Aleksandr Menkov prize money
Aleksandr Menkov has been paid $110,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 283rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 17 paid finishes in the men's long jump, eight of them wins.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Bislett Games 2015 | Long jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2015 | Long jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2015 | Long jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| Herculis 2014 | Long jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| Athletissima 2014 | Long jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2013 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| British Grand Prix 2013 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2013 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| DN Galan 2013 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Grand Prix 2013 | Long jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse 2013 | Long jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2012 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2012 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Memorial van Damme 2012 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala 2012 | Long jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2011 | Long jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All 17 | Men's long jump | - | $110,000 |
The 17 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $110,000 is 17 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.10% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2011 to 2015, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $6,000 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $34,000 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 | Prefontaine Classic | $48,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | - | Herculis | $4,500 |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $17,500 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $48,000 from six starts. Every season from 2011 to 2015 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $110,000.
Around Aleksandr Menkov on the money list
Ranks 263 to 303
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 263 | Yasmani Copello | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $116,250 |
| 264 | Malte Mohr | Men's pole vault | 3 | $116,000 |
| 265 | Rumesh Tharanga | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $116,000 |
| 266 | Lorraine Ugen | Women's long jump | 2 | $115,000 |
| 267 | Woo Sang-hyeok | Men's high jump | 5 | $113,750 |
| 268 | Anna Cockrell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 4 | $113,500 |
| 269 | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | two disciplines | 3 | $113,000 |
| 270 | Kelsey-Lee Barber | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $113,000 |
| 271 | Magnus Kirt | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $112,500 |
| 272 | Jesse Williams | Men's high jump | 3 | $112,083 |
| 273 | Angelica Moser | Women's pole vault | 2 | $111,875 |
| 274 | Darya Klishina | Women's long jump | 3 | $111,500 |
| 275 | Robbie Grabarz | Men's high jump | 2 | $111,458 |
| 276 | Ronnie Baker | Men's 100 m | 6 | $111,250 |
| 277 | Devon Allen | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $111,000 |
| 278 | Erik Kynard | Men's high jump | 2 | $111,000 |
| 279 | Birhanu Balew | two disciplines | 3 | $110,750 |
| 280 | Eilidh Doyle | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $110,500 |
| 281 | Nesta Carter | Men's 100 m | 2 | $110,500 |
| 282 | Jenn Suhr | Women's pole vault | 5 | $110,250 |
| 283 | Aleksandr Menkov | Men's long jump | 8 | $110,000 |
| 284 | Wayde van Niekerk | two disciplines | 9 | $110,000 |
| 285 | Angelo Taylor | three disciplines | 5 | $109,500 |
| 286 | Ruth Jebet | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $109,000 |
| 287 | Ackera Nugent | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $108,000 |
| 288 | Jenna Prandini | two disciplines | 1 | $107,500 |
| 289 | CJ Ujah | two disciplines | 1 | $106,500 |
| 290 | Jereem Richards | two disciplines | - | $106,500 |
| 291 | Monae' Nichols | Women's long jump | 2 | $106,500 |
| 292 | Kerron Stewart | two disciplines | 3 | $106,000 |
| 293 | Anna Ryzhykova | two disciplines | - | $105,500 |
| 294 | Cameron Myers | three disciplines | 2 | $105,500 |
| 295 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | two disciplines | 6 | $105,500 |
| 296 | Mohammed Aman | Men's 800 m | 7 | $105,500 |
| 297 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Men's pole vault | 2 | $105,500 |
| 298 | Steven Gardiner | two disciplines | 9 | $105,500 |
| 299 | Anita Márton | Women's shot put | - | $105,000 |
| 300 | Brittany Brown | two disciplines | 5 | $104,750 |
| 301 | Nia Ali | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $104,750 |
| 302 | Rasmus Mägi | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $104,250 |
| 303 | Almaz Ayana | three disciplines | 6 | $104,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Aleksandr Menkov is 283rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $110,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Aleksandr Menkov most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jeff Henderson, Wang Jianan, Jinzhe Li, Godfrey Khotso Mokoena, Huang Changzhou and Greg Rutherford.
Prefontaine Classic 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mauro Vinicius da Silva, Greg Rutherford, Will Claye, Irving Saladino, Sebastian Bayer and Michel Tornéus.
British Grand Prix 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Greg Rutherford, Chris Tomlinson, Godfrey Khotso Mokoena, Ngonidzashe Makusha, Michel Tornéus and Dwight Phillips.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Aleksandr Menkov won?
$110,000, which ranks 283rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 17 paid finishes between 2011 and 2015.
What is Aleksandr Menkov's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the long jump at the 2015 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Aleksandr Menkov 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 win is worth the same in the men's long jump 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Aleksandr Menkov won?
Eight of 17, worth $80,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Aleksandr Menkov 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 Aleksandr Menkov is Jenn Suhr on $110,250, and one below Wayde van Niekerk on $110,000. Aleksandr Menkov is one of 84 RUS athletes athletics has paid, and RUS athletics prize money adds them up to $1,249,167 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Aleksandr Menkov 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 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.