Emma Coburn prize money
Emma Coburn has been paid $103,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 308th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 30 paid finishes in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, 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
The 30 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $103,750 is 30 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.09% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Four of the 34 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2011 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | - | London Grand Prix | $1,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $3,500 |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | 6 | 1 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $32,500 |
| 2015 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $5,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $12,000 |
| 2017 | 3 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $11,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | - | Bislett Games | $18,000 |
| 2019 | 3 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $13,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 2 | - | Herculis EBS | $3,250 |
| 2022 | 4 | - | Herculis | $4,500 |
| 2023 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | - |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | - | - | - | - |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | - |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $32,500 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Emma Coburn in 2013, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $103,750.
Around Emma Coburn on the money list
Ranks 288 to 328
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 288 | Jenna Prandini | two disciplines | 1 | $107,500 |
| 289 | CJ Ujah | two disciplines | 1 | $106,500 |
| 290 | Jereem Richards | two disciplines | - | $106,500 |
| 291 | Monae' Nichols | Women's long jump | 2 | $106,500 |
| 292 | Kerron Stewart | two disciplines | 3 | $106,000 |
| 293 | Anna Ryzhykova | two disciplines | - | $105,500 |
| 294 | Cameron Myers | three disciplines | 2 | $105,500 |
| 295 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | two disciplines | 6 | $105,500 |
| 296 | Mohammed Aman | Men's 800 m | 7 | $105,500 |
| 297 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Men's pole vault | 2 | $105,500 |
| 298 | Steven Gardiner | two disciplines | 9 | $105,500 |
| 299 | Anita Márton | Women's shot put | - | $105,000 |
| 300 | Brittany Brown | two disciplines | 5 | $104,750 |
| 301 | Nia Ali | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $104,750 |
| 302 | Rasmus Mägi | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $104,250 |
| 303 | Almaz Ayana | three disciplines | 6 | $104,000 |
| 304 | Anavia Battle | two disciplines | 4 | $104,000 |
| 305 | Janeth Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 2 | $104,000 |
| 306 | Kerron Clement | Men's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $104,000 |
| 307 | Walter Dix | two disciplines | 8 | $104,000 |
| 308 | Emma Coburn | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $103,750 |
| 309 | Jacory Patterson | Men's 400 m | 4 | $103,000 |
| 310 | Benjamin Kigen | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 4 | $102,750 |
| 311 | Omar McLeod | two disciplines | 7 | $102,500 |
| 312 | Rajindra Campbell | Men's shot put | 2 | $102,500 |
| 313 | Lukas Weißhaidinger | Men's discus throw | - | $102,000 |
| 314 | Tiffany Porter | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $102,000 |
| 315 | Ehsan Haddadi | Men's discus throw | 1 | $101,500 |
| 316 | Alexander Ogando | two disciplines | 2 | $101,250 |
| 317 | Ezekiel Kemboi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 7 | $101,000 |
| 318 | Kamila Lićwinko | Women's high jump | 2 | $101,000 |
| 319 | Trey Cunningham | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $100,750 |
| 320 | Holly Bradshaw | Women's pole vault | - | $100,083 |
| 321 | Teddy Tamgho | Men's triple jump | 6 | $99,500 |
| 322 | Lieke Klaver | Women's 400 m | - | $98,750 |
| 323 | Fabrice Lapierre | Men's long jump | 2 | $98,000 |
| 324 | Juan Miguel Echevarría | Men's long jump | 4 | $98,000 |
| 325 | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | Women's discus throw | 1 | $97,500 |
| 326 | Adriana Vilagoš | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $97,250 |
| 327 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $97,208 |
| 328 | Feng Bin | Women's discus throw | 3 | $97,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Emma Coburn is 308th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $103,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Emma Coburn most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sofia Assefa, Hiwot Ayalew, Purity Cherotich Kirui, Salima el Ouali Alami, Birtukan Adamu and Etenesh Diro.
Prefontaine Classic 2019 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hyvin Jepkemoi, Daisy Jepkemei, Courtney Frerichs, Winfred Yavi, Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal and Purity Cherotich Kirui.
Bislett Games 2018 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Daisy Jepkemei, Courtney Frerichs, Aisha Praught-Leer, Winfred Yavi, Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal and Purity Cherotich Kirui.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Emma Coburn won?
$103,750, which ranks 308th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 30 paid finishes between 2011 and 2026.
What is Emma Coburn's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2014 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. 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 Emma Coburn 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 3000 m steeplechase 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 Emma Coburn won?
One of 34, worth $10,000 between them. Four of her appearances came at a final, which paid $17,500.
Has Emma Coburn ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Four times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Emma Coburn 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 Emma Coburn is Walter Dix on $104,000, and one below Jacory Patterson on $103,000. Emma Coburn 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 women's 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Emma Coburn 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.