Men's pole vault prize money
The Diamond League has paid $3,852,750 in the men's pole vault, to 104 athletes across 115 runnings of it, from 2010 to 2026. Armand Duplantis has taken more of it than anyone, $607,250.
The series pays by finishing place and by nothing else, so a win here is worth what a win in any other discipline is worth: $10,000 at a 2026 series meeting, eight places paid, and nothing for ninth. Nine of the 115 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for the win at the 2026 final. Eleven of the 115 runnings were Diamond+, which pays double.
Who the men's pole vault has paid the most
Every running of it on this site, added up
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armand Duplantis | 50 | 35 | 1st | $607,250 |
| 2 | Sam Kendricks | 64 | 18 | 1st | $481,917 |
| 3 | Renaud Lavillenie | 72 | 33 | 1st | $466,833 |
| 4 | Emmanouil Karalis | 22 | 3 | 1st | $170,875 |
| 5 | Konstantinos Filippidis | 40 | 6 | 1st | $161,000 |
| 6 | Piotr Lisek | 34 | 3 | =2nd | $136,375 |
| 7 | Kurtis Marschall | 30 | 2 | 1st | $135,833 |
| 8 | Malte Mohr | 24 | 3 | 1st | $116,000 |
| 9 | Paweł Wojciechowski | 29 | 2 | =2nd | $105,500 |
| 10 | Chris Nilsen | 27 | 2 | 1st | $96,750 |
| 11 | Shawn Barber | 21 | 0 | 3rd | $79,000 |
| 12 | Raphael Holzdeppe | 24 | 1 | 1st | $78,500 |
| 13 | EJ Obiena | 23 | 1 | 2nd | $78,125 |
| 14 | Timur Morgunov | 5 | 1 | 1st | $65,750 |
| 15 | Sondre Guttormsen | 20 | 0 | 2nd | $64,250 |
| 16 | Thiago Braz | 21 | 0 | 2nd | $61,500 |
| 17 | Ben Broeders | 21 | 1 | 1st | $54,500 |
| 18 | Björn Otto | 13 | 1 | 1st | $52,000 |
| 19 | Menno Vloon | 15 | 0 | 3rd | $46,667 |
| 20 | KC Lightfoot | 16 | 1 | 1st | $42,875 |
| 21 | Jan Kudlička | 14 | 0 | 2nd | $40,000 |
| 22 | Romain Mesnil | 11 | 1 | 1st | $38,583 |
| 23 | Brad Walker | 11 | 0 | 2nd | $34,750 |
| 24 | Kévin Menaldo | 9 | 0 | =2nd | $28,500 |
| 25 | Maksym Mazuryk | 8 | 0 | 2nd | $27,500 |
| 26 | Thibaut Collet | 13 | 0 | =2nd | $25,542 |
| 27 | Steven Lewis | 12 | 0 | 3rd | $25,250 |
| 28 | Derek Miles | 9 | 0 | 2nd | $25,083 |
| 29 | Changrui Xue | 10 | 0 | 3rd | $23,000 |
| 30 | Augusto Dutra | 6 | 0 | 2nd | $21,750 |
| 31 | Steven Hooker | 7 | 0 | 2nd | $21,000 |
| 32 | Stanley Joseph | 9 | 0 | 4th | $19,750 |
| 33 | Łukasz Michalski | 5 | 1 | 1st | $19,500 |
| 34 | Cole Walsh | 5 | 0 | =3rd | $19,000 |
| 35 | Aleksandr Gripich | 5 | 0 | 2nd | $17,500 |
| 36 | Baptiste Thiery | 5 | 0 | 2nd | $16,000 |
| 37 | Seito Yamamoto | 5 | 0 | 3rd | $15,250 |
| 38 | Lázaro Borges | 5 | 0 | 3rd | $15,000 |
| 39 | Jérôme Clavier | 5 | 0 | 2nd | $14,750 |
| 40 | Valentin Lavillenie | 10 | 0 | 4th | $14,000 |
Armand Duplantis has collected $607,250 of the $3,852,750 this discipline has paid out, 15.8% of it. Armand Duplantis has won 35 of them, more than anyone else. 79 of the 104 athletes paid in this discipline were paid in it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 104.
Every Diamond League men's pole vault
Who won it, what the win paid and what the field took
What the men's pole vault paid each season
season running total
The line is the running total. A season's figure is the rate multiplied by how many meetings put the discipline on, so the columns move with the programme rather than with who turned up: 2024 ran it eight times and 2010 seven times. One of the 115 runnings was tied at the top: athletes level for a place take the places between them and split the money for all of them, so a three-way tie for the win is first, second and third added up and divided by three.
Where the men's pole vault is run
The meetings that have put it on, and what each has paid for it
| MEETING | RUNNINGS | PAID FOR IT |
|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich | 8 | $488,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme | 11 | $441,500 |
| Meeting de Paris | 13 | $385,000 |
| Athletissima | 13 | $375,500 |
| Bislett Games | 11 | $332,000 |
| Bauhausgalan | 10 | $302,500 |
| Shanghai Diamond League | 9 | $265,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic | 8 | $260,000 |
| Herculis EBS | 7 | $225,000 |
| Doha Diamond League | 6 | $185,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | 5 | $149,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | 3 | $100,000 |
| London Athletics Meet | 3 | $97,500 |
| Xiamen Diamond League | 2 | $75,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | 2 | $60,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix | 2 | $59,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games | 1 | $30,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Gateshead | 1 | $22,750 |
| 18 meetings | 115 | $3,852,750$3.9m |
Every meeting pays the same ladder, so this column ranks how often each one put the discipline on rather than how generous it is. Meeting de Paris and Athletissima have each run it thirteen times. Each meeting links to everything it has paid across every edition of it.
What each place pays in the men's pole vault
The nine ladders this discipline has been paid under
| PLACE | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES + | SERIES + | FINAL | FINAL | FINAL | FINAL + |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $50,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $50,000 |
| 2nd | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $10,000 | $6,000 | $20,000 | $12,000 | $12,000 | $20,000 |
| 3rd | $4,000 | $3,500 | $4,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 | $10,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $10,000 |
| 4th | $3,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 | $3,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 | $4,000 | $6,000 |
| 5th | $2,500 | $1,250 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $2,500 | $5,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| 6th | $2,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $2,000 | $4,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $4,000 |
| 7th | $1,500 | $750 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $1,500 | $3,000 | $1,500 | $1,500 | $3,000 |
| 8th | $1,000 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| All eight | $30,000 | $25,000 | $30,000 | $50,000 | $40,000 | $100,000 | $60,000 | $60,000 | $100,000 |
One column per ladder, and none of them is specific to this discipline: the men's pole vault is paid on the same card as the 100 m and the shot put at the same meeting. There is no appearance money in any of it, nothing for a record, and nothing at all for ninth place. The Diamond+ columns are the eleven of 115 runnings where the series doubled the discipline's rate for the day.
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money does the Diamond League pay in the men's pole vault?
$3,852,750 across 115 runnings of it, to 104 athletes from 30 countries. That is 3.4% of everything the series has paid, and the 4th biggest of the 41 disciplines on this site.
What does a win in the men's pole vault pay?
$10,000, and double that at a meeting where it is a Diamond+ discipline. It is the same figure in every discipline on a programme, so a win here pays exactly what a win in the 100 m pays. Nine of the 115 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for the win at the 2026 final.
Who has earned the most in the men's pole vault?
Armand Duplantis, on $607,250 from 50 paid finishes, 35 of them wins. 79 of the 104 athletes the discipline has paid were paid in it more than once.
Who has won the most Diamond League men's pole vault titles?
Armand Duplantis, on 35 wins. 19 different athletes have won a Diamond League men's pole vault across the 115 runnings on this site.
How often does the Diamond League run the men's pole vault?
115 times across sixteen seasons, from 2010 to 2026, on the programmes of 18 different meetings. Meeting de Paris and Athletissima have each run it thirteen times, more often than anywhere else. The series rotates its programme, so no discipline is on every card.
How far down the field does the men's pole vault pay?
Eight places, and ninth pays nothing however good the mark was. 896 payments have gone to 104 athletes in this discipline, and 69 other finishes in the same result tables were worth nothing at all.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money holds all sixteen seasons on this site, 224 meetings and $113,397,000. The 2026 season is at Diamond League 2026. The other half of the event is at Women's pole vault, which has paid $3,700,250.
Every other Diamond League discipline
- Women's 100 m
- Men's 100 m
- Women's 100 m hurdles
- Women's 400 m
- Men's 800 m
- Men's 200 m
- Women's 800 m
- Men's 110 m hurdles
- Women's 200 m
- Men's 400 m
- Women's 400 m hurdles
- Men's 400 m hurdles
- Women's pole vault
- Women's high jump
- Women's 1500 m
- Men's high jump
- Men's 3000 m steeplechase
- Women's long jump
- Women's 3000 m steeplechase
- Men's shot put
- Men's long jump
- Women's discus throw
- Men's javelin throw
- Men's discus throw
- Women's triple jump
- Men's triple jump
- Women's javelin throw
- Women's shot put
- Men's 1500 m
- Men's 5000 m
- Women's 5000 m
- Women's 3000 m
- Men's mile
- Men's 3000 m
- Women's mile
- Men's 1000 m
- Men's 300 m hurdles
- Women's 2 miles
- Women's 1000 m
- Men's 2 miles
Every Diamond League meeting
- Weltklasse Zürich
- AG Memorial Van Damme
- Prefontaine Classic
- Athletissima
- Meeting de Paris
- Golden Gala Pietro Mennea
- Doha Diamond League
- Bauhausgalan
- Bislett Games
- Herculis EBS
- Shanghai Diamond League
- Birmingham Diamond League
- Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat
- Anniversary Games
- London Athletics Meet
- Adidas Grand Prix
- Kamila Skolimowska Memorial
- Xiamen Diamond League
- Müller Grand Prix Gateshead
Every Diamond League season
- Diamond League 2026
- Diamond League 2025
- Diamond League 2024
- Diamond League 2023
- Diamond League 2022
- Diamond League 2021
- Diamond League 2019
- Diamond League 2018
- Diamond League 2017
- Diamond League 2016
- Diamond League 2015
- Diamond League 2014
- Diamond League 2013
- Diamond League 2012
- Diamond League 2011
- Diamond League 2010