Shawn Barber prize money
Shawn Barber has been paid $79,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 399th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 21 paid finishes in the men's pole vault, 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
The 21 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $79,000 is 21 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2015 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $6,000 |
| 2016 | 6 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $27,500 |
| 2017 | 7 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $21,250 |
| 2018 | 7 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $24,250 |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $27,500 from six starts. Every season from 2015 to 2018 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $79,000.
Around Shawn Barber on the money list
Ranks 379 to 419
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 379 | Lidya Chepkurui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $82,000 |
| 380 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | two disciplines | 3 | $82,000 |
| 381 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $81,750 |
| 382 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | 1 | $81,500 |
| 383 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 384 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $81,250 |
| 385 | Caleb Ndiku | four disciplines | 3 | $81,000 |
| 386 | Habiba Ghribi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $81,000 |
| 387 | Lashinda Demus | two disciplines | 4 | $81,000 |
| 388 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $80,750 |
| 389 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 390 | Cassandra Tate | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $80,500 |
| 391 | Jeneba Tarmoh | two disciplines | 2 | $80,500 |
| 392 | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | Women's shot put | - | $80,000 |
| 393 | Dawit Seyaum | two disciplines | 4 | $80,000 |
| 394 | Daniel Roberts | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $79,750 |
| 395 | Lolo Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $79,500 |
| 396 | Virgilijus Alekna | Men's discus throw | 2 | $79,500 |
| 397 | Benjamin Compaoré | Men's triple jump | 3 | $79,000 |
| 398 | Jehue Gordon | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $79,000 |
| 399 | Shawn Barber | Men's pole vault | - | $79,000 |
| 400 | Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | 1 | $78,875 |
| 401 | Devynne Charlton | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $78,750 |
| 402 | Raphael Holzdeppe | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,500 |
| 403 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Men's 100 m | 2 | $78,250 |
| 404 | Sada Williams | Women's 400 m | - | $78,250 |
| 405 | EJ Obiena | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,125 |
| 406 | Jasmin Stowers | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $78,000 |
| 407 | Molly Caudery | Women's pole vault | 3 | $77,500 |
| 408 | Funmi Jimoh | Women's long jump | 2 | $77,000 |
| 409 | Medina Eisa | two disciplines | 3 | $77,000 |
| 410 | Alysha Newman | Women's pole vault | 1 | $76,500 |
| 411 | David Greene | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $76,500 |
| 412 | Rababe Arafi | three disciplines | 1 | $76,500 |
| 413 | Oleh Doroshchuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $76,250 |
| 414 | Thobias Montler | Men's long jump | 2 | $76,250 |
| 415 | Liadagmis Povea | Women's triple jump | - | $75,500 |
| 416 | Ryan Wilson | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $75,500 |
| 417 | Stewart McSweyn | four disciplines | 2 | $75,500 |
| 418 | Ackeem Blake | Men's 100 m | 1 | $75,000 |
| 419 | Auriol Dongmo | Women's shot put | 3 | $75,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Shawn Barber is 399th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $79,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Shawn Barber most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Piotr Lisek, Renaud Lavillenie, Paweł Wojciechowski, Armand Duplantis, Konstantinos Filippidis and Timur Morgunov.
Prefontaine Classic 2016 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the pole vault, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sam Kendricks, Paweł Wojciechowski, Konstantinos Filippidis, Piotr Lisek, Changrui Xue and Renaud Lavillenie.
Bislett Games 2016 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the pole vault, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Paweł Wojciechowski, Stanley Joseph, Changrui Xue, Eirik Dolve and Renaud Lavillenie.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Shawn Barber won?
$79,000, which ranks 399th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 21 paid finishes between 2015 and 2018.
What is Shawn Barber's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 3rd in the pole vault at the 2018 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 Shawn Barber gets paid?
Entirely by where he 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 men's pole vault 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 Shawn Barber 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 him, 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 Shawn Barber is Jehue Gordon on $79,000, and one below Mirela Demireva on $78,875. Shawn Barber is one of 70 Canada athletes athletics has paid, and Canada athletics prize money adds them up to $2,287,458 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Shawn Barber has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's 800 m and men's 200 m. Every meeting he 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.