Chaunte Lowe prize money
Chaunte Lowe has been paid $92,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 347th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fifteen paid finishes in the women's high jump, five of them wins.
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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2017 | High jump | 7th | $1,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2016 | High jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2015 | High jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 | High jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Bislett Games 2012 | High jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2012 | High jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2012 | High jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2012 | High jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Memorial van Damme 2012 | High jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2010 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bislett Games 2010 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Golden Gala 2010 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2010 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| BAUHAUS-galan 2010 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | High jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| All fifteen | Women's high jump | - | $92,000 |
The fifteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $92,000 is fifteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.08% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2017, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | - | Doha Diamond League | $32,000 |
| 2011 | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | 6 | 4 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $46,000 |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $2,500 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $10,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,500 |
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $46,000 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Chaunte Lowe in 2011, 2013 and 2014, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $92,000.
Around Chaunte Lowe on the money list
Ranks 327 to 367
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 327 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $97,208 |
| 328 | Feng Bin | Women's discus throw | 3 | $97,000 |
| 329 | Kellie Wells | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $97,000 |
| 330 | Tyson Gay | two disciplines | 8 | $97,000 |
| 331 | Chris Nilsen | Men's pole vault | 2 | $96,750 |
| 332 | Emma Zapletalová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $96,500 |
| 333 | Joshua Cheptegei | three disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 334 | Shannon Rowbury | four disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 335 | Julius Yego | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $96,000 |
| 336 | Zharnel Hughes | two disciplines | 2 | $95,500 |
| 337 | Mujinga Kambundji | two disciplines | 1 | $95,250 |
| 338 | Ronald Levy | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $94,750 |
| 339 | Cleopatra Borel | Women's shot put | - | $94,500 |
| 340 | Yargelis Savigne | two disciplines | 7 | $94,500 |
| 341 | Jorinde van Klinken | two disciplines | 1 | $94,000 |
| 342 | Lamecha Girma | five disciplines | 6 | $94,000 |
| 343 | Sanya Richards-Ross | two disciplines | 5 | $93,500 |
| 344 | Luguelín Santos | Men's 400 m | 1 | $93,000 |
| 345 | Amy Hunt | two disciplines | - | $92,500 |
| 346 | Christophe Lemaitre | two disciplines | 1 | $92,500 |
| 347 | Chaunte Lowe | Women's high jump | 5 | $92,000 |
| 348 | Berihu Aregawi | three disciplines | 4 | $91,750 |
| 349 | Peruth Chemutai | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $91,750 |
| 350 | L. J. van Zyl | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $91,500 |
| 351 | Niels Laros | three disciplines | 3 | $91,000 |
| 352 | Nelly Chepchirchir | two disciplines | 4 | $90,750 |
| 353 | Levern Spencer | Women's high jump | 1 | $90,508 |
| 354 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $90,250 |
| 355 | Jeremy Wariner | Men's 400 m | 7 | $90,000 |
| 356 | Ameer Webb | two disciplines | 3 | $89,500 |
| 357 | Habitam Alemu | three disciplines | - | $89,500 |
| 358 | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa | two disciplines | 1 | $89,500 |
| 359 | Imane Merga | two disciplines | 4 | $88,500 |
| 360 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 361 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 362 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 363 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 364 | Meseret Defar | three disciplines | 5 | $86,000 |
| 365 | Phillips Idowu | Men's triple jump | 6 | $86,000 |
| 366 | Evan Jager | three disciplines | 1 | $85,500 |
| 367 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Chaunte Lowe is 347th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $92,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Chaunte Lowe most
Prefontaine Classic 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Levern Spencer, Alessia Trost, Kamila Lićwinko, Vashti Cunningham, Ruth Beitia and Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Xingjuan Zheng, Marina Aitova, Inika McPherson, Svetlana Radzivil, Airinė Palšytė and Vita Styopina.
Bislett Games 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tia Hellebaut, Marina Aitova, Anna Iljuštšenko, Ruth Beitia, Øyunn Grindem Mogstad and Tonje Angelsen.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Chaunte Lowe won?
$92,000, which ranks 347th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fifteen paid finishes between 2010 and 2017.
What is Chaunte Lowe's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the high jump at the 2016 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Chaunte Lowe gets paid?
Entirely by where she 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 women's high jump 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 Chaunte Lowe won?
Five of fifteen, worth $50,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Chaunte Lowe 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 her, 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 Chaunte Lowe is Christophe Lemaitre on $92,500, and one below Berihu Aregawi on $91,750. Chaunte Lowe 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 women's high jump prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Chaunte Lowe has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.