Mikele Barber prize money
Mikele Barber has been paid $9,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1617th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's 100 m, the best of them 5th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2016 | 100 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2012 | 100 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala 2012 | 100 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| DN Galan 2011 | 100 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Memorial van Damme 2011 | 100 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| British Grand Prix 2010 | 100 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All six | Women's 100 m | - | $9,500 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $9,500 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.
Season by season
2010 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | British Grand Prix | $1,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | - | DN Galan | $4,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $1,500 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $4,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Mikele Barber in 2013, 2014 and 2015, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $9,500.
Around Mikele Barber on the money list
Ranks 1597 to 1637
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1597 | Amandine Brossier | Women's 400 m | - | $9,750 |
| 1598 | Attila Molnár | Men's 400 m | - | $9,750 |
| 1599 | Benjamin Gföhler | Men's long jump | - | $9,750 |
| 1600 | Elizabeth Bird | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $9,750 |
| 1601 | Kate Dennison | Women's pole vault | - | $9,750 |
| 1602 | Neil Gourley | two disciplines | - | $9,750 |
| 1603 | Ninon Chapelle | Women's pole vault | - | $9,750 |
| 1604 | Noélie Yarigo | two disciplines | - | $9,750 |
| 1605 | Aleec Harris | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1606 | Antonina Krivoshapka | Women's 400 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1607 | Bianca Williams | Women's 200 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1608 | Brittany Borman | Women's javelin throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1609 | Fancy Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $9,500 |
| 1610 | Fionnuala McCormack | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1611 | Georg Fleischhauer | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1612 | Haftamnesh Tesfaye | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1613 | Hanna Titimets | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1614 | Joanna Jóźwik | Women's 800 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1615 | Jura Levy | Women's 100 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1616 | Lythe Pillay | Men's 400 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1617 | Mikele Barber | Women's 100 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1618 | Rosângela Santos | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1619 | Shi Yuhao | Men's long jump | - | $9,500 |
| 1620 | Sofi Flink | Women's javelin throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1621 | Tarsis Orogot | Men's 200 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1622 | Teahna Daniels | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1623 | Tobias Grønstad | Men's 800 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1624 | Wilfried Koffi Hua | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1625 | Xinyue Su | Women's discus throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1626 | Yamilé Aldama | Women's triple jump | - | $9,500 |
| 1627 | Rohan Watson | Men's 100 m | - | $9,250 |
| 1628 | Ryoichi Akamatsu | Men's high jump | - | $9,250 |
| 1629 | Tobias Scherbarth | Men's pole vault | - | $9,250 |
| 1630 | Zach Bradford | Men's pole vault | - | $9,250 |
| 1631 | Abdelati El Guesse | Men's 800 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1632 | Ben Blankenship | three disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1633 | Birtukan Fente Alemu | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1634 | Gerhard Mayer | Men's discus throw | - | $9,000 |
| 1635 | Helen Clitheroe | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1636 | Henrik Larsson | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1637 | Irina Rodrigues | Women's discus throw | - | $9,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mikele Barber is 1617th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $9,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mikele Barber most
DN Galan 2011 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, Schillonie Calvert-Powell, Ezinne Okparaebo, Carmelita Jeter, Marshevet Hooker and Kerron Stewart.
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2012 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kerron Stewart, Sherone Simpson, Allyson Felix, Veronica Campbell Brown, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Blessing Okagbare.
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2016 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jeneba Tarmoh, Tori Bowie, Dafne Schippers, Veronica Campbell Brown, Murielle Ahouré-Demps and Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mikele Barber won?
$9,500, which ranks 1617th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2010 and 2016.
What is Mikele Barber's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the 100 m at the 2011 DN Galan. 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 Mikele Barber 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 100 m 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 Mikele Barber 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 Mikele Barber is Lythe Pillay on $9,500, and one below Rosângela Santos on $9,500. Mikele Barber 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 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Mikele Barber has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m hurdles, women's 400 m and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.