Christina Schwanitz prize money
Christina Schwanitz has been paid $202,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 105th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 33 paid finishes in the women's shot put, ten 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
The 33 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $202,000 is 33 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | Herculis | $1,500 |
| 2011 | 2 | - | London Grand Prix | $5,500 |
| 2012 | 3 | - | DN Galan | $10,000 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 | Golden Grand Prix | $35,000 |
| 2014 | 4 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $24,000 |
| 2015 | 6 | 5 | British Athletics Grand Prix | $56,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | - | Herculis | $10,000 |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $34,000 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | Athletissima | $25,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 2 | - | Müller Grand Prix Gateshead | $1,000 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $56,000 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Christina Schwanitz in 2017 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $202,000.
Around Christina Schwanitz on the money list
Ranks 85 to 125
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | Amantle Montsho | Women's 400 m | 12 | $219,500 |
| 86 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 87 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 11 | $217,500 |
| 88 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 89 | Ayanleh Souleiman | four disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 90 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 91 | LaShawn Merritt | two disciplines | 16 | $212,000 |
| 92 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 93 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $211,250 |
| 94 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 4 | $211,000 |
| 95 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | 12 | $210,500 |
| 96 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 10 | $208,000 |
| 97 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 7 | $206,500 |
| 98 | Silas Kiplagat | two disciplines | 11 | $205,000 |
| 99 | Genzebe Dibaba | five disciplines | 12 | $204,500 |
| 100 | Danielle Williams | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $204,250 |
| 101 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 7 | $203,333 |
| 102 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 16 | $203,250 |
| 103 | Kimberly Williams | Women's triple jump | 1 | $203,250 |
| 104 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 3 | $202,250 |
| 105 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 10 | $202,000 |
| 106 | Tero Pitkämäki | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $202,000 |
| 107 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 108 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 109 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 110 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $197,500 |
| 111 | Ajeé Wilson | Women's 800 m | 6 | $197,250 |
| 112 | Sofia Assefa | two disciplines | 4 | $196,000 |
| 113 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Men's high jump | 6 | $195,958 |
| 114 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | two disciplines | 4 | $194,750 |
| 115 | Mercy Cherono | five disciplines | 9 | $194,500 |
| 116 | Gerd Kanter | Men's discus throw | 9 | $194,000 |
| 117 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 12 | $193,583 |
| 118 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 7 | $193,000 |
| 119 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 120 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $190,250 |
| 121 | Carmelita Jeter | two disciplines | 13 | $189,000 |
| 122 | Milcah Chemos | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 16 | $189,000 |
| 123 | Shara Proctor | Women's long jump | 4 | $187,000 |
| 124 | Michelle Carter | Women's shot put | 3 | $186,500 |
| 125 | Blanka Vlašić | Women's high jump | 14 | $185,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Christina Schwanitz is 105th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $202,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Christina Schwanitz most
Athletissima 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Brittany Crew, Fanny Roos, Danniel Thomas-Dodd, Aliona Dubitskaya, Chase Jackson and Paulina Guba.
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aliona Dubitskaya, Brittany Crew, Danniel Thomas-Dodd, Fanny Roos, Jessica Ramsey and Gong Lijiao.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2018 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aliona Dubitskaya, Valerie Adams, Raven Saunders, Brittany Crew, Jessica Ramsey and Fanny Roos.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Christina Schwanitz won?
$202,000, which ranks 105th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 33 paid finishes between 2010 and 2021.
What is Christina Schwanitz's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the shot put at the 2019 Athletissima. 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 Christina Schwanitz 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 shot put 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 Christina Schwanitz won?
Ten of 33, worth $100,000 between them. Two of her appearances came at a final, which paid $20,000.
Is this everything Christina Schwanitz 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 Christina Schwanitz is Kyron McMaster on $202,250, and one below Tero Pitkämäki on $202,000. Christina Schwanitz is one of 139 Germany athletes athletics has paid, and Germany athletics prize money adds them up to $4,199,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Christina Schwanitz 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 Müller Grand Prix Gateshead has its own page across every edition of it.