Tomasz Majewski prize money
Tomasz Majewski has been paid $131,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 229th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 38 paid finishes in the men's shot put, one of them a win.
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 38 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $131,000 is 38 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 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | - | BAUHAUS-galan | $27,500 |
| 2011 | 6 | - | Golden Gala | $23,500 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 | Bislett Games | $32,000 |
| 2013 | 6 | - | British Grand Prix | $14,500 |
| 2014 | 6 | - | Meeting Areva | $14,500 |
| 2015 | 4 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $7,000 |
| 2016 | 4 | - | Bislett Games | $12,000 |
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $32,000 from five starts. Every season from 2010 to 2016 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $131,000.
Around Tomasz Majewski on the money list
Ranks 209 to 249
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 232 | Djamel Sedjati | two disciplines | 5 | $130,500 |
| 233 | Georgia Hunter Bell | three disciplines | 4 | $130,250 |
| 234 | Dylan Armstrong | Men's shot put | 5 | $130,000 |
| 235 | Johannes Vetter | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $129,500 |
| 236 | Queen Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $129,500 |
| 237 | Jason Richardson | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $129,000 |
| 238 | Yohan Blake | two disciplines | 3 | $128,250 |
| 239 | Christian Cantwell | Men's shot put | 7 | $128,000 |
| 240 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $128,000 |
| 241 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | two disciplines | 2 | $126,750 |
| 242 | Viola Jelagat Kibiwot | five disciplines | - | $126,500 |
| 243 | David Storl | Men's shot put | 5 | $125,500 |
| 244 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $125,250 |
| 245 | Tina Šutej | Women's pole vault | 1 | $123,250 |
| 246 | Robert Urbanek | Men's discus throw | 3 | $122,750 |
| 247 | Greg Rutherford | Men's long jump | 7 | $122,500 |
| 248 | Adam Kszczot | two disciplines | 5 | $122,000 |
| 249 | Jessica Hull | six disciplines | 1 | $121,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Tomasz Majewski is 229th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $131,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Tomasz Majewski most
Bislett Games 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dylan Armstrong, David Storl, Kim Juhl Christensen, Marco Fortes, Óðinn Björn Þorsteinsson and Leif Arrhenius.
Prefontaine Classic 2012 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the shot put, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dylan Armstrong, Ryan Whiting, Christian Cantwell, Dan Taylor, Justin Rodhe and Reese Hoffa.
London Grand Prix 2012 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dylan Armstrong, Rutger Smith, Carl Myerscough, Joe Kovacs, Marco Fortes and Kim Juhl Christensen.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Tomasz Majewski won?
$131,000, which ranks 229th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 38 paid finishes between 2010 and 2016.
What is Tomasz Majewski's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the shot put at the 2012 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 Tomasz Majewski 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 Tomasz Majewski won?
One of 38, worth $10,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Tomasz Majewski 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 Tomasz Majewski is Hiwot Ayalew on $131,500, and one below Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot on $131,000. Tomasz Majewski 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 shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Tomasz Majewski 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 Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.