Gatis Čakšs prize money
Gatis Čakšs has been paid $11,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1518th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten 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 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 | Javelin throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2018 | Javelin throw | 8th | $2,000 |
| All ten | Men's javelin throw | - | $11,250 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $11,250 is ten 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
2018 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $4,000 |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 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 2019, 2020 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $11,250.
Around Gatis Čakšs on the money list
Ranks 1498 to 1538
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1498 | Charlie Grice | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1499 | Collis Birmingham | three disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1500 | Daniel Talbot | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1501 | Davide Re | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1502 | Greg Nixon | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1503 | Homiyu Tesfaye | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1504 | Melknat Wudu | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1505 | Natalia Ducó | Women's shot put | - | $11,500 |
| 1506 | Nathon Allen | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1507 | Nickiesha Wilson | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,500 |
| 1508 | Paul Kipngetich Tanui | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1509 | Pauline Chemning Korikwiang | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1510 | Priscah Jepleting Cherono | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1511 | Ralf Bartels | Men's shot put | - | $11,500 |
| 1512 | Salima el Ouali Alami | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,500 |
| 1513 | Serhiy Smelyk | Men's 200 m | 1 | $11,500 |
| 1514 | Tatyana Kotova | Women's long jump | - | $11,500 |
| 1515 | Wesley Vázquez | Men's 800 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1516 | Adel Mechaal | four disciplines | - | $11,250 |
| 1517 | Carolin Hingst | Women's pole vault | - | $11,250 |
| 1518 | Gatis Čakšs | Men's javelin throw | - | $11,250 |
| 1519 | JaCorian Duffield | Men's high jump | 1 | $11,250 |
| 1520 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | four disciplines | - | $11,250 |
| 1521 | Pål Haugen Lillefosse | Men's pole vault | - | $11,250 |
| 1522 | Andrew Wheating | three disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1523 | Anna Kiełbasińska | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1524 | Antonietta di Martino | Women's high jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1525 | Betsy Saina | three disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1526 | Carrie Russell | Women's 100 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1527 | DeeDee Trotter | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1528 | Djilali Bedrani | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1529 | Edinah Jebitok | four disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1530 | Fatoumata Binta Diallo | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1531 | Georgi Ivanov | Men's shot put | - | $11,000 |
| 1532 | Ingvill Måkestad Bovim | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1533 | Karyna Demidik | Women's high jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1534 | Leford Green | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1535 | Madeline Heiner | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1536 | Marione Fourie | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1537 | Nicole Leach | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1538 | Nigel Levine | Men's 400 m | - | $11,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Gatis Čakšs is 1518th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $11,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Gatis Čakšs most
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 paid $2,000 for 6th in the javelin throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Petr Frydrych, Andreas Hofmann, Julian Weber, Magnus Kirt, Thomas Röhler and Marcin Krukowski.
Weltklasse Zürich 2018 paid $2,000 for 8th in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andreas Hofmann, Magnus Kirt, Thomas Röhler, Neeraj Chopra, Marcin Krukowski and Julian Weber.
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.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Gatis Čakšs won?
$11,250, which ranks 1518th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2018 and 2024.
What is Gatis Čakšs's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 6th in the javelin throw at the 2018 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
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 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 Gatis Čakšs is Carolin Hingst on $11,250, and one below JaCorian Duffield on $11,250. Gatis Čakšs is one of 17 Latvia athletes athletics has paid, and Latvia athletics prize money adds them up to $368,250 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.