Raven Saunders prize money
Raven Saunders has been paid $36,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 802nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's shot put, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 | Shot put | 2nd | $20,000 |
| Herculis 2018 | Shot put | 2nd | $6,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 | Shot put | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2018 | Shot put | 4th | $3,000 |
| All six | Women's shot put | - | $36,000 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $36,000 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2018 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $33,000 |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | $1,000 |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Athletissima | $2,000 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $33,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Raven Saunders in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $36,000.
Around Raven Saunders on the money list
Ranks 782 to 822
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 782 | Kariem Hussein | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $37,500 |
| 783 | Rojé Stona | Men's discus throw | - | $37,500 |
| 784 | Jackline Chepkoech | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $37,250 |
| 785 | Damar Forbes | Men's long jump | 2 | $37,000 |
| 786 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 787 | Nafissatou Thiam | two disciplines | 1 | $37,000 |
| 788 | Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 789 | Wilma Heltelä | Women's pole vault | 1 | $37,000 |
| 790 | Andrian Mardare | Men's javelin throw | - | $36,750 |
| 791 | Marcin Krukowski | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $36,750 |
| 792 | Sofie Skoog | Women's high jump | - | $36,633 |
| 793 | Natalya Antyukh | two disciplines | - | $36,500 |
| 794 | Filip Mihaljević | Men's shot put | - | $36,250 |
| 795 | Abrham Sime | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $36,000 |
| 796 | Amalie Iuel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $36,000 |
| 797 | Bozhidar Sarâboyukov | Men's long jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 798 | Jason Young | three disciplines | - | $36,000 |
| 799 | Jazmin Sawyers | Women's long jump | - | $36,000 |
| 800 | Liu Shiying | Women's javelin throw | - | $36,000 |
| 801 | Narve Gilje Nordås | four disciplines | 1 | $36,000 |
| 802 | Raven Saunders | Women's shot put | - | $36,000 |
| 803 | Whitney Ashley | Women's discus throw | - | $36,000 |
| 804 | Enrique Llopis | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $35,750 |
| 805 | Mateusz Przybylko | Men's high jump | - | $35,750 |
| 806 | Dorcus Ewoi | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 807 | English Gardner | two disciplines | 1 | $35,500 |
| 808 | Goldie Sayers | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $35,500 |
| 809 | Jamile Samuel | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 810 | Matthew Centrowitz Jr. | four disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 811 | Mattia Furlani | Men's long jump | - | $35,250 |
| 812 | Abbey Caldwell | four disciplines | 1 | $35,000 |
| 813 | Anaso Jobodwana | Men's 200 m | - | $35,000 |
| 814 | Andressa de Morais | Women's discus throw | - | $35,000 |
| 815 | Cindy Roleder | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $35,000 |
| 816 | Nick Willis | four disciplines | - | $35,000 |
| 817 | Xinglong Gao | Men's long jump | 2 | $35,000 |
| 818 | Brad Walker | Men's pole vault | - | $34,750 |
| 819 | Catriona Bisset | Women's 800 m | - | $34,750 |
| 820 | Charles Simotwo | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
| 821 | Irina Gordeyeva | Women's high jump | - | $34,750 |
| 822 | Ryuji Miura | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Raven Saunders is 802nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $36,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Raven Saunders most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Christina Schwanitz, Aliona Dubitskaya, Paulina Guba, Danniel Thomas-Dodd, Melissa Boekelman and Yuliya Leantsiuk.
Herculis 2018 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Christina Schwanitz, Valerie Adams, Maggie Ewen, Paulina Guba, Michelle Carter and Danniel Thomas-Dodd.
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yuliya Leantsiuk, Paulina Guba, Anita Márton, Gao Yang, Valerie Adams and Gong Lijiao.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Raven Saunders won?
$36,000, which ranks 802nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2018 and 2024.
What is Raven Saunders's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the shot put at the 2018 AG Memorial Van Damme. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
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 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 Raven Saunders is Narve Gilje Nordås on $36,000, and one below Whitney Ashley on $36,000. Raven Saunders 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 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 400 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.