Kara Winger prize money
Kara Winger has been paid $49,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 316th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's javelin throw, two of them wins.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich 2022 | Javelin throw | 1st | $30,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2022 | Javelin throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 | Javelin throw | 4th | $2,000 |
| Herculis 2022 | Javelin throw | 4th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | Javelin throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| Athletissima 2019 | Javelin throw | 9th | — |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | Javelin throw | 9th | — |
| Bislett Games 2018 | Javelin throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| All eight | Women's javelin throw | — | $49,500 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $49,500 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.09% of the $53,753,250 the 104 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
2018 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | $2,500 |
| 2019 | 3 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $3,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | $44,000 |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $44,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Kara Winger in 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $49,500.
Around Kara Winger on the money list
Ranks 296 to 336
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 296 | Kimberly Williams | Women's triple jump | — | $52,750 |
| 297 | Lukas Weißhaidinger | Men's discus throw | — | $52,500 |
| 298 | Elaine Thompson | two disciplines | 2 | $52,000 |
| 299 | Habitam Alemu | three disciplines | — | $51,500 |
| 300 | Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu | three disciplines | 3 | $51,250 |
| 301 | Quanesha Burks | Women's long jump | 1 | $51,000 |
| 302 | Roberta Bruni | Women's pole vault | — | $50,875 |
| 303 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | four disciplines | 1 | $50,750 |
| 304 | Darlan Romani | Men's shot put | 1 | $50,500 |
| 305 | Marwa Bouzayani | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $50,500 |
| 306 | Quincy Hall | two disciplines | 2 | $50,500 |
| 307 | Hilary Kpatcha | Women's long jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 308 | Kate Grace | two disciplines | 2 | $50,250 |
| 309 | Athing Mu | Women's 800 m | 3 | $50,000 |
| 310 | Edmund Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $50,000 |
| 311 | Matheus Lima | two disciplines | — | $50,000 |
| 312 | Sinesipho Dambile | Men's 200 m | 1 | $50,000 |
| 313 | Joseph Fahnbulleh | Men's 200 m | — | $49,750 |
| 314 | Kyree King | two disciplines | — | $49,750 |
| 315 | Rachid Muratake | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $49,750 |
| 316 | Kara Winger | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $49,500 |
| 317 | Sarah Healy | four disciplines | 1 | $49,500 |
| 318 | Raevyn Rogers | Women's 800 m | — | $49,250 |
| 319 | Sasha Zhoya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $49,250 |
| 320 | Gong Lijiao | Women's shot put | 4 | $49,000 |
| 321 | Ruswahl Samaai | Men's long jump | — | $49,000 |
| 322 | Ayomide Folorunso | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $48,750 |
| 323 | Khaddi Sagnia | Women's long jump | 1 | $48,250 |
| 324 | Morgan Lake | Women's high jump | 1 | $48,250 |
| 325 | Tia Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $48,250 |
| 326 | Khallifah Rosser | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $48,000 |
| 327 | Wilfried Happio | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $48,000 |
| 328 | Aleia Hobbs | Women's 100 m | 2 | $47,750 |
| 329 | Matteo Sioli | Men's high jump | 2 | $47,250 |
| 330 | Werkuha Getachew | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $47,250 |
| 331 | Davisleydi Velazco | Women's triple jump | 2 | $47,000 |
| 332 | Laulauga Tausaga | Women's discus throw | — | $47,000 |
| 333 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 334 | Nikki Hiltz | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 335 | Menno Vloon | Men's pole vault | — | $46,667 |
| 336 | Will Claye | two disciplines | 1 | $46,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Kara Winger is 316th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $49,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Kara Winger most
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $30,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kelsey-Lee Barber, Haruka Kitaguchi, Līna Mūze, Barbora Špotáková and Liveta Jasiūnaitė.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Haruka Kitaguchi, Adriana Vilagoš, Kelsey-Lee Barber, Elizabeth Gleadle, Elina Tzengko and Liveta Jasiūnaitė.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 paid $3,000 for 4th in the javelin throw, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Christin Hussong, Nikola Ogrodníková, Barbora Špotáková, Tatsiana Khaladovich, Martina Ratej and Liu Shiying.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Kara Winger won?
$49,500, which ranks 316th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2018 and 2022.
What is Kara Winger's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the javelin throw at the 2022 Weltklasse Zürich. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Kara Winger 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 javelin 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 Kara Winger won?
Two of eight, worth $40,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $30,000.
Has Kara Winger 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. She are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Kara Winger 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 Kara Winger is Rachid Muratake on $49,750, and one below Sarah Healy on $49,500. Kara Winger 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 javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Kara Winger 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 Weltklasse Zürich has its own page across every edition of it.