Martin Kupper prize money
Martin Kupper has been paid $16,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1268th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from nine paid finishes in the men's discus throw, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 | Discus throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2016 | Discus throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2016 | Discus throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2016 | Discus throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| Athletissima 2016 | Discus throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 | Discus throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2015 | Discus throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| Bislett Games 2015 | Discus throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2015 | Discus throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| All nine | Men's discus throw | - | $16,500 |
The nine paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $16,500 is nine separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2015 to 2017, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $8,500 |
| 2016 | 4 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $7,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $1,000 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $8,500 from four starts. Every season from 2015 to 2017 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $16,500.
Around Martin Kupper on the money list
Ranks 1248 to 1288
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1248 | Casey Malone | Men's discus throw | - | $17,000 |
| 1249 | Daniel Huling | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $17,000 |
| 1250 | Daniella Hill | Women's shot put | - | $17,000 |
| 1251 | Filippo Randazzo | Men's long jump | 1 | $17,000 |
| 1252 | Fotyen Tesfay | two disciplines | - | $17,000 |
| 1253 | Jemma Simpson | Women's 800 m | - | $17,000 |
| 1254 | Kemar Bailey-Cole | Men's 100 m | - | $17,000 |
| 1255 | Ludvy Vaillant | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $17,000 |
| 1256 | Marie Gayot | Women's 400 m | - | $17,000 |
| 1257 | Mauro Vinicius da Silva | Men's long jump | - | $17,000 |
| 1258 | Neja Filipič | Women's triple jump | - | $17,000 |
| 1259 | Tiago Pereira | Men's triple jump | - | $17,000 |
| 1260 | Lovisa Lindh | Women's 800 m | - | $16,750 |
| 1261 | Anass Essayi | two disciplines | - | $16,500 |
| 1262 | Angela Moroşanu | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $16,500 |
| 1263 | Anthony Zambrano | Men's 400 m | 1 | $16,500 |
| 1264 | Caroline Nyaga | two disciplines | - | $16,500 |
| 1265 | Hailemariyam Amare | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $16,500 |
| 1266 | Hanna Green | Women's 800 m | 1 | $16,500 |
| 1267 | Liveta Jasiūnaitė | Women's javelin throw | - | $16,500 |
| 1268 | Martin Kupper | Men's discus throw | - | $16,500 |
| 1269 | Molly Huddle | two disciplines | - | $16,500 |
| 1270 | Randy Lewis | Men's triple jump | - | $16,500 |
| 1271 | Yahya Berrabah | Men's long jump | - | $16,500 |
| 1272 | Zane Weir | Men's shot put | - | $16,500 |
| 1273 | Safina Sadullayeva | Women's high jump | 1 | $16,375 |
| 1274 | Jacko Gill | Men's shot put | - | $16,250 |
| 1275 | Nadezhda Dubovitskaya | Women's high jump | - | $16,250 |
| 1276 | Amálie Švábíková | Women's pole vault | - | $16,000 |
| 1277 | Ashton Eaton | three disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1278 | Baptiste Thiery | Men's pole vault | - | $16,000 |
| 1279 | Barnabas Kipyego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $16,000 |
| 1280 | Ezinne Okparaebo | Women's 100 m | - | $16,000 |
| 1281 | Fabrizio Schembri | Men's triple jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1282 | Gerald Drummond | two disciplines | 1 | $16,000 |
| 1283 | Jak Ali Harvey | Men's 100 m | 1 | $16,000 |
| 1284 | Josephine Terlecki | Women's shot put | - | $16,000 |
| 1285 | Kafétien Gomis | Men's long jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1286 | Lea Meyer | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $16,000 |
| 1287 | Mariya Savinova | Women's 800 m | 4 | $16,000 |
| 1288 | Mason Finley | Men's discus throw | - | $16,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Martin Kupper is 1268th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $16,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Martin Kupper most
Memorial Van Damme 2016 paid $3,000 for 4th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Philip Milanov, Apostolos Parellis, Robert Urbanek, Gerd Kanter, Daniel Ståhl and Piotr Małachowski.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 paid $3,000 for 4th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jason Morgan, Andrius Gudžius, Apostolos Parellis, Erik Cadée, Piotr Małachowski and Robert Urbanek.
Prefontaine Classic 2015 paid $3,000 for 4th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gerd Kanter, Ehsan Haddadi, Jared Schuurmans, Martin Wierig, Piotr Małachowski and Robert Urbanek.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Martin Kupper won?
$16,500, which ranks 1268th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from nine paid finishes between 2015 and 2017.
What is Martin Kupper's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the discus throw at the 2016 Memorial Van Damme. 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 Martin Kupper 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 discus throw 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 Martin Kupper 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 Martin Kupper is Liveta Jasiūnaitė on $16,500, and one below Molly Huddle on $16,500. Martin Kupper is one of 11 Estonia athletes athletics has paid, and Estonia athletics prize money adds them up to $509,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Martin Kupper 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.