Marcin Lewandowski prize money
Marcin Lewandowski has been paid $170,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 145th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 43 paid finishes in the men's 800 m, men's mile and men's 1500 m, 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 43 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $170,500 is 43 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Marcin Lewandowski
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 800 m | 35 | 1 | 2010 to 2019 | $140,500 |
| Men's mile | 2 | 1 | 2019 to 2021 | $16,000 |
| Men's 1500 m | 5 | - | 2017 to 2021 | $11,500 |
| Men's 1000 m | 1 | - | 2016 | $2,500 |
The men's 800 m has paid Marcin Lewandowski $140,500 of the $170,500, which is 82% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2010 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 1 | BAUHAUS-galan | $20,000 |
| 2011 | 4 | - | Athletissima | $17,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | DN Galan | $3,000 |
| 2013 | 3 | - | Athletissima | $10,000 |
| 2014 | 6 | - | DN Galan | $15,000 |
| 2015 | 4 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $10,500 |
| 2016 | 3 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $7,000 |
| 2017 | 7 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $34,500 |
| 2018 | 3 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $26,500 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | Oslo Bislett Games | $20,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 2 | - | Bislett Games | $7,000 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $34,500 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Marcin Lewandowski in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $170,500.
Around Marcin Lewandowski on the money list
Ranks 125 to 165
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | Blanka Vlašić | Women's high jump | 14 | $185,500 |
| 126 | Novlene Williams-Mills | Women's 400 m | 7 | $185,000 |
| 127 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | 8 | $184,500 |
| 128 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
| 129 | Olha Saladukha | Women's triple jump | 6 | $183,000 |
| 130 | Vítězslav Veselý | Men's javelin throw | 8 | $183,000 |
| 131 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 5 | $181,750 |
| 132 | Bershawn Jackson | two disciplines | 9 | $181,500 |
| 133 | Emmanuel Korir | two disciplines | 6 | $181,500 |
| 134 | Janieve Russell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $180,500 |
| 135 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 136 | Christina Obergföll | Women's javelin throw | 12 | $179,000 |
| 137 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 6 | $178,750 |
| 138 | Tianna Bartoletta | two disciplines | 8 | $177,750 |
| 139 | Larissa Iapichino | Women's long jump | 6 | $177,500 |
| 140 | Sally Pearson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $172,500 |
| 141 | Usain Bolt | two disciplines | 16 | $172,000 |
| 142 | Andriy Protsenko | Men's high jump | 3 | $171,250 |
| 143 | Emmanouil Karalis | Men's pole vault | 3 | $170,875 |
| 144 | Keely Hodgkinson | two disciplines | 9 | $170,500 |
| 145 | Marcin Lewandowski | four disciplines | 2 | $170,500 |
| 146 | Sarah Mitton | Women's shot put | 3 | $170,250 |
| 147 | Yuliya Levchenko | Women's high jump | 1 | $169,125 |
| 148 | Aaron Brown | two disciplines | 2 | $167,000 |
| 149 | Abeba Aregawi | four disciplines | 12 | $166,000 |
| 150 | David Rudisha | Men's 800 m | 14 | $166,000 |
| 151 | Neeraj Chopra | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $165,500 |
| 152 | Will Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $164,750 |
| 153 | Hansle Parchment | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $164,000 |
| 154 | Selemon Barega | four disciplines | 5 | $163,750 |
| 155 | Eunice Sum | two disciplines | 11 | $162,500 |
| 156 | Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 2 | $162,000 |
| 157 | Marco Arop | two disciplines | 5 | $162,000 |
| 158 | Anderson Peters | Men's javelin throw | 7 | $161,000 |
| 159 | Konstantinos Filippidis | Men's pole vault | 6 | $161,000 |
| 160 | Julian Weber | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $160,750 |
| 161 | Norah Jeruto | two disciplines | 6 | $160,750 |
| 162 | Tajay Gayle | Men's long jump | 4 | $160,250 |
| 163 | Sunette Viljoen | Women's javelin throw | 4 | $160,000 |
| 164 | Nickel Ashmeade | two disciplines | 6 | $159,500 |
| 165 | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Women's 100 m hurdles | 12 | $158,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Marcin Lewandowski is 145th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $170,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Marcin Lewandowski most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ferguson Rotich, Jake Wightman, Clayton Murphy, Wycliffe Kinyamal, Eliott Crestan and Antoine Gakeme.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Adam Kszczot, Kipyegon Bett, Ferguson Rotich, Alfred Kipketer, Elliot Giles and Asbel Kiprop.
Oslo Bislett Games 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the mile, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vincent Kibet, Ayanleh Souleiman, John Gregorek Jr., Clayton Murphy, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Ryan Gregson.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Marcin Lewandowski won?
$170,500, which ranks 145th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 43 paid finishes between 2010 and 2021.
What is Marcin Lewandowski's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the 800 m at the 2018 AG Memorial Van Damme. 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 Marcin Lewandowski 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 800 m 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 Marcin Lewandowski won?
Two of 43, worth $20,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $44,000.
Is this everything Marcin Lewandowski 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 Marcin Lewandowski is Keely Hodgkinson on $170,500, and one below Sarah Mitton on $170,250. Marcin Lewandowski is one of 84 Poland athletes athletics has paid, and Poland athletics prize money adds them up to $2,711,542 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 800 m prize money, men's mile prize money, men's 1500 m prize money and men's 1000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Marcin Lewandowski has been paid in four of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.