Silke Spiegelburg prize money
Silke Spiegelburg has been paid $153,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 170th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 27 paid finishes in the women's pole vault, eight 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
The 27 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $153,250 is 27 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.
Season by season
2010 to 2015, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 1 | Doha Diamond League | $33,000 |
| 2011 | 5 | 2 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $34,500 |
| 2012 | 4 | 2 | Herculis | $32,000 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3 | Bislett Games | $37,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $6,250 |
| 2015 | 5 | - | Bauhausgalan | $10,500 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $37,000 from five starts. Every season from 2010 to 2015 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $153,250.
Around Silke Spiegelburg on the money list
Ranks 150 to 190
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 | David Rudisha | Men's 800 m | 14 | $166,000 |
| 151 | Neeraj Chopra | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $165,500 |
| 152 | Will Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $164,750 |
| 153 | Hansle Parchment | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $164,000 |
| 154 | Selemon Barega | four disciplines | 5 | $163,750 |
| 155 | Eunice Sum | two disciplines | 11 | $162,500 |
| 156 | Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 2 | $162,000 |
| 157 | Marco Arop | two disciplines | 5 | $162,000 |
| 158 | Anderson Peters | Men's javelin throw | 7 | $161,000 |
| 159 | Konstantinos Filippidis | Men's pole vault | 6 | $161,000 |
| 160 | Julian Weber | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $160,750 |
| 161 | Norah Jeruto | two disciplines | 6 | $160,750 |
| 162 | Tajay Gayle | Men's long jump | 4 | $160,250 |
| 163 | Sunette Viljoen | Women's javelin throw | 4 | $160,000 |
| 164 | Nickel Ashmeade | two disciplines | 6 | $159,500 |
| 165 | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Women's 100 m hurdles | 12 | $158,500 |
| 166 | Mike Rodgers | Men's 100 m | 1 | $157,000 |
| 167 | Brianna Rollins-McNeal | Women's 100 m hurdles | 6 | $155,000 |
| 168 | Abderrahman Samba | three disciplines | 7 | $154,500 |
| 169 | Jessica Schilder | Women's shot put | 5 | $153,250 |
| 170 | Silke Spiegelburg | Women's pole vault | 8 | $153,250 |
| 171 | Ruth Beitia | Women's high jump | 7 | $153,000 |
| 172 | Ruswahl Samaai | Men's long jump | 2 | $152,500 |
| 173 | Mary Moraa | three disciplines | 9 | $151,500 |
| 174 | Ryan Whiting | Men's shot put | 5 | $150,500 |
| 175 | Nadine Müller | Women's discus throw | 3 | $150,000 |
| 176 | Alexis Copello | Men's triple jump | 2 | $149,500 |
| 177 | Andreas Thorkildsen | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $149,500 |
| 178 | Cordell Tinch | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $149,500 |
| 179 | Anzhelika Sidorova | Women's pole vault | 4 | $149,250 |
| 180 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | 1 | $148,750 |
| 181 | Aries Merritt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $148,500 |
| 182 | Jamal Britt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $148,500 |
| 183 | Kara Winger | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $148,000 |
| 184 | Michael Tinsley | Men's 400 m hurdles | 8 | $148,000 |
| 185 | Ramil Guliyev | two disciplines | 5 | $147,500 |
| 186 | Robert Harting | Men's discus throw | 11 | $147,500 |
| 187 | Oblique Seville | Men's 100 m | 5 | $146,000 |
| 188 | Collen Kebinatshipi | Men's 400 m | 6 | $145,500 |
| 189 | Mykolas Alekna | Men's discus throw | 7 | $145,500 |
| 190 | Simon Ehammer | Men's long jump | 3 | $145,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Silke Spiegelburg is 170th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $153,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Silke Spiegelburg most
Bislett Games 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou, Anna Rogowska, Angelica Bengtsson, Lisa Ryzih, Jiřina Ptáčníková and Martina Strutz.
DN Galan 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yarisley Silva, Fabiana Murer, Jenn Suhr, Anastasiya Savchenko, Jiřina Ptáčníková and Lisa Ryzih.
Weltklasse 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Fabiana Murer, Yarisley Silva, Jiřina Ptáčníková, Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou, Mary Saxer and Kristina Gadschiew.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Silke Spiegelburg won?
$153,250, which ranks 170th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 27 paid finishes between 2010 and 2015.
What is Silke Spiegelburg's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the pole vault at the 2013 Bislett Games. 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 Silke Spiegelburg 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 win is worth the same in the women'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 Silke Spiegelburg won?
Eight of 27, worth $80,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Silke Spiegelburg 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 Silke Spiegelburg is Jessica Schilder on $153,250, and one below Ruth Beitia on $153,000. Silke Spiegelburg is one of 139 Germany athletes athletics has paid, and Germany athletics prize money adds them up to $4,199,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Silke Spiegelburg 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 Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it.