Yupun Abeykoon prize money
Yupun Abeykoon has been paid $8,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1705th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the men's 100 m, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2024 | 100 m | 8th | $500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2022 | 100 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bauhausgalan 2022 | 100 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Bislett Games 2022 | 100 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 | 100 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | 100 m | 9th | - |
| All six | Men's 100 m | - | $8,250 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $8,250 is five 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. One of the six starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2021 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 3 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $5,750 |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Bauhausgalan | $500 |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $5,750 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Yupun Abeykoon in 2023, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $8,250.
Around Yupun Abeykoon on the money list
Ranks 1685 to 1725
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1685 | Naomi Van den Broeck | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1686 | Nathan Douglas | Men's triple jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1687 | Nicholas Kipkoech | two disciplines | - | $8,500 |
| 1688 | Raymond Richards | Men's high jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1689 | Regina George | Women's 400 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1690 | Roxroy Cato | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1691 | Ruben Ramolefi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,500 |
| 1692 | Salim Sdiri | Men's long jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1693 | Sarah Lavin | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1694 | Tadese Takele | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,500 |
| 1695 | Tasa Jiya | Women's 200 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1696 | Tom Gale | Men's high jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1697 | Tyron Akins | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1698 | Vitória Cristina Rosa | two disciplines | - | $8,500 |
| 1699 | Zigismunds Sirmais | Men's javelin throw | - | $8,500 |
| 1700 | Edis Matusevičius | Men's javelin throw | - | $8,250 |
| 1701 | Lore Hoffmann | two disciplines | - | $8,250 |
| 1702 | Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,250 |
| 1703 | Osku Torro | Men's high jump | - | $8,250 |
| 1704 | Yual Reath | Men's high jump | - | $8,250 |
| 1705 | Yupun Abeykoon | Men's 100 m | - | $8,250 |
| 1706 | Bouabdellah Tahri | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1707 | Christina Vukicevic | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $8,000 |
| 1708 | Dedric Dukes | Men's 200 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1709 | Doreen Amata | Women's high jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1710 | Elijah Kipterege | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1711 | Hawi Feysa | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1712 | Irene Ekelund | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1713 | Isaac Updike | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1714 | Jessica Warner-Judd | four disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1715 | Josephus Lyles | Men's 200 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1716 | Karl Taillepierre | Men's triple jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1717 | Kenenisa Bekele | Men's 5000 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1718 | Krystian Zalewski | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1719 | Lenka Masná | Women's 800 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1720 | Lidio Andrés Feliz | Men's 400 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1721 | Lisa Aguilera | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1722 | Lopez Lomong | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1723 | Maggie Vessey | Women's 800 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1724 | Marlon Devonish | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1725 | Maurren Higa Maggi | Women's long jump | - | $8,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Yupun Abeykoon is 1705th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $8,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Yupun Abeykoon most
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Reece Prescod, Kyree King, Andre De Grasse, Trayvon Bromell, Yohan Blake and Aaron Brown.
Bauhausgalan 2022 paid $2,000 for 4th in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mouhamadou Fall, Joris van Gool, Rohan Browning, Henrik Larsson, Akani Simbine and Reece Prescod.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 paid $2,000 for 4th in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mike Rodgers, Arthur Cissé, Cejhae Greene, Jak Ali Harvey, Akani Simbine and CJ Ujah.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Yupun Abeykoon won?
$8,250, which ranks 1705th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2021 and 2024.
What is Yupun Abeykoon's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the 100 m at the 2022 Weltklasse Zürich. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Yupun Abeykoon 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 100 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.
Has Yupun Abeykoon 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 Yupun Abeykoon 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 Yupun Abeykoon is Yual Reath on $8,250, and one below Bouabdellah Tahri on $8,000. Yupun Abeykoon is one of 2 Sri Lanka athletes athletics has paid, and Sri Lanka athletics prize money adds them up to $292,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Yupun Abeykoon has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it.