Brad Walker prize money
Brad Walker has been paid $34,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 818th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eleven paid finishes in the men's pole vault, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herculis 2015 | Pole vault | 5th | $2,500 |
| Athletissima 2014 | Pole vault | =4th | $2,750 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2014 | Pole vault | =5th | $2,250 |
| Monaco 2013 | Pole vault | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2013 | Pole vault | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting Areva 2013 | Pole vault | 5th | $2,500 |
| Athletissima 2013 | Pole vault | =5th | $2,250 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 | Pole vault | 4th | $3,000 |
| Athletissima 2012 | Pole vault | 6th | $2,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2011 | Pole vault | 2nd | $6,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | Pole vault | 4th | $3,000 |
| All eleven | Men's pole vault | - | $34,750 |
The eleven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $34,750 is eleven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2015, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | London Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $6,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $5,000 |
| 2013 | 4 | - | Monaco | $13,250 |
| 2014 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $5,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Herculis | $2,500 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $13,250 from four starts. Every season from 2010 to 2015 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $34,750.
Around Brad Walker on the money list
Ranks 798 to 838
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 798 | Jason Young | three disciplines | - | $36,000 |
| 799 | Jazmin Sawyers | Women's long jump | - | $36,000 |
| 800 | Liu Shiying | Women's javelin throw | - | $36,000 |
| 801 | Narve Gilje Nordås | four disciplines | 1 | $36,000 |
| 802 | Raven Saunders | Women's shot put | - | $36,000 |
| 803 | Whitney Ashley | Women's discus throw | - | $36,000 |
| 804 | Enrique Llopis | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $35,750 |
| 805 | Mateusz Przybylko | Men's high jump | - | $35,750 |
| 806 | Dorcus Ewoi | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 807 | English Gardner | two disciplines | 1 | $35,500 |
| 808 | Goldie Sayers | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $35,500 |
| 809 | Jamile Samuel | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 810 | Matthew Centrowitz Jr. | four disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 811 | Mattia Furlani | Men's long jump | - | $35,250 |
| 812 | Abbey Caldwell | four disciplines | 1 | $35,000 |
| 813 | Anaso Jobodwana | Men's 200 m | - | $35,000 |
| 814 | Andressa de Morais | Women's discus throw | - | $35,000 |
| 815 | Cindy Roleder | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $35,000 |
| 816 | Nick Willis | four disciplines | - | $35,000 |
| 817 | Xinglong Gao | Men's long jump | 2 | $35,000 |
| 818 | Brad Walker | Men's pole vault | - | $34,750 |
| 819 | Catriona Bisset | Women's 800 m | - | $34,750 |
| 820 | Charles Simotwo | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
| 821 | Irina Gordeyeva | Women's high jump | - | $34,750 |
| 822 | Ryuji Miura | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
| 823 | Alexandria Anderson | two disciplines | - | $34,500 |
| 824 | Mamadou Kassé Hann | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $34,500 |
| 825 | Mimi Belete | two disciplines | - | $34,500 |
| 826 | Andreas Almgren | four disciplines | 1 | $34,250 |
| 827 | Chala Beyo | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,250 |
| 828 | Claudine Vita | Women's discus throw | - | $34,250 |
| 829 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | - | $34,250 |
| 830 | Benjamin Robert | two disciplines | 1 | $34,000 |
| 831 | Doris Lemngole | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,000 |
| 832 | Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
| 833 | Nicholas Kiptanui Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
| 834 | Yanis Meziane | Men's 800 m | - | $34,000 |
| 835 | Addisu Yihune | two disciplines | 2 | $33,750 |
| 836 | Jaroslav Bába | Men's high jump | 1 | $33,750 |
| 837 | Airinė Palšytė | Women's high jump | 1 | $33,500 |
| 838 | Alfred Kipketer | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Brad Walker is 818th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $34,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Brad Walker most
Monaco 2013 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the pole vault, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Björn Otto, Lázaro Borges, Jan Kudlička, Steven Lewis, Changrui Xue and Giuseppe Gibilisco.
Adidas Grand Prix 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the pole vault, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jérôme Clavier, Damiel Dossevi, Derek Miles, Fabian Schulze, Jeremy Scott and Romain Mesnil.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 paid $3,000 for 4th in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Konstantinos Filippidis, Hendrik Gruber, Zhang Wei, Mark Hollis, Yansheng Yang and Björn Otto.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Brad Walker won?
$34,750, which ranks 818th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eleven paid finishes between 2010 and 2015.
What is Brad Walker's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the pole vault at the 2013 Monaco. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Brad Walker 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 pole vault 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 Brad Walker 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 Brad Walker is Xinglong Gao on $35,000, and one below Catriona Bisset on $34,750. Brad Walker 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 pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Brad Walker has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's 800 m and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Herculis has its own page across every edition of it.