Yarisley Silva prize money
Yarisley Silva has been paid $203,333 by the Diamond League, which ranks 101st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 42 paid finishes in the women's pole vault, seven 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
The 42 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $203,333 is 42 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 43 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2011 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $3,500 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 | DN Galan | $31,500 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 | British Grand Prix | $34,000 |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $24,833 |
| 2015 | 6 | 1 | Bauhausgalan | $29,750 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | British Athletics Grand Prix | $30,000 |
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | Bislett Games | $27,750 |
| 2018 | 3 | - | Herculis | $8,500 |
| 2019 | 6 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $13,500 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $34,000 from five starts. Every season from 2011 to 2019 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $203,333.
Around Yarisley Silva on the money list
Ranks 81 to 121
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | Reese Hoffa | Men's shot put | 14 | $226,500 |
| 82 | Fabiana Murer | Women's pole vault | 13 | $223,000 |
| 83 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | two disciplines | 9 | $222,500 |
| 84 | Dawn Harper-Nelson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 15 | $220,500 |
| 85 | Amantle Montsho | Women's 400 m | 12 | $219,500 |
| 86 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 87 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 11 | $217,500 |
| 88 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 89 | Ayanleh Souleiman | four disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 90 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 91 | LaShawn Merritt | two disciplines | 16 | $212,000 |
| 92 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 93 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $211,250 |
| 94 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 4 | $211,000 |
| 95 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | 12 | $210,500 |
| 96 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 10 | $208,000 |
| 97 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 7 | $206,500 |
| 98 | Silas Kiplagat | two disciplines | 11 | $205,000 |
| 99 | Genzebe Dibaba | five disciplines | 12 | $204,500 |
| 100 | Danielle Williams | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $204,250 |
| 101 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 7 | $203,333 |
| 102 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 16 | $203,250 |
| 103 | Kimberly Williams | Women's triple jump | 1 | $203,250 |
| 104 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 3 | $202,250 |
| 105 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 10 | $202,000 |
| 106 | Tero Pitkämäki | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $202,000 |
| 107 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 108 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 109 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 110 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $197,500 |
| 111 | Ajeé Wilson | Women's 800 m | 6 | $197,250 |
| 112 | Sofia Assefa | two disciplines | 4 | $196,000 |
| 113 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Men's high jump | 6 | $195,958 |
| 114 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | two disciplines | 4 | $194,750 |
| 115 | Mercy Cherono | five disciplines | 9 | $194,500 |
| 116 | Gerd Kanter | Men's discus throw | 9 | $194,000 |
| 117 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 12 | $193,583 |
| 118 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 7 | $193,000 |
| 119 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 120 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $190,250 |
| 121 | Carmelita Jeter | two disciplines | 13 | $189,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Yarisley Silva is 101st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $203,333.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Yarisley Silva most
Bislett Games 2017 paid $10,000 for 1st in the pole vault, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anzhelika Sidorova, Lisa Ryzih, Angelica Bengtsson, Alysha Newman and Mary Saxer.
British Athletics Grand Prix 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Katerina Stefanidi, Nicole Büchler, Fabiana Murer, Wilma Heltelä, Katie Moon and Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou.
Bauhausgalan 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou, Fabiana Murer, Silke Spiegelburg, Angelica Bengtsson, Katerina Stefanidi and Michaela Meijer.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Yarisley Silva won?
$203,333, which ranks 101st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 42 paid finishes between 2011 and 2019.
What is Yarisley Silva's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the pole vault at the 2017 Bislett Games. 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 Yarisley Silva 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 pole vault 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 Yarisley Silva won?
Seven of 43, worth $70,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Has Yarisley Silva ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Yarisley Silva 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 her, 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 Yarisley Silva is Danielle Williams on $204,250, and one below Justin Gatlin on $203,250. Yarisley Silva is one of 43 Cuba athletes athletics has paid, and Cuba athletics prize money adds them up to $2,146,583 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Yarisley Silva 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 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Müller Grand Prix Birmingham has its own page across every edition of it.