Mary Saxer prize money
Mary Saxer has been paid $41,583 by the Diamond League, which ranks 717th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 19 paid finishes in the women's pole vault, 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
The 19 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $41,583 is 19 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2011 to 2017, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $5,000 |
| 2012 | 3 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $4,000 |
| 2013 | 4 | - | Golden Grand Prix | $12,750 |
| 2014 | 4 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $6,083 |
| 2015 | 3 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $9,250 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $1,500 |
| 2017 | 2 | - | Bislett Games | $3,000 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $12,750 from four starts. Every season from 2011 to 2017 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $41,583.
Around Mary Saxer on the money list
Ranks 697 to 737
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 697 | Jimmy Gressier | three disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
| 698 | Jinzhe Li | Men's long jump | 2 | $43,000 |
| 699 | Kipyegon Bett | two disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
| 700 | LaShauntea Moore | two disciplines | 2 | $43,000 |
| 701 | Shericka Williams | Women's 400 m | 1 | $43,000 |
| 702 | KC Lightfoot | Men's pole vault | 1 | $42,875 |
| 703 | Christian Olsson | Men's triple jump | 1 | $42,500 |
| 704 | Justin Gaymon | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $42,500 |
| 705 | Kenia Sinclair | two disciplines | 3 | $42,500 |
| 706 | Michał Haratyk | Men's shot put | - | $42,500 |
| 707 | Samuel Tefera | four disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 708 | Simone Facey | two disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 709 | Tshepiso Masalela | Men's 800 m | 2 | $42,500 |
| 710 | Rhasidat Adeleke | two disciplines | 1 | $42,250 |
| 711 | Svetlana Shkolina | Women's high jump | 5 | $42,250 |
| 712 | Alina Talay | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $42,000 |
| 713 | Erik Cadée | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 714 | Frederik Ruppert | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $42,000 |
| 715 | Lawrence Okoye | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 716 | Mahiedine Mekhissi | two disciplines | 1 | $42,000 |
| 717 | Mary Saxer | Women's pole vault | - | $41,583 |
| 718 | Abel Kiprop Mutai | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $41,500 |
| 719 | Gil Roberts | two disciplines | - | $41,500 |
| 720 | Martyn Rooney | Men's 400 m | - | $41,500 |
| 721 | Ryan Bailey | two disciplines | 1 | $41,500 |
| 722 | Stephanie Brown-Trafton | Women's discus throw | 1 | $41,500 |
| 723 | Brooke Buschkuehl | Women's long jump | - | $41,250 |
| 724 | Lisa Ryzih | Women's pole vault | - | $41,250 |
| 725 | Andrey Silnov | Men's high jump | 1 | $41,000 |
| 726 | Christopher Bailey | Men's 400 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 727 | Jordan Geist | Men's shot put | 1 | $41,000 |
| 728 | Mark English | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 729 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 730 | Yuliya Leantsiuk | Women's shot put | - | $41,000 |
| 731 | Zinaida Sendriutė | Women's discus throw | - | $41,000 |
| 732 | Jarrion Lawson | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,750 |
| 733 | Pia Skrzyszowska | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $40,750 |
| 734 | Quanera Hayes | Women's 400 m | 1 | $40,750 |
| 735 | Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $40,750 |
| 736 | Leonard Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $40,500 |
| 737 | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mary Saxer is 717th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $41,583.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mary Saxer most
Golden Grand Prix 2013 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the pole vault, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Silke Spiegelburg, Li Ling, Lacy Janson, Anastasiya Savchenko, Angelica Bengtsson and Becky Holliday Ward.
British Athletics Grand Prix 2015 paid $5,000 for =2nd in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anzhelika Sidorova, Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou, Katerina Stefanidi, Yarisley Silva, Marion Lotout and Silke Spiegelburg.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aleksandra Kiryashova, Jillian Schwartz, Anastasiya Savchenko, Li Ling, Yarisley Silva and Silke Spiegelburg.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mary Saxer won?
$41,583, which ranks 717th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 19 paid finishes between 2011 and 2017.
What is Mary Saxer's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the pole vault at the 2013 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 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Mary Saxer 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 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.
Is this everything Mary Saxer 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 Mary Saxer is Mahiedine Mekhissi on $42,000, and one below Abel Kiprop Mutai on $41,500. Mary Saxer 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 pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Mary Saxer 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 Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.