Shannon Rowbury prize money
Shannon Rowbury has been paid $96,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 334th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 30 paid finishes in the women's 1500 m, women's 3000 m and women's mile, two 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 30 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $96,500 is 30 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.09% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Shannon Rowbury
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 m | 20 | 1 | 2010 to 2017 | $64,500 |
| Women's 3000 m | 7 | 1 | 2010 to 2017 | $24,500 |
| Women's mile | 1 | - | 2015 | $4,000 |
| Women's 5000 m | 2 | - | 2014 to 2016 | $3,500 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Shannon Rowbury $64,500 of the $96,500, which is 67% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2010 to 2017, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | - | Herculis | $15,000 |
| 2011 | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $12,000 |
| 2013 | 6 | 1 | Sainsburys Anniversary Games | $22,500 |
| 2014 | 6 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $18,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | - | Herculis | $9,500 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $15,500 |
| 2017 | 2 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $4,000 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $22,500 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Shannon Rowbury in 2011, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $96,500.
Around Shannon Rowbury on the money list
Ranks 314 to 354
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 314 | Tiffany Porter | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $102,000 |
| 315 | Ehsan Haddadi | Men's discus throw | 1 | $101,500 |
| 316 | Alexander Ogando | two disciplines | 2 | $101,250 |
| 317 | Ezekiel Kemboi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 7 | $101,000 |
| 318 | Kamila Lićwinko | Women's high jump | 2 | $101,000 |
| 319 | Trey Cunningham | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $100,750 |
| 320 | Holly Bradshaw | Women's pole vault | - | $100,083 |
| 321 | Teddy Tamgho | Men's triple jump | 6 | $99,500 |
| 322 | Lieke Klaver | Women's 400 m | - | $98,750 |
| 323 | Fabrice Lapierre | Men's long jump | 2 | $98,000 |
| 324 | Juan Miguel Echevarría | Men's long jump | 4 | $98,000 |
| 325 | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | Women's discus throw | 1 | $97,500 |
| 326 | Adriana Vilagoš | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $97,250 |
| 327 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $97,208 |
| 328 | Feng Bin | Women's discus throw | 3 | $97,000 |
| 329 | Kellie Wells | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $97,000 |
| 330 | Tyson Gay | two disciplines | 8 | $97,000 |
| 331 | Chris Nilsen | Men's pole vault | 2 | $96,750 |
| 332 | Emma Zapletalová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $96,500 |
| 333 | Joshua Cheptegei | three disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 334 | Shannon Rowbury | four disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 335 | Julius Yego | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $96,000 |
| 336 | Zharnel Hughes | two disciplines | 2 | $95,500 |
| 337 | Mujinga Kambundji | two disciplines | 1 | $95,250 |
| 338 | Ronald Levy | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $94,750 |
| 339 | Cleopatra Borel | Women's shot put | - | $94,500 |
| 340 | Yargelis Savigne | two disciplines | 7 | $94,500 |
| 341 | Jorinde van Klinken | two disciplines | 1 | $94,000 |
| 342 | Lamecha Girma | five disciplines | 6 | $94,000 |
| 343 | Sanya Richards-Ross | two disciplines | 5 | $93,500 |
| 344 | Luguelín Santos | Men's 400 m | 1 | $93,000 |
| 345 | Amy Hunt | two disciplines | - | $92,500 |
| 346 | Christophe Lemaitre | two disciplines | 1 | $92,500 |
| 347 | Chaunte Lowe | Women's high jump | 5 | $92,000 |
| 348 | Berihu Aregawi | three disciplines | 4 | $91,750 |
| 349 | Peruth Chemutai | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $91,750 |
| 350 | L. J. van Zyl | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $91,500 |
| 351 | Niels Laros | three disciplines | 3 | $91,000 |
| 352 | Nelly Chepchirchir | two disciplines | 4 | $90,750 |
| 353 | Levern Spencer | Women's high jump | 1 | $90,508 |
| 354 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $90,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Shannon Rowbury is 334th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $96,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Shannon Rowbury most
Weltklasse Zürich 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Laura Muir, Sifan Hassan, Jenny Simpson, Dawit Seyaum, Besu Sado and Faith Kipyegon.
Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gabriele Grunewald, Molly Huddle, Sheila Reid, Jordan Hogan, Kim Conley and Chelsea Sodaro.
Weltklasse Zürich 2014 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Viola Jelagat Kibiwot, Sifan Hassan, Meraf Bahta, Brenda Martinez, Mimi Belete and Abeba Aregawi.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Shannon Rowbury won?
$96,500, which ranks 334th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 30 paid finishes between 2010 and 2017.
What is Shannon Rowbury's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 1500 m at the 2016 Weltklasse Zürich. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Shannon Rowbury 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 1500 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Shannon Rowbury won?
Two of 30, worth $20,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Shannon Rowbury 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 Shannon Rowbury is Joshua Cheptegei on $96,500, and one below Julius Yego on $96,000. Shannon Rowbury 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 1500 m prize money, women's 3000 m prize money, women's mile prize money and women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Shannon Rowbury has been paid in four 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 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has its own page across every edition of it.