Shakima Wimbley prize money
Shakima Wimbley has been paid $54,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 573rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from nine 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 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 | 400 m | 3rd | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2018 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bislett Games 2018 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Athletissima 2018 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Herculis 2018 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2018 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| All nine | Women's 400 m | - | $54,000 |
The nine paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $54,000 is nine separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2018 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $29,000 |
| 2019 | 3 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $25,000 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $29,000 from six starts. Every season from 2018 to 2019 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $54,000.
Around Shakima Wimbley on the money list
Ranks 553 to 593
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 553 | Tirunesh Dibaba | Women's 5000 m | 5 | $56,000 |
| 554 | Anthonique Strachan | two disciplines | - | $55,750 |
| 555 | Nicholas Kimeli | two disciplines | 1 | $55,750 |
| 556 | Félix Sánchez | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $55,500 |
| 557 | Michel Tornéus | Men's long jump | - | $55,500 |
| 558 | Shalonda Solomon | two disciplines | - | $55,500 |
| 559 | Kayla White | two disciplines | 1 | $55,250 |
| 560 | Angelika Cichocka | three disciplines | 2 | $55,000 |
| 561 | Donald Scott | Men's triple jump | - | $55,000 |
| 562 | Irving Saladino | Men's long jump | 3 | $55,000 |
| 563 | Robert Biwott | three disciplines | 1 | $55,000 |
| 564 | Wayne Pinnock | Men's long jump | 2 | $55,000 |
| 565 | Margaret Kipkemboi | two disciplines | - | $54,750 |
| 566 | Ben Broeders | Men's pole vault | 1 | $54,500 |
| 567 | Cole Hocker | three disciplines | 1 | $54,500 |
| 568 | Dwight Thomas | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $54,500 |
| 569 | Ejgayehu Taye | two disciplines | - | $54,500 |
| 570 | Gabriel Tual | two disciplines | - | $54,500 |
| 571 | Kristin Pudenz | Women's discus throw | - | $54,500 |
| 572 | Ja'Kobe Tharp | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $54,000 |
| 573 | Shakima Wimbley | Women's 400 m | - | $54,000 |
| 574 | Emily Grove | Women's pole vault | 1 | $53,750 |
| 575 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | five disciplines | - | $53,750 |
| 576 | Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko | Women's triple jump | - | $53,750 |
| 577 | Andrew Pozzi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $53,500 |
| 578 | Clayton Murphy | three disciplines | - | $53,500 |
| 579 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | two disciplines | - | $53,500 |
| 580 | Michael Hartfield | Men's long jump | 1 | $53,500 |
| 581 | Shelby McEwen | Men's high jump | 2 | $53,375 |
| 582 | Reece Prescod | two disciplines | 1 | $53,250 |
| 583 | Vashti Cunningham | Women's high jump | - | $53,250 |
| 584 | Christine Ohuruogu | Women's 400 m | 2 | $53,000 |
| 585 | Freddie Crittenden | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $53,000 |
| 586 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 587 | Quanesha Burks | Women's long jump | 1 | $53,000 |
| 588 | Sembo Almayew | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 589 | Léa Sprunger | three disciplines | 1 | $52,750 |
| 590 | Jennifer Meadows | Women's 800 m | 2 | $52,500 |
| 591 | Żaneta Glanc | Women's discus throw | - | $52,500 |
| 592 | Adam Gemili | two disciplines | - | $52,000 |
| 593 | Björn Otto | Men's pole vault | 1 | $52,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Shakima Wimbley is 573rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $54,000.
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.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jaide Stepter Baynes, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Jessica Beard, Courtney Okolo, Camille Laus and Salwa Eid Naser.
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.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Shakima Wimbley won?
$54,000, which ranks 573rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from nine 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 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 Shakima Wimbley is Ja'Kobe Tharp on $54,000, and one below Emily Grove on $53,750. Shakima Wimbley 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 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.