Gatis Čakšs prize money
Gatis Čakšs has been paid $7,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 955th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from eight paid finishes in the men's javelin throw, the best of them 5th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich 2024 | Javelin throw | 6th | $1,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 | Javelin throw | 5th | $1,250 |
| Athletissima 2022 | Javelin throw | 8th | $500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | Javelin throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 2021 | Javelin throw | 5th | $1,250 |
| Anniversary Games 2021 | Javelin throw | 6th | $1,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2021 | Javelin throw | 8th | $500 |
| Athletissima 2021 | Javelin throw | =8th | $250 |
| All eight | Men's javelin throw | — | $7,250 |
The eight paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $7,250 is eight separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2021 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $4,500 |
| 2022 | 2 | — | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $1,750 |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 1 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $1,000 |
season running total
2021 is the biggest of them, $4,500 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Gatis Čakšs in 2023, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $7,250.
Around Gatis Čakšs on the money list
Ranks 935 to 975
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 935 | Craig Engels | two disciplines | — | $7,500 |
| 936 | Daisy Osakue | Women's discus throw | — | $7,500 |
| 937 | Henrik Larsson | two disciplines | — | $7,500 |
| 938 | Kateryna Tabashnyk | Women's high jump | — | $7,500 |
| 939 | Lomi Muleta | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $7,500 |
| 940 | Luca Kozák | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $7,500 |
| 941 | Marija Tolj | Women's discus throw | — | $7,500 |
| 942 | Mateusz Przybylko | Men's high jump | — | $7,500 |
| 943 | Mezgebu Sime | two disciplines | — | $7,500 |
| 944 | Olivia Markezich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $7,500 |
| 945 | Rayniah Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $7,500 |
| 946 | Silas Kiplagat | Men's 1500 m | — | $7,500 |
| 947 | Talitha Diggs | Women's 400 m | — | $7,500 |
| 948 | Thiago Braz da Silva | Men's pole vault | — | $7,500 |
| 949 | Vernon Turner | Men's high jump | — | $7,500 |
| 950 | Victoria Ohuruogu | Women's 400 m | — | $7,500 |
| 951 | Boglárka Takács | two disciplines | — | $7,250 |
| 952 | Charity Hufnagel | Women's high jump | — | $7,250 |
| 953 | Damian Czykier | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $7,250 |
| 954 | Emmanuel Bamidele | Men's 400 m | — | $7,250 |
| 955 | Gatis Čakšs | Men's javelin throw | — | $7,250 |
| 956 | Julien Watrin | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $7,250 |
| 957 | Margot Chevrier | Women's pole vault | — | $7,250 |
| 958 | Mario García | two disciplines | — | $7,250 |
| 959 | Nick Smidt | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $7,250 |
| 960 | Ryan Zeze | Men's 200 m | — | $7,250 |
| 961 | Águeda Marqués | two disciplines | — | $7,000 |
| 962 | Anna Hall | three disciplines | — | $7,000 |
| 963 | Brooke Stratton | Women's long jump | — | $7,000 |
| 964 | Dai Qianqian | Women's javelin throw | — | $7,000 |
| 965 | Gerson Baldé | Men's long jump | — | $7,000 |
| 966 | Kemar Mowatt | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $7,000 |
| 967 | Ky Robinson | two disciplines | — | $7,000 |
| 968 | Luka Janežič | Men's 400 m | — | $7,000 |
| 969 | Marie-Julie Bonnin | Women's pole vault | — | $7,000 |
| 970 | Minke Bisschops | two disciplines | — | $7,000 |
| 971 | Murali Sreeshankar | Men's long jump | — | $7,000 |
| 972 | Natalia Linares | Women's long jump | — | $7,000 |
| 973 | Purity Cherotich Kirui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $7,000 |
| 974 | Ruth Jebet | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $7,000 |
| 975 | Simone Facey | Women's 200 m | — | $7,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Gatis Čakšs is 955th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $7,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Gatis Čakšs most
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $1,500 for 7th in the javelin throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Johannes Vetter, Julian Weber, Jakub Vadlejch, Andrian Mardare, Anderson Peters and Simon Wieland.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 paid $1,250 for 5th in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Manu Quijera, Marcin Krukowski, Leandro Ramos, Jakub Vadlejch, Julian Weber and Curtis Thompson.
Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 2021 paid $1,250 for 5th in the javelin throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Norbert Rivasz-Tóth, Harry Hughes, Marcin Krukowski, Keshorn Walcott, Kim Amb and Anderson Peters.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Gatis Čakšs won?
$7,250, which ranks 955th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from eight paid finishes between 2021 and 2024.
What is Gatis Čakšs's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,500, for finishing 7th in the javelin throw at the 2021 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 Gatis Čakšs 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 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.
Is this everything Gatis Čakšs earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Gatis Čakšs is Emmanuel Bamidele on $7,250, and one below Julien Watrin on $7,250. Gatis Čakšs is one of 6 Latvia athletes athletics has paid, and Latvia athletics prize money adds them up to $113,750 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Gatis Čakšs 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 Weltklasse Zürich has its own page across every edition of it.