Emma Zapletalová prize money
Emma Zapletalová has been paid $96,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 332nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from thirteen paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles, five 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 400 m hurdles | 2nd | $12,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | 400 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 | 400 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| Bislett Games 2026 | 400 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2026 | 400 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2026 | 400 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | 400 m hurdles | 6th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 400 m hurdles | 2nd | $12,000 |
| Bislett Games 2025 | 400 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025 | 400 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2025 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $5,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2025 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2021 | 400 m hurdles | 6th | $1,000 |
| All thirteen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $96,500 |
The thirteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $96,500 is thirteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.09% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Emma Zapletalová did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 metres hurdles | 3rd | 53.00 | $22,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Emma Zapletalová $22,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $96,500 from thirteen Diamond League starts between 2021 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Emma Zapletalová did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 metres hurdles | 2nd | 52.68 | $75,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Emma Zapletalová $75,000 for one finish over three days, against $96,500 from thirteen Diamond League starts between 2021 and 2026. Three days there paid her more than any whole Diamond League season has. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Indoor Championships
What Emma Zapletalová did indoors
Emma Zapletalová went to the World Indoor Championships on a relay and ran no individual final there. She ran on the Slovakia team that finished 6th in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay in Toruń 2026, $4,000 to the team rather than to any one of the four. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2021 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | $1,000 |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $31,500 |
| 2026 | 7 | 5 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $64,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $64,000 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Emma Zapletalová in 2022, 2023 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $96,500.
Around Emma Zapletalová on the money list
Ranks 312 to 352
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 312 | Rajindra Campbell | Men's shot put | 2 | $102,500 |
| 313 | Lukas Weißhaidinger | Men's discus throw | - | $102,000 |
| 314 | Tiffany Porter | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $102,000 |
| 315 | Ehsan Haddadi | Men's discus throw | 1 | $101,500 |
| 316 | Alexander Ogando | two disciplines | 2 | $101,250 |
| 317 | Ezekiel Kemboi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 7 | $101,000 |
| 318 | Kamila Lićwinko | Women's high jump | 2 | $101,000 |
| 319 | Trey Cunningham | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $100,750 |
| 320 | Holly Bradshaw | Women's pole vault | - | $100,083 |
| 321 | Teddy Tamgho | Men's triple jump | 6 | $99,500 |
| 322 | Lieke Klaver | Women's 400 m | - | $98,750 |
| 323 | Fabrice Lapierre | Men's long jump | 2 | $98,000 |
| 324 | Juan Miguel Echevarría | Men's long jump | 4 | $98,000 |
| 325 | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | Women's discus throw | 1 | $97,500 |
| 326 | Adriana Vilagoš | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $97,250 |
| 327 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $97,208 |
| 328 | Feng Bin | Women's discus throw | 3 | $97,000 |
| 329 | Kellie Wells | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $97,000 |
| 330 | Tyson Gay | two disciplines | 8 | $97,000 |
| 331 | Chris Nilsen | Men's pole vault | 2 | $96,750 |
| 332 | Emma Zapletalová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $96,500 |
| 333 | Joshua Cheptegei | three disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 334 | Shannon Rowbury | four disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 335 | Julius Yego | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $96,000 |
| 336 | Zharnel Hughes | two disciplines | 2 | $95,500 |
| 337 | Mujinga Kambundji | two disciplines | 1 | $95,250 |
| 338 | Ronald Levy | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $94,750 |
| 339 | Cleopatra Borel | Women's shot put | - | $94,500 |
| 340 | Yargelis Savigne | two disciplines | 7 | $94,500 |
| 341 | Jorinde van Klinken | two disciplines | 1 | $94,000 |
| 342 | Lamecha Girma | five disciplines | 6 | $94,000 |
| 343 | Sanya Richards-Ross | two disciplines | 5 | $93,500 |
| 344 | Luguelín Santos | Men's 400 m | 1 | $93,000 |
| 345 | Amy Hunt | two disciplines | - | $92,500 |
| 346 | Christophe Lemaitre | two disciplines | 1 | $92,500 |
| 347 | Chaunte Lowe | Women's high jump | 5 | $92,000 |
| 348 | Berihu Aregawi | three disciplines | 4 | $91,750 |
| 349 | Peruth Chemutai | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $91,750 |
| 350 | L. J. van Zyl | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $91,500 |
| 351 | Niels Laros | three disciplines | 3 | $91,000 |
| 352 | Nelly Chepchirchir | two disciplines | 4 | $90,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Emma Zapletalová is 332nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $96,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Emma Zapletalová most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Paulien Couckuyt, Gianna Woodruff, Rushell Clayton, Fatoumata Binta Diallo, Dalilah Muhammad and Amalie Iuel.
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andrenette Knight, Gianna Woodruff, Naomi Van den Broeck, Amalie Iuel, Ayomide Folorunso and Zenéy Geldenhuys.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anna Cockrell, Rushell Clayton, Gianna Woodruff, Amalie Iuel, Savannah Sutherland and Ayomide Folorunso.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Emma Zapletalová won?
$96,500, which ranks 332nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from thirteen paid finishes between 2021 and 2026.
What is Emma Zapletalová's biggest Diamond League payday?
$12,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m hurdles at the 2026 AG Memorial Van Damme. 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 Emma Zapletalová 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 400 m hurdles 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 Emma Zapletalová won?
Five of thirteen, worth $50,000 between them. Two of her appearances came at a final, which paid $24,000.
How much did Emma Zapletalová win at the 2025 World Championships?
$22,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
How much did Emma Zapletalová win at the Ultimate Championship?
$75,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
Is this everything Emma Zapletalová earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships and Ultimate Championship 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 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 Emma Zapletalová is Chris Nilsen on $96,750, and one below Joshua Cheptegei on $96,500. Emma Zapletalová is one of 10 Slovakia athletes athletics has paid, and Slovakia athletics prize money adds them up to $276,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Emma Zapletalová 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 AG Memorial Van Damme 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 women's 400 metres hurdles page. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the women's 400 metres hurdles page. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the women's 4 × 400 metres relay page.