Roger Steen prize money
Roger Steen has been paid $26,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 972nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from twelve paid finishes in the men'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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | Shot put | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | Shot put | 4th | $3,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | Shot put | 5th | $2,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | Shot put | 5th | $2,500 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | Shot put | 5th | $2,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 | Shot put | 8th | $1,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | Shot put | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2025 | Shot put | 5th | $2,500 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025 | Shot put | 8th | $1,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | Shot put | 9th | - |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 | Shot put | 10th | - |
| Prefontaine Classic 2024 | Shot put | 6th | $1,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2024 | Shot put | 7th | $750 |
| London Athletics Meet 2024 | Shot put | 8th | $500 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2024 | Shot put | 9th | - |
| All fifteen | Men's shot put | - | $26,250 |
The twelve paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $26,250 is twelve separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the fifteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Indoor Championships
What Roger Steen did indoors, 2025 and 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's shot put | 2nd | 21.62 m | $20,000 |
| Men's shot put | 3rd | 21.49 | $10,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Roger Steen $30,000 for two finishes across Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026, against $26,250 from fifteen Diamond League starts between 2024 and 2026. Three days indoors paid him more than any whole Diamond League season has. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $2,250 |
| 2025 | 5 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $9,500 |
| 2026 | 6 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $14,500 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $14,500 from six starts. Every season from 2024 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $26,250.
Around Roger Steen on the money list
Ranks 952 to 992
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 952 | Peter Bol | Men's 800 m | - | $27,500 |
| 953 | Su Bingtian | Men's 100 m | - | $27,500 |
| 954 | Tiffany Williams | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $27,500 |
| 955 | Carey McLeod | Men's long jump | 1 | $27,250 |
| 956 | Ajoke Odumosu | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $27,000 |
| 957 | Alyssa Jones | Women's long jump | 1 | $27,000 |
| 958 | Irene Jelagat | four disciplines | - | $27,000 |
| 959 | Job Koech Kinyor | Men's 800 m | - | $27,000 |
| 960 | Mohammed Ahmed | three disciplines | - | $27,000 |
| 961 | Tiffany Townsend | two disciplines | - | $27,000 |
| 962 | Carl Bengtström | three disciplines | - | $26,750 |
| 963 | Kendall Ellis | Women's 400 m | 1 | $26,750 |
| 964 | Twanisha Terry | two disciplines | - | $26,750 |
| 965 | Just Kwaou-Mathey | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $26,500 |
| 966 | Liliana Cá | Women's discus throw | - | $26,500 |
| 967 | Linus Thörnblad | Men's high jump | 2 | $26,500 |
| 968 | Mohamed Abdilaahi | two disciplines | 1 | $26,500 |
| 969 | Aleksey Dmitrik | Men's high jump | 1 | $26,333 |
| 970 | Ackelia Smith | two disciplines | - | $26,250 |
| 971 | Alexis Holmes | Women's 400 m | - | $26,250 |
| 972 | Roger Steen | Men's shot put | - | $26,250 |
| 973 | Thomas Carmoy | Men's high jump | - | $26,125 |
| 974 | Aaliyah Butler | Women's 400 m | - | $26,000 |
| 975 | André Olivier | Men's 800 m | - | $26,000 |
| 976 | Anyika Onuora | three disciplines | - | $26,000 |
| 977 | Cornelius Kemboi | two disciplines | - | $26,000 |
| 978 | Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $26,000 |
| 979 | Jeffery Gibson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $26,000 |
| 980 | Sosthene Moguenara-Taroum | Women's long jump | - | $26,000 |
| 981 | Troy Doris | Men's triple jump | - | $26,000 |
| 982 | Calvin Smith | two disciplines | 1 | $25,750 |
| 983 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Men's 400 m | - | $25,750 |
| 984 | Lurdes Gloria Manuel | Women's 400 m | - | $25,750 |
| 985 | Norbert Kobielski | Men's high jump | - | $25,750 |
| 986 | Thibaut Collet | Men's pole vault | - | $25,542 |
| 987 | Desirèe Henry | two disciplines | - | $25,500 |
| 988 | Gilbert Kirui | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $25,500 |
| 989 | Lilian Odira | Women's 800 m | 1 | $25,500 |
| 990 | Mélanie Melfort | Women's high jump | - | $25,500 |
| 991 | Omar Cisneros | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $25,500 |
| 992 | Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $25,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Roger Steen is 972nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $26,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Roger Steen most
Prefontaine Classic 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, Adrian Piperi, Rajindra Campbell, Payton Otterdahl, Leonardo Fabbri and Tom Walsh.
Xiamen Diamond League 2026 paid $3,000 for 4th in the shot put, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, Tom Walsh, Adrian Piperi, Uziel Muñoz, Rajindra Campbell and Jordan Geist.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 paid $3,000 for 4th in the shot put, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Leonardo Fabbri, Tom Walsh, Rajindra Campbell, Adrian Piperi, Joe Kovacs and Ryan Crouser.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Roger Steen won?
$26,250, which ranks 972nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from twelve paid finishes between 2024 and 2026.
What is Roger Steen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the shot put at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Roger Steen 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 place 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.
Has Roger Steen ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three 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 has Roger Steen won at the World Indoor Championships?
$30,000, from two paid finals across Toruń 2026 and Nanjing 2025. An indoor title pays $40,000 and the ladder runs six places deep, down to $4,000 for 6th, the same in every event on the programme and the same for a relay team.
Is this everything Roger Steen earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Indoor 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 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 Roger Steen is Alexis Holmes on $26,250, and one below Thomas Carmoy on $26,125. Roger Steen 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 Roger Steen 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 Xiamen Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the men's shot put page.