Martin Wierig prize money
Martin Wierig has been paid $51,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 605th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 19 paid finishes in the men's discus throw, the best of them 2nd.
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 19 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $51,000 is 19 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 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | British Grand Prix | $2,000 |
| 2011 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $9,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Memorial van Damme | $9,000 |
| 2013 | 5 | - | Sainsburys Anniversary Games | $19,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $7,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $2,500 |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $2,500 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $19,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Martin Wierig in 2016, 2017 and 2018, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $51,000.
Around Martin Wierig on the money list
Ranks 585 to 625
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 585 | Freddie Crittenden | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $53,000 |
| 586 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 587 | Quanesha Burks | Women's long jump | 1 | $53,000 |
| 588 | Sembo Almayew | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 589 | Léa Sprunger | three disciplines | 1 | $52,750 |
| 590 | Jennifer Meadows | Women's 800 m | 2 | $52,500 |
| 591 | Żaneta Glanc | Women's discus throw | - | $52,500 |
| 592 | Adam Gemili | two disciplines | - | $52,000 |
| 593 | Björn Otto | Men's pole vault | 1 | $52,000 |
| 594 | Frank Casanas | Men's discus throw | 1 | $52,000 |
| 595 | Hillary Bor | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $52,000 |
| 596 | Johnny Dutch | Men's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $52,000 |
| 597 | Mariya Abakumova | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $52,000 |
| 598 | Melaine Walker | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $52,000 |
| 599 | Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu | three disciplines | 3 | $51,750 |
| 600 | Abubaker Kaki | Men's 800 m | 3 | $51,500 |
| 601 | Shanice Craft | two disciplines | - | $51,500 |
| 602 | Tia Brooks-Wannemacher | Women's shot put | 2 | $51,500 |
| 603 | Erika Kinsey | Women's high jump | - | $51,333 |
| 604 | Tony McQuay | Men's 400 m | - | $51,250 |
| 605 | Martin Wierig | Men's discus throw | - | $51,000 |
| 606 | Tariku Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $51,000 |
| 607 | Yekaterina Koneva | Women's triple jump | 1 | $51,000 |
| 608 | Roberta Bruni | Women's pole vault | - | $50,875 |
| 609 | Khaddi Sagnia | two disciplines | 1 | $50,750 |
| 610 | Dana Velďáková | Women's triple jump | - | $50,500 |
| 611 | Marwa Bouzayani | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $50,500 |
| 612 | Myriam Soumaré | two disciplines | 1 | $50,500 |
| 613 | Quincy Hall | two disciplines | 2 | $50,500 |
| 614 | Ayomide Folorunso | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $50,250 |
| 615 | Hilary Kpatcha | Women's long jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 616 | Zhang Guowei | Men's high jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 617 | Athing Mu | Women's 800 m | 3 | $50,000 |
| 618 | Chris Benard | Men's triple jump | - | $50,000 |
| 619 | Edmund Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $50,000 |
| 620 | Ignisious Gaisah | Men's long jump | - | $50,000 |
| 621 | Matheus Lima | two disciplines | - | $50,000 |
| 622 | Sinesipho Dambile | Men's 200 m | 1 | $50,000 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Martin Wierig is 605th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $51,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Martin Wierig most
Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2013 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gerd Kanter, Erik Cadée, Ehsan Haddadi, Brett Morse, Frank Casanas and Vikas Gowda.
Memorial van Damme 2012 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Virgilijus Alekna, Erik Cadée, Lawrence Okoye, Vikas Gowda, Frank Casanas and Benn Harradine.
DN Galan 2013 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gerd Kanter, Robert Urbanek, Vikas Gowda, Niklas Arrhenius, Leif Arrhenius and Piotr Małachowski.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Martin Wierig won?
$51,000, which ranks 605th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 19 paid finishes between 2010 and 2019.
What is Martin Wierig's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the discus throw at the 2013 Sainsburys Anniversary Games. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Martin Wierig 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 Wierig 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 Wierig is Tony McQuay on $51,250, and one below Tariku Bekele on $51,000. Martin Wierig is one of 139 Germany athletes athletics has paid, and Germany athletics prize money adds them up to $4,199,250 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 Wierig 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 International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has its own page across every edition of it.