Felisha Johnson prize money
Felisha Johnson has been paid $15,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1309th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from nine paid finishes in the women's shot put, 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2017 | Shot put | 7th | $1,500 |
| Athletissima 2016 | Shot put | 7th | $1,500 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2016 | Shot put | 8th | $1,000 |
| Bislett Games 2015 | Shot put | 4th | $3,000 |
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2015 | Shot put | 7th | $1,500 |
| Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2015 | Shot put | 7th | $1,500 |
| Herculis 2014 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2014 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| Belgacom Memorial Van Damme 2014 | Shot put | 7th | $1,500 |
| All nine | Women's shot put | - | $15,500 |
The nine paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $15,500 is nine separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2014 to 2017, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | - | Herculis | $5,500 |
| 2015 | 3 | - | Bislett Games | $6,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $2,500 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $1,500 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $6,000 from three starts. Every season from 2014 to 2017 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $15,500.
Around Felisha Johnson on the money list
Ranks 1289 to 1329
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1289 | Mickaël Hanany | Men's high jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1290 | Mohamed Moustaoui | two disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1291 | Morten Jensen | Men's long jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1292 | Radek Juška | Men's long jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1293 | Saida Tsehaye | Women's 800 m | - | $16,000 |
| 1294 | Samantha Henry-Robinson | two disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1295 | Saron Berhe | three disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1296 | Yosiris Urrutia | Women's triple jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1297 | Yuliya Zaripova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $16,000 |
| 1298 | Jan Štefela | Men's high jump | - | $15,958 |
| 1299 | Brian Komen | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $15,750 |
| 1300 | Deon Lendore | Men's 400 m | - | $15,750 |
| 1301 | Dusty Jonas | Men's high jump | - | $15,750 |
| 1302 | Kaylin Whitney | two disciplines | - | $15,750 |
| 1303 | Paulien Couckuyt | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $15,750 |
| 1304 | Tonje Angelsen | Women's high jump | - | $15,583 |
| 1305 | Adam Nelson | Men's shot put | - | $15,500 |
| 1306 | Aleksandra Fedoriva-Spayer | Women's 200 m | - | $15,500 |
| 1307 | Brittany Crew | Women's shot put | - | $15,500 |
| 1308 | Courtney Wayment | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $15,500 |
| 1309 | Felisha Johnson | Women's shot put | - | $15,500 |
| 1310 | Gabriele Grunewald | two disciplines | - | $15,500 |
| 1311 | Huang Changzhou | Men's long jump | - | $15,500 |
| 1312 | Jorge A. Hodelín | Men's long jump | - | $15,500 |
| 1313 | Meselech Melkamu | two disciplines | - | $15,500 |
| 1314 | Olga Kucherenko | Women's long jump | 2 | $15,500 |
| 1315 | Olha Lyakhova | Women's 800 m | - | $15,500 |
| 1316 | Steve Mullings | two disciplines | 1 | $15,500 |
| 1317 | Xiangrong Liu | Women's shot put | - | $15,500 |
| 1318 | Yoann Rapinier | Men's triple jump | - | $15,500 |
| 1319 | Yuliya Golubchikova | Women's pole vault | - | $15,500 |
| 1320 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Men's 100 m | - | $15,250 |
| 1321 | Beth Dobbin | Women's 200 m | - | $15,250 |
| 1322 | Seito Yamamoto | Men's pole vault | - | $15,250 |
| 1323 | Ainsley Waugh | two disciplines | - | $15,000 |
| 1324 | Andrew Bayer | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $15,000 |
| 1325 | Dan Taylor | Men's shot put | - | $15,000 |
| 1326 | James Dasaolu | Men's 100 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1327 | Khaleb McRae | Men's 400 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1328 | Lázaro Borges | Men's pole vault | - | $15,000 |
| 1329 | Margaryta Dorozhon | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $15,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Felisha Johnson is 1309th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $15,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Felisha Johnson most
Bislett Games 2015 paid $3,000 for 4th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tia Brooks-Wannemacher, Cleopatra Borel, Anita Márton, Kristin Sundsteigen, Christina Schwanitz and Michelle Carter.
Herculis 2014 paid $2,000 for 6th in the shot put, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Valerie Adams, Christina Schwanitz, Michelle Carter, Cleopatra Borel and Yevgeniya Kolodko.
British Athletics Grand Prix 2014 paid $2,000 for 6th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tia Brooks-Wannemacher, Natalia Ducó, Valerie Adams, Christina Schwanitz, Cleopatra Borel and Michelle Carter.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Felisha Johnson won?
$15,500, which ranks 1309th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from nine paid finishes between 2014 and 2017.
What is Felisha Johnson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the shot put at the 2015 Bislett Games. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Felisha Johnson 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 place 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.
Is this everything Felisha Johnson 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 Felisha Johnson is Courtney Wayment on $15,500, and one below Gabriele Grunewald on $15,500. Felisha Johnson 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 shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Felisha Johnson 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.