Vikas Gowda prize money
Vikas Gowda has been paid $48,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 645th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 18 paid finishes in the men's discus throw, the best of them 2nd.
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 18 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $48,000 is 18 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
2012 to 2015, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $10,500 |
| 2013 | 5 | - | Meeting Areva | $10,000 |
| 2014 | 5 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $12,500 |
| 2015 | 5 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $15,000 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $15,000 from five starts. Every season from 2012 to 2015 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $48,000.
Around Vikas Gowda on the money list
Ranks 625 to 665
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 625 | Kyree King | two disciplines | - | $49,750 |
| 626 | Rachid Muratake | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $49,750 |
| 627 | Debbie Dunn | Women's 400 m | - | $49,500 |
| 628 | Denisa Rosolová | two disciplines | - | $49,500 |
| 629 | Sarah Healy | four disciplines | 1 | $49,500 |
| 630 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $49,250 |
| 631 | Sasha Zhoya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $49,250 |
| 632 | Antti Ruuskanen | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $49,000 |
| 633 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $49,000 |
| 634 | Kemi Adekoya | two disciplines | 1 | $49,000 |
| 635 | Sara Petersen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,750 |
| 636 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | - | $48,500 |
| 637 | Pavel Maslák | Men's 400 m | - | $48,500 |
| 638 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,500 |
| 639 | Tia Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $48,250 |
| 640 | Ari Mannio | Men's javelin throw | - | $48,000 |
| 641 | Courtney Okolo | Women's 400 m | - | $48,000 |
| 642 | Khallifah Rosser | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $48,000 |
| 643 | Leevan Sands | Men's triple jump | 1 | $48,000 |
| 644 | Lydia Chebet Rotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $48,000 |
| 645 | Vikas Gowda | Men's discus throw | - | $48,000 |
| 646 | Virginia Nyambura | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $48,000 |
| 647 | Wilfried Happio | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,000 |
| 648 | Aleia Hobbs | Women's 100 m | 2 | $47,750 |
| 649 | Amel Tuka | Men's 800 m | 1 | $47,750 |
| 650 | Līna Mūze | Women's javelin throw | - | $47,250 |
| 651 | Matteo Sioli | Men's high jump | 2 | $47,250 |
| 652 | Werkuha Getachew | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $47,250 |
| 653 | Davisleydi Velazco | Women's triple jump | 2 | $47,000 |
| 654 | Laulauga Tausaga | Women's discus throw | - | $47,000 |
| 655 | Laura Weightman | four disciplines | - | $47,000 |
| 656 | Xie Wenjun | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $47,000 |
| 657 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 658 | Nikki Hiltz | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 659 | Winnie Nanyondo | four disciplines | - | $46,750 |
| 660 | Menno Vloon | Men's pole vault | - | $46,667 |
| 661 | Elizabeth Gleadle | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $46,500 |
| 662 | Kristi Castlin | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $46,500 |
| 663 | Shelby Houlihan | four disciplines | 2 | $46,500 |
| 664 | Michael Mason | Men's high jump | 1 | $46,375 |
| 665 | Derek Drouin | Men's high jump | - | $46,333 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Vikas Gowda is 645th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $48,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Vikas Gowda most
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2014 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gerd Kanter, Robert Urbanek, Frank Casanas, Victor Hogan, Ehsan Haddadi and Erik Cadée.
Adidas Grand Prix 2012 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rutger Smith, Lawrence Okoye, Jorge Fernández, Benn Harradine, Casey Malone and Jarred Rome.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Martin Kupper, Jason Morgan, Andrius Gudžius, Apostolos Parellis, Erik Cadée and Piotr Małachowski.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Vikas Gowda won?
$48,000, which ranks 645th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 18 paid finishes between 2012 and 2015.
What is Vikas Gowda's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the discus throw at the 2014 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Vikas Gowda 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 place is worth the same in the men's discus 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.
Is this everything Vikas Gowda 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 Vikas Gowda is Lydia Chebet Rotich on $48,000, and one below Virginia Nyambura on $48,000. Vikas Gowda is one of 17 India athletes athletics has paid, and India athletics prize money adds them up to $284,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Vikas Gowda 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 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.