Karissa Schweizer prize money
Karissa Schweizer has been paid $5,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1952nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the women's 5000 m, women's 2 miles and women's 3000 m, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | 2 miles | 6th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 | 5000 m | 16th | - |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | 5000 m | 13th | - |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2024 | 5000 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Athletissima 2024 | 3000 m | 7th | $750 |
| All six | three disciplines | - | $5,750 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $5,750 is four 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. Two of the six starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Cross Country Championships
What Karissa Schweizer ran on the grass
| RACE | PLACE | MARK | EARNED | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior women's race | 17th | 33:58 | - | $10,000 |
Karissa Schweizer has run one race here and was paid nothing in her own name. Only the first six across the line are, $30,000 for the win down to $3,000 for 6th, and there is no appearance money underneath it. The team she ran on earned United States $10,000, all of it from a team standing, which is settled on the places of the first four runners a country gets home. It is the federation's money rather than hers, and it is not added to the $5,750 at the top of this page. The cross country page holds all 10 races across two championships and the $620,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Karissa Schweizer
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 m | 4 | - | 2024 to 2025 | $3,000 |
| Women's 2 miles | 1 | - | 2026 | $2,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 1 | - | 2024 | $750 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Karissa Schweizer $3,000 of the $5,750, which is 52% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $3,750 |
| 2025 | 2 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | - |
| 2026 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $2,000 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $3,750 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Karissa Schweizer in 2025, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $5,750.
Around Karissa Schweizer on the money list
Ranks 1932 to 1972
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Sadik Mikhou | three disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1933 | Sahily Diago Mesa | Women's 800 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1934 | Sammy Alex Mutahi | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1935 | Sara Aerts | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $6,000 |
| 1936 | Sergey Morgunov | Men's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1937 | Sophie McKinna | Women's shot put | - | $6,000 |
| 1938 | Tahesia Harrigan-Scott | Women's 100 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1939 | Thijmen Kupers | Men's 800 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1940 | Tori Polk | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1941 | Tuğba Danışmaz | Women's triple jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1942 | Tynia Gaither | Women's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1943 | Vonette Dixon | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $6,000 |
| 1944 | Yelizaveta Bryzgina | Women's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1945 | Youcef Abdi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1946 | Yulenmis Aguilar | Women's javelin throw | - | $6,000 |
| 1947 | Axelina Johansson | Women's shot put | - | $5,750 |
| 1948 | Bassant Hemida | two disciplines | - | $5,750 |
| 1949 | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre | Men's pole vault | - | $5,750 |
| 1950 | Cornelius Tuwei | Men's 800 m | - | $5,750 |
| 1951 | Diondre Batson | Men's 100 m | - | $5,750 |
| 1952 | Karissa Schweizer | three disciplines | - | $5,750 |
| 1953 | Rohan Browning | Men's 100 m | - | $5,750 |
| 1954 | Abubaker Haydar Abdalla | Men's 800 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1955 | Ahmed Abdelwahed | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $5,500 |
| 1956 | Alia Armstrong | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1957 | Bernardo Baloyes | Men's 200 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1958 | Bernhard Seifert | Men's javelin throw | - | $5,500 |
| 1959 | Britton Wilson | Women's 400 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1960 | Bruno Hortelano-Roig | Men's 200 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1961 | Charlotta Fougberg | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $5,500 |
| 1962 | Chen Yujie | Women's 200 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1963 | Christopher Taylor | Men's 400 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1964 | Cravon Gillespie | Men's 100 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1965 | Cravont Charleston | Men's 100 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1966 | Deajah Stevens | two disciplines | - | $5,500 |
| 1967 | Demario Prince | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1968 | Dexter Faulk | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1969 | Dmytro Demyanyuk | Men's high jump | - | $5,500 |
| 1970 | Dovilė Kilty | Women's triple jump | - | $5,500 |
| 1971 | Elisa Cusma | Women's 800 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1972 | Emel Dereli̇ | Women's shot put | - | $5,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Karissa Schweizer is 1952nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $5,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Karissa Schweizer most
Prefontaine Classic 2026 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 2 miles, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yenawa Nbret, Asayech Ayichew, Gabriela DeBues-Stafford, Aleshign Baweke, Hirut Meshesha and Shelby Houlihan.
Weltklasse Zürich 2024 paid $2,000 for 4th in the 5000 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Melknat Wudu, Fotyen Tesfay, Nozomi Tanaka, Elise Cranny, Margaret Akidor and Gela Hambese.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 5000 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tsigie Gebreselama, Beatrice Chebet, Medina Eisa, Fotyen Tesfay, Ejgayehu Taye and Caroline Nyaga.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Karissa Schweizer won?
$5,750, which ranks 1952nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2024 and 2026.
What is Karissa Schweizer's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 6th in the 2 miles at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Karissa Schweizer 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 5000 m 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 Karissa Schweizer 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 Karissa Schweizer earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Cross Country Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Karissa Schweizer is Diondre Batson on $5,750, and one below Rohan Browning on $5,750. Karissa Schweizer 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 5000 m prize money, women's 2 miles prize money and women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Karissa Schweizer has been paid in three 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. Cross country prize money is the Belgrade 2024 and Tallahassee 2026 championships, $620,000 put up across 10 races, half of it a runner's and half of it a federation's, and the race is on the senior women's race page.