Jan Kudlička prize money
Jan Kudlička has been paid $40,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 747th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fourteen 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 2017 | Pole vault | =2nd | $5,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2017 | Pole vault | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | Pole vault | 8th | $1,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2016 | Pole vault | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2016 | Pole vault | 5th | $2,500 |
| Herculis 2015 | Pole vault | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2015 | Pole vault | 7th | $1,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2014 | Pole vault | 3rd | $4,000 |
| ExxonMobil Bislett Games 2014 | Pole vault | =6th | $1,750 |
| Meeting Areva 2013 | Pole vault | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Monaco 2013 | Pole vault | 5th | $2,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2013 | Pole vault | =5th | $2,250 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2013 | Pole vault | 7th | $1,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2012 | Pole vault | =3rd | $3,500 |
| All fourteen | Men's pole vault | - | $40,000 |
The fourteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $40,000 is fourteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2012 to 2017, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $3,500 |
| 2013 | 4 | - | Meeting Areva | $12,250 |
| 2014 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $5,750 |
| 2015 | 2 | - | Herculis | $3,500 |
| 2016 | 2 | - | Meeting de Paris | $6,500 |
| 2017 | 3 | - | Herculis | $8,500 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $12,250 from four starts. Every season from 2012 to 2017 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $40,000.
Around Jan Kudlička on the money list
Ranks 727 to 767
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 727 | Jordan Geist | Men's shot put | 1 | $41,000 |
| 728 | Mark English | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 729 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 730 | Yuliya Leantsiuk | Women's shot put | - | $41,000 |
| 731 | Zinaida Sendriutė | Women's discus throw | - | $41,000 |
| 732 | Jarrion Lawson | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,750 |
| 733 | Pia Skrzyszowska | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $40,750 |
| 734 | Quanera Hayes | Women's 400 m | 1 | $40,750 |
| 735 | Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $40,750 |
| 736 | Leonard Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $40,500 |
| 737 | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,500 |
| 738 | Almir dos Santos | Men's triple jump | - | $40,250 |
| 739 | Akeem Bloomfield | Men's 400 m | 3 | $40,000 |
| 740 | Aleshign Baweke | three disciplines | 1 | $40,000 |
| 741 | Brandon McBride | Men's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 742 | Bryce Hoppel | two disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 743 | Christine Mboma | Women's 200 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 744 | Claire Bryant | Women's long jump | - | $40,000 |
| 745 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | five disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 746 | Isabella Whittaker | Women's 400 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 747 | Jan Kudlička | Men's pole vault | - | $40,000 |
| 748 | Margaret Wambui | Women's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 749 | Nadine Kleinert | Women's shot put | - | $40,000 |
| 750 | Petr Frydrych | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,000 |
| 751 | Xiang Liu | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $40,000 |
| 752 | Zarck Visser | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,000 |
| 753 | Amine Laalou | three disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 754 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $39,500 |
| 755 | Josh Hoey | two disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 756 | Pamela Jelimo | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,500 |
| 757 | Youssef Ahmed Masrahi | Men's 400 m | 1 | $39,500 |
| 758 | Shiann Salmon | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $39,250 |
| 759 | Halima Hachlaf | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,000 |
| 760 | Kim Amb | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $39,000 |
| 761 | Leonel Manzano | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 762 | Paul Chelimo | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 763 | Bryce Deadmon | Men's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 764 | Candice McLeod | Women's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 765 | Romain Mesnil | Men's pole vault | 1 | $38,583 |
| 766 | Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 767 | Molly Ludlow | Women's 800 m | - | $38,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Jan Kudlička is 747th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $40,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Jan Kudlička most
Meeting Areva 2013 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Konstantinos Filippidis, Raphael Holzdeppe, Brad Walker, Steven Lewis, Augusto Dutra and Valentin Lavillenie.
Herculis 2017 paid $5,000 for =2nd in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kévin Menaldo, Axel Chapelle, Renaud Lavillenie, Kurtis Marschall, Shawn Barber and Valentin Lavillenie.
Meeting de Paris 2016 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Paweł Wojciechowski, Shawn Barber, Konstantinos Filippidis, Robert Renner, Stanley Joseph and Renaud Lavillenie.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Jan Kudlička won?
$40,000, which ranks 747th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fourteen paid finishes between 2012 and 2017.
What is Jan Kudlička's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the pole vault at the 2013 Meeting Areva. 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 Jan Kudlička 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 Jan Kudlička 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 Jan Kudlička is Isabella Whittaker on $40,000, and one below Margaret Wambui on $40,000. Jan Kudlička is one of 30 Czechia athletes athletics has paid, and Czechia athletics prize money adds them up to $1,752,792 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 Jan Kudlička 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.