Shamier Little prize money
Shamier Little has been paid $211,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 94th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 34 paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles and women's 400 m, four 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 34 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $211,000 is 34 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.
The World Indoor Championships
What Shamier Little did indoors
Shamier Little went to the World Indoor Championships on a relay and ran no individual final there. She ran on the United States team that won the women's 4 × 400 metres relay in Toruń 2026, $40,000 to the team rather than to any one of the four. A winning quartet indoors takes $40,000, exactly what a winning individual takes, which is true of no other championship in the sport. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Shamier Little won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | Gold | - |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | Silver | - |
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay gold was worth $50,000 and was paid to the federation as a single cheque, with nothing published about how it was split between the runners. It is not hers and is not added to the $211,000 at the top of this page. The silver in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay 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.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Shamier Little
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 m hurdles | 29 | 4 | 2016 to 2024 | $188,500 |
| Women's 400 m | 5 | - | 2017 to 2023 | $22,500 |
The women's 400 m hurdles has paid Shamier Little $188,500 of the $211,000, which is 89% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2016 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $4,500 |
| 2017 | 4 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $14,000 |
| 2018 | 6 | 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | $51,500 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $40,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 6 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $36,500 |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $47,000 |
| 2024 | 5 | - | London Athletics Meet | $17,500 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $51,500 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Shamier Little in 2020 and 2022, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $211,000.
Around Shamier Little on the money list
Ranks 74 to 114
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $244,917 |
| 75 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 10 | $244,750 |
| 76 | Javier Culson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 13 | $243,500 |
| 77 | Francine Niyonsaba | three disciplines | 14 | $238,000 |
| 78 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | two disciplines | 10 | $235,000 |
| 79 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 13 | $233,500 |
| 80 | Andre De Grasse | two disciplines | 11 | $233,000 |
| 81 | Reese Hoffa | Men's shot put | 14 | $226,500 |
| 82 | Fabiana Murer | Women's pole vault | 13 | $223,000 |
| 83 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | two disciplines | 9 | $222,500 |
| 84 | Dawn Harper-Nelson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 15 | $220,500 |
| 85 | Amantle Montsho | Women's 400 m | 12 | $219,500 |
| 86 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 87 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 11 | $217,500 |
| 88 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 89 | Ayanleh Souleiman | four disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 90 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 91 | LaShawn Merritt | two disciplines | 16 | $212,000 |
| 92 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 93 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $211,250 |
| 94 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 4 | $211,000 |
| 95 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | 12 | $210,500 |
| 96 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 10 | $208,000 |
| 97 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 7 | $206,500 |
| 98 | Silas Kiplagat | two disciplines | 11 | $205,000 |
| 99 | Genzebe Dibaba | five disciplines | 12 | $204,500 |
| 100 | Danielle Williams | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $204,250 |
| 101 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 7 | $203,333 |
| 102 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 16 | $203,250 |
| 103 | Kimberly Williams | Women's triple jump | 1 | $203,250 |
| 104 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 3 | $202,250 |
| 105 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 10 | $202,000 |
| 106 | Tero Pitkämäki | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $202,000 |
| 107 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 108 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 109 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 110 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $197,500 |
| 111 | Ajeé Wilson | Women's 800 m | 6 | $197,250 |
| 112 | Sofia Assefa | two disciplines | 4 | $196,000 |
| 113 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Men's high jump | 6 | $195,958 |
| 114 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | two disciplines | 4 | $194,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Shamier Little is 94th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $211,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Shamier Little most
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dalilah Muhammad, Zuzana Hejnová, Léa Sprunger, Anna Ryzhykova, Janieve Russell and Ashley Spencer.
Weltklasse Zürich 2018 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Janieve Russell, Georganne Moline, Eilidh Doyle, Léa Sprunger, Sage Watson and Wenda Nel.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rushell Clayton, Janieve Russell, Anna Cockrell, Ayomide Folorunso, Gianna Woodruff and Anna Ryzhykova.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Shamier Little won?
$211,000, which ranks 94th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 34 paid finishes between 2016 and 2024.
What is Shamier Little's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m hurdles 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 Shamier Little 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 400 m hurdles 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 Shamier Little won?
Four of 34, worth $40,000 between them. Five of her appearances came at a final, which paid $68,000.
Is this everything Shamier Little 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 Shamier Little is Thomas Röhler on $211,250, and one below Brittney Reese on $210,500. Shamier Little 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 hurdles prize money and women's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Shamier Little has been paid in two 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 London Athletics Meet has its own page across every edition of it. 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 4 × 400 metres relay page.