Yeimer López prize money
Yeimer López has been paid $6,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1870th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the men's 800 m, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting Areva 2014 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2010 | 800 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| All two | Men's 800 m | - | $6,500 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $6,500 is two 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
2010 to 2014, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | $2,500 |
| 2011 | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Meeting Areva | $4,000 |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $4,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Yeimer López in 2011, 2012 and 2013, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $6,500.
Around Yeimer López on the money list
Ranks 1850 to 1890
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1890 | Azmera Gebru | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Yeimer López is 1870th 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 Yeimer López most
Meeting Areva 2014 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Pierre-Ambroise Bosse, Ferguson Rotich, André Olivier, Marcin Lewandowski, Adam Kszczot and Asbel Kiprop.
Doha Diamond League 2010 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Michael Rimmer, Hamza Driouch, Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla, David Rudisha, Asbel Kiprop and Amine Laalou.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Yeimer López won?
$6,500, which ranks 1870th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2010 and 2014.
What is Yeimer López's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 800 m at the 2014 Meeting Areva. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Yeimer López 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 Yeimer López 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 Yeimer López is Walter Davis on $6,500, and one below Yekaterina Kayukova-Chernenko on $6,500. Yeimer López 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 men's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Yeimer López 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 Meeting Areva has its own page across every edition of it.