Chris Benard prize money
Chris Benard has been paid $50,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 618th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 20 paid finishes in the men's triple jump, the best of them 3rd.
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 20 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $50,000 is 20 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2014 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | - | Glasgow Grand Prix | $4,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $2,000 |
| 2016 | 5 | - | Bislett Games | $13,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $6,500 |
| 2018 | 5 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $15,500 |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $1,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 2 | - | Meeting de Paris | $2,250 |
| 2022 | 1 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $500 |
| 2023 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $4,750 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $15,500 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Chris Benard in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $50,000.
Around Chris Benard on the money list
Ranks 598 to 638
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 598 | Melaine Walker | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $52,000 |
| 599 | Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu | three disciplines | 3 | $51,750 |
| 600 | Abubaker Kaki | Men's 800 m | 3 | $51,500 |
| 601 | Shanice Craft | two disciplines | - | $51,500 |
| 602 | Tia Brooks-Wannemacher | Women's shot put | 2 | $51,500 |
| 603 | Erika Kinsey | Women's high jump | - | $51,333 |
| 604 | Tony McQuay | Men's 400 m | - | $51,250 |
| 605 | Martin Wierig | Men's discus throw | - | $51,000 |
| 606 | Tariku Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $51,000 |
| 607 | Yekaterina Koneva | Women's triple jump | 1 | $51,000 |
| 608 | Roberta Bruni | Women's pole vault | - | $50,875 |
| 609 | Khaddi Sagnia | two disciplines | 1 | $50,750 |
| 610 | Dana Velďáková | Women's triple jump | - | $50,500 |
| 611 | Marwa Bouzayani | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $50,500 |
| 612 | Myriam Soumaré | two disciplines | 1 | $50,500 |
| 613 | Quincy Hall | two disciplines | 2 | $50,500 |
| 614 | Ayomide Folorunso | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $50,250 |
| 615 | Hilary Kpatcha | Women's long jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 616 | Zhang Guowei | Men's high jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 617 | Athing Mu | Women's 800 m | 3 | $50,000 |
| 618 | Chris Benard | Men's triple jump | - | $50,000 |
| 619 | Edmund Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $50,000 |
| 620 | Ignisious Gaisah | Men's long jump | - | $50,000 |
| 621 | Matheus Lima | two disciplines | - | $50,000 |
| 622 | Sinesipho Dambile | Men's 200 m | 1 | $50,000 |
| 623 | Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui | two disciplines | 1 | $49,750 |
| 624 | Joseph Fahnbulleh | Men's 200 m | - | $49,750 |
| 625 | Kyree King | two disciplines | - | $49,750 |
| 626 | Rachid Muratake | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $49,750 |
| 627 | Debbie Dunn | Women's 400 m | - | $49,500 |
| 628 | Denisa Rosolová | two disciplines | - | $49,500 |
| 629 | Sarah Healy | four disciplines | 1 | $49,500 |
| 630 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $49,250 |
| 631 | Sasha Zhoya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $49,250 |
| 632 | Antti Ruuskanen | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $49,000 |
| 633 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $49,000 |
| 634 | Kemi Adekoya | two disciplines | 1 | $49,000 |
| 635 | Sara Petersen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,750 |
| 636 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | - | $48,500 |
| 637 | Pavel Maslák | Men's 400 m | - | $48,500 |
| 638 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Chris Benard is 618th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $50,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Chris Benard most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 paid $5,000 for 5th in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Max Heß, Alexis Copello, Nelson Évora, Pedro Pichardo, Christian Taylor and Donald Scott.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $4,000 for 4th in the triple jump, one of four in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andy Díaz, Hugues Fabrice Zango and Donald Scott.
Athletissima 2018 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the triple jump, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alexis Copello, Donald Scott, Simo Lipsanen, Elvijs Misāns, Christian Taylor and Pedro Pichardo.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Chris Benard won?
$50,000, which ranks 618th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 20 paid finishes between 2014 and 2023.
What is Chris Benard's biggest Diamond League payday?
$5,000, for finishing 5th in the triple jump at the 2018 AG Memorial Van Damme. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Chris Benard 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 triple 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.
Is this everything Chris Benard 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 Chris Benard is Athing Mu on $50,000, and one below Edmund Serem on $50,000. Chris Benard 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 triple jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Chris Benard 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.