Leevan Sands prize money
Leevan Sands has been paid $48,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 643rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from twelve paid finishes in the men's triple jump, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting Areva 2012 | Triple jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2012 | Triple jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2012 | Triple jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2011 | Triple jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2011 | Triple jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Golden Gala 2011 | Triple jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 | Triple jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| Athletissima 2011 | Triple jump | 7th | $1,500 |
| Doha Diamond League 2010 | Triple jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 | Triple jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| British Grand Prix 2010 | Triple jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | Triple jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| All twelve | Men's triple jump | - | $48,000 |
The twelve paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $48,000 is twelve 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
2010 to 2012, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | - | Doha Diamond League | $11,500 |
| 2011 | 5 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $17,500 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | Meeting Areva | $19,000 |
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $19,000 from three starts. Every season from 2010 to 2012 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $48,000.
Around Leevan Sands on the money list
Ranks 623 to 663
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 623 | Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui | two disciplines | 1 | $49,750 |
| 624 | Joseph Fahnbulleh | Men's 200 m | - | $49,750 |
| 625 | Kyree King | two disciplines | - | $49,750 |
| 626 | Rachid Muratake | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $49,750 |
| 627 | Debbie Dunn | Women's 400 m | - | $49,500 |
| 628 | Denisa Rosolová | two disciplines | - | $49,500 |
| 629 | Sarah Healy | four disciplines | 1 | $49,500 |
| 630 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $49,250 |
| 631 | Sasha Zhoya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $49,250 |
| 632 | Antti Ruuskanen | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $49,000 |
| 633 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $49,000 |
| 634 | Kemi Adekoya | two disciplines | 1 | $49,000 |
| 635 | Sara Petersen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,750 |
| 636 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | - | $48,500 |
| 637 | Pavel Maslák | Men's 400 m | - | $48,500 |
| 638 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,500 |
| 639 | Tia Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $48,250 |
| 640 | Ari Mannio | Men's javelin throw | - | $48,000 |
| 641 | Courtney Okolo | Women's 400 m | - | $48,000 |
| 642 | Khallifah Rosser | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $48,000 |
| 643 | Leevan Sands | Men's triple jump | 1 | $48,000 |
| 644 | Lydia Chebet Rotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $48,000 |
| 645 | Vikas Gowda | Men's discus throw | - | $48,000 |
| 646 | Virginia Nyambura | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $48,000 |
| 647 | Wilfried Happio | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,000 |
| 648 | Aleia Hobbs | Women's 100 m | 2 | $47,750 |
| 649 | Amel Tuka | Men's 800 m | 1 | $47,750 |
| 650 | Līna Mūze | Women's javelin throw | - | $47,250 |
| 651 | Matteo Sioli | Men's high jump | 2 | $47,250 |
| 652 | Werkuha Getachew | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $47,250 |
| 653 | Davisleydi Velazco | Women's triple jump | 2 | $47,000 |
| 654 | Laulauga Tausaga | Women's discus throw | - | $47,000 |
| 655 | Laura Weightman | four disciplines | - | $47,000 |
| 656 | Xie Wenjun | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $47,000 |
| 657 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 658 | Nikki Hiltz | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 659 | Winnie Nanyondo | four disciplines | - | $46,750 |
| 660 | Menno Vloon | Men's pole vault | - | $46,667 |
| 661 | Elizabeth Gleadle | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $46,500 |
| 662 | Kristi Castlin | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $46,500 |
| 663 | Shelby Houlihan | four disciplines | 2 | $46,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Leevan Sands is 643rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $48,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Leevan Sands most
Meeting Areva 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Karl Taillepierre, Harold Correa, Jadel Gregório, Alieksei Tsapik, Julien Kapek and Alexis Copello.
London Grand Prix 2012 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tosin Oke, Samyr Laine, Daniele Greco, Karl Taillepierre, Aarik Wilson and Fabrizio Schembri.
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the triple jump, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alexis Copello, Yoann Rapinier, Sief El Islem Temacini, Mohammed Abbas Darwish, Randy Lewis and Teddy Tamgho.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Leevan Sands won?
$48,000, which ranks 643rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from twelve paid finishes between 2010 and 2012.
What is Leevan Sands's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the triple jump at the 2012 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 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Leevan Sands 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 triple jump 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 Leevan Sands won?
One of twelve, worth $10,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Leevan Sands 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 Leevan Sands is Khallifah Rosser on $48,000, and one below Lydia Chebet Rotich on $48,000. Leevan Sands is one of 22 Bahamas athletes athletics has paid, and Bahamas athletics prize money adds them up to $1,125,958 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's triple jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Leevan Sands 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 Meeting Areva has its own page across every edition of it.