Wallace Spearmon prize money
Wallace Spearmon has been paid $58,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 533rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from thirteen paid finishes in the men's 200 m and men's 100 m, two 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adidas Grand Prix 2014 | 200 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2013 | 200 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Golden Grand Prix 2013 | 200 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2012 | 200 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Herculis 2012 | 200 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2012 | 200 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2012 | 200 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Athletissima 2012 | 200 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2010 | 200 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala 2010 | 200 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| British Grand Prix 2010 | 200 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis 2010 | 200 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | 100 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| All thirteen | two disciplines | - | $58,000 |
The thirteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $58,000 is thirteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Wallace Spearmon
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 m | 12 | 2 | 2010 to 2014 | $56,500 |
| Men's 100 m | 1 | - | 2010 | $1,500 |
The men's 200 m has paid Wallace Spearmon $56,500 of the $58,000, which is 97% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2010 to 2014, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $27,500 |
| 2011 | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $22,500 |
| 2013 | 2 | - | Sainsburys Anniversary Games | $5,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $3,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $27,500 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Wallace Spearmon in 2011, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $58,000.
Around Wallace Spearmon on the money list
Ranks 513 to 553
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 513 | Aretha D. Thurmond | Women's discus throw | - | $59,500 |
| 514 | Nickisha Pryce | Women's 400 m | 2 | $59,500 |
| 515 | Nikola Ogrodníková | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $59,250 |
| 516 | Rasheed Broadbell | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $59,250 |
| 517 | Agnes Tirop | two disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 518 | Azeddine Habz | four disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 519 | Ben Youssef Meïté | Men's 100 m | 1 | $59,000 |
| 520 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | three disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 521 | Grant Fisher | four disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 522 | Kimberley Mickle | Women's javelin throw | - | $59,000 |
| 523 | Mitchell Watt | Men's long jump | 5 | $59,000 |
| 524 | Kate Grace | three disciplines | 2 | $58,750 |
| 525 | Jason Joseph | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $58,500 |
| 526 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | three disciplines | 4 | $58,500 |
| 527 | Phyllis Francis | two disciplines | - | $58,500 |
| 528 | Svetlana Feofanova | Women's pole vault | 2 | $58,500 |
| 529 | Nicole Büchler | Women's pole vault | 1 | $58,083 |
| 530 | Addison Wiley | three disciplines | 1 | $58,000 |
| 531 | Jonathan Borlée | two disciplines | 1 | $58,000 |
| 532 | Vincent Kiprop Chepkok | two disciplines | 2 | $58,000 |
| 533 | Wallace Spearmon | two disciplines | 2 | $58,000 |
| 534 | Ashley Spencer | two disciplines | 2 | $57,500 |
| 535 | Christina Clemons | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $57,500 |
| 536 | Taoufik Makhloufi | three disciplines | 1 | $57,500 |
| 537 | Amos Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $57,250 |
| 538 | Aman Wote | two disciplines | 1 | $57,000 |
| 539 | Dejen Gebremeskel | Men's 5000 m | 3 | $57,000 |
| 540 | Malika Akkaoui | two disciplines | - | $57,000 |
| 541 | Saly Sarr | Women's triple jump | 2 | $57,000 |
| 542 | Isiah Young | two disciplines | - | $56,750 |
| 543 | Oliver Hoare | two disciplines | 1 | $56,750 |
| 544 | Bayapo Ndori | Men's 400 m | 1 | $56,500 |
| 545 | Charlie Dobson | two disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 546 | Hirut Meshesha | five disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 547 | Ilya Ivanyuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $56,250 |
| 548 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | two disciplines | 1 | $56,250 |
| 549 | Josh Kerr | two disciplines | 2 | $56,000 |
| 550 | Mohamed Katir | three disciplines | 3 | $56,000 |
| 551 | Romaine Beckford | Men's high jump | - | $56,000 |
| 552 | Slimane Moula | Men's 800 m | 3 | $56,000 |
| 553 | Tirunesh Dibaba | Women's 5000 m | 5 | $56,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Wallace Spearmon is 533rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $58,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Wallace Spearmon most
Prefontaine Classic 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Churandy Martina, Marvin Anderson, Rondel Sorrillo, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, Emmanuel Callender and Richard Thompson.
Weltklasse Zürich 2010 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yohan Blake, Ryan Bailey, Steve Mullings, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, Xavier Carter and Churandy Martina.
Golden Gala 2010 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Paul Hession, Xavier Carter, Steve Mullings, Marlon Devonish, Ainsley Waugh and Diego Marani.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Wallace Spearmon won?
$58,000, which ranks 533rd 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 2014.
What is Wallace Spearmon's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 200 m 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 Wallace Spearmon 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 200 m 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 Wallace Spearmon won?
Two of thirteen, worth $20,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Wallace Spearmon 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 Wallace Spearmon is Vincent Kiprop Chepkok on $58,000, and one below Ashley Spencer on $57,500. Wallace Spearmon is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 200 m prize money and men's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Wallace Spearmon has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 110 m hurdles. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Adidas Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.