Raven Saunders prize money
Raven Saunders has been paid $3,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1342nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the women's shot put, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletissima 2024 | Shot put | 4th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2022 | Shot put | 6th | $1,000 |
| All two | Women's shot put | — | $3,000 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $3,000 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2022 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $1,000 |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 1 | — | Athletissima | $2,000 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $2,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Raven Saunders in 2023, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $3,000.
Around Raven Saunders on the money list
Ranks 1322 to 1362
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1322 | Gil Roberts | Men's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1323 | Ishmael Kipkurui | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1324 | Ivet Lalova-Collio | Women's 200 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1325 | Jasmin Stowers | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1326 | Jonathan Seremes | Men's triple jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1327 | Jude Thomas | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1328 | Julien Bonvin | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1329 | Karabo Sibanda | Men's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1330 | Khairi Bejiga | Men's 5000 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1331 | Luis Castro | Men's high jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1332 | Luke Boyes | Men's 800 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1333 | Lydia Jele | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1334 | Lynna Irby-Jackson | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1335 | Michaela Meijer | Women's pole vault | — | $3,000 |
| 1336 | Nataliya Strebkova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $3,000 |
| 1337 | Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue | Women's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1338 | Owen Ansah | Men's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1339 | Paris Peoples | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1340 | Phaezel Selepe | Men's 200 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1341 | Pieter Conradie | Men's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1342 | Raven Saunders | Women's shot put | — | $3,000 |
| 1343 | Rutger Koppelaar | Men's pole vault | — | $3,000 |
| 1344 | Salomé Kora | Women's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1345 | Sam Blaskowski | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1346 | Sam Tanner | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1347 | Sanu Jallow-Lockhart | Women's 800 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1348 | Sebastian Rodger | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1349 | Senni Salminen | Women's triple jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1350 | Taliyah Brooks | Women's long jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1351 | Tatjana Pinto | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1352 | Yemi Mary John | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1353 | Zhang Yaoguang | Men's long jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1354 | Alex Wilson | two disciplines | — | $2,750 |
| 1355 | Allie Wilson | Women's 800 m | — | $2,750 |
| 1356 | Daniel Keaton | Men's pole vault | — | $2,750 |
| 1357 | Edoardo Scotti | Men's 400 m | — | $2,750 |
| 1358 | Emmanuel Ihemeje | Men's triple jump | — | $2,750 |
| 1359 | Jessica-Bianca Wessolly | Women's 200 m | — | $2,750 |
| 1360 | Loïc Gasch | Men's high jump | — | $2,750 |
| 1361 | Luguelín Santos | Men's 400 m | — | $2,750 |
| 1362 | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | Women's high jump | — | $2,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Raven Saunders is 1342nd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $3,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Raven Saunders most
Athletissima 2024 paid $2,000 for 4th in the shot put, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Danniel Thomas-Dodd, Maddi Wesche, Maggie Ewen, Alina Kenzel, Adelaide Aquilla and Jessica Schilder.
Doha Diamond League 2022 paid $1,000 for 6th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sara Gambetta, Jessica Schilder, Chase Ealey, Maggie Ewen, Jessica Ramsey and Fanny Roos.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Raven Saunders won?
$3,000, which ranks 1342nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2022 and 2024.
What is Raven Saunders's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 4th in the shot put at the 2024 Athletissima. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Raven Saunders 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 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.
Is this everything Raven Saunders 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 Raven Saunders is Pieter Conradie on $3,000, and one below Rutger Koppelaar on $3,000. Raven Saunders 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 Raven Saunders 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 Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it.