L. J. van Zyl prize money
L. J. van Zyl has been paid $91,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 350th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 27 paid finishes in the men's 400 m hurdles, two 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
The 27 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $91,500 is 27 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.08% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2017, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | - | Doha Diamond League | $9,000 |
| 2011 | 4 | 2 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $26,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $3,500 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Qatar Athletic | $2,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $8,000 |
| 2015 | 5 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $18,500 |
| 2016 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $13,000 |
| 2017 | 4 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $11,500 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $26,000 from four starts. Every season from 2010 to 2017 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $91,500.
Around L. J. van Zyl on the money list
Ranks 330 to 370
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 353 | Levern Spencer | Women's high jump | 1 | $90,508 |
| 354 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $90,250 |
| 355 | Jeremy Wariner | Men's 400 m | 7 | $90,000 |
| 356 | Ameer Webb | two disciplines | 3 | $89,500 |
| 357 | Habitam Alemu | three disciplines | - | $89,500 |
| 358 | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa | two disciplines | 1 | $89,500 |
| 359 | Imane Merga | two disciplines | 4 | $88,500 |
| 360 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 361 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 362 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 363 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 364 | Meseret Defar | three disciplines | 5 | $86,000 |
| 365 | Phillips Idowu | Men's triple jump | 6 | $86,000 |
| 366 | Evan Jager | three disciplines | 1 | $85,500 |
| 367 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 368 | Philip Milanov | Men's discus throw | 3 | $85,250 |
| 369 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $84,500 |
| 370 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $84,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. L. J. van Zyl is 350th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $91,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid L. J. van Zyl most
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2011 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Cornel Fredericks, Bershawn Jackson, Kurt Leone Couto, LaRon Bennett, Richard Yates and Georg Fleischhauer.
Golden Gala 2011 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: David Greene, Angelo Taylor, Javier Culson, Jehue Gordon, Justin Gaymon and Johnny Dutch.
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rasmus Mägi, Kerron Clement, Javier Culson, Kariem Hussein, Annsert Whyte and Nicholas Bett.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has L. J. van Zyl won?
$91,500, which ranks 350th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 27 paid finishes between 2010 and 2017.
What is L. J. van Zyl's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m hurdles at the 2011 Qatar Athletic Super 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 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what L. J. van Zyl 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 win is worth the same in the men'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 L. J. van Zyl won?
Two of 27, worth $20,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $3,000.
Is this everything L. J. van Zyl 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 L. J. van Zyl is Peruth Chemutai on $91,750, and one below Niels Laros on $91,000. L. J. van Zyl is one of 54 South Africa athletes athletics has paid, and South Africa athletics prize money adds them up to $2,356,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and L. J. van Zyl 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 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.