Ryan Whiting prize money
Ryan Whiting has been paid $150,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 174th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 37 paid finishes in the men's shot put, five 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 37 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $150,500 is 37 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $6,000 |
| 2011 | 6 | - | Athletissima | $24,500 |
| 2012 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $17,000 |
| 2013 | 6 | 5 | Qatar Athletic | $56,000 |
| 2014 | 4 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $11,000 |
| 2015 | 7 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $20,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | - | Meeting de Paris | $4,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $4,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $8,000 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $56,000 from six starts. Every season from 2010 to 2018 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $150,500.
Around Ryan Whiting on the money list
Ranks 154 to 194
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154 | Selemon Barega | four disciplines | 5 | $163,750 |
| 155 | Eunice Sum | two disciplines | 11 | $162,500 |
| 156 | Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 2 | $162,000 |
| 157 | Marco Arop | two disciplines | 5 | $162,000 |
| 158 | Anderson Peters | Men's javelin throw | 7 | $161,000 |
| 159 | Konstantinos Filippidis | Men's pole vault | 6 | $161,000 |
| 160 | Julian Weber | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $160,750 |
| 161 | Norah Jeruto | two disciplines | 6 | $160,750 |
| 162 | Tajay Gayle | Men's long jump | 4 | $160,250 |
| 163 | Sunette Viljoen | Women's javelin throw | 4 | $160,000 |
| 164 | Nickel Ashmeade | two disciplines | 6 | $159,500 |
| 165 | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Women's 100 m hurdles | 12 | $158,500 |
| 166 | Mike Rodgers | Men's 100 m | 1 | $157,000 |
| 167 | Brianna Rollins-McNeal | Women's 100 m hurdles | 6 | $155,000 |
| 168 | Abderrahman Samba | three disciplines | 7 | $154,500 |
| 169 | Jessica Schilder | Women's shot put | 5 | $153,250 |
| 170 | Silke Spiegelburg | Women's pole vault | 8 | $153,250 |
| 171 | Ruth Beitia | Women's high jump | 7 | $153,000 |
| 172 | Ruswahl Samaai | Men's long jump | 2 | $152,500 |
| 173 | Mary Moraa | three disciplines | 9 | $151,500 |
| 174 | Ryan Whiting | Men's shot put | 5 | $150,500 |
| 175 | Nadine Müller | Women's discus throw | 3 | $150,000 |
| 176 | Alexis Copello | Men's triple jump | 2 | $149,500 |
| 177 | Andreas Thorkildsen | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $149,500 |
| 178 | Cordell Tinch | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $149,500 |
| 179 | Anzhelika Sidorova | Women's pole vault | 4 | $149,250 |
| 180 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | 1 | $148,750 |
| 181 | Aries Merritt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $148,500 |
| 182 | Jamal Britt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $148,500 |
| 183 | Kara Winger | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $148,000 |
| 184 | Michael Tinsley | Men's 400 m hurdles | 8 | $148,000 |
| 185 | Ramil Guliyev | two disciplines | 5 | $147,500 |
| 186 | Robert Harting | Men's discus throw | 11 | $147,500 |
| 187 | Oblique Seville | Men's 100 m | 5 | $146,000 |
| 188 | Collen Kebinatshipi | Men's 400 m | 6 | $145,500 |
| 189 | Mykolas Alekna | Men's discus throw | 7 | $145,500 |
| 190 | Simon Ehammer | Men's long jump | 3 | $145,500 |
| 191 | Rushell Clayton | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $145,250 |
| 192 | Dani Stevens | Women's discus throw | 1 | $145,000 |
| 193 | Veronica Campbell Brown | two disciplines | 7 | $145,000 |
| 194 | Vernon Norwood | two disciplines | - | $143,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ryan Whiting is 174th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $150,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ryan Whiting most
Qatar Athletic 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Germán Luján Lauro, Reese Hoffa, Cory Martin, Maksim Sidorov, Tomasz Majewski and Marco Fortes.
Adidas Grand Prix 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Reese Hoffa, Cory Martin, Joe Kovacs, Dylan Armstrong, Tomasz Majewski and Asmir Kolašinac.
Athletissima 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Reese Hoffa, Dylan Armstrong, Ladislav Prášil, Tomasz Majewski, Joe Kovacs and Cory Martin.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ryan Whiting won?
$150,500, which ranks 174th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 37 paid finishes between 2010 and 2018.
What is Ryan Whiting's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the shot put at the 2013 Qatar Athletic. 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 Ryan Whiting 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 Ryan Whiting won?
Five of 37, worth $50,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $2,000.
Is this everything Ryan Whiting 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 Ryan Whiting is Mary Moraa on $151,500, and one below Nadine Müller on $150,000. Ryan Whiting 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 Ryan Whiting 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.