F | August 27, 2023 |
17 | 88.13m | World Athletics Championships 2022 (Oregon) - F | July 23, 2022 |
18 | 88.07m | Indian Grand Prix 3 2021 (Patiala) | March 5, 2021 |
19 | 88.06m | Asian Games 2018 (Jakarta) | August 27, 2018 |
20 | 88.00m | Zurich Diamond League Final 2022 | September 8, 2022 |
21 | 87.86m | Brussels Diamond League Final 2024 | September 14, 2024 |
22 | 87.86m | ACNW League Meeting 1 2020 (Potchefstroom) | January 28, 2020 |
23 | 87.80m | Federation Cup 2021 (Patiala) | March 17, 2021 |
24 | 87.73m | World Athletics Championships 2023 (Budapest) - F | August 27, 2023 |
25 | 87.66m | Lausanne Diamond League 2023 | June 30, 2023 |
26 | 87.58m | Tokyo 2020 Olympics - F | August 7, 2021 |
27 | 87.46m | Stockholm Diamond League 2022 | June 30, 2022 |
28 | 87.43m | Doha Diamond League 2018 | May 4, 2018 |
29 | 87.03m | Tokyo 2020 Olympics - F | August 7, 2021 |
30 | 87.00m | Zurich Diamond League Final 2022 | September 8, 2022 |
31 | 86.92m | Paavo Nurmi Games 2022 (Turku) | June 14, 2022 |
32 | 86.84m | Stockholm Diamond League 2022 | June 30, 2022 |
33 | 86.82m | Brussels Diamond League Final 2024 | September 14, 2024 |
34 | 86.79m | Kuortane Games 2021 | June 26, 2021 |
35 | 86.69m | Kuortane Games 2022 | June 18, 2022 |
36 | 86.67m | Stockholm Diamond League 2022 | June 30, 2022 |
37 | 86.65m | Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Q | August 4, 2021 |
38 | 86.52m | Doha Diamond League 2023 | May 5, 2023 |
39 | 86.48m | World U20 Championships 2016 (Bydgoszcz) | July 23, 2016 |
40 | 86.47m | Commonwealth Games 2018 (Gold Coast) | April 14, 2018 |