Inika McPherson prize money
Inika McPherson has been paid $19,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1161st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's high jump, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletissima 2021 | High jump | 9th | - |
| Meeting de Paris 2021 | High jump | 11th | - |
| Herculis 2017 | High jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2016 | High jump | =2nd | $5,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2016 | High jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2014 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2013 | High jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 | High jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| All eight | Women's high jump | - | $19,500 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $19,500 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the eight starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2012 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Meeting Areva | $2,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $6,000 |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 2 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $7,500 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | Herculis | $1,000 |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 2 | - | Athletissima | - |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $7,500 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Inika McPherson in 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $19,500.
Around Inika McPherson on the money list
Ranks 1141 to 1181
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1141 | Maggie Malone-Hardin | Women's javelin throw | - | $20,000 |
| 1142 | Marvin Anderson | Men's 200 m | - | $20,000 |
| 1143 | Robert Oosthuizen | Men's javelin throw | - | $20,000 |
| 1144 | Salaheddine Ben Yazide | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $20,000 |
| 1145 | Stephanie Garcia | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $20,000 |
| 1146 | Timothy Kitum | Men's 800 m | - | $20,000 |
| 1147 | William Sharman | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $20,000 |
| 1148 | Daniil Tsyplakov | Men's high jump | 1 | $19,750 |
| 1149 | Marvin Bracy | Men's 100 m | 1 | $19,750 |
| 1150 | Maureen Koster | three disciplines | - | $19,750 |
| 1151 | Rose Davies | two disciplines | - | $19,750 |
| 1152 | Stanley Joseph | Men's pole vault | - | $19,750 |
| 1153 | Victoria Hudson | Women's javelin throw | - | $19,750 |
| 1154 | Maria Żodzik | Women's high jump | 1 | $19,667 |
| 1155 | Andrew Turner | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $19,500 |
| 1156 | Curtis Mitchell | Men's 200 m | - | $19,500 |
| 1157 | Daniele Greco | Men's triple jump | - | $19,500 |
| 1158 | David Kendziera | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $19,500 |
| 1159 | Eliott Crestan | Men's 800 m | - | $19,500 |
| 1160 | Emil Agyekum | two disciplines | - | $19,500 |
| 1161 | Inika McPherson | Women's high jump | - | $19,500 |
| 1162 | Isobel Pooley | Women's high jump | - | $19,500 |
| 1163 | Jacious Sears | Women's 100 m | - | $19,500 |
| 1164 | Jonathan Muia Ndiku | two disciplines | - | $19,500 |
| 1165 | Jordan Clarke | Men's shot put | - | $19,500 |
| 1166 | Łukasz Michalski | Men's pole vault | 1 | $19,500 |
| 1167 | Maddi Wesche | Women's shot put | - | $19,500 |
| 1168 | Patricia Hall | two disciplines | - | $19,500 |
| 1169 | Tia Hellebaut | Women's high jump | - | $19,500 |
| 1170 | Yvette Lewis | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $19,500 |
| 1171 | Dylan Beard | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $19,250 |
| 1172 | Fantu Worku | two disciplines | - | $19,250 |
| 1173 | Heather MacLean | two disciplines | - | $19,250 |
| 1174 | Lisanne de Witte | Women's 400 m | - | $19,250 |
| 1175 | Oliver Helander | Men's javelin throw | - | $19,250 |
| 1176 | Asmir Kolašinac | Men's shot put | - | $19,000 |
| 1177 | Boris Berian | Men's 800 m | 1 | $19,000 |
| 1178 | Cole Walsh | Men's pole vault | - | $19,000 |
| 1179 | Elvira Herman | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $19,000 |
| 1180 | Gabriela Petrova | Women's triple jump | - | $19,000 |
| 1181 | Jasmine Jones | two disciplines | - | $19,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Inika McPherson is 1161st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $19,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Inika McPherson most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2014 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ruth Beitia, Svetlana Radzivil, Justyna Kasprzycka, Levern Spencer, Nadiya Dusanova and Xingjuan Zheng.
Weltklasse Zürich 2016 paid $5,000 for =2nd in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sofie Skoog, Kamila Lićwinko, Airinė Palšytė, Mirela Demireva, Iryna Herashchenko and Levern Spencer.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 paid $3,000 for 4th in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Svetlana Radzivil, Airinė Palšytė, Vita Styopina, Levern Spencer, Chaunte Lowe and Xingjuan Zheng.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Inika McPherson won?
$19,500, which ranks 1161st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2012 and 2021.
What is Inika McPherson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the high jump 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 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Inika McPherson 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 high 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.
Has Inika McPherson ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two 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 Inika McPherson 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 Inika McPherson is Emil Agyekum on $19,500, and one below Isobel Pooley on $19,500. Inika McPherson 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 high jump prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Inika McPherson 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 Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it.