Patriks Gailums prize money
Patriks Gailums has been paid $6,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1862nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the men's javelin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | Javelin throw | 10th | - |
| Athletissima 2023 | Javelin throw | 8th | $500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2022 | Javelin throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 | Javelin throw | 4th | $2,000 |
| Athletissima 2022 | Javelin throw | 6th | $1,000 |
| Anniversary Games 2021 | Javelin throw | 8th | $500 |
| All six | Men's javelin throw | - | $6,500 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $6,500 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. One of the six starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2021 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | - | Anniversary Games | $500 |
| 2022 | 3 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $5,500 |
| 2023 | 1 | - | Athletissima | $500 |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | - | - | - | - |
| 2026 | 1 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | - |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $5,500 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Patriks Gailums in 2024, 2025 and 2026, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $6,500.
Around Patriks Gailums on the money list
Ranks 1842 to 1882
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1842 | Elvan Abeylegesse | Women's 5000 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1843 | Emily Diamond | Women's 400 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1844 | Erica McLain | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1845 | Fátima Diame | Women's long jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1846 | Hanna Hatsko | Women's javelin throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1847 | Helen Schlachtenhaufen | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1848 | Ines Chenonge | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1849 | Ivan Zaytsev | Men's javelin throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1850 | Jamie Nieto | Men's high jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1851 | Jarred Rome | Men's discus throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1852 | Jillian Schwartz | Women's pole vault | - | $6,500 |
| 1853 | Johnathan Cabral | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $6,500 |
| 1854 | Josh Awotunde | Men's shot put | - | $6,500 |
| 1855 | Karol Hoffmann | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1856 | Lauryn Williams | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1857 | Limei Xie | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1858 | Marta Zenoni | three disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1859 | Maurice Mitchell | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1860 | Michael Obasuyi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $6,500 |
| 1861 | Ndiss Kaba Badji | Men's long jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1862 | Patriks Gailums | Men's javelin throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1863 | Richard Yator | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1864 | Sheila Reid | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1865 | Stipe Žunić | Men's shot put | - | $6,500 |
| 1866 | Takatoshi Abe | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $6,500 |
| 1867 | Thomas Gogois | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1868 | Travis Padgett | Men's 100 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1869 | Walter Davis | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1870 | Yeimer López | Men's 800 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1871 | Yekaterina Kayukova-Chernenko | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1872 | Yigrem Demelash | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1873 | Yoandri Betanzos | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1874 | Adelle Tracey | two disciplines | - | $6,250 |
| 1875 | Andrea Dallavalle | Men's triple jump | - | $6,250 |
| 1876 | Andrew Coscoran | two disciplines | - | $6,250 |
| 1877 | Anna Iljuštšenko | Women's high jump | - | $6,250 |
| 1878 | Elisa Molinarolo | Women's pole vault | - | $6,250 |
| 1879 | Imani-Lara Lansiquot | Women's 100 m | - | $6,250 |
| 1880 | Nnenya Hailey | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $6,250 |
| 1881 | Rosefline Chepngetich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,250 |
| 1882 | Abera Kuma | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Patriks Gailums is 1862nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $6,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Patriks Gailums most
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $2,500 for 5th in the javelin throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Leandro Ramos, Neeraj Chopra, Jakub Vadlejch, Julian Weber and Curtis Thompson.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 paid $2,000 for 4th in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gatis Čakšs, Manu Quijera, Marcin Krukowski, Leandro Ramos, Jakub Vadlejch and Julian Weber.
Athletissima 2022 paid $1,000 for 6th in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Toni Keränen, Gatis Čakšs, Neeraj Chopra, Jakub Vadlejch, Curtis Thompson and Keshorn Walcott.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Patriks Gailums won?
$6,500, which ranks 1862nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2021 and 2026.
What is Patriks Gailums's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the javelin throw at the 2022 Weltklasse Zürich. 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 Patriks Gailums 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 javelin 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.
Has Patriks Gailums ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Patriks Gailums 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 Patriks Gailums is Ndiss Kaba Badji on $6,500, and one below Richard Yator on $6,500. Patriks Gailums is one of 17 Latvia athletes athletics has paid, and Latvia athletics prize money adds them up to $368,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Patriks Gailums 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 Weltklasse Zürich has its own page across every edition of it.