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
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

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