Valerie Adams prize money
Valerie Adams has been paid $10,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 847th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women'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.
The payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2021 | Shot put | 1st | $10,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $10,000 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Around Valerie Adams on the money list
Ranks 827 to 867
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 827 | Eda Tuğsuz | Women's javelin throw | — | $10,000 |
| 828 | Freweyni Gebreezibeher | Women's 1500 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 829 | Hannah Nuttall | two disciplines | — | $10,000 |
| 830 | Ignacio Fontes | two disciplines | — | $10,000 |
| 831 | Jessika Gbai | Women's 200 m | — | $10,000 |
| 832 | Jo-Ané van Dyk | Women's javelin throw | — | $10,000 |
| 833 | Jonah Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 834 | Marta García | four disciplines | — | $10,000 |
| 835 | Matthew Wilkinson | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $10,000 |
| 836 | Mercy Cherono | Women's 3000 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 837 | Mikhail Akimenko | Men's high jump | 1 | $10,000 |
| 838 | Nathan Strother | Men's 400 m | — | $10,000 |
| 839 | Nathon Allen | Men's 400 m | — | $10,000 |
| 840 | Noah Kibet | Men's 800 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 841 | Novlene Williams-Mills | Women's 400 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 842 | Olha Saladukha | Women's triple jump | — | $10,000 |
| 843 | Pamela Dutkiewicz | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $10,000 |
| 844 | Sanghyeok Woo | Men's high jump | 1 | $10,000 |
| 845 | Seito Yamamoto | Men's pole vault | — | $10,000 |
| 846 | Tate Taylor | Men's 200 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 847 | Valerie Adams | Women's shot put | 1 | $10,000 |
| 848 | Zenéy Geldenhuys | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $10,000 |
| 849 | Zhang Mingkun | Men's long jump | 1 | $10,000 |
| 850 | Amandine Brossier | Women's 400 m | — | $9,750 |
| 851 | Attila Molnár | Men's 400 m | — | $9,750 |
| 852 | Elizabeth Bird | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $9,750 |
| 853 | Eusebio Cáceres | Men's long jump | — | $9,750 |
| 854 | Neil Gourley | two disciplines | — | $9,750 |
| 855 | Noélie Yarigo | two disciplines | — | $9,750 |
| 856 | Brianna McNeal | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $9,500 |
| 857 | Churandy Martina | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
| 858 | Conseslus Kipruto | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
| 859 | Davide Re | Men's 400 m | — | $9,500 |
| 860 | Javianne Oliver | Women's 100 m | — | $9,500 |
| 861 | Jenny Simpson | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
| 862 | Kyra Jefferson | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
| 863 | Lexy Halladay-Lowry | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $9,500 |
| 864 | Lythe Pillay | Men's 400 m | — | $9,500 |
| 865 | Tarsis Orogot | Men's 200 m | — | $9,500 |
| 866 | Teahna Daniels | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
| 867 | Tobias Grønstad | Men's 800 m | — | $9,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Valerie Adams is 847th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $10,000.
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.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Valerie Adams won?
$10,000, which ranks 847th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 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?
One of one, worth $10,000 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 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Valerie Adams is Tate Taylor on $10,000, and one below Zenéy Geldenhuys on $10,000. Valerie Adams 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 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 800 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.