Summer Pierson prize money
Summer Pierson has been paid $3,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2334th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the women's discus throw, the best of them 6th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adidas Grand Prix 2011 | Discus throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 | Discus throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| All two | Women's discus throw | - | $3,500 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $3,500 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2011, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | New York adidas Grand Prix | $2,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $1,500 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $2,000 from one start. Every season from 2010 to 2011 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $3,500.
Around Summer Pierson on the money list
Ranks 2314 to 2354
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2314 | Mesud Pezer | Men's shot put | - | $3,500 |
| 2315 | Michael Saruni | Men's 800 m | - | $3,500 |
| 2316 | Morgan Mitchell | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2317 | Nadia Akpana Assa | Women's long jump | - | $3,500 |
| 2318 | Nathan Brannen | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2319 | Osama Zoghlami | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $3,500 |
| 2320 | Parul Chaudhary | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $3,500 |
| 2321 | Paula Sevilla | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2322 | Qinggang Zhao | Men's javelin throw | - | $3,500 |
| 2323 | Ramon Gittens | Men's 100 m | - | $3,500 |
| 2324 | Satomi Kubokura | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $3,500 |
| 2325 | Sebastián Martos | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $3,500 |
| 2326 | Shashalee Forbes | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2327 | Sheree Ruff | Women's high jump | - | $3,500 |
| 2328 | Shota Iizuka | Men's 200 m | - | $3,500 |
| 2329 | Silas Kosgei Kitum | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $3,500 |
| 2330 | Simon Batz | Men's long jump | - | $3,500 |
| 2331 | Simon Wieland | Men's javelin throw | - | $3,500 |
| 2332 | Stine Kufaas | Women's high jump | - | $3,500 |
| 2333 | Success Eduan | Women's 200 m | - | $3,500 |
| 2334 | Summer Pierson | Women's discus throw | - | $3,500 |
| 2335 | Teresa Nzola Meso | Women's triple jump | - | $3,500 |
| 2336 | Tony van Diepen | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2337 | Valentina Rosamilia | Women's 800 m | - | $3,500 |
| 2338 | William Grimsey | Men's high jump | - | $3,500 |
| 2339 | Xie Zhiyu | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2340 | Stefano Sottile | Men's high jump | - | $3,375 |
| 2341 | Assia Raziki | Women's 800 m | - | $3,250 |
| 2342 | Brett Robinson | Men's 5000 m | - | $3,250 |
| 2343 | David King | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $3,250 |
| 2344 | Esther Guerrero | two disciplines | - | $3,250 |
| 2345 | Jamie Webb | Men's 800 m | - | $3,250 |
| 2346 | Kristen Brown | Women's pole vault | - | $3,250 |
| 2347 | Leah Falland | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $3,250 |
| 2348 | Oskar Edlund | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $3,250 |
| 2349 | Rani Rosius | two disciplines | - | $3,250 |
| 2350 | Revée Walcott-Nolan | three disciplines | - | $3,250 |
| 2351 | Samwel Chebolei Masai | Men's 5000 m | - | $3,250 |
| 2352 | Yuliya Chumachenko | Women's high jump | - | $3,250 |
| 2353 | Abria Smith | Women's shot put | - | $3,000 |
| 2354 | Ali Kaya | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Summer Pierson is 2334th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $3,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Summer Pierson most
New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 paid $2,000 for 6th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anna Jelmini, Stephanie Brown-Trafton, Sandra Elkasević, Aretha D. Thurmond, Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová and Gia Lewis-Smallwood.
Adidas Grand Prix 2011 paid $1,500 for 7th in the discus throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Stephanie Brown-Trafton, Gia Lewis-Smallwood, Aretha D. Thurmond, Joanna Wiśniewska, Żaneta Glanc and Suzy Powell-Roos.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Summer Pierson won?
$3,500, which ranks 2334th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2010 and 2011.
What is Summer Pierson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 6th in the discus throw at the 2010 New York adidas Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Summer Pierson 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.
Is this everything Summer Pierson 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 Summer Pierson is Success Eduan on $3,500, and one below Teresa Nzola Meso on $3,500. Summer Pierson 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 discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Summer Pierson 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 400 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.