Rutger Smith prize money
Rutger Smith has been paid $10,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1591st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the men's discus throw and men's shot put, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Grand Prix 2013 | Discus throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2012 | Discus throw | 3rd | $4,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2012 | Shot put | 4th | $3,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2012 | Discus throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| All four | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $10,000 is four 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.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Rutger Smith
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's discus throw | 3 | - | 2012 to 2013 | $7,000 |
| Men's shot put | 1 | - | 2012 | $3,000 |
The men's discus throw has paid Rutger Smith $7,000 of the $10,000, which is 70% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2012 to 2013, in the order it was won
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $9,000 from three starts. Every season from 2012 to 2013 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $10,000.
Around Rutger Smith on the money list
Ranks 1571 to 1611
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1571 | Edgar Rivera | Men's high jump | - | $10,000 |
| 1572 | Geoffrey Kamworor | Men's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1573 | Hannah Nuttall | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1574 | Hicham Sigueni | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1575 | Ignacio Fontes | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1576 | Irine Chepet Cheptai | Women's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1577 | Jessika Gbai | Women's 200 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1578 | Jhon Murillo | Men's triple jump | - | $10,000 |
| 1579 | Jonah Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1580 | Josanne Lucas | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1581 | Lauren Fleshman | Women's 5000 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1582 | Lauren Wells | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1583 | Liina Laasma | Women's javelin throw | - | $10,000 |
| 1584 | Marta García | four disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1585 | Matthew Wilkinson | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,000 |
| 1586 | Mikhail Akimenko | Men's high jump | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1587 | Noah Kibet | Men's 800 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1588 | Olha Zemlyak | Women's 400 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1589 | Pavel Shalin | Men's long jump | - | $10,000 |
| 1590 | Pieter Conradie | Men's 400 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1591 | Rutger Smith | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1592 | Stephanie Twell | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1593 | Tate Taylor | Men's 200 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1594 | Yadisleidy Pedroso | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1595 | Yasemin Can | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1596 | Zhang Mingkun | Men's long jump | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1597 | Amandine Brossier | Women's 400 m | - | $9,750 |
| 1598 | Attila Molnár | Men's 400 m | - | $9,750 |
| 1599 | Benjamin Gföhler | Men's long jump | - | $9,750 |
| 1600 | Elizabeth Bird | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $9,750 |
| 1601 | Kate Dennison | Women's pole vault | - | $9,750 |
| 1602 | Neil Gourley | two disciplines | - | $9,750 |
| 1603 | Ninon Chapelle | Women's pole vault | - | $9,750 |
| 1604 | Noélie Yarigo | two disciplines | - | $9,750 |
| 1605 | Aleec Harris | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1606 | Antonina Krivoshapka | Women's 400 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1607 | Bianca Williams | Women's 200 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1608 | Brittany Borman | Women's javelin throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1609 | Fancy Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $9,500 |
| 1610 | Fionnuala McCormack | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1611 | Georg Fleischhauer | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Rutger Smith is 1591st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $10,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Rutger Smith most
Adidas Grand Prix 2012 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lawrence Okoye, Jorge Fernández, Benn Harradine, Casey Malone, Jarred Rome and Frank Casanas.
London Grand Prix 2012 paid $3,000 for 4th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Carl Myerscough, Joe Kovacs, Marco Fortes, Kim Juhl Christensen, Reese Hoffa and Tomasz Majewski.
London Grand Prix 2012 paid $2,000 for 6th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Abdul Buhari, Brett Morse, Gerd Kanter, Virgilijus Alekna, Lawrence Okoye and Erik Cadée.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Rutger Smith won?
$10,000, which ranks 1591st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2012 and 2013.
What is Rutger Smith's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the discus throw at the 2012 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 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Rutger Smith 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 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.
Is this everything Rutger Smith 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 Rutger Smith is Pieter Conradie on $10,000, and one below Stephanie Twell on $10,000. Rutger Smith is one of 55 Netherlands athletes athletics has paid, and Netherlands athletics prize money adds them up to $2,809,167 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's discus throw prize money and men's shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Rutger Smith has been paid in two 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 Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.