Teemu Wirkkala prize money
Teemu Wirkkala has been paid $21,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1118th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the men's javelin throw, 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | Javelin throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2010 | Javelin throw | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bislett Games 2010 | Javelin throw | 3rd | $4,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | Javelin throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| BAUHAUS-galan 2010 | Javelin throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2010 | Javelin throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| All six | Men's javelin throw | - | $21,000 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $21,000 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2011, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | - | Meeting Areva | $18,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $3,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $18,000 from five starts. Every season from 2010 to 2011 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $21,000.
Around Teemu Wirkkala on the money list
Ranks 1098 to 1138
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1098 | Selina Büchel | Women's 800 m | - | $21,500 |
| 1099 | Senayet Getachew | two disciplines | - | $21,500 |
| 1100 | Snežana Vukmirovič | Women's triple jump | - | $21,500 |
| 1101 | T'erea Brown | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $21,500 |
| 1102 | Tarik Langat Akdag | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $21,500 |
| 1103 | Alexander Doom | Men's 400 m | 1 | $21,250 |
| 1104 | Ben Pattison | two disciplines | - | $21,250 |
| 1105 | Marcell Jacobs | Men's 100 m | - | $21,250 |
| 1106 | Sage Watson | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $21,250 |
| 1107 | Sam Mattis | Men's discus throw | - | $21,250 |
| 1108 | Besu Sado | Women's 1500 m | - | $21,000 |
| 1109 | Brandon Miller | Men's 800 m | 1 | $21,000 |
| 1110 | Daniel Kipchirchir Komen | three disciplines | - | $21,000 |
| 1111 | Haron Keitany | two disciplines | 1 | $21,000 |
| 1112 | Jarrod Bannister | Men's javelin throw | - | $21,000 |
| 1113 | Joel Brown | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $21,000 |
| 1114 | Nicholas Bett | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $21,000 |
| 1115 | Rabah Yousif | Men's 400 m | - | $21,000 |
| 1116 | Seref Osmanoglu | Men's triple jump | - | $21,000 |
| 1117 | Steven Hooker | Men's pole vault | - | $21,000 |
| 1118 | Teemu Wirkkala | Men's javelin throw | - | $21,000 |
| 1119 | Justyna Święty-Ersetic | Women's 400 m | - | $20,750 |
| 1120 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | five disciplines | - | $20,750 |
| 1121 | Laviai Nielsen | Women's 400 m | - | $20,750 |
| 1122 | Gabrielle Jennings | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $20,500 |
| 1123 | Ineta Radēviča | Women's long jump | - | $20,500 |
| 1124 | Jordan Díaz | Men's triple jump | 1 | $20,500 |
| 1125 | Mark Kosgei Kiptoo | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $20,500 |
| 1126 | Natalya Mikhnevich | Women's shot put | - | $20,500 |
| 1127 | Roman Avramenko | Men's javelin throw | - | $20,500 |
| 1128 | Jeron Robinson | Men's high jump | - | $20,417 |
| 1129 | Gabriela Leon | Women's pole vault | - | $20,250 |
| 1130 | Martina Weil | Women's 400 m | - | $20,250 |
| 1131 | Sylwester Bednarek | Men's high jump | 1 | $20,250 |
| 1132 | Svetlana Radzivil | Women's high jump | - | $20,083 |
| 1133 | Aleksey Fyodorov | Men's triple jump | - | $20,000 |
| 1134 | Buze Diriba | two disciplines | - | $20,000 |
| 1135 | Cindy Billaud | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $20,000 |
| 1136 | Cooper Lutkenhaus | Men's 800 m | 2 | $20,000 |
| 1137 | Favour Ofili | two disciplines | - | $20,000 |
| 1138 | Jade Lally | Women's discus throw | - | $20,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Teemu Wirkkala is 1118th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $21,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Teemu Wirkkala most
Meeting Areva 2010 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tero Pitkämäki, Jarrod Bannister, Ari Mannio, Oleksandr Pyatnytsya, Stuart Farquhar and Vadims Vasiļevskis.
Bislett Games 2010 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tero Pitkämäki, Guillermo Martínez, Ari Mannio, Antti Ruuskanen, Vadims Vasiļevskis and Andreas Thorkildsen.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 paid $3,000 for 4th in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Igor Janik, Petr Frydrych, Qiang Qin, Chen Qi, Tero Pitkämäki and Andreas Thorkildsen.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Teemu Wirkkala won?
$21,000, which ranks 1118th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2010 and 2011.
What is Teemu Wirkkala's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the javelin throw at the 2010 Meeting Areva. 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 Teemu Wirkkala 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 javelin 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 Teemu Wirkkala 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 Teemu Wirkkala is Steven Hooker on $21,000, and one below Justyna Święty-Ersetic on $20,750. Teemu Wirkkala is one of 33 Finland athletes athletics has paid, and Finland athletics prize money adds them up to $513,750 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Teemu Wirkkala 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 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.