Tom Walsh prize money
Tom Walsh has been paid $195,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 43rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 33 paid finishes in the men's shot put, six 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 33 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $195,000 is 33 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.4% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Tom Walsh did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's shot put | 4th | 21.94 m | $16,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Tom Walsh $16,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $195,000 from 33 Diamond League starts between 2018 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The World Indoor Championships
What Tom Walsh did indoors, 2025 and 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's shot put | 1st | 21.65 m | $40,000 |
| Men's shot put | 1st | 21.82 | $40,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Tom Walsh $80,000 for two finishes across Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026, against $195,000 from 33 Diamond League starts between 2018 and 2026. He won it twice, and each title paid the same $40,000. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2018 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | Bislett Games | $10,000 |
| 2019 | 4 | 2 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $70,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | Doha Diamond League | $32,000 |
| 2022 | 4 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $17,750 |
| 2023 | 5 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $28,500 |
| 2024 | 2 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $2,250 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $22,000 |
| 2026 | 6 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $12,500 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $70,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Tom Walsh in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $195,000.
Around Tom Walsh on the money list
Ranks 23 to 63
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $245,750 |
| 24 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $245,125 |
| 25 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $238,250 |
| 26 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $231,167 |
| 27 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 11 | $223,500 |
| 28 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 12 | $222,500 |
| 29 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 30 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $213,750 |
| 31 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 32 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 12 | $212,000 |
| 33 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 34 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 9 | $210,500 |
| 35 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 10 | $210,000 |
| 36 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 8 | $207,750 |
| 37 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | two disciplines | 5 | $202,000 |
| 38 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 39 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 8 | $198,250 |
| 40 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 41 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 42 | Sifan Hassan | five disciplines | 8 | $196,750 |
| 43 | Tom Walsh | Men's shot put | 6 | $195,000 |
| 44 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $193,000 |
| 45 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 46 | Salwa Eid Naser | two disciplines | 9 | $190,500 |
| 47 | Christian Coleman | two disciplines | 7 | $190,000 |
| 48 | Beatrice Chepkoech | three disciplines | 9 | $188,500 |
| 49 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $187,250 |
| 50 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
| 51 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 6 | $183,000 |
| 52 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 53 | Andre De Grasse | two disciplines | 6 | $178,000 |
| 54 | Yaime Pérez | Women's discus throw | 5 | $178,000 |
| 55 | Larissa Iapichino | Women's long jump | 6 | $177,500 |
| 56 | Emmanouil Karalis | Men's pole vault | 3 | $170,875 |
| 57 | Keely Hodgkinson | two disciplines | 9 | $170,500 |
| 58 | Sarah Mitton | Women's shot put | 3 | $170,250 |
| 59 | Danielle Williams | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $169,250 |
| 60 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 6 | $166,250 |
| 61 | Mariya Lasitskene | Women's high jump | 9 | $164,000 |
| 62 | Marco Arop | two disciplines | 5 | $162,000 |
| 63 | Jakub Vadlejch | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $161,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Tom Walsh is 43rd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $195,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Tom Walsh most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $50,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Darlan Romani, Ryan Crouser, Konrad Bukowiecki, Darrell Hill, Michał Haratyk and Tomáš Staněk.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Zane Weir, Rajindra Campbell, Joe Kovacs, Adrian Piperi, Payton Otterdahl and Leonardo Fabbri.
Doha Diamond League 2021 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Filip Mihaljević, Armin Sinančević, Mostafa Amr Hassan, Zane Weir, Mesud Pezer and Konrad Bukowiecki.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Tom Walsh won?
$195,000, which ranks 43rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 33 paid finishes between 2018 and 2026.
What is Tom Walsh's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the shot put at the 2019 AG Memorial Van Damme. 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 Tom Walsh 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 shot put 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 Tom Walsh won?
Six of 33, worth $100,000 between them. Six of his appearances came at a final, which paid $72,500.
How much did Tom Walsh win at the 2025 World Championships?
$16,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
How much has Tom Walsh won at the World Indoor Championships?
$80,000, from two paid finals across Toruń 2026 and Nanjing 2025. An indoor title pays $40,000 and the ladder runs six places deep, down to $4,000 for 6th, the same in every event on the programme and the same for a relay team.
Is this everything Tom Walsh earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Championships and World Indoor Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Tom Walsh is Sifan Hassan on $196,750, and one below Winfred Yavi on $193,000. Tom Walsh is one of 14 New Zealand athletes athletics has paid, and New Zealand athletics prize money adds them up to $817,625 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Tom Walsh 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the men's shot put page. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the men's shot put page.