Adriaan Wildschutt prize money
Adriaan Wildschutt has been paid $1,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1626th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the men's 3000 m and men's 5000 m, the best of them 6th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2025 | 5000 m | 14th | — |
| Bauhausgalan 2024 | 3000 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2024 | 3000 m | 8th | $500 |
| Bislett Games 2024 | 5000 m | 13th | — |
| All four | two disciplines | — | $1,500 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,500 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Adriaan Wildschutt did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 10,000 metres | 10th | 28:59.47 | — |
Adriaan Wildschutt stood in one 2025 World Championships final in Tokyo and finished outside the money. The championships pay eight places, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th, and nothing at all below that. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The World Cross Country Championships
What Adriaan Wildschutt ran on the grass
| RACE | PLACE | MARK | EARNED | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior men's race | 13th | 29:32 | — | — |
Adriaan Wildschutt has run one race here and was paid nothing in his own name. Only the first six across the line are, $30,000 for the win down to $3,000 for 6th, and there is no appearance money underneath it. No team standing he ran in finished inside the first six, which is as far as that ladder reaches: $20,000 to the winning country down to $4,000 for 6th, and every dollar of it a federation's. The cross country page holds all 10 races across two championships and the $620,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Adriaan Wildschutt
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 m | 2 | — | 2024 | $1,500 |
| Men's 5000 m | 2 | — | 2024 to 2025 | $0 |
The men's 3000 m has paid Adriaan Wildschutt $1,500 of the $1,500, which is 100% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2024 to 2025, in the order it was won
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $1,500 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Adriaan Wildschutt in 2025, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $1,500.
Around Adriaan Wildschutt on the money list
Ranks 1606 to 1646
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1606 | Briana Williams | Women's 100 m | — | $1,750 |
| 1607 | Cejhae Greene | Men's 100 m | — | $1,750 |
| 1608 | Dani Jones | Women's 1500 m | — | $1,750 |
| 1609 | Gela Hambese | Women's 5000 m | — | $1,750 |
| 1610 | Genevieve Gregson | two disciplines | — | $1,750 |
| 1611 | Helena Ponette | Women's 400 m | — | $1,750 |
| 1612 | Jamal Hairane | Men's 800 m | — | $1,750 |
| 1613 | Jiang Zhichao | Women's discus throw | — | $1,750 |
| 1614 | Joshua Zeller | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $1,750 |
| 1615 | Kevin Mayer | two disciplines | — | $1,750 |
| 1616 | Kristiina Mäkelä | Women's triple jump | — | $1,750 |
| 1617 | Louise Ekman | Women's high jump | — | $1,750 |
| 1618 | Matthew Stonier | Men's 1500 m | — | $1,750 |
| 1619 | PJ Austin | Men's 100 m | — | $1,750 |
| 1620 | Rachel McCoy | Women's high jump | — | $1,750 |
| 1621 | Sofia Ennaoui | three disciplines | — | $1,750 |
| 1622 | Zenéy van der Walt | two disciplines | — | $1,750 |
| 1623 | Zhong Tao | Men's pole vault | — | $1,625 |
| 1624 | Abderrahman El Assal | Men's 800 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1625 | Adam Spencer | two disciplines | — | $1,500 |
| 1626 | Adriaan Wildschutt | two disciplines | — | $1,500 |
| 1627 | Aleksandra Nacheva | Women's triple jump | — | $1,500 |
| 1628 | Alexandra Ștefania Uță | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,500 |
| 1629 | Andreas Ofstad Kulseng | Men's 200 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1630 | Angelina Napoleon | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,500 |
| 1631 | Antoine Gakeme | Men's 800 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1632 | Anyika Onuora | Women's 400 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1633 | Ariana Ince | Women's javelin throw | — | $1,500 |
| 1634 | Ashanti Moore | Women's 200 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1635 | Assinie Wilson | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,500 |
| 1636 | Ben Blankenship | two disciplines | — | $1,500 |
| 1637 | Braxton Brann | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $1,500 |
| 1638 | Camille Laus | two disciplines | — | $1,500 |
| 1639 | Carson Williams | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,500 |
| 1640 | Cian McPhillips | Men's 800 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1641 | Claudio Romero | Men's discus throw | — | $1,500 |
| 1642 | Daniela Ledecká | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,500 |
| 1643 | Dany Brand | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,500 |
| 1644 | David Barroso | Men's 800 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1645 | Desirèe Henry | Women's 200 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1646 | Dominik Alberto | Men's pole vault | — | $1,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Adriaan Wildschutt is 1626th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $1,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Adriaan Wildschutt most
Bauhausgalan 2024 paid $1,000 for 6th in the 3000 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Stewart McSweyn, Adel Mechaal, Mezgebu Sime, Sam Parsons, Birhanu Balew and Telahun Haile Bekele.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2024 paid $500 for 8th in the 3000 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nicholas Kimeli, Addisu Yihune, Mike Foppen, Stewart McSweyn, Sean McGorty and Grant Fisher.
Meeting de Paris 2025 paid $0 for 14th in the 5000 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yomif Kejelcha, Birhanu Balew, Graham Blanks, Jimmy Gressier, Samuel Tefera and Soufiane El Bakkali.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Adriaan Wildschutt won?
$1,500, which ranks 1626th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2024 and 2025.
What is Adriaan Wildschutt's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,000, for finishing 6th in the 3000 m at the 2024 Bauhausgalan. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Adriaan Wildschutt 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 3000 m 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.
Has Adriaan Wildschutt ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. He are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Adriaan Wildschutt earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Cross Country Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Adriaan Wildschutt is Adam Spencer on $1,500, and one below Aleksandra Nacheva on $1,500. Adriaan Wildschutt is one of 34 South Africa athletes athletics has paid, and South Africa athletics prize money adds them up to $993,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 3000 m prize money and men's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Adriaan Wildschutt has been paid in two 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 Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the men's 10,000 metres page. Cross country prize money is the Belgrade 2024 and Tallahassee 2026 championships, $620,000 put up across 10 races, half of it a runner's and half of it a federation's, and the race is on the senior men's race page.