Sherone Simpson prize money
Sherone Simpson has been paid $65,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 473rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 22 paid finishes in the women's 200 m and women's 100 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
The 22 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $65,500 is 22 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.06% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 23 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Sherone Simpson
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 200 m | 13 | - | 2010 to 2015 | $37,500 |
| Women's 100 m | 10 | - | 2010 to 2012 | $28,000 |
The women's 200 m has paid Sherone Simpson $37,500 of the $65,500, which is 57% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2010 to 2015, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | - | Doha Diamond League | $31,000 |
| 2011 | 4 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $8,500 |
| 2012 | 5 | - | Golden Gala | $8,500 |
| 2013 | 3 | - | Qatar Athletic | $9,000 |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | 3 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $8,500 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $31,000 from eight starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Sherone Simpson in 2014, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $65,500.
Around Sherone Simpson on the money list
Ranks 453 to 493
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 453 | Emma Green | Women's high jump | 1 | $69,000 |
| 454 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | Women's long jump | 4 | $69,000 |
| 455 | Warren Weir | Men's 200 m | 4 | $69,000 |
| 456 | Ana Šimić | Women's high jump | 1 | $68,583 |
| 457 | Angelina Topić | Women's high jump | 2 | $68,500 |
| 458 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | five disciplines | 3 | $68,500 |
| 459 | Chris Tomlinson | Men's long jump | - | $68,000 |
| 460 | Christopher Brown | Men's 400 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 461 | Edwin Soi | two disciplines | 2 | $68,000 |
| 462 | Phanuel Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 463 | Christabel Nettey | Women's long jump | 1 | $67,750 |
| 464 | Hana Moll | Women's pole vault | 3 | $67,500 |
| 465 | Ivan Ukhov | Men's high jump | 7 | $67,000 |
| 466 | Jillian Camarena-Williams | Women's shot put | - | $67,000 |
| 467 | Erriyon Knighton | two disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
| 468 | Linda Stahl | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $66,500 |
| 469 | Ronald Kwemoi | four disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
| 470 | Andrenette Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $66,250 |
| 471 | Fantaye Belayneh | two disciplines | 1 | $65,750 |
| 472 | Timur Morgunov | Men's pole vault | 1 | $65,750 |
| 473 | Sherone Simpson | two disciplines | - | $65,500 |
| 474 | Morgan Lake | Women's high jump | 1 | $65,417 |
| 475 | Rénelle Lamote | Women's 800 m | 1 | $65,250 |
| 476 | Danielle Carruthers | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $65,000 |
| 477 | Elina Tzengko | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $65,000 |
| 478 | Matthias de Zordo | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $65,000 |
| 479 | Sondre Guttormsen | Men's pole vault | - | $64,250 |
| 480 | Winny Chebet | three disciplines | - | $64,250 |
| 481 | Jermaine Gonzales | Men's 400 m | 2 | $64,000 |
| 482 | Kathryn Mitchell | Women's javelin throw | - | $64,000 |
| 483 | Martina Ratej | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $64,000 |
| 484 | Morgan Uceny | two disciplines | 3 | $63,500 |
| 485 | Sentayehu Ejigu | two disciplines | 2 | $63,500 |
| 486 | Telahun Haile Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $63,250 |
| 487 | Charonda Williams | two disciplines | 2 | $63,000 |
| 488 | Dwight Phillips | Men's long jump | 4 | $63,000 |
| 489 | Richard Thompson | two disciplines | 2 | $63,000 |
| 490 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | four disciplines | 1 | $62,750 |
| 491 | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk | two disciplines | 1 | $62,750 |
| 492 | Aliona Dubitskaya | Women's shot put | - | $62,500 |
| 493 | Etenesh Diro | three disciplines | 1 | $62,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sherone Simpson is 473rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $65,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sherone Simpson most
Qatar Athletic 2013 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Myriam Soumaré, Samantha Henry-Robinson, Kimberly Hyacinthe, Yelizaveta Bryzgina, Charonda Williams and Crystal Emmanuel.
Doha Diamond League 2010 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Cydonie Mothersill, Sheri-Ann Brooks, Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby, Natalie Knight, Yuliya Gushchina and Bianca Knight.
Athletissima 2010 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 100 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Chandra Sturrup, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, Sheri-Ann Brooks, LaShauntea Moore, Alexandria Anderson and Carmelita Jeter.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sherone Simpson won?
$65,500, which ranks 473rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 22 paid finishes between 2010 and 2015.
What is Sherone Simpson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 200 m at the 2013 Qatar Athletic. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Sherone Simpson 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 200 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.
Has Sherone Simpson 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Sherone Simpson 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 Sherone Simpson is Timur Morgunov on $65,750, and one below Morgan Lake on $65,417. Sherone Simpson is one of 158 Jamaica athletes athletics has paid, and Jamaica athletics prize money adds them up to $8,413,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 200 m prize money and women's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sherone Simpson has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m hurdles, women's 400 m and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Adidas Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.