Piotr Lisek prize money
Piotr Lisek has been paid $136,375 by the Diamond League, which ranks 211th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 34 paid finishes in the men's pole vault, 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 34 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $136,375 is 34 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 35 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2014 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | - | DN Galan | $11,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $5,250 |
| 2016 | 4 | - | Athletissima | $12,500 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $35,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $19,000 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2 | Athletissima | $46,750 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 4 | - | Bauhausgalan | $3,250 |
| 2022 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | $750 |
| 2023 | 1 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 2 | - | Meeting de Paris | $875 |
| 2025 | 1 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | - |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $46,750 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Piotr Lisek in 2020 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $136,375.
Around Piotr Lisek on the money list
Ranks 191 to 231
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 191 | Rushell Clayton | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $145,250 |
| 192 | Dani Stevens | Women's discus throw | 1 | $145,000 |
| 193 | Veronica Campbell Brown | two disciplines | 7 | $145,000 |
| 194 | Vernon Norwood | two disciplines | - | $143,250 |
| 195 | Mo Farah | three disciplines | 9 | $142,500 |
| 196 | Natoya Goule-Toppin | two disciplines | 1 | $142,500 |
| 197 | Sharika Nelvis | Women's 100 m hurdles | 4 | $142,500 |
| 198 | Churandy Martina | two disciplines | 2 | $142,000 |
| 199 | Madara Palameika | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $142,000 |
| 200 | Wycliffe Kinyamal | two disciplines | 6 | $140,750 |
| 201 | Alonso Edward | two disciplines | 8 | $140,500 |
| 202 | Trayvon Bromell | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 203 | Yared Nuguse | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 204 | Matthew Denny | Men's discus throw | 3 | $139,000 |
| 205 | Nadine Visser | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $138,250 |
| 206 | Natasha Hastings | two disciplines | 3 | $138,000 |
| 207 | Keshorn Walcott | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $137,750 |
| 208 | Francena McCorory | Women's 400 m | 6 | $137,500 |
| 209 | Iryna Herashchenko | Women's high jump | 2 | $137,375 |
| 210 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Men's 400 m | 5 | $136,750 |
| 211 | Piotr Lisek | Men's pole vault | 3 | $136,375 |
| 212 | Grant Holloway | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $136,000 |
| 213 | Kurtis Marschall | Men's pole vault | 2 | $135,833 |
| 214 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | 6 | $135,500 |
| 215 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Men's triple jump | 3 | $135,250 |
| 216 | Natalia Bukowiecka | Women's 400 m | 3 | $135,250 |
| 217 | Elijah Manangoi | three disciplines | 5 | $135,000 |
| 218 | Leonardo Fabbri | Men's shot put | 5 | $135,000 |
| 219 | Hamish Kerr | Men's high jump | 7 | $134,750 |
| 220 | Jenny Simpson | four disciplines | 4 | $133,500 |
| 221 | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Women's pole vault | 5 | $133,250 |
| 222 | Anna Chicherova | Women's high jump | 8 | $133,000 |
| 223 | Eleanor Patterson | Women's high jump | 2 | $132,750 |
| 224 | Getnet Wale | three disciplines | 2 | $132,750 |
| 225 | Abraham Kibiwot | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $132,250 |
| 226 | Asafa Powell | Men's 100 m | 9 | $131,500 |
| 227 | Daryll Neita | two disciplines | 3 | $131,500 |
| 228 | Hiwot Ayalew | two disciplines | 5 | $131,500 |
| 229 | Tomasz Majewski | Men's shot put | 1 | $131,000 |
| 230 | Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot | two disciplines | 11 | $131,000 |
| 231 | Michael Norman | three disciplines | 7 | $130,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Piotr Lisek is 211th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $136,375.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Piotr Lisek most
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $15,000 for =2nd in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kurtis Marschall, Shawn Barber, Kévin Menaldo, Konstantinos Filippidis, Dominik Alberto and Sam Kendricks.
Athletissima 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the pole vault, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sam Kendricks, Armand Duplantis, Renaud Lavillenie, Cole Walsh, Paweł Wojciechowski and Alioune Sene.
Herculis 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the pole vault, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Armand Duplantis, Thiago Braz, Paweł Wojciechowski, Sam Kendricks, Renaud Lavillenie and Valentin Lavillenie.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Piotr Lisek won?
$136,375, which ranks 211th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 34 paid finishes between 2014 and 2025.
What is Piotr Lisek's biggest Diamond League payday?
$15,000, for finishing =2nd in the pole vault at the 2017 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 Piotr Lisek 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 pole vault 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 Piotr Lisek won?
Three of 35, worth $30,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $29,000.
Has Piotr Lisek 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 Piotr Lisek 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 Piotr Lisek is Matthew Hudson-Smith on $136,750, and one below Grant Holloway on $136,000. Piotr Lisek 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 men's pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Piotr Lisek has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's 800 m and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Kamila Skolimowska Memorial has its own page across every edition of it.