Shakima Wimbley prize money
Shakima Wimbley has been paid $32,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 439th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's 400 m, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 400 m | 2nd | $20,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2019 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | 400 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Bislett Games 2018 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2018 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| All five | Women's 400 m | — | $32,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $32,000 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.06% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2018 to 2019, in the order it was won
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $25,000 from three starts. Every season from 2018 to 2019 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $32,000.
Around Shakima Wimbley on the money list
Ranks 419 to 459
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 419 | Doris Lemngole | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,000 |
| 420 | Yanis Meziane | Men's 800 m | — | $34,000 |
| 421 | Addisu Yihune | two disciplines | 2 | $33,750 |
| 422 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $33,750 |
| 423 | Xie Zhenye | two disciplines | — | $33,750 |
| 424 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | two disciplines | — | $33,500 |
| 425 | Gift Leotlela | Men's 100 m | 1 | $33,500 |
| 426 | Julius Yego | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $33,500 |
| 427 | Mohamed Attaoui | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 428 | Georgia Griffith | three disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 429 | Andreas Almgren | three disciplines | 1 | $32,750 |
| 430 | Makanakaishe Charamba | Men's 200 m | — | $32,500 |
| 431 | Mark English | Men's 800 m | 1 | $32,500 |
| 432 | Wilma Murto | Women's pole vault | 1 | $32,500 |
| 433 | Anthonique Strachan | two disciplines | — | $32,250 |
| 434 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 2 | $32,000 |
| 435 | Ezekiel Nathaniel | two disciplines | — | $32,000 |
| 436 | Ivana Vuleta | Women's long jump | 2 | $32,000 |
| 437 | Kanyinsola Ajayi | Men's 100 m | 1 | $32,000 |
| 438 | Rababe Arafi | three disciplines | 1 | $32,000 |
| 439 | Shakima Wimbley | Women's 400 m | — | $32,000 |
| 440 | Thomas Barr | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $32,000 |
| 441 | Adrian Piperi | Men's shot put | — | $31,750 |
| 442 | Django Lovett | Men's high jump | 1 | $31,750 |
| 443 | Emma Coburn | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $31,750 |
| 444 | Sharika Nelvis | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $31,500 |
| 445 | Vashti Cunningham | Women's high jump | — | $31,250 |
| 446 | Álex Quiñónez | Men's 200 m | — | $31,000 |
| 447 | Biniam Mehary | two disciplines | — | $31,000 |
| 448 | Marcin Lewandowski | three disciplines | 1 | $31,000 |
| 449 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | — | $30,750 |
| 450 | Tonea Marshall | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $30,750 |
| 451 | Anaïs Bourgoin | two disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 452 | Graham Blanks | two disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 453 | Samuel Tefera | four disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 454 | Tia Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $30,500 |
| 455 | Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | — | $30,458 |
| 456 | Curtis Thompson | Men's javelin throw | — | $30,250 |
| 457 | Akeem Bloomfield | Men's 400 m | 2 | $30,000 |
| 458 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | — | $30,000 |
| 459 | Dawid Wegner | Men's javelin throw | — | $30,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Shakima Wimbley is 439th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $32,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Shakima Wimbley most
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lisanne de Witte, Justyna Święty-Ersetic, Laviai Nielsen, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Kendall Ellis and Jessica Beard.
Meeting de Paris 2019 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Phyllis Francis, Lisanne de Witte, Christine Botlogetswe, Déborah Sananes, Amandine Brossier and Stephenie Ann McPherson.
Bislett Games 2018 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jessica Beard, Jaide Stepter Baynes, Courtney Okolo, Anyika Onuora, Floria Gueï and Salwa Eid Naser.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Shakima Wimbley won?
$32,000, which ranks 439th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2018 and 2019.
What is Shakima Wimbley's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m at the 2019 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 Shakima Wimbley 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 400 m 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 Shakima Wimbley earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Shakima Wimbley is Rababe Arafi on $32,000, and one below Thomas Barr on $32,000. Shakima Wimbley 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 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Shakima Wimbley 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 Weltklasse Zürich has its own page across every edition of it.