Shanice Craft prize money
Shanice Craft has been paid $19,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 607th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from eleven paid finishes in the women's discus throw, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | Discus throw | 4th | $4,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | Discus throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | Discus throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| Bauhausgalan 2026 | Discus throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | Discus throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | Discus throw | 6th | $1,000 |
| Bislett Games 2024 | Discus throw | 8th | $500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2024 | Discus throw | 10th | — |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 | Discus throw | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Bauhausgalan 2023 | Discus throw | 5th | $1,250 |
| Bislett Games 2023 | Discus throw | 7th | $750 |
| Meeting de Paris 2022 | Discus throw | 4th | $2,000 |
| All twelve | Women's discus throw | — | $19,500 |
The eleven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $19,500 is eleven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the twelve starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Shanice Craft did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's discus throw | 8th | 65.21 m | $5,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Shanice Craft $5,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $19,500 from twelve Diamond League starts between 2022 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2022 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | — | Meeting de Paris | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 3 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $5,500 |
| 2024 | 3 | — | Xiamen Diamond League | $1,500 |
| 2025 | — | — | — | — |
| 2026 | 5 | — | AG Memorial Van Damme | $10,500 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $10,500 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Shanice Craft in 2025, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $19,500.
Around Shanice Craft on the money list
Ranks 587 to 627
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 587 | Yemisi Ogunleye | Women's shot put | — | $20,250 |
| 588 | Cooper Lutkenhaus | Men's 800 m | 2 | $20,000 |
| 589 | Favour Ofili | two disciplines | — | $20,000 |
| 590 | Hyvin Kiyeng | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $20,000 |
| 591 | Jacob Kiplimo | three disciplines | — | $20,000 |
| 592 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | Women's long jump | — | $20,000 |
| 593 | Kemba Nelson | Women's 100 m | 1 | $20,000 |
| 594 | Rusheen McDonald | Men's 400 m | 1 | $20,000 |
| 595 | Salaheddine Ben Yazide | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $20,000 |
| 596 | Marcell Jacobs | Men's 100 m | — | $19,750 |
| 597 | Mélina Robert-Michon | Women's discus throw | — | $19,750 |
| 598 | Rose Davies | two disciplines | — | $19,750 |
| 599 | Victoria Hudson | Women's javelin throw | — | $19,750 |
| 600 | Maria Żodzik | Women's high jump | 1 | $19,667 |
| 601 | Tihomir Ivanov | Men's high jump | — | $19,625 |
| 602 | Brandon McBride | Men's 800 m | — | $19,500 |
| 603 | David Kendziera | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $19,500 |
| 604 | Emil Agyekum | two disciplines | — | $19,500 |
| 605 | Jacious Sears | Women's 100 m | — | $19,500 |
| 606 | Maddi Wesche | Women's shot put | — | $19,500 |
| 607 | Shanice Craft | Women's discus throw | — | $19,500 |
| 608 | Dylan Beard | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $19,250 |
| 609 | Fantu Worku | two disciplines | — | $19,250 |
| 610 | Heather MacLean | two disciplines | — | $19,250 |
| 611 | Lisanne de Witte | Women's 400 m | — | $19,250 |
| 612 | Oliver Helander | Men's javelin throw | — | $19,250 |
| 613 | Christoph Harting | Men's discus throw | — | $19,000 |
| 614 | Cole Walsh | Men's pole vault | — | $19,000 |
| 615 | Jasmine Jones | two disciplines | — | $19,000 |
| 616 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | — | $19,000 |
| 617 | Parker Wolfe | two disciplines | 1 | $19,000 |
| 618 | Robert Gregory | Men's 200 m | — | $19,000 |
| 619 | Lamara Distin | Women's high jump | — | $18,750 |
| 620 | Léa Sprunger | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $18,750 |
| 621 | Mekides Abebe | two disciplines | — | $18,750 |
| 622 | Zerfe Wondemagegn | two disciplines | — | $18,750 |
| 623 | Courtney Frerichs | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $18,500 |
| 624 | Tomáš Staněk | Men's shot put | — | $18,500 |
| 625 | Bethwell Birgen | four disciplines | — | $18,250 |
| 626 | Laviai Nielsen | Women's 400 m | — | $18,250 |
| 627 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Men's pole vault | — | $18,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Shanice Craft is 607th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $19,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Shanice Craft most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $4,000 for 4th in the discus throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vanessa Kamga, Cierra Jackson, Feng Bin, Valarie Sion and Jorinde van Klinken.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the discus throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Liliana Cá, Mélina Robert-Michon, Jorinde van Klinken, Daisy Osakue, Izabela da Silva and Laulauga Tausaga.
Xiamen Diamond League 2026 paid $2,000 for 6th in the discus throw, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Cierra Jackson, Laulauga Tausaga, Silinda Morales, Valarie Sion, Feng Bin and Jorinde van Klinken.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Shanice Craft won?
$19,500, which ranks 607th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from eleven paid finishes between 2022 and 2026.
What is Shanice Craft's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 4th in the discus throw at the 2026 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 Shanice Craft 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 discus throw 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.
Has Shanice Craft 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. She is in the result table on this site either way.
How much did Shanice Craft win at the 2025 World Championships?
$5,000, 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.
Is this everything Shanice Craft earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Shanice Craft is Maddi Wesche on $19,500, and one below Dylan Beard on $19,250. Shanice Craft is one of 81 Germany athletes athletics has paid, and Germany athletics prize money adds them up to $1,858,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Shanice Craft 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 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 discus throw page.