Sandra Elkasević prize money
Sandra Elkasević has been paid $692,750 by the Diamond League, more than any of the other 3,682 athletes the series has paid. It came from 82 paid finishes in the women's discus throw, 46 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 82 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $692,750 is 82 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.6% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Sandra Elkasević did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's discus throw | 5th | 65.82 m | $11,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Sandra Elkasević $11,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $692,750 from 82 Diamond League starts between 2010 and 2025. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Sandra Elkasević won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's discus throw | Bronze | - |
The bronze in the women's discus throw paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
The European Championships
The Gold Crown Sandra Elkasević has won
| EVENT | MARK | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's discus throw | 67.04 m | €50,000 |
Sandra Elkasević has won one Gold Crown at the European Championships, worth €50,000, for the discus throw at Rome 2024. A crown goes to the best performance in one of five event groups for men and five for women, so 79 of the 99 titles at Rome 2024 and Birmingham 2026 paid nothing. It is paid in euros and is not added to the $692,750 at the top of this page. From Silesia 2028 the crowns give way to a ladder paying €30,000 for every title. The European Championships page holds every crown, the athletes who won them and the ladder that replaces them.
Season by season
2010 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 2 | New York adidas Grand Prix | $37,500 |
| 2011 | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | 7 | 6 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $66,000 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | Qatar Athletic | $70,000 |
| 2014 | 7 | 6 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $66,000 |
| 2015 | 7 | 6 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $66,000 |
| 2016 | 7 | 7 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $70,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $86,000 |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 | Doha Diamond League | $50,000 |
| 2019 | 5 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $36,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | $39,000 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $40,000 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | Bauhausgalan | $32,500 |
| 2024 | 5 | - | Bislett Games | $15,250 |
| 2025 | 5 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $18,000 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $86,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Sandra Elkasević in 2011 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $692,750.
Around Sandra Elkasević on the money list
Ranks 1 to 41
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Elkasević | Women's discus throw | 46 | $692,750 |
| 2 | Armand Duplantis | Men's pole vault | 35 | $607,250 |
| 3 | Noah Lyles | two disciplines | 24 | $530,000 |
| 4 | Christian Taylor | three disciplines | 28 | $512,250 |
| 5 | Caterine Ibargüen | two disciplines | 37 | $501,000 |
| 6 | Sam Kendricks | Men's pole vault | 18 | $481,917 |
| 7 | Renaud Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | 33 | $466,833 |
| 8 | Femke Broeders-Bol | three disciplines | 29 | $456,000 |
| 9 | Mariya Lasitskene | Women's high jump | 26 | $440,500 |
| 10 | Shericka Jackson | three disciplines | 19 | $429,250 |
| 11 | Karsten Warholm | three disciplines | 18 | $428,500 |
| 12 | Sifan Hassan | five disciplines | 16 | $424,250 |
| 13 | Faith Kipyegon | six disciplines | 23 | $423,000 |
| 14 | Marileidy Paulino | two disciplines | 25 | $420,500 |
| 15 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | two disciplines | 11 | $417,250 |
| 16 | Timothy Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 17 | $416,500 |
| 17 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | three disciplines | 21 | $415,000 |
| 18 | Mutaz Barsham | Men's high jump | 23 | $409,833 |
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 18 | $406,500 |
| 20 | Dina Asher-Smith | two disciplines | 10 | $401,500 |
| 21 | Katerina Stefanidi | Women's pole vault | 15 | $394,500 |
| 22 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 20 | $389,000 |
| 23 | Soufiane El Bakkali | four disciplines | 22 | $388,500 |
| 24 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Women's high jump | 21 | $382,250 |
| 25 | Alison dos Santos | three disciplines | 22 | $380,500 |
| 26 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | two disciplines | 21 | $380,500 |
| 27 | Ivana Španović | two disciplines | 18 | $373,000 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sandra Elkasević is 1st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $692,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sandra Elkasević most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 paid $50,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dani Stevens, Denia Caballero, Nadine Müller, Mélina Robert-Michon, Whitney Ashley and Yaime Pérez.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the discus throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kristin Pudenz, Denia Caballero, Claudine Vita, Valarie Sion, Nadine Müller and Yaime Pérez.
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the discus throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Liliana Cá, Kristin Pudenz, Claudine Vita, Laulauga Tausaga and Valarie Sion.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sandra Elkasević won?
$692,750, which ranks 1st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 82 paid finishes between 2010 and 2025.
What is Sandra Elkasević's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the discus throw at the 2017 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 Sandra Elkasević 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 discus throw 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 Sandra Elkasević won?
46 of 82, worth $500,000 between them. Eight of her appearances came at a final, which paid $119,000.
How much did Sandra Elkasević win at the 2025 World Championships?
$11,000, 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.
Is this everything Sandra Elkasević earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships and European 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 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 below Sandra Elkasević is Armand Duplantis on $607,250. Sandra Elkasević is one of 12 Croatia athletes athletics has paid, and Croatia athletics prize money adds them up to $1,065,583 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sandra Elkasević 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 Prefontaine Classic 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 discus throw page.