Quanesha Burks prize money
Quanesha Burks has been paid $53,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 587th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fourteen paid finishes in the women's long jump, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | Long jump | 9th | - |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025 | Long jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | Long jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | Long jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 | Long jump | 4th | $4,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2024 | Long jump | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 | Long jump | 3rd | $3,500 |
| London Athletics Meet 2023 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2023 | Long jump | 3rd | $7,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 | Long jump | 8th | $500 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2023 | Long jump | 8th | $500 |
| Herculis EBS 2023 | Long jump | 9th | - |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2022 | Long jump | 3rd | $7,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2022 | Long jump | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2022 | Long jump | 4th | $2,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2018 | Long jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| All sixteen | Women's long jump | - | $53,000 |
The fourteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $53,000 is fourteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the sixteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Quanesha Burks did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's long jump | 8th | 6.60 m | $5,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Quanesha Burks $5,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $53,000 from sixteen Diamond League starts between 2018 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2018 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | - | Bauhausgalan | $2,000 |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 3 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $12,500 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | London Athletics Meet | $18,000 |
| 2024 | 4 | - | Diamond League Shanghai | $17,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $3,500 |
| 2026 | 1 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | - |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $18,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Quanesha Burks in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2026, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $53,000.
Around Quanesha Burks on the money list
Ranks 567 to 607
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 567 | Cole Hocker | three disciplines | 1 | $54,500 |
| 568 | Dwight Thomas | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $54,500 |
| 569 | Ejgayehu Taye | two disciplines | - | $54,500 |
| 570 | Gabriel Tual | two disciplines | - | $54,500 |
| 571 | Kristin Pudenz | Women's discus throw | - | $54,500 |
| 572 | Ja'Kobe Tharp | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $54,000 |
| 573 | Shakima Wimbley | Women's 400 m | - | $54,000 |
| 574 | Emily Grove | Women's pole vault | 1 | $53,750 |
| 575 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | five disciplines | - | $53,750 |
| 576 | Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko | Women's triple jump | - | $53,750 |
| 577 | Andrew Pozzi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $53,500 |
| 578 | Clayton Murphy | three disciplines | - | $53,500 |
| 579 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | two disciplines | - | $53,500 |
| 580 | Michael Hartfield | Men's long jump | 1 | $53,500 |
| 581 | Shelby McEwen | Men's high jump | 2 | $53,375 |
| 582 | Reece Prescod | two disciplines | 1 | $53,250 |
| 583 | Vashti Cunningham | Women's high jump | - | $53,250 |
| 584 | Christine Ohuruogu | Women's 400 m | 2 | $53,000 |
| 585 | Freddie Crittenden | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $53,000 |
| 586 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 587 | Quanesha Burks | Women's long jump | 1 | $53,000 |
| 588 | Sembo Almayew | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 589 | Léa Sprunger | three disciplines | 1 | $52,750 |
| 590 | Jennifer Meadows | Women's 800 m | 2 | $52,500 |
| 591 | Żaneta Glanc | Women's discus throw | - | $52,500 |
| 592 | Adam Gemili | two disciplines | - | $52,000 |
| 593 | Björn Otto | Men's pole vault | 1 | $52,000 |
| 594 | Frank Casanas | Men's discus throw | 1 | $52,000 |
| 595 | Hillary Bor | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $52,000 |
| 596 | Johnny Dutch | Men's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $52,000 |
| 597 | Mariya Abakumova | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $52,000 |
| 598 | Melaine Walker | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $52,000 |
| 599 | Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu | three disciplines | 3 | $51,750 |
| 600 | Abubaker Kaki | Men's 800 m | 3 | $51,500 |
| 601 | Shanice Craft | two disciplines | - | $51,500 |
| 602 | Tia Brooks-Wannemacher | Women's shot put | 2 | $51,500 |
| 603 | Erika Kinsey | Women's high jump | - | $51,333 |
| 604 | Tony McQuay | Men's 400 m | - | $51,250 |
| 605 | Martin Wierig | Men's discus throw | - | $51,000 |
| 606 | Tariku Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $51,000 |
| 607 | Yekaterina Koneva | Women's triple jump | 1 | $51,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Quanesha Burks is 587th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $53,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Quanesha Burks most
London Athletics Meet 2023 paid $10,000 for 1st in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Brooke Buschkuehl, Tara Davis-Woodhall, Jazmin Sawyers, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk and Ivana Španović.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the long jump, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Brooke Buschkuehl, Jazmin Sawyers, Taliyah Brooks, Ivana Španović and Ese Brume.
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the long jump, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Malaika Mihambo, Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk, Annik Kälin, Lorraine Ugen, Ivana Španović and Khaddi Sagnia.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Quanesha Burks won?
$53,000, which ranks 587th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fourteen paid finishes between 2018 and 2026.
What is Quanesha Burks's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the long jump at the 2023 London Athletics Meet. 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 Quanesha Burks 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 long jump 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 Quanesha Burks won?
One of sixteen, worth $10,000 between them. Three of her appearances came at a final, which paid $18,000.
Has Quanesha Burks 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.
How much did Quanesha Burks win at the 2025 World Championships?
$5,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Quanesha Burks earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Quanesha Burks is Kelly-Ann Baptiste on $53,000, and one below Sembo Almayew on $53,000. Quanesha Burks 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 long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Quanesha Burks 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 Shanghai Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the women's long jump page.