Yarisley Silva prize money
Yarisley Silva has been paid $29,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 475th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from eight paid finishes in the women's pole vault, one of them a win.
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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 | Pole vault | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | Pole vault | 4th | $3,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | Pole vault | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 | Pole vault | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2019 | Pole vault | 7th | $1,500 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | Pole vault | 9th | — |
| Bislett Games 2018 | Pole vault | 6th | $2,000 |
| Bislett Games 2017 | Pole vault | 1st | $10,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | Pole vault | 3rd | $4,000 |
| All nine | Women's pole vault | — | $29,500 |
The eight paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $29,500 is eight separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the nine starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2017 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | Bislett Games | $14,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | $2,000 |
| 2019 | 6 | — | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $13,500 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $14,000 from two starts. Every season from 2017 to 2019 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $29,500.
Around Yarisley Silva on the money list
Ranks 455 to 495
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 455 | Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | — | $30,458 |
| 456 | Curtis Thompson | Men's javelin throw | — | $30,250 |
| 457 | Akeem Bloomfield | Men's 400 m | 2 | $30,000 |
| 458 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | — | $30,000 |
| 459 | Dawid Wegner | Men's javelin throw | — | $30,000 |
| 460 | Maia McCoy | two disciplines | — | $30,000 |
| 461 | Omar Craddock | Men's triple jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 462 | Steffin McCarter | Men's long jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 463 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $30,000 |
| 464 | Brandon Hicklin | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 465 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 466 | Fiordaliza Cofil | Women's 400 m | 1 | $29,750 |
| 467 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 468 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 469 | Isaac Nader | two disciplines | 1 | $29,750 |
| 470 | Kamila Lićwinko | Women's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 471 | Tamari Davis | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 472 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $29,500 |
| 473 | Nelly Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 1 | $29,500 |
| 474 | Tamara Clark | two disciplines | — | $29,500 |
| 475 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 1 | $29,500 |
| 476 | Cambrea Sturgis | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 477 | Daniel Arce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $29,250 |
| 478 | Nafissatou Thiam | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 479 | Cierra Jackson | Women's discus throw | 1 | $29,000 |
| 480 | Lorraine Ugen | Women's long jump | 1 | $29,000 |
| 481 | Ruben Querinjean | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $29,000 |
| 482 | Axumawit Embaye | four disciplines | — | $28,750 |
| 483 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $28,750 |
| 484 | Zoe Hobbs | Women's 100 m | — | $28,750 |
| 485 | Aliona Dubitskaya | Women's shot put | — | $28,500 |
| 486 | Nico Young | two disciplines | 1 | $28,500 |
| 487 | Orlando Bennett | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $28,500 |
| 488 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $28,500 |
| 489 | Claudine Vita | Women's discus throw | — | $28,250 |
| 490 | Christina Honsel | Women's high jump | 1 | $28,167 |
| 491 | Liam Adcock | Men's long jump | 1 | $28,000 |
| 492 | Patrícia Mamona | Women's triple jump | — | $28,000 |
| 493 | Lorenzo Simonelli | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $27,750 |
| 494 | Agnes Jebet Tirop | two disciplines | 1 | $27,500 |
| 495 | Amber Anning | Women's 400 m | — | $27,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Yarisley Silva is 475th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $29,500.
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.
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jenn Suhr, Michaela Meijer, Holly Bradshaw, Katie Moon, Angelica Bengtsson and Katerina Stefanidi.
Doha Diamond League 2017 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Holly Bradshaw, Lisa Ryzih, Katie Moon, Alysha Newman, Kristen Brown and Katerina Stefanidi.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Yarisley Silva won?
$29,500, which ranks 475th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from eight paid finishes between 2017 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?
One of nine, worth $10,000 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. She 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 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Yarisley Silva is Tamara Clark on $29,500, and one below Cambrea Sturgis on $29,250. Yarisley Silva is one of 18 Cuba athletes athletics has paid, and Cuba athletics prize money adds them up to $1,246,250 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 800 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.