Chris Carter prize money
Chris Carter has been paid $31,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 872nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the men's triple jump, 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2016 | Triple jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Muller Anniversary Games 2016 | Triple jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2016 | Triple jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2016 | Triple jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2015 | Triple jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2014 | Triple jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2014 | Triple jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| All seven | Men's triple jump | - | $31,500 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $31,500 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2014 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $4,500 |
| 2015 | 1 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | Meeting de Paris | $24,000 |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $24,000 from four starts. Every season from 2014 to 2016 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $31,500.
Around Chris Carter on the money list
Ranks 852 to 892
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 852 | Kurt Roberts | Men's shot put | 1 | $33,000 |
| 853 | Meraf Bahta | three disciplines | - | $33,000 |
| 854 | Michael Frater | Men's 100 m | - | $33,000 |
| 855 | O'Dayne Richards | Men's shot put | - | $33,000 |
| 856 | Tori Franklin | Women's triple jump | - | $32,750 |
| 857 | Makanakaishe Charamba | Men's 200 m | - | $32,500 |
| 858 | Perdita Felicien | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $32,500 |
| 859 | Sage Hurta-Klecker | two disciplines | - | $32,500 |
| 860 | Sigrid Borge | Women's javelin throw | - | $32,500 |
| 861 | Eilish McColgan | five disciplines | - | $32,250 |
| 862 | Ezekiel Nathaniel | two disciplines | - | $32,000 |
| 863 | Kanyinsola Ajayi | Men's 100 m | 1 | $32,000 |
| 864 | Natasha Morrison | two disciplines | - | $32,000 |
| 865 | Rusheen McDonald | Men's 400 m | 1 | $32,000 |
| 866 | Tosin Oke | Men's triple jump | - | $32,000 |
| 867 | Adrian Piperi | Men's shot put | - | $31,750 |
| 868 | Django Lovett | Men's high jump | 1 | $31,750 |
| 869 | Jodie Williams | two disciplines | - | $31,750 |
| 870 | Robeilys Peinado | Women's pole vault | - | $31,750 |
| 871 | Vincent Kibet | two disciplines | - | $31,750 |
| 872 | Chris Carter | Men's triple jump | 1 | $31,500 |
| 873 | David Girat | Men's triple jump | 1 | $31,500 |
| 874 | Dong Bin | Men's triple jump | - | $31,500 |
| 875 | Benn Harradine | Men's discus throw | - | $31,000 |
| 876 | Biniam Mehary | two disciplines | - | $31,000 |
| 877 | Cory Martin | Men's shot put | - | $31,000 |
| 878 | Galen Rupp | two disciplines | - | $31,000 |
| 879 | Jack Green | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $31,000 |
| 880 | Jo-Ané du Plessis | Women's javelin throw | - | $31,000 |
| 881 | Lacy Janson | Women's pole vault | - | $31,000 |
| 882 | Naide Gomes | Women's long jump | - | $31,000 |
| 883 | Nathan Strother | Men's 400 m | - | $31,000 |
| 884 | Tonea Marshall | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $30,750 |
| 885 | Wang Yu | Men's high jump | 1 | $30,750 |
| 886 | Anaïs Bourgoin | two disciplines | - | $30,500 |
| 887 | Graham Blanks | two disciplines | - | $30,500 |
| 888 | Ibtissam Lakhouad | Women's 1500 m | - | $30,500 |
| 889 | Tia Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $30,500 |
| 890 | Curtis Thompson | Men's javelin throw | - | $30,250 |
| 891 | Wilhem Belocian | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $30,250 |
| 892 | Albert Rop | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Chris Carter is 872nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $31,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Chris Carter most
Meeting de Paris 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alexis Copello, Jhon Murillo, Karol Hoffmann, Troy Doris, Benjamin Compaoré and Chris Benard.
Muller Anniversary Games 2016 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dong Bin, Chris Benard, Alexis Copello, Harold Correa, Omar Craddock and Tosin Oke.
Bauhausgalan 2016 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Chris Benard, Tosin Oke, Alexis Copello, Omar Craddock, Pablo Torrijos and Christian Taylor.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Chris Carter won?
$31,500, which ranks 872nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2014 and 2016.
What is Chris Carter's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the triple jump at the 2016 Meeting de Paris. 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 Chris Carter 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Chris Carter won?
One of seven, worth $10,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Chris Carter 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 Carter is Vincent Kibet on $31,750, and one below David Girat on $31,500. Chris Carter 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 Carter 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 de Paris has its own page across every edition of it.