Payton Otterdahl prize money
Payton Otterdahl has been paid $83,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 372nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 18 paid finishes in the men's shot put, two 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
The 18 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $83,750 is 18 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the 20 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2019 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $750 |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 3 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $10,500 |
| 2024 | 6 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $22,500 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $48,000 |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $1,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $48,000 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Payton Otterdahl in 2020 and 2022, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $83,750.
Around Payton Otterdahl on the money list
Ranks 352 to 392
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 352 | Nelly Chepchirchir | two disciplines | 4 | $90,750 |
| 353 | Levern Spencer | Women's high jump | 1 | $90,508 |
| 354 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $90,250 |
| 355 | Jeremy Wariner | Men's 400 m | 7 | $90,000 |
| 356 | Ameer Webb | two disciplines | 3 | $89,500 |
| 357 | Habitam Alemu | three disciplines | - | $89,500 |
| 358 | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa | two disciplines | 1 | $89,500 |
| 359 | Imane Merga | two disciplines | 4 | $88,500 |
| 360 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 361 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 362 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 363 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 364 | Meseret Defar | three disciplines | 5 | $86,000 |
| 365 | Phillips Idowu | Men's triple jump | 6 | $86,000 |
| 366 | Evan Jager | three disciplines | 1 | $85,500 |
| 367 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 368 | Philip Milanov | Men's discus throw | 3 | $85,250 |
| 369 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $84,500 |
| 370 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $84,250 |
| 371 | Hilal Yego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $84,000 |
| 372 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
| 373 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $83,500 |
| 374 | Georganne Moline | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $83,500 |
| 375 | Janay Deloach | Women's long jump | 3 | $83,000 |
| 376 | Jimmy Vicaut | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 377 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 378 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 379 | Lidya Chepkurui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $82,000 |
| 380 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | two disciplines | 3 | $82,000 |
| 381 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $81,750 |
| 382 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | 1 | $81,500 |
| 383 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 384 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $81,250 |
| 385 | Caleb Ndiku | four disciplines | 3 | $81,000 |
| 386 | Habiba Ghribi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $81,000 |
| 387 | Lashinda Demus | two disciplines | 4 | $81,000 |
| 388 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $80,750 |
| 389 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 390 | Cassandra Tate | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $80,500 |
| 391 | Jeneba Tarmoh | two disciplines | 2 | $80,500 |
| 392 | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | Women's shot put | - | $80,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Payton Otterdahl is 372nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $83,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Payton Otterdahl most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 paid $20,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rajindra Campbell, Joe Kovacs, Adrian Piperi, Jordan Geist, Tom Walsh and Chukwuebuka Enekwechi.
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the shot put, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rajindra Campbell, Adrian Piperi, Tom Walsh, Leonardo Fabbri, Stefan Wieland and Joe Kovacs.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Leonardo Fabbri, Joe Kovacs, Tom Walsh, Adrian Piperi, Rajindra Campbell and Chukwuebuka Enekwechi.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Payton Otterdahl won?
$83,750, which ranks 372nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 18 paid finishes between 2019 and 2026.
What is Payton Otterdahl's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 1st in the Diamond+ shot put at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat. 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 Payton Otterdahl gets paid?
Entirely by where he 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 men'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 Payton Otterdahl won?
Two of 20, worth $30,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $18,500.
Has Payton Otterdahl ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two 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 Payton Otterdahl 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 him, 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 Payton Otterdahl is Hilal Yego on $84,000, and one below Donavan Brazier on $83,500. Payton Otterdahl 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 men's shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Payton Otterdahl has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Weltklasse Zürich has its own page across every edition of it.