Sarah Mitton prize money
Sarah Mitton has been paid $170,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 146th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 26 paid finishes in the women's shot put, three 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 26 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $170,250 is 26 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 27 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Sarah Mitton did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's shot put | 4th | 19.81 | $16,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Sarah Mitton $16,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $170,250 from 27 Diamond League starts between 2022 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The World Indoor Championships
What Sarah Mitton did indoors, 2025 and 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's shot put | 1st | 20.48 m | $40,000 |
| Women's shot put | 2nd | 19.78 m | $20,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Sarah Mitton $60,000 for two finishes across Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026, against $170,250 from 27 Diamond League starts between 2022 and 2026. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2022 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $22,500 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $29,250 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $51,000 |
| 2025 | 6 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $30,500 |
| 2026 | 6 | 1 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $37,000 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $51,000 from six starts. Every season from 2022 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $170,250.
Around Sarah Mitton on the money list
Ranks 126 to 166
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | Novlene Williams-Mills | Women's 400 m | 7 | $185,000 |
| 127 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | 8 | $184,500 |
| 128 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
| 129 | Olha Saladukha | Women's triple jump | 6 | $183,000 |
| 130 | Vítězslav Veselý | Men's javelin throw | 8 | $183,000 |
| 131 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 5 | $181,750 |
| 132 | Bershawn Jackson | two disciplines | 9 | $181,500 |
| 133 | Emmanuel Korir | two disciplines | 6 | $181,500 |
| 134 | Janieve Russell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $180,500 |
| 135 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 136 | Christina Obergföll | Women's javelin throw | 12 | $179,000 |
| 137 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 6 | $178,750 |
| 138 | Tianna Bartoletta | two disciplines | 8 | $177,750 |
| 139 | Larissa Iapichino | Women's long jump | 6 | $177,500 |
| 140 | Sally Pearson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $172,500 |
| 141 | Usain Bolt | two disciplines | 16 | $172,000 |
| 142 | Andriy Protsenko | Men's high jump | 3 | $171,250 |
| 143 | Emmanouil Karalis | Men's pole vault | 3 | $170,875 |
| 144 | Keely Hodgkinson | two disciplines | 9 | $170,500 |
| 145 | Marcin Lewandowski | four disciplines | 2 | $170,500 |
| 146 | Sarah Mitton | Women's shot put | 3 | $170,250 |
| 147 | Yuliya Levchenko | Women's high jump | 1 | $169,125 |
| 148 | Aaron Brown | two disciplines | 2 | $167,000 |
| 149 | Abeba Aregawi | four disciplines | 12 | $166,000 |
| 150 | David Rudisha | Men's 800 m | 14 | $166,000 |
| 151 | Neeraj Chopra | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $165,500 |
| 152 | Will Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $164,750 |
| 153 | Hansle Parchment | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $164,000 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sarah Mitton is 146th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $170,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sarah Mitton most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $30,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Chase Jackson, Yemisi Mabry, Maddi Wesche, Danniel Thomas-Dodd and Song Jiayuan.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the shot put, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jessica Schilder, Yemisi Mabry, Fanny Roos, Danniel Thomas-Dodd and Chase Jackson.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the shot put, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Auriol Dongmo, Jessica Schilder, Maggie Ewen, Danniel Thomas-Dodd and Chase Jackson.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sarah Mitton won?
$170,250, which ranks 146th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 26 paid finishes between 2022 and 2026.
What is Sarah Mitton's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the shot put at the 2024 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 Sarah Mitton 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 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 Sarah Mitton won?
Three of 27, worth $50,000 between them. Five of her appearances came at a final, which paid $73,000.
Has Sarah Mitton 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 Sarah Mitton win at the 2025 World Championships?
$16,000, 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 has Sarah Mitton won at the World Indoor Championships?
$60,000, 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 Sarah Mitton earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships and 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 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 Sarah Mitton is Marcin Lewandowski on $170,500, and one below Yuliya Levchenko on $169,125. Sarah Mitton is one of 70 Canada athletes athletics has paid, and Canada athletics prize money adds them up to $2,287,458 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sarah Mitton 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 AG Memorial Van Damme 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 shot put page. 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 women's shot put page.