Walter Davis prize money
Walter Davis has been paid $6,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1869th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's triple jump and men's long jump, the best of them 5th.
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 | Triple jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2012 | Long jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2011 | Triple jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| All three | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $6,500 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Walter Davis
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's triple jump | 2 | - | 2011 to 2012 | $4,500 |
| Men's long jump | 1 | - | 2012 | $2,000 |
The men's triple jump has paid Walter Davis $4,500 of the $6,500, which is 69% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2011 to 2012, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $2,500 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $4,000 |
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $4,000 from two starts. Every season from 2011 to 2012 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $6,500.
Around Walter Davis on the money list
Ranks 1849 to 1889
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1849 | Ivan Zaytsev | Men's javelin throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1850 | Jamie Nieto | Men's high jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1851 | Jarred Rome | Men's discus throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1852 | Jillian Schwartz | Women's pole vault | - | $6,500 |
| 1853 | Johnathan Cabral | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $6,500 |
| 1854 | Josh Awotunde | Men's shot put | - | $6,500 |
| 1855 | Karol Hoffmann | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1856 | Lauryn Williams | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1857 | Limei Xie | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1858 | Marta Zenoni | three disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1859 | Maurice Mitchell | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1860 | Michael Obasuyi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $6,500 |
| 1861 | Ndiss Kaba Badji | Men's long jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1862 | Patriks Gailums | Men's javelin throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1863 | Richard Yator | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1864 | Sheila Reid | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1865 | Stipe Žunić | Men's shot put | - | $6,500 |
| 1866 | Takatoshi Abe | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $6,500 |
| 1867 | Thomas Gogois | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1868 | Travis Padgett | Men's 100 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1869 | Walter Davis | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1870 | Yeimer López | Men's 800 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1871 | Yekaterina Kayukova-Chernenko | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1872 | Yigrem Demelash | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1873 | Yoandri Betanzos | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1874 | Adelle Tracey | two disciplines | - | $6,250 |
| 1875 | Andrea Dallavalle | Men's triple jump | - | $6,250 |
| 1876 | Andrew Coscoran | two disciplines | - | $6,250 |
| 1877 | Anna Iljuštšenko | Women's high jump | - | $6,250 |
| 1878 | Elisa Molinarolo | Women's pole vault | - | $6,250 |
| 1879 | Imani-Lara Lansiquot | Women's 100 m | - | $6,250 |
| 1880 | Nnenya Hailey | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $6,250 |
| 1881 | Rosefline Chepngetich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,250 |
| 1882 | Abera Kuma | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1883 | Abigail Irozuru | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1884 | Alida van Daalen | Women's discus throw | - | $6,000 |
| 1885 | Amanda Moll | Women's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1886 | Amy-Eloise Markovc | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1887 | Anastasia Le-Roy | Women's 400 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1888 | Axel Chapelle | Men's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1889 | Axel Härstedt | Men's discus throw | - | $6,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Walter Davis is 1869th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $6,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Walter Davis most
Adidas Grand Prix 2011 paid $2,500 for 5th in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tosin Oke, Teddy Tamgho, Kenta Bell, Phillips Idowu, Christian Olsson and Leevan Sands.
Prefontaine Classic 2012 paid $2,000 for 6th in the triple jump, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yanxi Li, Christian Taylor, Will Claye, Phillips Idowu, Leevan Sands and Henry Frayne.
Adidas Grand Prix 2012 paid $2,000 for 6th in the long jump, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nafee Harris, Mitchell Watt, Fabrice Lapierre, George Kitchens, Tyrone Smith and Chaz Thomas.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Walter Davis won?
$6,500, which ranks 1869th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2011 and 2012.
What is Walter Davis's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the triple jump at the 2011 Adidas 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 5th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Walter Davis 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 triple jump 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 Walter Davis 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 Walter Davis is Travis Padgett on $6,500, and one below Yeimer López on $6,500. Walter Davis 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 triple jump prize money and men's long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Walter Davis has been paid in two 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.