Marco Fortes prize money
Marco Fortes has been paid $23,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1059th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eleven paid finishes in the men's shot put, the best of them 4th.
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 2014 | Shot put | 7th | $1,500 |
| British Grand Prix 2013 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| Qatar Athletic 2013 | Shot put | 7th | $1,500 |
| Meeting Areva 2012 | Shot put | 4th | $3,000 |
| Bislett Games 2012 | Shot put | 5th | $2,500 |
| London Grand Prix 2012 | Shot put | 7th | $1,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2012 | Shot put | 7th | $1,500 |
| Herculis 2011 | Shot put | 4th | $3,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 | Shot put | 5th | $2,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2011 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| Memorial van Damme 2011 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| All eleven | Men's shot put | - | $23,000 |
The eleven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $23,000 is eleven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2011 to 2014, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | - | Herculis | $9,500 |
| 2012 | 4 | - | Meeting Areva | $8,500 |
| 2013 | 2 | - | British Grand Prix | $3,500 |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Meeting Areva | $1,500 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $9,500 from four starts. Every season from 2011 to 2014 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $23,000.
Around Marco Fortes on the money list
Ranks 1039 to 1079
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1039 | Bralon Taplin | Men's 400 m | - | $23,500 |
| 1040 | Britany Anderson | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $23,500 |
| 1041 | Chanelle Price | Women's 800 m | - | $23,500 |
| 1042 | Duane Solomon | Men's 800 m | 1 | $23,500 |
| 1043 | Erica Jarder | Women's long jump | - | $23,500 |
| 1044 | George Mills | four disciplines | - | $23,500 |
| 1045 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | - | $23,500 |
| 1046 | Ryan Gregson | two disciplines | - | $23,500 |
| 1047 | Yelena Isinbayeva | Women's pole vault | 2 | $23,500 |
| 1048 | Nadiya Dusanova | Women's high jump | - | $23,333 |
| 1049 | Agate de Sousa | Women's long jump | - | $23,000 |
| 1050 | Alessandro Sibilio | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $23,000 |
| 1051 | Carina Horn | Women's 100 m | - | $23,000 |
| 1052 | Changrui Xue | Men's pole vault | - | $23,000 |
| 1053 | Ernesto Revé | Men's triple jump | - | $23,000 |
| 1054 | Fabrizio Donato | Men's triple jump | 1 | $23,000 |
| 1055 | Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye | two disciplines | 1 | $23,000 |
| 1056 | Isabelle Pedersen | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $23,000 |
| 1057 | Jakub Holuša | two disciplines | - | $23,000 |
| 1058 | Jeremiah Azu | Men's 100 m | - | $23,000 |
| 1059 | Marco Fortes | Men's shot put | - | $23,000 |
| 1060 | Marina Arzamasova | Women's 800 m | - | $23,000 |
| 1061 | Marthe Koala | Women's long jump | 1 | $23,000 |
| 1062 | Michael Rimmer | Men's 800 m | - | $23,000 |
| 1063 | Rose Mary Almanza | Women's 800 m | 1 | $23,000 |
| 1064 | Stuart Farquhar | Men's javelin throw | - | $23,000 |
| 1065 | Tori Peeters | Women's javelin throw | - | $23,000 |
| 1066 | Kuma Girma | three disciplines | - | $22,750 |
| 1067 | Maksim Nedasekau | Men's high jump | - | $22,750 |
| 1068 | Abadi Hadis | Men's 5000 m | - | $22,500 |
| 1069 | Agathe Guillemot | three disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1070 | Aleksandr Shustov | Men's high jump | - | $22,500 |
| 1071 | Anna Willard | two disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1072 | Armin Sinančević | Men's shot put | - | $22,500 |
| 1073 | Barbara Pierre | two disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1074 | Ekaterina Guliyev | Women's 800 m | 1 | $22,500 |
| 1075 | James Ellington | two disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1076 | John Kipkoech | two disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1077 | Luis Alberto Rivera Morales | Men's long jump | - | $22,500 |
| 1078 | Marilyn Okoro | Women's 800 m | - | $22,500 |
| 1079 | Milan Trajkovic | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $22,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Marco Fortes is 1059th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $23,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Marco Fortes most
Meeting Areva 2012 paid $3,000 for 4th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nedžad Mulabegović, Dmytro Savytskyy, Ladislav Prášil, Tumatai Dauphin, Dylan Armstrong and Joe Kovacs.
Herculis 2011 paid $3,000 for 4th in the shot put, one of five in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dan Taylor, Reese Hoffa, Christian Cantwell and Dylan Armstrong.
Bislett Games 2012 paid $2,500 for 5th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Óðinn Björn Þorsteinsson, Leif Arrhenius, Stian Andersen, Tomasz Majewski, Dylan Armstrong and David Storl.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Marco Fortes won?
$23,000, which ranks 1059th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eleven paid finishes between 2011 and 2014.
What is Marco Fortes's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the shot put 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 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Marco Fortes 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 shot put 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 Marco Fortes 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 Marco Fortes is Jeremiah Azu on $23,000, and one below Marina Arzamasova on $23,000. Marco Fortes is one of 30 Portugal athletes athletics has paid, and Portugal athletics prize money adds them up to $1,063,500 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Marco Fortes 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.