Barbora Špotáková prize money
Barbora Špotáková has been paid $365,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 30th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 52 paid finishes in the women's javelin throw, 19 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
The 52 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $365,500 is 52 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.3% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 3 | Golden Gala | $50,000 |
| 2011 | 6 | 1 | Herculis | $33,000 |
| 2012 | 7 | 4 | Golden Gala | $58,000 |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | 5 | 4 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $46,000 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3 | Meeting Areva | $42,500 |
| 2016 | 4 | - | Athletissima | $18,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 | Weltklasse Zürich | $79,000 |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $12,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | Herculis EBS | $16,000 |
| 2022 | 5 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $10,500 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $79,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Barbora Špotáková in 2013, 2018 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $365,500.
Around Barbora Špotáková on the money list
Ranks 10 to 50
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Shericka Jackson | three disciplines | 19 | $429,250 |
| 11 | Karsten Warholm | three disciplines | 18 | $428,500 |
| 12 | Sifan Hassan | five disciplines | 16 | $424,250 |
| 13 | Faith Kipyegon | six disciplines | 23 | $423,000 |
| 14 | Marileidy Paulino | two disciplines | 25 | $420,500 |
| 15 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | two disciplines | 11 | $417,250 |
| 16 | Timothy Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 17 | $416,500 |
| 17 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | three disciplines | 21 | $415,000 |
| 18 | Mutaz Barsham | Men's high jump | 23 | $409,833 |
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 18 | $406,500 |
| 20 | Dina Asher-Smith | two disciplines | 10 | $401,500 |
| 21 | Katerina Stefanidi | Women's pole vault | 15 | $394,500 |
| 22 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 20 | $389,000 |
| 23 | Soufiane El Bakkali | four disciplines | 22 | $388,500 |
| 24 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Women's high jump | 21 | $382,250 |
| 25 | Alison dos Santos | three disciplines | 22 | $380,500 |
| 26 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | two disciplines | 21 | $380,500 |
| 27 | Ivana Španović | two disciplines | 18 | $373,000 |
| 28 | Tom Walsh | Men's shot put | 13 | $372,000 |
| 29 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 17 | $370,500 |
| 30 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 19 | $365,500 |
| 31 | Valerie Adams | Women's shot put | 30 | $361,500 |
| 32 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 13 | $355,750 |
| 33 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | 19 | $348,000 |
| 34 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 18 | $347,500 |
| 35 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 11 | $338,250 |
| 36 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | two disciplines | 21 | $335,000 |
| 37 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | two disciplines | 15 | $321,500 |
| 38 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 39 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | 18 | $312,500 |
| 40 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 17 | $310,250 |
| 41 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 15 | $310,000 |
| 42 | Gong Lijiao | Women's shot put | 13 | $309,000 |
| 43 | Yaime Pérez | Women's discus throw | 8 | $307,500 |
| 44 | Conseslus Kipruto | two disciplines | 15 | $305,500 |
| 45 | Caster Semenya | three disciplines | 20 | $304,000 |
| 46 | Asbel Kiprop | four disciplines | 19 | $302,500 |
| 47 | Hellen Obiri | five disciplines | 13 | $301,000 |
| 48 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 12 | $300,500 |
| 49 | Kaliese Carter | two disciplines | 21 | $297,500 |
| 50 | Beatrice Chepkoech | three disciplines | 11 | $297,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Barbora Špotáková is 30th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $365,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Barbora Špotáková most
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $50,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kelsey-Lee Barber, Sara Kolak, Tatsiana Khaladovich, Martina Ratej, Madara Palameika and Kara Winger.
Herculis EBS 2021 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Maria Andrejczyk, Christin Hussong, Tatsiana Khaladovich, Elizabeth Gleadle, Nikola Ogrodníková and Victoria Hudson.
Müller Anniversary Games 2017 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sara Kolak, Martina Ratej, Elizabeth Gleadle, Kelsey-Lee Barber, Kathryn Mitchell and Kara Winger.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Barbora Špotáková won?
$365,500, which ranks 30th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 52 paid finishes between 2010 and 2022.
What is Barbora Špotáková's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the javelin throw at the 2017 Weltklasse Zürich. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Barbora Špotáková gets paid?
Entirely by where she 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 women's javelin throw 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 Barbora Špotáková won?
19 of 52, worth $230,000 between them. Four of her appearances came at a final, which paid $61,500.
Is this everything Barbora Špotáková 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 her, 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 Barbora Špotáková is Pedro Pichardo on $370,500, and one below Valerie Adams on $361,500. Barbora Špotáková is one of 30 Czechia athletes athletics has paid, and Czechia athletics prize money adds them up to $1,752,792 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Barbora Špotáková has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Kamila Skolimowska Memorial has its own page across every edition of it.