Paulina Guba prize money
Paulina Guba has been paid $29,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 913th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from twelve paid finishes in the women's shot put, 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletissima 2019 | Shot put | 7th | $1,500 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | Shot put | 8th | $1,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | Shot put | 8th | $1,000 |
| Oslo Bislett Games 2019 | Shot put | 9th | - |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 | Shot put | 2nd | $6,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 | Shot put | 5th | $5,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 | Shot put | 5th | $2,500 |
| Herculis 2018 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | Shot put | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2016 | Shot put | 4th | $3,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2016 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2016 | Shot put | 7th | $1,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2015 | Shot put | 7th | $1,500 |
| All thirteen | Women's shot put | - | $29,500 |
The twelve paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $29,500 is twelve separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the thirteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2015 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $1,500 |
| 2016 | 3 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $6,500 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | $2,500 |
| 2018 | 4 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $15,500 |
| 2019 | 4 | - | Athletissima | $3,500 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $15,500 from four starts. Every season from 2015 to 2019 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $29,500.
Around Paulina Guba on the money list
Ranks 893 to 933
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 893 | Dawid Wegner | Men's javelin throw | - | $30,000 |
| 894 | Kyra Jefferson | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 895 | Maia McCoy | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 896 | Mario Forsythe | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 897 | Steffin McCarter | Men's long jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 898 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $30,000 |
| 899 | Wang Jianan | Men's long jump | - | $30,000 |
| 900 | Brandon Hicklin | two disciplines | - | $29,750 |
| 901 | Fiordaliza Cofil | Women's 400 m | 1 | $29,750 |
| 902 | Isaac Nader | two disciplines | 1 | $29,750 |
| 903 | Justyna Kasprzycka | Women's high jump | - | $29,750 |
| 904 | Tamari Davis | two disciplines | - | $29,750 |
| 905 | Crystal Emmanuel | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 906 | David Verburg | Men's 400 m | - | $29,500 |
| 907 | Henry Frayne | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 908 | Julia Harting | Women's discus throw | - | $29,500 |
| 909 | Keila Costa | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 910 | Linet Chepkwemoi Masai | Women's 5000 m | - | $29,500 |
| 911 | Naoto Tobe | Men's high jump | - | $29,500 |
| 912 | Nicoleta Grasu | Women's discus throw | - | $29,500 |
| 913 | Paulina Guba | Women's shot put | - | $29,500 |
| 914 | Tamara Clark | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 915 | TJ Holmes | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $29,500 |
| 916 | Cambrea Sturgis | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 917 | Daniel Arce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $29,250 |
| 918 | Filippo Tortu | two disciplines | - | $29,250 |
| 919 | Ben True | two disciplines | 1 | $29,000 |
| 920 | Cierra Jackson | Women's discus throw | 1 | $29,000 |
| 921 | Ese Brume | Women's long jump | - | $29,000 |
| 922 | Fantu Magiso | Women's 800 m | 2 | $29,000 |
| 923 | Jonathan Kitilit | two disciplines | - | $29,000 |
| 924 | Keston Bledman | Men's 100 m | - | $29,000 |
| 925 | Ruben Querinjean | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $29,000 |
| 926 | Brigetta Barrett | Women's high jump | 1 | $28,750 |
| 927 | Zoe Hobbs | Women's 100 m | - | $28,750 |
| 928 | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | Women's high jump | - | $28,583 |
| 929 | Anna Mishchenko | Women's 1500 m | 1 | $28,500 |
| 930 | Courtney Frerichs | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $28,500 |
| 931 | Floria Gueï | Women's 400 m | - | $28,500 |
| 932 | Janet Kisa | two disciplines | - | $28,500 |
| 933 | Kévin Menaldo | Men's pole vault | - | $28,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Paulina Guba is 913th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $29,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Paulina Guba most
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Melissa Boekelman, Danniel Thomas-Dodd, Sophie McKinna, Michelle Carter, Fanny Roos and Klaudia Kardasz.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 paid $5,000 for 5th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Danniel Thomas-Dodd, Melissa Boekelman, Yuliya Leantsiuk, Gong Lijiao, Raven Saunders and Christina Schwanitz.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2016 paid $3,000 for 4th in the shot put, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alena Abramchuk, Natalia Ducó, Auriol Dongmo, Valerie Adams, Anita Márton and Brittany Smith.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Paulina Guba won?
$29,500, which ranks 913th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from twelve paid finishes between 2015 and 2019.
What is Paulina Guba's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the shot put at the 2018 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham. 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 Paulina Guba gets paid?
Entirely by where she 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 women'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.
Has Paulina Guba 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 Paulina Guba 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 her, 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 Paulina Guba is Nicoleta Grasu on $29,500, and one below Tamara Clark on $29,500. Paulina Guba is one of 84 Poland athletes athletics has paid, and Poland athletics prize money adds them up to $2,711,542 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Paulina Guba has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it.