Valerie Adams prize money
Valerie Adams has been paid $361,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 31st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 43 paid finishes in the women's shot put, 30 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 43 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $361,500 is 43 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.3% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 2 | New York adidas Grand Prix | $50,000 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | Bislett Games | $50,000 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | Golden Gala | $60,000 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | Prefontaine Classic | $50,000 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $70,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | - | Sainsburys Anniversary Games | $11,500 |
| 2016 | 6 | 4 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $52,000 |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | 3 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $8,000 |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | Bauhausgalan | $10,000 |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $70,000 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Valerie Adams in 2017, 2019 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $361,500.
Around Valerie Adams on the money list
Ranks 11 to 51
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Karsten Warholm | three disciplines | 18 | $428,500 |
| 12 | Sifan Hassan | five disciplines | 16 | $424,250 |
| 13 | Faith Kipyegon | six disciplines | 23 | $423,000 |
| 14 | Marileidy Paulino | two disciplines | 25 | $420,500 |
| 15 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | two disciplines | 11 | $417,250 |
| 16 | Timothy Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 17 | $416,500 |
| 17 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | three disciplines | 21 | $415,000 |
| 18 | Mutaz Barsham | Men's high jump | 23 | $409,833 |
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 18 | $406,500 |
| 20 | Dina Asher-Smith | two disciplines | 10 | $401,500 |
| 21 | Katerina Stefanidi | Women's pole vault | 15 | $394,500 |
| 22 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 20 | $389,000 |
| 23 | Soufiane El Bakkali | four disciplines | 22 | $388,500 |
| 24 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Women's high jump | 21 | $382,250 |
| 25 | Alison dos Santos | three disciplines | 22 | $380,500 |
| 26 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | two disciplines | 21 | $380,500 |
| 27 | Ivana Španović | two disciplines | 18 | $373,000 |
| 28 | Tom Walsh | Men's shot put | 13 | $372,000 |
| 29 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 17 | $370,500 |
| 30 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 19 | $365,500 |
| 31 | Valerie Adams | Women's shot put | 30 | $361,500 |
| 32 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 13 | $355,750 |
| 33 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | 19 | $348,000 |
| 34 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 18 | $347,500 |
| 35 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 11 | $338,250 |
| 36 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | two disciplines | 21 | $335,000 |
| 37 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | two disciplines | 15 | $321,500 |
| 38 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 39 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | 18 | $312,500 |
| 40 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 17 | $310,250 |
| 41 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 15 | $310,000 |
| 42 | Gong Lijiao | Women's shot put | 13 | $309,000 |
| 43 | Yaime Pérez | Women's discus throw | 8 | $307,500 |
| 44 | Conseslus Kipruto | two disciplines | 15 | $305,500 |
| 45 | Caster Semenya | three disciplines | 20 | $304,000 |
| 46 | Asbel Kiprop | four disciplines | 19 | $302,500 |
| 47 | Hellen Obiri | five disciplines | 13 | $301,000 |
| 48 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 12 | $300,500 |
| 49 | Kaliese Carter | two disciplines | 21 | $297,500 |
| 50 | Beatrice Chepkoech | three disciplines | 11 | $297,000 |
| 51 | Salwa Eid Naser | two disciplines | 13 | $296,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Valerie Adams is 31st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $361,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Valerie Adams most
Bauhausgalan 2021 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Auriol Dongmo, Maggie Ewen, Aliona Dubitskaya, Fanny Roos, Chase Jackson and Danniel Thomas-Dodd.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anita Márton, Brittany Smith, Paulina Guba, Alena Abramchuk, Natalia Ducó and Auriol Dongmo.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anita Márton, Aliona Dubitskaya, Cleopatra Borel, Tia Brooks-Wannemacher, Jillian Camarena-Williams and Paulina Guba.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Valerie Adams won?
$361,500, which ranks 31st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 43 paid finishes between 2010 and 2021.
What is Valerie Adams's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the shot put at the 2021 Bauhausgalan. 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 Valerie Adams 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 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 Valerie Adams won?
30 of 43, worth $300,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Valerie Adams 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 Valerie Adams is Barbora Špotáková on $365,500, and one below Daniel Ståhl on $355,750. Valerie Adams is one of 18 New Zealand athletes athletics has paid, and New Zealand athletics prize money adds them up to $1,432,375 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Valerie Adams 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.