Levern Spencer prize money
Levern Spencer has been paid $90,508 by the Diamond League, which ranks 353rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 33 paid finishes in the women's high jump, one of them a win.
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 33 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $90,508 is 33 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.08% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the 36 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2010 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | - | Bislett Games | $12,250 |
| 2011 | 3 | - | Golden Gala | $10,750 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $2,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $4,500 |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $1,750 |
| 2015 | 4 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $9,000 |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $28,333 |
| 2017 | 2 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $5,250 |
| 2018 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $8,550 |
| 2019 | 5 | - | Herculis | $7,250 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 1 | - | Müller Grand Prix Gateshead | $875 |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $28,333 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Levern Spencer in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $90,508.
Around Levern Spencer on the money list
Ranks 333 to 373
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 333 | Joshua Cheptegei | three disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 334 | Shannon Rowbury | four disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 335 | Julius Yego | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $96,000 |
| 336 | Zharnel Hughes | two disciplines | 2 | $95,500 |
| 337 | Mujinga Kambundji | two disciplines | 1 | $95,250 |
| 338 | Ronald Levy | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $94,750 |
| 339 | Cleopatra Borel | Women's shot put | - | $94,500 |
| 340 | Yargelis Savigne | two disciplines | 7 | $94,500 |
| 341 | Jorinde van Klinken | two disciplines | 1 | $94,000 |
| 342 | Lamecha Girma | five disciplines | 6 | $94,000 |
| 343 | Sanya Richards-Ross | two disciplines | 5 | $93,500 |
| 344 | Luguelín Santos | Men's 400 m | 1 | $93,000 |
| 345 | Amy Hunt | two disciplines | - | $92,500 |
| 346 | Christophe Lemaitre | two disciplines | 1 | $92,500 |
| 347 | Chaunte Lowe | Women's high jump | 5 | $92,000 |
| 348 | Berihu Aregawi | three disciplines | 4 | $91,750 |
| 349 | Peruth Chemutai | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $91,750 |
| 350 | L. J. van Zyl | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $91,500 |
| 351 | Niels Laros | three disciplines | 3 | $91,000 |
| 352 | Nelly Chepchirchir | two disciplines | 4 | $90,750 |
| 353 | Levern Spencer | Women's high jump | 1 | $90,508 |
| 354 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $90,250 |
| 355 | Jeremy Wariner | Men's 400 m | 7 | $90,000 |
| 356 | Ameer Webb | two disciplines | 3 | $89,500 |
| 357 | Habitam Alemu | three disciplines | - | $89,500 |
| 358 | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa | two disciplines | 1 | $89,500 |
| 359 | Imane Merga | two disciplines | 4 | $88,500 |
| 360 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 361 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 362 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 363 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 364 | Meseret Defar | three disciplines | 5 | $86,000 |
| 365 | Phillips Idowu | Men's triple jump | 6 | $86,000 |
| 366 | Evan Jager | three disciplines | 1 | $85,500 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Levern Spencer is 353rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $90,508.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Levern Spencer most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nadiya Dusanova, Ana Šimić, Svetlana Radzivil, Mirela Demireva, Yuliya Chumachenko and Priscilla Frederick.
Prefontaine Classic 2016 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alessia Trost, Kamila Lićwinko, Vashti Cunningham, Ruth Beitia, Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch and Isobel Pooley.
Meeting de Paris 2016 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alessia Trost, Svetlana Radzivil, Inika McPherson, Airinė Palšytė, Mirela Demireva and Michaela Hrubá.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Levern Spencer won?
$90,508, which ranks 353rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 33 paid finishes between 2010 and 2021.
What is Levern Spencer's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the high jump at the 2016 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. 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 Levern Spencer 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 high jump 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 Levern Spencer won?
One of 36, worth $10,000 between them. Two of her appearances came at a final, which paid $5,800.
Has Levern Spencer 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 Levern Spencer 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 Levern Spencer is Nelly Chepchirchir on $90,750, and one below Jake Wightman on $90,250. Levern Spencer is one of 3 Saint Lucia athletes athletics has paid, and Saint Lucia athletics prize money adds them up to $514,758 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's high jump prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Levern Spencer 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 Müller Grand Prix Gateshead has its own page across every edition of it.