Maddi Wesche prize money
Maddi Wesche has been paid $19,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 606th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the women's shot put, the best of them 2nd.
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 | Shot put | 10th | — |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | Shot put | 4th | $3,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | Shot put | 4th | $3,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | Shot put | 8th | $1,500 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | Shot put | 2nd | $6,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 | Shot put | 4th | $4,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | Shot put | 6th | $1,000 |
| Athletissima 2024 | Shot put | 6th | $1,000 |
| All eight | Women's shot put | — | $19,500 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $19,500 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the eight starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Maddi Wesche did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's shot put | 3rd | 20.06 | $22,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Maddi Wesche $22,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $19,500 from eight Diamond League starts between 2024 and 2026. Nine days there paid her more than any whole Diamond League season has. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Maddi Wesche won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's shot put | Silver | — |
The silver in the women's shot put paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | — | Xiamen Diamond League | $12,000 |
| 2025 | 3 | — | Xiamen Diamond League | $7,500 |
| 2026 | 1 | — | Prefontaine Classic | — |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $12,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Maddi Wesche in 2026, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $19,500.
Around Maddi Wesche on the money list
Ranks 586 to 626
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 586 | Martina Weil | Women's 400 m | — | $20,250 |
| 587 | Yemisi Ogunleye | Women's shot put | — | $20,250 |
| 588 | Cooper Lutkenhaus | Men's 800 m | 2 | $20,000 |
| 589 | Favour Ofili | two disciplines | — | $20,000 |
| 590 | Hyvin Kiyeng | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $20,000 |
| 591 | Jacob Kiplimo | three disciplines | — | $20,000 |
| 592 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | Women's long jump | — | $20,000 |
| 593 | Kemba Nelson | Women's 100 m | 1 | $20,000 |
| 594 | Rusheen McDonald | Men's 400 m | 1 | $20,000 |
| 595 | Salaheddine Ben Yazide | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $20,000 |
| 596 | Marcell Jacobs | Men's 100 m | — | $19,750 |
| 597 | Mélina Robert-Michon | Women's discus throw | — | $19,750 |
| 598 | Rose Davies | two disciplines | — | $19,750 |
| 599 | Victoria Hudson | Women's javelin throw | — | $19,750 |
| 600 | Maria Żodzik | Women's high jump | 1 | $19,667 |
| 601 | Tihomir Ivanov | Men's high jump | — | $19,625 |
| 602 | Brandon McBride | Men's 800 m | — | $19,500 |
| 603 | David Kendziera | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $19,500 |
| 604 | Emil Agyekum | two disciplines | — | $19,500 |
| 605 | Jacious Sears | Women's 100 m | — | $19,500 |
| 606 | Maddi Wesche | Women's shot put | — | $19,500 |
| 607 | Shanice Craft | Women's discus throw | — | $19,500 |
| 608 | Dylan Beard | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $19,250 |
| 609 | Fantu Worku | two disciplines | — | $19,250 |
| 610 | Heather MacLean | two disciplines | — | $19,250 |
| 611 | Lisanne de Witte | Women's 400 m | — | $19,250 |
| 612 | Oliver Helander | Men's javelin throw | — | $19,250 |
| 613 | Christoph Harting | Men's discus throw | — | $19,000 |
| 614 | Cole Walsh | Men's pole vault | — | $19,000 |
| 615 | Jasmine Jones | two disciplines | — | $19,000 |
| 616 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | — | $19,000 |
| 617 | Parker Wolfe | two disciplines | 1 | $19,000 |
| 618 | Robert Gregory | Men's 200 m | — | $19,000 |
| 619 | Lamara Distin | Women's high jump | — | $18,750 |
| 620 | Léa Sprunger | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $18,750 |
| 621 | Mekides Abebe | two disciplines | — | $18,750 |
| 622 | Zerfe Wondemagegn | two disciplines | — | $18,750 |
| 623 | Courtney Frerichs | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $18,500 |
| 624 | Tomáš Staněk | Men's shot put | — | $18,500 |
| 625 | Bethwell Birgen | four disciplines | — | $18,250 |
| 626 | Laviai Nielsen | Women's 400 m | — | $18,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Maddi Wesche is 606th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $19,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Maddi Wesche most
Xiamen Diamond League 2024 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the shot put, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Chase Jackson, Sarah Mitton, Yemisi Ogunleye, Song Jiayuan, Maggie Ewen and Danniel Thomas-Dodd.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $4,000 for 4th in the shot put, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Danniel Thomas-Dodd, Song Jiayuan, Sarah Mitton, Chase Jackson and Yemisi Ogunleye.
Xiamen Diamond League 2025 paid $3,000 for 4th in the shot put, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sarah Mitton, Maggie Ewen, Fanny Roos, Jessica Inchude, Song Jiayuan and Jaida Ross.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Maddi Wesche won?
$19,500, which ranks 606th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2024 and 2026.
What is Maddi Wesche's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the shot put at the 2024 Xiamen Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Maddi Wesche 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 shot put 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 Maddi Wesche ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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 is in the result table on this site either way.
How much did Maddi Wesche win at the 2025 World Championships?
$22,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Maddi Wesche earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Maddi Wesche is Jacious Sears on $19,500, and one below Shanice Craft on $19,500. Maddi Wesche is one of 14 New Zealand athletes athletics has paid, and New Zealand athletics prize money adds them up to $817,625 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Maddi Wesche 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the women's shot put page.