Michelle Carter prize money
Michelle Carter has been paid $186,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 124th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 48 paid finishes in the women's shot put, three of them wins.
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 48 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $186,500 is 48 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $14,000 |
| 2011 | 6 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $12,000 |
| 2012 | 6 | - | Athletissima | $27,500 |
| 2013 | 6 | - | Meeting Areva | $26,000 |
| 2014 | 6 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $23,000 |
| 2015 | 6 | 1 | Sainsburys Anniversary Games | $35,000 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | Memorial Van Damme | $22,500 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | Doha Diamond League | $20,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $3,500 |
| 2019 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $3,000 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $35,000 from six starts. Every season from 2010 to 2019 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $186,500.
Around Michelle Carter on the money list
Ranks 104 to 144
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 3 | $202,250 |
| 105 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 10 | $202,000 |
| 106 | Tero Pitkämäki | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $202,000 |
| 107 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 108 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 109 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 110 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $197,500 |
| 111 | Ajeé Wilson | Women's 800 m | 6 | $197,250 |
| 112 | Sofia Assefa | two disciplines | 4 | $196,000 |
| 113 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Men's high jump | 6 | $195,958 |
| 114 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | two disciplines | 4 | $194,750 |
| 115 | Mercy Cherono | five disciplines | 9 | $194,500 |
| 116 | Gerd Kanter | Men's discus throw | 9 | $194,000 |
| 117 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 12 | $193,583 |
| 118 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 7 | $193,000 |
| 119 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 120 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $190,250 |
| 121 | Carmelita Jeter | two disciplines | 13 | $189,000 |
| 122 | Milcah Chemos | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 16 | $189,000 |
| 123 | Shara Proctor | Women's long jump | 4 | $187,000 |
| 124 | Michelle Carter | Women's shot put | 3 | $186,500 |
| 125 | Blanka Vlašić | Women's high jump | 14 | $185,500 |
| 126 | Novlene Williams-Mills | Women's 400 m | 7 | $185,000 |
| 127 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | 8 | $184,500 |
| 128 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
| 129 | Olha Saladukha | Women's triple jump | 6 | $183,000 |
| 130 | Vítězslav Veselý | Men's javelin throw | 8 | $183,000 |
| 131 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 5 | $181,750 |
| 132 | Bershawn Jackson | two disciplines | 9 | $181,500 |
| 133 | Emmanuel Korir | two disciplines | 6 | $181,500 |
| 134 | Janieve Russell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $180,500 |
| 135 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 136 | Christina Obergföll | Women's javelin throw | 12 | $179,000 |
| 137 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 6 | $178,750 |
| 138 | Tianna Bartoletta | two disciplines | 8 | $177,750 |
| 139 | Larissa Iapichino | Women's long jump | 6 | $177,500 |
| 140 | Sally Pearson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $172,500 |
| 141 | Usain Bolt | two disciplines | 16 | $172,000 |
| 142 | Andriy Protsenko | Men's high jump | 3 | $171,250 |
| 143 | Emmanouil Karalis | Men's pole vault | 3 | $170,875 |
| 144 | Keely Hodgkinson | two disciplines | 9 | $170,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Michelle Carter is 124th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $186,500.
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.
Memorial Van Damme 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Valerie Adams, Anita Márton, Brittany Smith, Aliona Dubitskaya, Cleopatra Borel and Melissa Boekelman.
Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Valerie Adams, Cleopatra Borel, Jillian Camarena-Williams, Brittany Smith, Anita Márton and Felisha Johnson.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Michelle Carter won?
$186,500, which ranks 124th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 48 paid finishes between 2010 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?
Three of 48, worth $30,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $6,000.
Is this everything Michelle Carter 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 Michelle Carter is Shara Proctor on $187,000, and one below Blanka Vlašić on $185,500. Michelle Carter 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 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 400 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.