Marike Steinacker prize money
Marike Steinacker has been paid $10,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1566th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's discus throw, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2026 | Discus throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | Discus throw | 9th | - |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 | Discus throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | Discus throw | 7th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2025 | Discus throw | 9th | - |
| Meeting de Paris 2024 | Discus throw | 4th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2022 | Discus throw | 7th | $750 |
| Bislett Games 2022 | Discus throw | 8th | $500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2021 | Discus throw | 9th | - |
| All nine | Women's discus throw | - | $10,250 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $10,250 is six 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. Three of the nine starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2021 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | - |
| 2022 | 2 | - | Meeting de Paris | $1,250 |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | $2,000 |
| 2025 | 3 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $4,500 |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Bauhausgalan | $2,500 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $4,500 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Marike Steinacker in 2021 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $10,250.
Around Marike Steinacker on the money list
Ranks 1546 to 1586
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1546 | Vanessa Kamga | Women's discus throw | - | $11,000 |
| 1547 | Veronica Wanjiru | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1548 | Yanmei Li | Women's triple jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1549 | Maja Åskag | two disciplines | - | $10,750 |
| 1550 | Mohamed Tindouft | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,750 |
| 1551 | Ainars Kovals | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1552 | Anne Zagré | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $10,500 |
| 1553 | Artur Felfner | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1554 | Donn Cabral | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,500 |
| 1555 | Edwin Kurgat | two disciplines | - | $10,500 |
| 1556 | Genki Dean | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1557 | Jarmila Jurkovičová | Women's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1558 | Javianne Oliver | Women's 100 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1559 | Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai | Men's 800 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1560 | Nadine Hildebrand | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $10,500 |
| 1561 | Nataliya Lupu | Women's 800 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1562 | Yuki Hashioka | Men's long jump | - | $10,500 |
| 1563 | Antonio Manuel Reina | Men's 800 m | - | $10,250 |
| 1564 | Hendrik Gruber | Men's pole vault | - | $10,250 |
| 1565 | Malik James-King | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,250 |
| 1566 | Marike Steinacker | Women's discus throw | - | $10,250 |
| 1567 | Adaejah Hodge | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1568 | Apostolos Parellis | Men's discus throw | - | $10,000 |
| 1569 | Ashley Higginson | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,000 |
| 1570 | Chris Solinsky | Men's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1571 | Edgar Rivera | Men's high jump | - | $10,000 |
| 1572 | Geoffrey Kamworor | Men's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1573 | Hannah Nuttall | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1574 | Hicham Sigueni | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1575 | Ignacio Fontes | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1576 | Irine Chepet Cheptai | Women's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1577 | Jessika Gbai | Women's 200 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1578 | Jhon Murillo | Men's triple jump | - | $10,000 |
| 1579 | Jonah Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1580 | Josanne Lucas | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1581 | Lauren Fleshman | Women's 5000 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1582 | Lauren Wells | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1583 | Liina Laasma | Women's javelin throw | - | $10,000 |
| 1584 | Marta García | four disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1585 | Matthew Wilkinson | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,000 |
| 1586 | Mikhail Akimenko | Men's high jump | 1 | $10,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Marike Steinacker is 1566th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $10,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Marike Steinacker most
Bauhausgalan 2026 paid $2,500 for 5th in the discus throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vanessa Kamga, Shanice Craft, Silinda Morales, Cierra Jackson, Valarie Sion and Jorinde van Klinken.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 paid $2,500 for 5th in the discus throw, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Feng Bin, Kristin Pudenz, Laulauga Tausaga, Mélina Robert-Michon, Daisy Osakue and Valarie Sion.
Prefontaine Classic 2025 paid $2,000 for 7th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jayden Ulrich, Valarie Sion, Cierra Jackson, Sandra Elkasević, Jorinde van Klinken and Yaime Pérez.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Marike Steinacker won?
$10,250, which ranks 1566th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2021 and 2026.
What is Marike Steinacker's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the discus throw at the 2026 Bauhausgalan. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 5th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Marike Steinacker 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 discus throw 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 Marike Steinacker 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 Marike Steinacker 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 Marike Steinacker is Malik James-King on $10,250, and one below Adaejah Hodge on $10,000. Marike Steinacker is one of 139 Germany athletes athletics has paid, and Germany athletics prize money adds them up to $4,199,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Marike Steinacker 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 Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it.