Sandi Morris prize money
Sandi Morris has been paid $210,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 34th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 36 paid finishes in the women's pole vault, nine 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
The 36 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $210,500 is 36 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.4% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 37 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Sandi Morris did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's pole vault | 2nd | 4.85 | $35,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Sandi Morris $35,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $210,500 from 37 Diamond League starts between 2017 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Sandi Morris did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's pole vault | 1st | 4.90 m | $150,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Sandi Morris $150,000 for one finish over three days, against $210,500 from 37 Diamond League starts between 2017 and 2026. One win in Budapest paid $150,000, which is more than the Diamond League has paid her in any single season. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
Season by season
2017 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $6,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | Doha Diamond League | $20,000 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $24,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | Anniversary Games | $17,000 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3 | Weltklasse Zürich | $48,000 |
| 2023 | 6 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $17,500 |
| 2024 | 5 | — | AG Memorial Van Damme | $23,000 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | $46,750 |
| 2026 | 4 | — | Athletissima | $8,250 |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $48,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Sandi Morris in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $210,500.
Around Sandi Morris on the money list
Ranks 14 to 54
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Soufiane El Bakkali | four disciplines | 19 | $305,500 |
| 15 | Sam Kendricks | Men's pole vault | 8 | $288,917 |
| 16 | Kenny Bednarek | two disciplines | 13 | $286,500 |
| 17 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 11 | $284,750 |
| 18 | Faith Kipyegon | six disciplines | 17 | $275,000 |
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 11 | $262,000 |
| 20 | Kristjan Čeh | Men's discus throw | 12 | $261,500 |
| 21 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $261,500 |
| 22 | Timothy Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 10 | $260,500 |
| 23 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $245,750 |
| 24 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $245,125 |
| 25 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $238,250 |
| 26 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $231,167 |
| 27 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 11 | $223,500 |
| 28 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 12 | $222,500 |
| 29 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 30 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $213,750 |
| 31 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 32 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 12 | $212,000 |
| 33 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 34 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 9 | $210,500 |
| 35 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 10 | $210,000 |
| 36 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 8 | $207,750 |
| 37 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | two disciplines | 5 | $202,000 |
| 38 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 39 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 8 | $198,250 |
| 40 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 41 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 42 | Sifan Hassan | five disciplines | 8 | $196,750 |
| 43 | Tom Walsh | Men's shot put | 6 | $195,000 |
| 44 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $193,000 |
| 45 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 46 | Salwa Eid Naser | two disciplines | 9 | $190,500 |
| 47 | Christian Coleman | two disciplines | 7 | $190,000 |
| 48 | Beatrice Chepkoech | three disciplines | 9 | $188,500 |
| 49 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $187,250 |
| 50 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
| 51 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 6 | $183,000 |
| 52 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 53 | Andre De Grasse | two disciplines | 6 | $178,000 |
| 54 | Yaime Pérez | Women's discus throw | 5 | $178,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sandi Morris is 34th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $210,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sandi Morris most
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the pole vault, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Emily Grove, Angelica Moser, Tina Šutej, Roberta Bruni, Lea Bachmann and Katie Moon.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the pole vault, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alysha Newman, Molly Caudery, Angelica Moser, Roberta Bruni, Elien Vekemans and Nina Kennedy.
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the pole vault, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tina Šutej, Roberta Bruni, Wilma Murto, Katerina Stefanidi, Angelica Moser and Nina Kennedy.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sandi Morris won?
$210,500, which ranks 34th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 36 paid finishes between 2017 and 2026.
What is Sandi Morris's biggest Diamond League payday?
$12,000, for finishing 2nd in the pole vault at the 2025 Weltklasse Zürich. 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 Sandi Morris 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 pole vault 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 Sandi Morris won?
Nine of 37, worth $90,000 between them. Five of her appearances came at a final, which paid $45,000.
Has Sandi Morris ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. She is in the result table on this site either way.
How much did Sandi Morris win at the 2025 World Championships?
$35,000, 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.
How much did Sandi Morris win at the Ultimate Championship?
$150,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
Is this everything Sandi Morris earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Championships and Ultimate Championship 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Sandi Morris is Andy Díaz on $211,500, and one below Ryan Crouser on $210,000. Sandi Morris 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 pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sandi Morris 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. 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 pole vault page. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the women's pole vault page.