Dan Taylor prize money
Dan Taylor has been paid $15,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1325th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eight paid finishes in the men's shot put, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2012 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| Herculis 2011 | Shot put | 5th | $2,500 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 | Shot put | 8th | $1,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | Shot put | 4th | $3,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2010 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala 2010 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| BAUHAUS-galan 2010 | Shot put | 7th | $1,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2010 | Shot put | 8th | $1,000 |
| All eight | Men's shot put | - | $15,000 |
The eight paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $15,000 is eight 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 2012, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | - | London Grand Prix | $9,500 |
| 2011 | 2 | - | Herculis | $3,500 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $2,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $9,500 from five starts. Every season from 2010 to 2012 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $15,000.
Around Dan Taylor on the money list
Ranks 1305 to 1345
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1326 | James Dasaolu | Men's 100 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1327 | Khaleb McRae | Men's 400 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1328 | Lázaro Borges | Men's pole vault | - | $15,000 |
| 1329 | Margaryta Dorozhon | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1330 | Marina Aitova | Women's high jump | - | $15,000 |
| 1331 | Ngonidzashe Makusha | Men's long jump | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1332 | Obi Igbokwe | Men's 400 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1333 | Schillonie Calvert-Powell | Women's 100 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1334 | Stanley Kebenei | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $15,000 |
| 1335 | Torrie Lewis | two disciplines | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1336 | Yelena Kotulskaya | Women's 800 m | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1337 | Daniel Rowden | Men's 800 m | - | $14,750 |
| 1338 | Genevieve Gregson | three disciplines | - | $14,750 |
| 1339 | Jake Heyward | two disciplines | - | $14,750 |
| 1340 | Jérôme Clavier | Men's pole vault | - | $14,750 |
| 1341 | Alana Boyd | Women's pole vault | - | $14,583 |
| 1342 | Alicia Monson | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1343 | Bernard Nganga | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $14,500 |
| 1344 | Birtukan Adamu | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $14,500 |
| 1345 | Caleb Dean | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Dan Taylor is 1325th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $15,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Dan Taylor most
London Grand Prix 2010 paid $3,000 for 4th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Adam Nelson, Dylan Armstrong, Cory Martin, Ryan Whiting, Reese Hoffa and Tomasz Majewski.
Herculis 2011 paid $2,500 for 5th in the shot put, one of five in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Reese Hoffa, Christian Cantwell, Dylan Armstrong and Marco Fortes.
Prefontaine Classic 2012 paid $2,000 for 6th in the shot put, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Justin Rodhe, Reese Hoffa, Tomasz Majewski, Dylan Armstrong, Ryan Whiting and Christian Cantwell.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Dan Taylor won?
$15,000, which ranks 1325th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eight paid finishes between 2010 and 2012.
What is Dan Taylor's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the shot put at the 2010 London 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 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Dan Taylor 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 Dan Taylor 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 Dan Taylor is Andrew Bayer on $15,000, and one below James Dasaolu on $15,000. Dan Taylor 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 Dan Taylor 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.