Wesley Vázquez prize money
Wesley Vázquez has been paid $11,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1515th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the men's 800 m, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | 800 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Herculis 2019 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Athletissima 2019 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2016 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2014 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Glasgow Grand Prix 2014 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| All six | Men's 800 m | - | $11,500 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $11,500 is six 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.
Season by season
2014 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $4,000 |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,500 |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 3 | - | Müller Anniversary Games | $6,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $6,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Wesley Vázquez in 2015, 2017 and 2018, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $11,500.
Around Wesley Vázquez on the money list
Ranks 1495 to 1535
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1495 | Erick Portillo | Men's high jump | - | $11,583 |
| 1496 | Alastair Chalmers | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,500 |
| 1497 | Artur Noga | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $11,500 |
| 1498 | Charlie Grice | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1499 | Collis Birmingham | three disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1500 | Daniel Talbot | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1501 | Davide Re | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1502 | Greg Nixon | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1503 | Homiyu Tesfaye | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1504 | Melknat Wudu | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1505 | Natalia Ducó | Women's shot put | - | $11,500 |
| 1506 | Nathon Allen | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1507 | Nickiesha Wilson | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,500 |
| 1508 | Paul Kipngetich Tanui | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1509 | Pauline Chemning Korikwiang | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1510 | Priscah Jepleting Cherono | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1511 | Ralf Bartels | Men's shot put | - | $11,500 |
| 1512 | Salima el Ouali Alami | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,500 |
| 1513 | Serhiy Smelyk | Men's 200 m | 1 | $11,500 |
| 1514 | Tatyana Kotova | Women's long jump | - | $11,500 |
| 1515 | Wesley Vázquez | Men's 800 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1516 | Adel Mechaal | four disciplines | - | $11,250 |
| 1517 | Carolin Hingst | Women's pole vault | - | $11,250 |
| 1518 | Gatis Čakšs | Men's javelin throw | - | $11,250 |
| 1519 | JaCorian Duffield | Men's high jump | 1 | $11,250 |
| 1520 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | four disciplines | - | $11,250 |
| 1521 | Pål Haugen Lillefosse | Men's pole vault | - | $11,250 |
| 1522 | Andrew Wheating | three disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1523 | Anna Kiełbasińska | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1524 | Antonietta di Martino | Women's high jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1525 | Betsy Saina | three disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1526 | Carrie Russell | Women's 100 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1527 | DeeDee Trotter | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1528 | Djilali Bedrani | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1529 | Edinah Jebitok | four disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1530 | Fatoumata Binta Diallo | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1531 | Georgi Ivanov | Men's shot put | - | $11,000 |
| 1532 | Ingvill Måkestad Bovim | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1533 | Karyna Demidik | Women's high jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1534 | Leford Green | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1535 | Madeline Heiner | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Wesley Vázquez is 1515th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $11,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Wesley Vázquez most
Müller Anniversary Games 2019 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 800 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jamie Webb, Adam Kszczot, Emmanuel Korir, Kyle Langford, Elliot Giles and Andreas Kramer.
Herculis 2019 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 800 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Adam Kszczot, Jake Wightman, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse, Jonathan Kitilit, Nijel Amos and Ferguson Rotich.
Adidas Grand Prix 2014 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ferguson Rotich, Robby Andrews, David Rudisha, Mark English, Duane Solomon and Marcin Lewandowski.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Wesley Vázquez won?
$11,500, which ranks 1515th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2014 and 2019.
What is Wesley Vázquez's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the 800 m at the 2019 Müller Anniversary Games. 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 Wesley Vázquez 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 800 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.
Is this everything Wesley Vázquez 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 Wesley Vázquez is Tatyana Kotova on $11,500, and one below Adel Mechaal on $11,250. Wesley Vázquez is one of 7 Puerto Rico athletes athletics has paid, and Puerto Rico athletics prize money adds them up to $469,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Wesley Vázquez has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Müller Anniversary Games has its own page across every edition of it.