Sandi Morris prize money
Sandi Morris has been paid $300,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 48th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 49 paid finishes in the women's pole vault, twelve 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 49 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $300,500 is 49 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.3% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 50 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 $300,500 from 50 Diamond League starts between 2015 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 $300,500 from 50 Diamond League starts between 2015 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
2015 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | - | Meeting Areva | $2,500 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $20,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $33,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3 | Weltklasse Zürich | $59,750 |
| 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
2018 is the biggest of them, $59,750 from seven 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 $300,500.
Around Sandi Morris on the money list
Ranks 28 to 68
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Tom Walsh | Men's shot put | 13 | $372,000 |
| 29 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 17 | $370,500 |
| 30 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 19 | $365,500 |
| 31 | Valerie Adams | Women's shot put | 30 | $361,500 |
| 32 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 13 | $355,750 |
| 33 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | 19 | $348,000 |
| 34 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 18 | $347,500 |
| 35 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 11 | $338,250 |
| 36 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | two disciplines | 21 | $335,000 |
| 37 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | two disciplines | 15 | $321,500 |
| 38 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 39 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | 18 | $312,500 |
| 40 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 17 | $310,250 |
| 41 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 15 | $310,000 |
| 42 | Gong Lijiao | Women's shot put | 13 | $309,000 |
| 43 | Yaime Pérez | Women's discus throw | 8 | $307,500 |
| 44 | Conseslus Kipruto | two disciplines | 15 | $305,500 |
| 45 | Caster Semenya | three disciplines | 20 | $304,000 |
| 46 | Asbel Kiprop | four disciplines | 19 | $302,500 |
| 47 | Hellen Obiri | five disciplines | 13 | $301,000 |
| 48 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 12 | $300,500 |
| 49 | Kaliese Carter | two disciplines | 21 | $297,500 |
| 50 | Beatrice Chepkoech | three disciplines | 11 | $297,000 |
| 51 | Salwa Eid Naser | two disciplines | 13 | $296,500 |
| 52 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $292,875 |
| 53 | Orlando Ortega | Men's 110 m hurdles | 11 | $287,500 |
| 54 | Kenny Bednarek | two disciplines | 13 | $286,500 |
| 55 | Allyson Felix | three disciplines | 19 | $283,250 |
| 56 | Jakub Vadlejch | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $281,750 |
| 57 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $281,250 |
| 58 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 11 | $280,250 |
| 59 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 16 | $272,000 |
| 60 | Dafne Schippers | two disciplines | 11 | $271,000 |
| 61 | Dalilah Muhammad | Women's 400 m hurdles | 10 | $270,500 |
| 62 | Sergey Shubenkov | Men's 110 m hurdles | 7 | $268,000 |
| 63 | Laura Muir | five disciplines | 11 | $266,750 |
| 64 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 13 | $266,000 |
| 65 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $263,500 |
| 66 | Christian Coleman | two disciplines | 10 | $263,000 |
| 67 | Olga Rypakova | Women's triple jump | 9 | $262,000 |
| 68 | Kristjan Čeh | Men's discus throw | 12 | $261,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sandi Morris is 48th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $300,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sandi Morris most
Weltklasse Zürich 2018 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anzhelika Sidorova, Holly Bradshaw, Katie Moon, Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou, Ninon Chapelle and Angelica Moser.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alysha Newman, Katie Moon, Nicole Büchler, Holly Bradshaw, Lisa Ryzih and Michaela Meijer.
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.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sandi Morris won?
$300,500, which ranks 48th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 49 paid finishes between 2015 and 2026.
What is Sandi Morris's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the pole vault at the 2018 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?
Twelve of 50, worth $120,000 between them. Seven of her appearances came at a final, which paid $85,000.
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. That start 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 224 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Sandi Morris is Hellen Obiri on $301,000, and one below Kaliese Carter on $297,500. Sandi Morris 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 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 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. 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.