Philip Milanov prize money
Philip Milanov has been paid $85,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 368th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 21 paid finishes in the men's discus throw, three of them wins.
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 21 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $85,250 is 21 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.08% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 22 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2014 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | - | Herculis | $4,500 |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | Sainsburys Anniversary Games | $20,000 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | Athletissima | $24,500 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $27,000 |
| 2018 | 3 | - | Bauhausgalan | $6,500 |
| 2019 | 1 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 1 | - | Allianz Memorial Van Damme | $750 |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | 1 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $2,000 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $27,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Philip Milanov in 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $85,250.
Around Philip Milanov on the money list
Ranks 348 to 388
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 348 | Berihu Aregawi | three disciplines | 4 | $91,750 |
| 349 | Peruth Chemutai | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $91,750 |
| 350 | L. J. van Zyl | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $91,500 |
| 351 | Niels Laros | three disciplines | 3 | $91,000 |
| 352 | Nelly Chepchirchir | two disciplines | 4 | $90,750 |
| 353 | Levern Spencer | Women's high jump | 1 | $90,508 |
| 354 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $90,250 |
| 355 | Jeremy Wariner | Men's 400 m | 7 | $90,000 |
| 356 | Ameer Webb | two disciplines | 3 | $89,500 |
| 357 | Habitam Alemu | three disciplines | - | $89,500 |
| 358 | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa | two disciplines | 1 | $89,500 |
| 359 | Imane Merga | two disciplines | 4 | $88,500 |
| 360 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 361 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 362 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 363 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 364 | Meseret Defar | three disciplines | 5 | $86,000 |
| 365 | Phillips Idowu | Men's triple jump | 6 | $86,000 |
| 366 | Evan Jager | three disciplines | 1 | $85,500 |
| 367 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 368 | Philip Milanov | Men's discus throw | 3 | $85,250 |
| 369 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $84,500 |
| 370 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $84,250 |
| 371 | Hilal Yego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $84,000 |
| 372 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
| 373 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $83,500 |
| 374 | Georganne Moline | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $83,500 |
| 375 | Janay Deloach | Women's long jump | 3 | $83,000 |
| 376 | Jimmy Vicaut | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 377 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 378 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 379 | Lidya Chepkurui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $82,000 |
| 380 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | two disciplines | 3 | $82,000 |
| 381 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $81,750 |
| 382 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | 1 | $81,500 |
| 383 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 384 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $81,250 |
| 385 | Caleb Ndiku | four disciplines | 3 | $81,000 |
| 386 | Habiba Ghribi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $81,000 |
| 387 | Lashinda Demus | two disciplines | 4 | $81,000 |
| 388 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $80,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Philip Milanov is 368th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $85,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Philip Milanov most
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 paid $10,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Piotr Małachowski, Daniel Ståhl, Lukas Weißhaidinger, Christoph Harting, Robert Urbanek and Daniel Jasinski.
Athletissima 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lukas Weißhaidinger, Zoltán Kővágó, Robert Harting, Robert Urbanek, Piotr Małachowski and Gerd Kanter.
Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Robert Urbanek, Benn Harradine, Piotr Małachowski, Vikas Gowda, Gerhard Mayer and Apostolos Parellis.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Philip Milanov won?
$85,250, which ranks 368th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 21 paid finishes between 2014 and 2024.
What is Philip Milanov's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the discus throw at the 2017 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Philip Milanov 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 win 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Philip Milanov won?
Three of 22, worth $30,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $8,000.
Has Philip Milanov 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 Philip Milanov 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 Philip Milanov is Diribe Welteji on $85,250, and one below Maggie Ewen on $84,500. Philip Milanov is one of 60 Belgium athletes athletics has paid, and Belgium athletics prize money adds them up to $821,458 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 Philip Milanov 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 AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it.