Vadims Vasiļevskis prize money
Vadims Vasiļevskis has been paid $40,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 737th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from thirteen paid finishes in the men's javelin throw, 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2012 | Javelin throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| Herculis 2012 | Javelin throw | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2012 | Javelin throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| DN Galan 2012 | Javelin throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bislett Games 2012 | Javelin throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2012 | Javelin throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| Memorial van Damme 2011 | Javelin throw | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bislett Games 2011 | Javelin throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2011 | Javelin throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| Athletissima 2011 | Javelin throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 | Javelin throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bislett Games 2010 | Javelin throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2010 | Javelin throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| All thirteen | Men's javelin throw | - | $40,500 |
The thirteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $40,500 is thirteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2012, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | - | New York adidas Grand Prix | $4,500 |
| 2011 | 4 | - | Memorial van Damme | $12,000 |
| 2012 | 6 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $24,000 |
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $24,000 from six starts. Every season from 2010 to 2012 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $40,500.
Around Vadims Vasiļevskis on the money list
Ranks 717 to 757
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 717 | Mary Saxer | Women's pole vault | - | $41,583 |
| 718 | Abel Kiprop Mutai | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $41,500 |
| 719 | Gil Roberts | two disciplines | - | $41,500 |
| 720 | Martyn Rooney | Men's 400 m | - | $41,500 |
| 721 | Ryan Bailey | two disciplines | 1 | $41,500 |
| 722 | Stephanie Brown-Trafton | Women's discus throw | 1 | $41,500 |
| 723 | Brooke Buschkuehl | Women's long jump | - | $41,250 |
| 724 | Lisa Ryzih | Women's pole vault | - | $41,250 |
| 725 | Andrey Silnov | Men's high jump | 1 | $41,000 |
| 726 | Christopher Bailey | Men's 400 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 727 | Jordan Geist | Men's shot put | 1 | $41,000 |
| 728 | Mark English | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 729 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 730 | Yuliya Leantsiuk | Women's shot put | - | $41,000 |
| 731 | Zinaida Sendriutė | Women's discus throw | - | $41,000 |
| 732 | Jarrion Lawson | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,750 |
| 733 | Pia Skrzyszowska | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $40,750 |
| 734 | Quanera Hayes | Women's 400 m | 1 | $40,750 |
| 735 | Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $40,750 |
| 736 | Leonard Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $40,500 |
| 737 | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,500 |
| 738 | Almir dos Santos | Men's triple jump | - | $40,250 |
| 739 | Akeem Bloomfield | Men's 400 m | 3 | $40,000 |
| 740 | Aleshign Baweke | three disciplines | 1 | $40,000 |
| 741 | Brandon McBride | Men's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 742 | Bryce Hoppel | two disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 743 | Christine Mboma | Women's 200 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 744 | Claire Bryant | Women's long jump | - | $40,000 |
| 745 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | five disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 746 | Isabella Whittaker | Women's 400 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 747 | Jan Kudlička | Men's pole vault | - | $40,000 |
| 748 | Margaret Wambui | Women's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 749 | Nadine Kleinert | Women's shot put | - | $40,000 |
| 750 | Petr Frydrych | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,000 |
| 751 | Xiang Liu | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $40,000 |
| 752 | Zarck Visser | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,000 |
| 753 | Amine Laalou | three disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 754 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $39,500 |
| 755 | Josh Hoey | two disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 756 | Pamela Jelimo | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,500 |
| 757 | Youssef Ahmed Masrahi | Men's 400 m | 1 | $39,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Vadims Vasiļevskis is 737th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $40,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Vadims Vasiļevskis most
Prefontaine Classic 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vítězslav Veselý, Stuart Farquhar, Cyrus Hostetler, Sergey Makarov, Petr Frydrych and Zigismunds Sirmais.
Herculis 2012 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the javelin throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Roman Avramenko, Jarrod Bannister, Lassi Etelätalo, Stuart Farquhar, Cyrus Hostetler and Oleksandr Pyatnytsya.
Memorial van Damme 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Fatih Avan, Vítězslav Veselý, Andreas Thorkildsen, Roman Avramenko, Ari Mannio and Dmitriy Tarabin.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Vadims Vasiļevskis won?
$40,500, which ranks 737th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from thirteen paid finishes between 2010 and 2012.
What is Vadims Vasiļevskis's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the javelin throw at the 2012 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Vadims Vasiļevskis 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Vadims Vasiļevskis won?
One of thirteen, worth $10,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Vadims Vasiļevskis 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 Vadims Vasiļevskis is Leonard Bett on $40,500, and one below Almir dos Santos on $40,250. Vadims Vasiļevskis is one of 17 Latvia athletes athletics has paid, and Latvia athletics prize money adds them up to $368,250 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 Vadims Vasiļevskis 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.