Oscar Pistorius prize money
Oscar Pistorius has been paid $9,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1642nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the men's 400 m, the best of them 5th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2012 | 400 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2012 | 400 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2011 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting Areva 2011 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2011 | 400 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All five | Men's 400 m | - | $9,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $9,000 is five 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
2011 to 2012, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $6,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $3,000 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $6,000 from three starts. Every season from 2011 to 2012 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $9,000.
Around Oscar Pistorius on the money list
Ranks 1622 to 1662
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1622 | Teahna Daniels | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1623 | Tobias Grønstad | Men's 800 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1624 | Wilfried Koffi Hua | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1625 | Xinyue Su | Women's discus throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1626 | Yamilé Aldama | Women's triple jump | - | $9,500 |
| 1627 | Rohan Watson | Men's 100 m | - | $9,250 |
| 1628 | Ryoichi Akamatsu | Men's high jump | - | $9,250 |
| 1629 | Tobias Scherbarth | Men's pole vault | - | $9,250 |
| 1630 | Zach Bradford | Men's pole vault | - | $9,250 |
| 1631 | Abdelati El Guesse | Men's 800 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1632 | Ben Blankenship | three disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1633 | Birtukan Fente Alemu | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1634 | Gerhard Mayer | Men's discus throw | - | $9,000 |
| 1635 | Helen Clitheroe | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1636 | Henrik Larsson | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1637 | Irina Rodrigues | Women's discus throw | - | $9,000 |
| 1638 | Jerome Blake | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1639 | Jonathan Jones | Men's 400 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1640 | Kim Juhl Christensen | Men's shot put | - | $9,000 |
| 1641 | Lawi Lalang | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1642 | Oscar Pistorius | Men's 400 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1643 | Samuel Pihlström | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1644 | Shawn Crawford | Men's 200 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1645 | Tatyana Lebedeva | Women's triple jump | - | $9,000 |
| 1646 | Tommi Evilä | Men's long jump | - | $9,000 |
| 1647 | Treniere Moser | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1648 | Veronica Borsi | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $9,000 |
| 1649 | Veronica Vancardo | Women's 800 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1650 | Viivi Lehikoinen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,000 |
| 1651 | Yoann Kowal | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1652 | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Men's pole vault | - | $8,833 |
| 1653 | Arthur Cissé | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1654 | Aurel Manga | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $8,750 |
| 1655 | Aynadis Mebratu | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1656 | Elena Bellò | Women's 800 m | - | $8,750 |
| 1657 | Gabriel Constantino | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $8,750 |
| 1658 | Luiza Gega | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1659 | Monika Pyrek | Women's pole vault | - | $8,750 |
| 1660 | Mouhamadou Fall | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1661 | Saúl Ordóñez | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1662 | Alemnat Walle | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Oscar Pistorius is 1642nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $9,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Oscar Pistorius most
Adidas Grand Prix 2011 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kevin Borlée, Renny Quow, Ricardo Chambers, Jeremy Wariner, Jermaine Gonzales and Rondell Bartholomew.
Meeting Areva 2011 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Michael Bingham, Calvin Smith, Yoann Décimus, Christopher Brown, Jonathan Borlée and Jermaine Gonzales.
Prefontaine Classic 2012 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: LaShawn Merritt, Christopher Brown, Angelo Taylor, Kevin Borlée, Jeremy Wariner and Demetrius Pinder.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Oscar Pistorius won?
$9,000, which ranks 1642nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2011 and 2012.
What is Oscar Pistorius's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the 400 m at the 2011 Adidas Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 5th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Oscar Pistorius 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 400 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.
Is this everything Oscar Pistorius 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 Oscar Pistorius is Lawi Lalang on $9,000, and one below Samuel Pihlström on $9,000. Oscar Pistorius is one of 54 South Africa athletes athletics has paid, and South Africa athletics prize money adds them up to $2,356,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Oscar Pistorius 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.