Adam Nelson prize money
Adam Nelson has been paid $15,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1305th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the men's shot put, the best of them 3rd.
The Diamond League pays by finishing place and nothing else. A published card sets what first through eighth is worth, the same figure in every discipline at that meeting, and ninth pays nothing.
Every payment
Where he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala 2011 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2010 | Shot put | 3rd | $4,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | Shot put | 5th | $2,500 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2010 | Shot put | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bislett Games 2010 | Shot put | 7th | $1,500 |
| Golden Gala 2010 | Shot put | 8th | $1,000 |
| All seven | Men's shot put | - | $15,500 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $15,500 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2011, in the order it was won
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $11,500 from five starts. Every season from 2010 to 2011 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $15,500.
Around Adam Nelson on the money list
Ranks 1285 to 1325
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1285 | Kafétien Gomis | Men's long jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1286 | Lea Meyer | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $16,000 |
| 1287 | Mariya Savinova | Women's 800 m | 4 | $16,000 |
| 1288 | Mason Finley | Men's discus throw | - | $16,000 |
| 1289 | Mickaël Hanany | Men's high jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1290 | Mohamed Moustaoui | two disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1291 | Morten Jensen | Men's long jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1292 | Radek Juška | Men's long jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1293 | Saida Tsehaye | Women's 800 m | - | $16,000 |
| 1294 | Samantha Henry-Robinson | two disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1295 | Saron Berhe | three disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1296 | Yosiris Urrutia | Women's triple jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1297 | Yuliya Zaripova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $16,000 |
| 1298 | Jan Štefela | Men's high jump | - | $15,958 |
| 1299 | Brian Komen | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $15,750 |
| 1300 | Deon Lendore | Men's 400 m | - | $15,750 |
| 1301 | Dusty Jonas | Men's high jump | - | $15,750 |
| 1302 | Kaylin Whitney | two disciplines | - | $15,750 |
| 1303 | Paulien Couckuyt | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $15,750 |
| 1304 | Tonje Angelsen | Women's high jump | - | $15,583 |
| 1305 | Adam Nelson | Men's shot put | - | $15,500 |
| 1306 | Aleksandra Fedoriva-Spayer | Women's 200 m | - | $15,500 |
| 1307 | Brittany Crew | Women's shot put | - | $15,500 |
| 1308 | Courtney Wayment | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $15,500 |
| 1309 | Felisha Johnson | Women's shot put | - | $15,500 |
| 1310 | Gabriele Grunewald | two disciplines | - | $15,500 |
| 1311 | Huang Changzhou | Men's long jump | - | $15,500 |
| 1312 | Jorge A. Hodelín | Men's long jump | - | $15,500 |
| 1313 | Meselech Melkamu | two disciplines | - | $15,500 |
| 1314 | Olga Kucherenko | Women's long jump | 2 | $15,500 |
| 1315 | Olha Lyakhova | Women's 800 m | - | $15,500 |
| 1316 | Steve Mullings | two disciplines | 1 | $15,500 |
| 1317 | Xiangrong Liu | Women's shot put | - | $15,500 |
| 1318 | Yoann Rapinier | Men's triple jump | - | $15,500 |
| 1319 | Yuliya Golubchikova | Women's pole vault | - | $15,500 |
| 1320 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Men's 100 m | - | $15,250 |
| 1321 | Beth Dobbin | Women's 200 m | - | $15,250 |
| 1322 | Seito Yamamoto | Men's pole vault | - | $15,250 |
| 1323 | Ainsley Waugh | two disciplines | - | $15,000 |
| 1324 | Andrew Bayer | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $15,000 |
| 1325 | Dan Taylor | Men's shot put | - | $15,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Adam Nelson is 1305th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $15,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Adam Nelson most
Prefontaine Classic 2010 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ryan Whiting, Tomasz Majewski, Reese Hoffa, Cory Martin, Dan Taylor and Christian Cantwell.
London Grand Prix 2010 paid $2,500 for 5th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dylan Armstrong, Cory Martin, Ryan Whiting, Reese Hoffa, Tomasz Majewski and Christian Cantwell.
Memorial Van Damme 2010 paid $2,500 for 5th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Cory Martin, Dorian Scott, Wim Blondeel, Reese Hoffa, Christian Cantwell and Tomasz Majewski.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Adam Nelson won?
$15,500, which ranks 1305th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2010 and 2011.
What is Adam Nelson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the shot put at the 2010 Prefontaine Classic. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Adam Nelson gets paid?
Entirely by where he finishes. The series publishes one rate card a season and applies it to every discipline at every meeting, so a place is worth the same in the men's shot put as it is in the shot put on the same afternoon. Eight places are paid and ninth pays nothing. There is no bonus for a record and no share of a gate.
Is this everything Adam Nelson earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. It holds no championship prize money, no national federation payment, no appearance fee and no sponsorship. What it does hold is every dollar the series itself paid him, priced off the card it published.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money ranks all 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Adam Nelson is Tonje Angelsen on $15,583, and one below Aleksandra Fedoriva-Spayer on $15,500. Adam Nelson is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Adam Nelson has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Golden Gala has its own page across every edition of it.