Michelle Carter prize money
Michelle Carter has been paid $13,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 758th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's shot put, 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| Oslo Bislett Games 2019 | Shot put | 8th | $1,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | Shot put | 1st | $10,000 |
| All three | Women's shot put | — | $13,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $13,000 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2017 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | Doha Diamond League | $10,000 |
| 2018 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 2 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $3,000 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $10,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Michelle Carter in 2018, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $13,000.
Around Michelle Carter on the money list
Ranks 738 to 778
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 738 | Jessie Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $13,500 |
| 739 | Jordan Anthony | Men's 100 m | — | $13,500 |
| 740 | Maggie Malone-Hardin | Women's javelin throw | — | $13,500 |
| 741 | Nadine Müller | Women's discus throw | — | $13,500 |
| 742 | Paul Chelimo | three disciplines | — | $13,500 |
| 743 | Song Jiayuan | Women's shot put | — | $13,500 |
| 744 | Chala Beyo | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $13,250 |
| 745 | Eilish McColgan | four disciplines | — | $13,250 |
| 746 | Isaiah Harris | Men's 800 m | 1 | $13,250 |
| 747 | İsmail Nezir | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $13,250 |
| 748 | Jean-Marc Pontvianne | Men's triple jump | — | $13,250 |
| 749 | Jodie Williams | two disciplines | — | $13,250 |
| 750 | Julia Henriksson | two disciplines | — | $13,250 |
| 751 | Lemlem Hailu | three disciplines | — | $13,250 |
| 752 | Leungo Scotch | Men's 400 m | — | $13,250 |
| 753 | Berke Akçam | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 754 | Jaël Bestué | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 755 | Jimmy Vicaut | Men's 100 m | — | $13,000 |
| 756 | Jonielle Smith | Women's 100 m | — | $13,000 |
| 757 | Marta Pérez | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 758 | Michelle Carter | Women's shot put | 1 | $13,000 |
| 759 | Olha Lyakhova | Women's 800 m | — | $13,000 |
| 760 | Stacey-Ann Williams | Women's 400 m | — | $13,000 |
| 761 | Vincent Ciattei | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 762 | Aminatou Seyni | two disciplines | — | $12,750 |
| 763 | Iryna Zhuk | Women's pole vault | — | $12,750 |
| 764 | Joshua Hartmann | two disciplines | — | $12,750 |
| 765 | Anita Márton | Women's shot put | — | $12,500 |
| 766 | Christine Botlogetswe | Women's 400 m | — | $12,500 |
| 767 | Cory McGee | two disciplines | — | $12,500 |
| 768 | Courtney Okolo | Women's 400 m | — | $12,500 |
| 769 | Jaydon Hibbert | Men's triple jump | — | $12,500 |
| 770 | Kethobogile Haingura | two disciplines | — | $12,500 |
| 771 | Lachlan Kennedy | Men's 100 m | — | $12,500 |
| 772 | Robert Farken | two disciplines | — | $12,500 |
| 773 | Simon Pettersson | Men's discus throw | — | $12,500 |
| 774 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | four disciplines | — | $12,250 |
| 775 | Paraskevi Papachristou | Women's triple jump | — | $12,250 |
| 776 | Annik Kälin | two disciplines | — | $12,000 |
| 777 | Ehsan Haddadi | Men's discus throw | — | $12,000 |
| 778 | Emily Mackay | two disciplines | — | $12,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Michelle Carter is 758th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $13,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Michelle Carter most
Doha Diamond League 2017 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anita Márton, Aliona Dubitskaya, Yuliya Leantsiuk, Cleopatra Borel, Brittany Smith and Noora Salem Jasim.
Prefontaine Classic 2019 paid $2,000 for 6th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Maggie Ewen, Paulina Guba, Gong Lijiao, Danniel Thomas-Dodd, Chase Ealey and Aliona Dubitskaya.
Oslo Bislett Games 2019 paid $1,000 for 8th in the shot put, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Paulina Guba, Maggie Ewen, Gong Lijiao, Chase Ealey, Fanny Roos and Danniel Thomas-Dodd.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Michelle Carter won?
$13,000, which ranks 758th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2017 and 2019.
What is Michelle Carter's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the shot put at the 2017 Doha 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 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Michelle Carter 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Michelle Carter won?
One of three, worth $10,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Michelle Carter earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Michelle Carter is Marta Pérez on $13,000, and one below Olha Lyakhova on $13,000. Michelle Carter is one of 352 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $16,292,792 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 Michelle Carter 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.