Cierra Jackson prize money
Cierra Jackson has been paid $29,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 479th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's discus throw, 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | Discus throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | Discus throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | Discus throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | Discus throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| Bauhausgalan 2026 | Discus throw | 9th | — |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | Discus throw | 2nd | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | Discus throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| All seven | Women's discus throw | — | $29,000 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $29,000 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the seven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $12,500 |
| 2026 | 5 | 1 | London Athletics Meet | $16,500 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $16,500 from five starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $29,000.
Around Cierra Jackson on the money list
Ranks 459 to 499
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 459 | Dawid Wegner | Men's javelin throw | — | $30,000 |
| 460 | Maia McCoy | two disciplines | — | $30,000 |
| 461 | Omar Craddock | Men's triple jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 462 | Steffin McCarter | Men's long jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 463 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $30,000 |
| 464 | Brandon Hicklin | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 465 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 466 | Fiordaliza Cofil | Women's 400 m | 1 | $29,750 |
| 467 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 468 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 469 | Isaac Nader | two disciplines | 1 | $29,750 |
| 470 | Kamila Lićwinko | Women's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 471 | Tamari Davis | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 472 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $29,500 |
| 473 | Nelly Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 1 | $29,500 |
| 474 | Tamara Clark | two disciplines | — | $29,500 |
| 475 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 1 | $29,500 |
| 476 | Cambrea Sturgis | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 477 | Daniel Arce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $29,250 |
| 478 | Nafissatou Thiam | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 479 | Cierra Jackson | Women's discus throw | 1 | $29,000 |
| 480 | Lorraine Ugen | Women's long jump | 1 | $29,000 |
| 481 | Ruben Querinjean | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $29,000 |
| 482 | Axumawit Embaye | four disciplines | — | $28,750 |
| 483 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $28,750 |
| 484 | Zoe Hobbs | Women's 100 m | — | $28,750 |
| 485 | Aliona Dubitskaya | Women's shot put | — | $28,500 |
| 486 | Nico Young | two disciplines | 1 | $28,500 |
| 487 | Orlando Bennett | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $28,500 |
| 488 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $28,500 |
| 489 | Claudine Vita | Women's discus throw | — | $28,250 |
| 490 | Christina Honsel | Women's high jump | 1 | $28,167 |
| 491 | Liam Adcock | Men's long jump | 1 | $28,000 |
| 492 | Patrícia Mamona | Women's triple jump | — | $28,000 |
| 493 | Lorenzo Simonelli | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $27,750 |
| 494 | Agnes Jebet Tirop | two disciplines | 1 | $27,500 |
| 495 | Amber Anning | Women's 400 m | — | $27,500 |
| 496 | Jazmin Sawyers | Women's long jump | — | $27,500 |
| 497 | Peter Bol | Men's 800 m | — | $27,500 |
| 498 | Ronald Kwemoi | four disciplines | 1 | $27,500 |
| 499 | Carey McLeod | Men's long jump | 1 | $27,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Cierra Jackson is 479th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $29,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Cierra Jackson most
London Athletics Meet 2026 paid $10,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Valarie Sion, Jorinde van Klinken, Vanessa Kamga, Alida van Daalen, Laulauga Tausaga and Shanice Craft.
Prefontaine Classic 2025 paid $10,000 for 2nd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sandra Elkasević, Jorinde van Klinken, Yaime Pérez, Laulauga Tausaga, Marike Steinacker and Jayden Ulrich.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 paid $3,000 for 4th in the discus throw, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Feng Bin, Jayden Ulrich, Shanice Craft, Liliana Cá, Marike Steinacker and Erika Beistle.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Cierra Jackson won?
$29,000, which ranks 479th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Cierra Jackson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the discus throw at the 2026 London Athletics Meet. 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 Cierra Jackson 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 discus throw 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 Cierra Jackson won?
One of seven, worth $10,000 between them. Two of her appearances came at a final, which paid $4,500.
Has Cierra Jackson ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. She is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Cierra Jackson 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 her, 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 Cierra Jackson is Nafissatou Thiam on $29,250, and one below Lorraine Ugen on $29,000. Cierra Jackson 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 women's discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Cierra Jackson 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 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and London Athletics Meet has its own page across every edition of it.