Zach Bradford prize money
Zach Bradford has been paid $9,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1630th of the 3,683 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 0.01% 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.
The Ultimate Championship
What Zach Bradford did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's pole vault | 5th | 5.95 m | - |
Zach Bradford stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where he finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
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 1610 to 1650
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1610 | Fionnuala McCormack | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1611 | Georg Fleischhauer | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1612 | Haftamnesh Tesfaye | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1613 | Hanna Titimets | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1614 | Joanna Jóźwik | Women's 800 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1615 | Jura Levy | Women's 100 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1616 | Lythe Pillay | Men's 400 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1617 | Mikele Barber | Women's 100 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1618 | Rosângela Santos | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1619 | Shi Yuhao | Men's long jump | - | $9,500 |
| 1620 | Sofi Flink | Women's javelin throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1621 | Tarsis Orogot | Men's 200 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1622 | Teahna Daniels | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1623 | Tobias Grønstad | Men's 800 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1624 | Wilfried Koffi Hua | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1625 | Xinyue Su | Women's discus throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1626 | Yamilé Aldama | Women's triple jump | - | $9,500 |
| 1627 | Rohan Watson | Men's 100 m | - | $9,250 |
| 1628 | Ryoichi Akamatsu | Men's high jump | - | $9,250 |
| 1629 | Tobias Scherbarth | Men's pole vault | - | $9,250 |
| 1630 | Zach Bradford | Men's pole vault | - | $9,250 |
| 1631 | Abdelati El Guesse | Men's 800 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1632 | Ben Blankenship | three disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1633 | Birtukan Fente Alemu | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1634 | Gerhard Mayer | Men's discus throw | - | $9,000 |
| 1635 | Helen Clitheroe | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1636 | Henrik Larsson | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1637 | Irina Rodrigues | Women's discus throw | - | $9,000 |
| 1638 | Jerome Blake | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1639 | Jonathan Jones | Men's 400 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1640 | Kim Juhl Christensen | Men's shot put | - | $9,000 |
| 1641 | Lawi Lalang | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1642 | Oscar Pistorius | Men's 400 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1643 | Samuel Pihlström | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1644 | Shawn Crawford | Men's 200 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1645 | Tatyana Lebedeva | Women's triple jump | - | $9,000 |
| 1646 | Tommi Evilä | Men's long jump | - | $9,000 |
| 1647 | Treniere Moser | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1648 | Veronica Borsi | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $9,000 |
| 1649 | Veronica Vancardo | Women's 800 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1650 | Viivi Lehikoinen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Zach Bradford is 1630th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 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 1630th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 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. That start 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 224 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Zach Bradford is Tobias Scherbarth on $9,250, and one below Abdelati El Guesse on $9,000. Zach Bradford is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 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. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the men's pole vault page. 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.