Lashinda Demus prize money
Lashinda Demus has been paid $81,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 387th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from sixteen paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles and women's 400 m, four 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2015 | 400 m hurdles | 8th | $1,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2014 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $3,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2013 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bislett Games 2013 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| Golden Grand Prix 2013 | 400 m hurdles | 6th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala 2012 | 400 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis 2012 | 400 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2011 | 400 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | 400 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2011 | 400 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2010 | 400 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala 2010 | 400 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2010 | 400 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| Herculis 2010 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $3,000 |
| Bislett Games 2010 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| All sixteen | two disciplines | - | $81,000 |
The sixteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $81,000 is sixteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Lashinda Demus
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 m hurdles | 15 | 4 | 2010 to 2015 | $78,500 |
| Women's 400 m | 1 | - | 2010 | $2,500 |
The women's 400 m hurdles has paid Lashinda Demus $78,500 of the $81,000, which is 97% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2010 to 2015, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 3 | Shanghai Diamond League | $35,500 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $20,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Golden Gala | $12,000 |
| 2013 | 3 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $7,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $3,500 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $35,500 from five starts. Every season from 2010 to 2015 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $81,000.
Around Lashinda Demus on the money list
Ranks 367 to 407
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 367 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 368 | Philip Milanov | Men's discus throw | 3 | $85,250 |
| 369 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $84,500 |
| 370 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $84,250 |
| 371 | Hilal Yego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $84,000 |
| 372 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
| 373 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $83,500 |
| 374 | Georganne Moline | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $83,500 |
| 375 | Janay Deloach | Women's long jump | 3 | $83,000 |
| 376 | Jimmy Vicaut | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 377 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 378 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 379 | Lidya Chepkurui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $82,000 |
| 380 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | two disciplines | 3 | $82,000 |
| 381 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $81,750 |
| 382 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | 1 | $81,500 |
| 383 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 384 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $81,250 |
| 385 | Caleb Ndiku | four disciplines | 3 | $81,000 |
| 386 | Habiba Ghribi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $81,000 |
| 387 | Lashinda Demus | two disciplines | 4 | $81,000 |
| 388 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $80,750 |
| 389 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 390 | Cassandra Tate | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $80,500 |
| 391 | Jeneba Tarmoh | two disciplines | 2 | $80,500 |
| 392 | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | Women's shot put | - | $80,000 |
| 393 | Dawit Seyaum | two disciplines | 4 | $80,000 |
| 394 | Daniel Roberts | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $79,750 |
| 395 | Lolo Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $79,500 |
| 396 | Virgilijus Alekna | Men's discus throw | 2 | $79,500 |
| 397 | Benjamin Compaoré | Men's triple jump | 3 | $79,000 |
| 398 | Jehue Gordon | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $79,000 |
| 399 | Shawn Barber | Men's pole vault | - | $79,000 |
| 400 | Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | 1 | $78,875 |
| 401 | Devynne Charlton | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $78,750 |
| 402 | Raphael Holzdeppe | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,500 |
| 403 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Men's 100 m | 2 | $78,250 |
| 404 | Sada Williams | Women's 400 m | - | $78,250 |
| 405 | EJ Obiena | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,125 |
| 406 | Jasmin Stowers | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $78,000 |
| 407 | Molly Caudery | Women's pole vault | 3 | $77,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Lashinda Demus is 387th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $81,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Lashinda Demus most
Prefontaine Classic 2011 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kaliese Carter, Melaine Walker, Zuzana Hejnová, Perri Shakes-Drayton, Ajoke Odumosu and Sheena Johnson-Tosta.
Shanghai Diamond League 2010 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Natalya Antyukh, Anna Jesień, Anastasiya Rabchenyuk, Melaine Walker, Kaliese Carter and Satomi Kubokura.
Golden Gala 2010 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kaliese Carter, Natalya Antyukh, Zuzana Hejnová, Josanne Lucas, Anna Jesień and Angela Moroşanu.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Lashinda Demus won?
$81,000, which ranks 387th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from sixteen paid finishes between 2010 and 2015.
What is Lashinda Demus's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m hurdles at the 2011 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 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Lashinda Demus 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 400 m hurdles 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 Lashinda Demus won?
Four of sixteen, worth $40,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Lashinda Demus 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 Lashinda Demus is Habiba Ghribi on $81,000, and one below Christin Hussong on $80,750. Lashinda Demus 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 400 m hurdles prize money and women's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Lashinda Demus has been paid in two 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 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.