Steffin McCarter prize money
Steffin McCarter has been paid $30,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 462nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the men's long jump, one of them a win.
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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2023 | Long jump | 4th | $2,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 | Long jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis 2022 | Long jump | 10th | — |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | Long jump | 2nd | $12,000 |
| Allianz Memorial Van Damme 2021 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| All five | Men's long jump | — | $30,000 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $30,000 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.06% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the five starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Indoor Championships
What Steffin McCarter did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's long jump | 12th | 7.89 | — |
Steffin McCarter stood in one World Indoor Championships final and finished outside the money. The championships pay six places, $40,000 for a title down to $4,000 for 6th, and nothing at all below that. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2021 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $22,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | — | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $6,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | $2,000 |
season running total
2021 is the biggest of them, $22,000 from two starts. Every season from 2021 to 2023 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $30,000.
Around Steffin McCarter on the money list
Ranks 442 to 482
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 442 | Django Lovett | Men's high jump | 1 | $31,750 |
| 443 | Emma Coburn | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $31,750 |
| 444 | Sharika Nelvis | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $31,500 |
| 445 | Vashti Cunningham | Women's high jump | — | $31,250 |
| 446 | Álex Quiñónez | Men's 200 m | — | $31,000 |
| 447 | Biniam Mehary | two disciplines | — | $31,000 |
| 448 | Marcin Lewandowski | three disciplines | 1 | $31,000 |
| 449 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | — | $30,750 |
| 450 | Tonea Marshall | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $30,750 |
| 451 | Anaïs Bourgoin | two disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 452 | Graham Blanks | two disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 453 | Samuel Tefera | four disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 454 | Tia Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $30,500 |
| 455 | Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | — | $30,458 |
| 456 | Curtis Thompson | Men's javelin throw | — | $30,250 |
| 457 | Akeem Bloomfield | Men's 400 m | 2 | $30,000 |
| 458 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | — | $30,000 |
| 459 | Dawid Wegner | Men's javelin throw | — | $30,000 |
| 460 | Maia McCoy | two disciplines | — | $30,000 |
| 461 | Omar Craddock | Men's triple jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 462 | Steffin McCarter | Men's long jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 463 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $30,000 |
| 464 | Brandon Hicklin | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 465 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 466 | Fiordaliza Cofil | Women's 400 m | 1 | $29,750 |
| 467 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 468 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 469 | Isaac Nader | two disciplines | 1 | $29,750 |
| 470 | Kamila Lićwinko | Women's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 471 | Tamari Davis | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 472 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $29,500 |
| 473 | Nelly Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 1 | $29,500 |
| 474 | Tamara Clark | two disciplines | — | $29,500 |
| 475 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 1 | $29,500 |
| 476 | Cambrea Sturgis | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 477 | Daniel Arce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $29,250 |
| 478 | Nafissatou Thiam | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 479 | Cierra Jackson | Women's discus throw | 1 | $29,000 |
| 480 | Lorraine Ugen | Women's long jump | 1 | $29,000 |
| 481 | Ruben Querinjean | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $29,000 |
| 482 | Axumawit Embaye | four disciplines | — | $28,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Steffin McCarter is 462nd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $30,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Steffin McCarter most
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the long jump, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ruswahl Samaai, Simon Ehammer, Benjamin Gföhler, Radek Juška, Filippo Randazzo and Thobias Montler.
Allianz Memorial Van Damme 2021 paid $10,000 for 1st in the long jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ruswahl Samaai, Filippo Randazzo, Benjamin Gföhler, Artem Primak, Erwan Konaté and Eusebio Cáceres.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the long jump, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Maykel Massó, Marquis Dendy, Emiliano Lasa, Filippo Randazzo, Piotr Tarkowski and Miltiadis Tentoglou.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Steffin McCarter won?
$30,000, which ranks 462nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2021 and 2023.
What is Steffin McCarter's biggest Diamond League payday?
$12,000, for finishing 2nd in the long jump at the 2021 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 Steffin McCarter 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 win is worth the same in the men's long jump 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 Steffin McCarter won?
One of five, worth $10,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $12,000.
Has Steffin McCarter 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. He is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Steffin McCarter earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Steffin McCarter is Omar Craddock on $30,000, and one below Viktoriya Tkachuk on $30,000. Steffin McCarter is one of 352 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $16,292,792 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Steffin McCarter has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bislett Games 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 men's long jump page.