Zach Bradford prize money
Zach Bradford has been paid $9,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 873rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the men's pole vault, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2026 | Pole vault | 4th | $3,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2026 | Pole vault | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | Pole vault | 6th | $2,000 |
| Athletissima 2026 | Pole vault | =7th | $1,250 |
| Doha Diamond League 2026 | Pole vault | =8th | $500 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | Pole vault | 9th | — |
| All six | Men's pole vault | — | $9,250 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $9,250 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $53,753,250 the 104 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.
The World Indoor Championships
What Zach Bradford did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's pole vault | 5th | 5.95 | $6,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Zach Bradford $6,000 for one finish in Toruń 2026, against $9,250 from six Diamond League starts in 2026. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Around Zach Bradford on the money list
Ranks 853 to 893
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 853 | Eusebio Cáceres | Men's long jump | — | $9,750 |
| 854 | Neil Gourley | two disciplines | — | $9,750 |
| 855 | Noélie Yarigo | two disciplines | — | $9,750 |
| 856 | Brianna McNeal | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $9,500 |
| 857 | Churandy Martina | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
| 858 | Conseslus Kipruto | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
| 859 | Davide Re | Men's 400 m | — | $9,500 |
| 860 | Javianne Oliver | Women's 100 m | — | $9,500 |
| 861 | Jenny Simpson | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
| 862 | Kyra Jefferson | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
| 863 | Lexy Halladay-Lowry | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $9,500 |
| 864 | Lythe Pillay | Men's 400 m | — | $9,500 |
| 865 | Tarsis Orogot | Men's 200 m | — | $9,500 |
| 866 | Teahna Daniels | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
| 867 | Tobias Grønstad | Men's 800 m | — | $9,500 |
| 868 | Jeron Robinson | Men's high jump | — | $9,250 |
| 869 | Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova | Women's long jump | — | $9,250 |
| 870 | Robbie Grabarz | Men's high jump | — | $9,250 |
| 871 | Rohan Watson | Men's 100 m | — | $9,250 |
| 872 | Ryoichi Akamatsu | Men's high jump | — | $9,250 |
| 873 | Zach Bradford | Men's pole vault | — | $9,250 |
| 874 | Adam Kszczot | Men's 800 m | — | $9,000 |
| 875 | Jerome Blake | two disciplines | — | $9,000 |
| 876 | Jonathan Jones | Men's 400 m | — | $9,000 |
| 877 | Karyna Taranda | Women's high jump | — | $9,000 |
| 878 | Kori Carter | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 879 | Mathew Sawe | Men's high jump | — | $9,000 |
| 880 | Milan Trajkovic | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 881 | Samuel Pihlström | two disciplines | — | $9,000 |
| 882 | Valentin Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | — | $9,000 |
| 883 | Veronica Vancardo | Women's 800 m | — | $9,000 |
| 884 | Viivi Lehikoinen | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 885 | Yelena Sokolova | Women's long jump | — | $9,000 |
| 886 | Aynadis Mebratu | two disciplines | — | $8,750 |
| 887 | Elena Bellò | Women's 800 m | — | $8,750 |
| 888 | Lovisa Lindh | Women's 800 m | — | $8,750 |
| 889 | Mouhamadou Fall | two disciplines | — | $8,750 |
| 890 | Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | — | $8,750 |
| 891 | Saúl Ordóñez | two disciplines | — | $8,750 |
| 892 | Alemnat Walle | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $8,500 |
| 893 | Alex Rose | Men's discus throw | — | $8,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Zach Bradford is 873rd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $9,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Zach Bradford most
Bislett Games 2026 paid $3,000 for 4th in the pole vault, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Baptiste Thiery, Emmanouil Karalis, Thibaut Collet, Menno Vloon, Renaud Lavillenie and Kurtis Marschall.
Bauhausgalan 2026 paid $2,500 for 5th in the pole vault, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sondre Guttormsen, Renaud Lavillenie, Thibaut Collet, Sam Kendricks, Kurtis Marschall and Armand Duplantis.
Meeting de Paris 2026 paid $2,000 for 6th in the pole vault, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kurtis Marschall, Sam Kendricks, Thibaut Collet, KC Lightfoot, Renaud Lavillenie and Armand Duplantis.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Zach Bradford won?
$9,250, which ranks 873rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes in 2026.
What is Zach Bradford's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the Diamond+ pole vault at the 2026 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 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Zach Bradford 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 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.
Has Zach Bradford 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. He is in the result table on this site either way.
How much has Zach Bradford won at the World Indoor Championships?
$6,000, from one paid final in Toruń 2026. An indoor title pays $40,000 and the ladder runs six places deep, down to $4,000 for 6th, the same in every event on the programme and the same for a relay team.
Is this everything Zach Bradford earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Indoor Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Zach Bradford is Ryoichi Akamatsu on $9,250, and one below Adam Kszczot on $9,000. Zach Bradford is one of 352 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $16,292,792 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Zach Bradford has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, 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 Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the men's pole vault page.