Chris Benard prize money
Chris Benard has been paid $11,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 795th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the men's triple jump, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2023 | Triple jump | 4th | $4,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2023 | Triple jump | 7th | $750 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 | Triple jump | 8th | $500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2021 | Triple jump | 5th | $1,250 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2021 | Triple jump | 6th | $1,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | Triple jump | 7th | $1,500 |
| Doha Diamond League 2018 | Triple jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| All seven | Men's triple jump | — | $11,500 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $11,500 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2018 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $2,500 |
| 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
2023 is the biggest of them, $4,750 from two 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 $11,500.
Around Chris Benard on the money list
Ranks 775 to 815
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 775 | Paraskevi Papachristou | Women's triple jump | — | $12,250 |
| 776 | Annik Kälin | two disciplines | — | $12,000 |
| 777 | Ehsan Haddadi | Men's discus throw | — | $12,000 |
| 778 | Emily Mackay | two disciplines | — | $12,000 |
| 779 | Isaac Kimeli | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $12,000 |
| 780 | Kena Tufa | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $12,000 |
| 781 | LaQuan Nairn | Men's long jump | 1 | $12,000 |
| 782 | Lina Nielsen | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $12,000 |
| 783 | Margaret Wambui | Women's 800 m | — | $12,000 |
| 784 | Milica Gardašević | Women's long jump | — | $12,000 |
| 785 | Naoto Tobe | Men's high jump | — | $12,000 |
| 786 | Xu Zhuoyi | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $12,000 |
| 787 | Elise Cranny | four disciplines | — | $11,750 |
| 788 | Ersu Şaşma | Men's pole vault | — | $11,750 |
| 789 | Marija Vuković | Women's high jump | — | $11,750 |
| 790 | Maureen Koster | three disciplines | — | $11,750 |
| 791 | Timur Morgunov | Men's pole vault | — | $11,750 |
| 792 | Tobia Bocchi | Men's triple jump | — | $11,750 |
| 793 | Erick Portillo | Men's high jump | — | $11,583 |
| 794 | Alastair Chalmers | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $11,500 |
| 795 | Chris Benard | Men's triple jump | — | $11,500 |
| 796 | Jessica Ramsey | Women's shot put | — | $11,500 |
| 797 | Melknat Wudu | two disciplines | — | $11,500 |
| 798 | Rose Mary Almanza | Women's 800 m | 1 | $11,500 |
| 799 | Adel Mechaal | four disciplines | — | $11,250 |
| 800 | Anita Horvat | two disciplines | — | $11,250 |
| 801 | Pål Haugen Lillefosse | Men's pole vault | — | $11,250 |
| 802 | Brittany Crew | Women's shot put | — | $11,000 |
| 803 | Djilali Bedrani | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $11,000 |
| 804 | Edinah Jebitok | four disciplines | — | $11,000 |
| 805 | Fatoumata Binta Diallo | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $11,000 |
| 806 | Fausto Desalu | Men's 200 m | — | $11,000 |
| 807 | Marione Fourie | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $11,000 |
| 808 | Ola Stunes Isene | Men's discus throw | — | $11,000 |
| 809 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $11,000 |
| 810 | Radek Juška | Men's long jump | — | $11,000 |
| 811 | Vanessa Kamga | Women's discus throw | — | $11,000 |
| 812 | Maja Åskag | two disciplines | — | $10,750 |
| 813 | Mohamed Tindouft | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $10,750 |
| 814 | Tianna Bartoletta | two disciplines | 1 | $10,750 |
| 815 | Andressa de Morais | Women's discus throw | — | $10,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Chris Benard is 795th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $11,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Chris Benard most
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.
Doha Diamond League 2018 paid $2,500 for 5th in the triple jump, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Godfrey Khotso Mokoena, Dong Bin, Max Heß, Rashid Al-Mannai, Jean-Marc Pontvianne and Pedro Pichardo.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 paid $1,500 for 7th in the triple jump, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alexis Copello, Zhu Yaming, Nelson Évora, Pablo Torrijos, Omar Craddock and Pedro Pichardo.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Chris Benard won?
$11,500, which ranks 795th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2018 and 2023.
What is Chris Benard's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 4th in the triple jump at the 2023 Prefontaine Classic. 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 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Chris Benard is Alastair Chalmers on $11,500, and one below Jessica Ramsey on $11,500. Chris Benard is one of 352 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $16,292,792 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.