Jacob Wooten prize money
Jacob Wooten has been paid $4,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1214th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's pole vault, 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | Pole vault | 4th | $2,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | Pole vault | =6th | $750 |
| Meeting de Paris 2024 | Pole vault | 11th | — |
| Athletissima 2024 | Pole vault | 9th | — |
| Prefontaine Classic 2022 | Pole vault | 5th | $1,250 |
| All five | Men's pole vault | — | $4,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $4,000 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the five starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2022 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $1,250 |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 4 | — | Diamond League Shanghai | $2,750 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $2,750 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Jacob Wooten in 2023, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $4,000.
Around Jacob Wooten on the money list
Ranks 1194 to 1234
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1194 | Kevin Borlée | Men's 400 m | — | $4,250 |
| 1195 | Michael Kibet | three disciplines | — | $4,250 |
| 1196 | Olivia Gruver | Women's pole vault | — | $4,250 |
| 1197 | Wilbert London | Men's 400 m | — | $4,250 |
| 1198 | Ahmed Bader Magour | Men's javelin throw | — | $4,000 |
| 1199 | Anastasia Le-Roy | Women's 400 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1200 | Andrew Hudson | Men's 200 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1201 | Carolle Zahi | Women's 100 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1202 | Chantel Malone | Women's long jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1203 | Charlene Lipsey | Women's 800 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1204 | Chen Yang | Women's discus throw | — | $4,000 |
| 1205 | Claudia Salman | Women's long jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1206 | Ethan Olivier | Men's triple jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1207 | Eunice Sum | two disciplines | — | $4,000 |
| 1208 | Fabienne Hoenke | Women's 200 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1209 | Femi Ogunode | Men's 100 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1210 | Garfield Darien | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $4,000 |
| 1211 | Haregeweyni Kalayu | Women's 1500 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1212 | Harry Coppell | Men's pole vault | — | $4,000 |
| 1213 | Iryna Gerashchenko | Women's high jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1214 | Jacob Wooten | Men's pole vault | — | $4,000 |
| 1215 | Jeff Henderson | Men's long jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1216 | Jessica Turner | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,000 |
| 1217 | Jonathan Kitilit | Men's 800 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1218 | Ken Toyoda | Men's 300 m hurdles | — | $4,000 |
| 1219 | Liu Shiying | Women's javelin throw | — | $4,000 |
| 1220 | Louise Maraval | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,000 |
| 1221 | Luiz Maurício da Silva | Men's javelin throw | — | $4,000 |
| 1222 | Nia Robinson | Women's long jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1223 | Nicholas Kipkoech | Men's 800 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1224 | Nigist Getachew | two disciplines | — | $4,000 |
| 1225 | Pablo Torrijos | Men's triple jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1226 | Patricia Silva | Women's 1500 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1227 | Queen Claye | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $4,000 |
| 1228 | Renée Eykens | Women's 800 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1229 | Roisin Willis | Women's 800 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1230 | Romell Glave | Men's 100 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1231 | Sarah Carli | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,000 |
| 1232 | Sarvesh Kushare | Men's high jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1233 | Savannah Sutherland | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,000 |
| 1234 | Sha'Keela Saunders | Women's long jump | — | $4,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Jacob Wooten is 1214th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $4,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Jacob Wooten most
Diamond League Shanghai 2024 paid $2,000 for 4th in the pole vault, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Huang Bokai, Chris Nilsen, Austin Miller, Yao Jie, Bo Kanda Lita Baehre and Armand Duplantis.
Prefontaine Classic 2022 paid $1,250 for 5th in the pole vault, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Clayton Fritsch, Renaud Lavillenie, Armand Duplantis, Chris Nilsen, Sondre Guttormsen and KC Lightfoot.
Xiamen Diamond League 2024 paid $750 for =6th in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Armand Duplantis, Sam Kendricks, Huang Bokai, Austin Miller, Zhong Tao and Ben Broeders.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Jacob Wooten won?
$4,000, which ranks 1214th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2022 and 2024.
What is Jacob Wooten's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 4th in the pole vault at the 2024 Diamond League Shanghai. 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 Jacob Wooten gets paid?
Entirely by where he 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 men's pole vault 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 Jacob Wooten 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. He are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Jacob Wooten 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 him, 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 Jacob Wooten is Iryna Gerashchenko on $4,000, and one below Jeff Henderson on $4,000. Jacob Wooten 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 men's pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Jacob Wooten has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's 800 m and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.