Zoltán Kővágó prize money
Zoltán Kővágó has been paid $74,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 426th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 18 paid finishes in the men's discus throw, 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
The 18 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $74,500 is 18 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 1 | Shanghai Diamond League | $41,000 |
| 2011 | 5 | - | London Grand Prix | $14,000 |
| 2012 | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Meeting Areva | $6,000 |
| 2016 | 5 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $13,500 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $41,000 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Zoltán Kővágó in 2012, 2013 and 2014, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $74,500.
Around Zoltán Kővágó on the money list
Ranks 406 to 446
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 406 | Jasmin Stowers | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $78,000 |
| 407 | Molly Caudery | Women's pole vault | 3 | $77,500 |
| 408 | Funmi Jimoh | Women's long jump | 2 | $77,000 |
| 409 | Medina Eisa | two disciplines | 3 | $77,000 |
| 410 | Alysha Newman | Women's pole vault | 1 | $76,500 |
| 411 | David Greene | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $76,500 |
| 412 | Rababe Arafi | three disciplines | 1 | $76,500 |
| 413 | Oleh Doroshchuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $76,250 |
| 414 | Thobias Montler | Men's long jump | 2 | $76,250 |
| 415 | Liadagmis Povea | Women's triple jump | - | $75,500 |
| 416 | Ryan Wilson | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $75,500 |
| 417 | Stewart McSweyn | four disciplines | 2 | $75,500 |
| 418 | Ackeem Blake | Men's 100 m | 1 | $75,000 |
| 419 | Auriol Dongmo | Women's shot put | 3 | $75,000 |
| 420 | Isiah Kiplangat Koech | two disciplines | 2 | $75,000 |
| 421 | Ivet Lalova-Collio | two disciplines | 2 | $75,000 |
| 422 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | two disciplines | - | $75,000 |
| 423 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | Men's 800 m | 2 | $75,000 |
| 424 | Bianca Knight | two disciplines | 2 | $74,500 |
| 425 | Omar Craddock | Men's triple jump | 1 | $74,500 |
| 426 | Zoltán Kővágó | Men's discus throw | 1 | $74,500 |
| 427 | Jemma Reekie | four disciplines | 1 | $73,750 |
| 428 | Zakithi Nene | Men's 400 m | 2 | $73,750 |
| 429 | Darlan Romani | Men's shot put | 1 | $73,500 |
| 430 | Majd Eddin Ghazal | Men's high jump | 1 | $73,500 |
| 431 | Nancy Jebet Langat | two disciplines | 5 | $73,500 |
| 432 | Patrícia Mamona | Women's triple jump | - | $73,500 |
| 433 | Tsige Duguma | two disciplines | 4 | $73,250 |
| 434 | Brenda Martinez | two disciplines | 2 | $73,000 |
| 435 | Klaudia Kazimierska | two disciplines | 1 | $73,000 |
| 436 | Yasser Triki | Men's triple jump | 1 | $73,000 |
| 437 | Michael Cherry | Men's 400 m | 2 | $72,750 |
| 438 | Samuel Firewu | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $72,500 |
| 439 | Lázaro Martínez | Men's triple jump | 2 | $72,000 |
| 440 | Yelena Sokolova | Women's long jump | 4 | $72,000 |
| 441 | Fanny Roos | Women's shot put | - | $71,500 |
| 442 | Jordan Scott | Men's triple jump | 4 | $71,500 |
| 443 | Likina Amebaw | two disciplines | 1 | $71,250 |
| 444 | Marquis Dendy | two disciplines | 2 | $71,250 |
| 445 | Simon Koech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $71,000 |
| 446 | Halimah Nakaayi | two disciplines | - | $70,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Zoltán Kővágó is 426th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $74,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Zoltán Kővágó most
Shanghai Diamond League 2010 paid $10,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Robert Harting, Piotr Małachowski, Gerd Kanter, Ehsan Haddadi, Jason Young and Jarred Rome.
Meeting Areva 2015 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gerd Kanter, Christoph Harting, Robert Urbanek, Vikas Gowda, Jason Morgan and Philip Milanov.
London Grand Prix 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ehsan Haddadi, Gerd Kanter, Frank Casanas, Martin Wierig, Erik Cadée and Brett Morse.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Zoltán Kővágó won?
$74,500, which ranks 426th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 18 paid finishes between 2010 and 2016.
What is Zoltán Kővágó's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the discus throw at the 2010 Shanghai Diamond League. 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 Zoltán Kővágó 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 win is worth the same in the men's discus throw 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 Zoltán Kővágó won?
One of 18, worth $10,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Zoltán Kővágó 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 Zoltán Kővágó is Omar Craddock on $74,500, and one below Jemma Reekie on $73,750. Zoltán Kővágó is one of 12 Hungary athletes athletics has paid, and Hungary athletics prize money adds them up to $361,833 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Zoltán Kővágó has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has its own page across every edition of it.