Sha'Keela Saunders prize money
Sha'Keela Saunders has been paid $38,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 777th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eleven paid finishes in the women's long jump, the best of them 2nd.
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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2021 | Long jump | 7th | $750 |
| Anniversary Games 2021 | Long jump | 7th | $750 |
| Doha Diamond League 2019 | Long jump | 7th | $1,500 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 | Long jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 | Long jump | 3rd | $10,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2018 | Long jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2018 | Long jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 | Long jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 | Long jump | 3rd | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2017 | Long jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2017 | Long jump | 7th | $1,500 |
| All eleven | Women's long jump | - | $38,000 |
The eleven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $38,000 is eleven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2017 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $17,500 |
| 2018 | 4 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $16,500 |
| 2019 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $2,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 2 | - | Bauhausgalan | $1,500 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $17,500 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Sha'Keela Saunders in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $38,000.
Around Sha'Keela Saunders on the money list
Ranks 757 to 797
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 757 | Youssef Ahmed Masrahi | Men's 400 m | 1 | $39,500 |
| 758 | Shiann Salmon | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $39,250 |
| 759 | Halima Hachlaf | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,000 |
| 760 | Kim Amb | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $39,000 |
| 761 | Leonel Manzano | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 762 | Paul Chelimo | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 763 | Bryce Deadmon | Men's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 764 | Candice McLeod | Women's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 765 | Romain Mesnil | Men's pole vault | 1 | $38,583 |
| 766 | Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 767 | Molly Ludlow | Women's 800 m | - | $38,500 |
| 768 | Nelson Évora | Men's triple jump | - | $38,500 |
| 769 | Sally Kipyego | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 770 | Sarah Billings | three disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 771 | Alessia Trost | Women's high jump | - | $38,333 |
| 772 | Daisy Jepkemei | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $38,250 |
| 773 | Mateusz Kołodziejski | Men's high jump | 1 | $38,250 |
| 774 | Paraskevi Papachristou | Women's triple jump | - | $38,250 |
| 775 | Christoph Harting | Men's discus throw | - | $38,000 |
| 776 | Nelly Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 1 | $38,000 |
| 777 | Sha'Keela Saunders | Women's long jump | - | $38,000 |
| 778 | Julian Forte | two disciplines | 1 | $37,750 |
| 779 | Eliza McCartney | Women's pole vault | - | $37,625 |
| 780 | Femi Ogunode | two disciplines | - | $37,500 |
| 781 | Flor Ruiz | Women's javelin throw | - | $37,500 |
| 782 | Kariem Hussein | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $37,500 |
| 783 | Rojé Stona | Men's discus throw | - | $37,500 |
| 784 | Jackline Chepkoech | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $37,250 |
| 785 | Damar Forbes | Men's long jump | 2 | $37,000 |
| 786 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 787 | Nafissatou Thiam | two disciplines | 1 | $37,000 |
| 788 | Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 789 | Wilma Heltelä | Women's pole vault | 1 | $37,000 |
| 790 | Andrian Mardare | Men's javelin throw | - | $36,750 |
| 791 | Marcin Krukowski | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $36,750 |
| 792 | Sofie Skoog | Women's high jump | - | $36,633 |
| 793 | Natalya Antyukh | two disciplines | - | $36,500 |
| 794 | Filip Mihaljević | Men's shot put | - | $36,250 |
| 795 | Abrham Sime | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $36,000 |
| 796 | Amalie Iuel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $36,000 |
| 797 | Bozhidar Sarâboyukov | Men's long jump | 1 | $36,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sha'Keela Saunders is 777th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $38,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sha'Keela Saunders most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Malaika Mihambo, Brooke Buschkuehl, Lorraine Ugen, Christabel Nettey, Hanne Maudens and Caterine Ibargüen.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tianna Bartoletta, Brittney Reese, Shara Proctor, Darya Klishina, Claudia Salman and Ivana Španović.
Athletissima 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the long jump, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tianna Bartoletta, Darya Klishina, Lorraine Ugen, Laura Strati, Concepción Montaner and Ivana Španović.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sha'Keela Saunders won?
$38,000, which ranks 777th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eleven paid finishes between 2017 and 2021.
What is Sha'Keela Saunders's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 3rd in the long jump at the 2018 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 Sha'Keela Saunders 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 place is worth the same in the women's long jump 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.
Is this everything Sha'Keela Saunders 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 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 Sha'Keela Saunders is Nelly Jepkosgei on $38,000, and one below Julian Forte on $37,750. Sha'Keela Saunders 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 long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sha'Keela Saunders 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 Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it.