Katerina Stefanidi prize money
Katerina Stefanidi has been paid $394,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 21st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 50 paid finishes in the women's pole vault, fifteen 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
The 50 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $394,500 is 50 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.3% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the 53 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2014 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | British Athletics Grand Prix | $26,500 |
| 2015 | 5 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $17,000 |
| 2016 | 7 | 4 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $56,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $90,000 |
| 2018 | 6 | 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | $75,250 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $87,250 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $20,250 |
| 2022 | 6 | - | Birmingham Diamond League | $14,500 |
| 2023 | 5 | - | Doha Diamond League | $3,250 |
| 2024 | 3 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $4,500 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $90,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Katerina Stefanidi in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $394,500.
Around Katerina Stefanidi on the money list
Ranks 1 to 41
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Elkasević | Women's discus throw | 46 | $692,750 |
| 2 | Armand Duplantis | Men's pole vault | 35 | $607,250 |
| 3 | Noah Lyles | two disciplines | 24 | $530,000 |
| 4 | Christian Taylor | three disciplines | 28 | $512,250 |
| 5 | Caterine Ibargüen | two disciplines | 37 | $501,000 |
| 6 | Sam Kendricks | Men's pole vault | 18 | $481,917 |
| 7 | Renaud Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | 33 | $466,833 |
| 8 | Femke Broeders-Bol | three disciplines | 29 | $456,000 |
| 9 | Mariya Lasitskene | Women's high jump | 26 | $440,500 |
| 10 | Shericka Jackson | three disciplines | 19 | $429,250 |
| 11 | Karsten Warholm | three disciplines | 18 | $428,500 |
| 12 | Sifan Hassan | five disciplines | 16 | $424,250 |
| 13 | Faith Kipyegon | six disciplines | 23 | $423,000 |
| 14 | Marileidy Paulino | two disciplines | 25 | $420,500 |
| 15 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | two disciplines | 11 | $417,250 |
| 16 | Timothy Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 17 | $416,500 |
| 17 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | three disciplines | 21 | $415,000 |
| 18 | Mutaz Barsham | Men's high jump | 23 | $409,833 |
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 18 | $406,500 |
| 20 | Dina Asher-Smith | two disciplines | 10 | $401,500 |
| 21 | Katerina Stefanidi | Women's pole vault | 15 | $394,500 |
| 22 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 20 | $389,000 |
| 23 | Soufiane El Bakkali | four disciplines | 22 | $388,500 |
| 24 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Women's high jump | 21 | $382,250 |
| 25 | Alison dos Santos | three disciplines | 22 | $380,500 |
| 26 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | two disciplines | 21 | $380,500 |
| 27 | Ivana Španović | two disciplines | 18 | $373,000 |
| 28 | Tom Walsh | Men's shot put | 13 | $372,000 |
| 29 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 17 | $370,500 |
| 30 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 19 | $365,500 |
| 31 | Valerie Adams | Women's shot put | 30 | $361,500 |
| 32 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 13 | $355,750 |
| 33 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | 19 | $348,000 |
| 34 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 18 | $347,500 |
| 35 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 11 | $338,250 |
| 36 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | two disciplines | 21 | $335,000 |
| 37 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | two disciplines | 15 | $321,500 |
| 38 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 39 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | 18 | $312,500 |
| 40 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 17 | $310,250 |
| 41 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 15 | $310,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Katerina Stefanidi is 21st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $394,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Katerina Stefanidi most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $50,000 for 1st in the pole vault, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anzhelika Sidorova, Alysha Newman, Katie Moon, Holly Bradshaw, Robeilys Peinado and Jenn Suhr.
Weltklasse Zürich 2018 paid $50,000 for 1st in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sandi Morris, Anzhelika Sidorova, Holly Bradshaw, Katie Moon, Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou and Ninon Chapelle.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 paid $50,000 for 1st in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sandi Morris, Alysha Newman, Katie Moon, Nicole Büchler, Holly Bradshaw and Lisa Ryzih.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Katerina Stefanidi won?
$394,500, which ranks 21st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 50 paid finishes between 2014 and 2024.
What is Katerina Stefanidi's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the pole vault at the 2019 AG Memorial Van Damme. 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 Katerina Stefanidi 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Katerina Stefanidi won?
Fifteen of 53, worth $270,000 between them. Five of her appearances came at a final, which paid $164,000.
Has Katerina Stefanidi ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three 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 Katerina Stefanidi 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 Katerina Stefanidi is Dina Asher-Smith on $401,500, and one below Valarie Sion on $389,000. Katerina Stefanidi is one of 18 Greece athletes athletics has paid, and Greece athletics prize money adds them up to $1,638,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Katerina Stefanidi 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 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has its own page across every edition of it.