Valarie Sion prize money
Valarie Sion has been paid $389,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 22nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 32 paid finishes in the women's discus throw, 20 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 32 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $389,000 is 32 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.3% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Valarie Sion did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's discus throw | 1st | 69.48 m | $70,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Valarie Sion $70,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $389,000 from 32 Diamond League starts between 2019 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Valarie Sion won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's discus throw | Gold | $50,000 |
Valarie Sion was paid $50,000 for the women's discus throw in Paris, the first Games at which an athletics title carried prize money at all. Every one of the 48 golds paid the same $50,000. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2019 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $13,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $45,500 |
| 2022 | 5 | 4 | Weltklasse Zürich | $66,000 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 | Prefontaine Classic | $56,000 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $60,000 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | Weltklasse Zürich | $80,000 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 | Xiamen Diamond League | $68,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $80,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Valarie Sion in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $389,000.
Around Valarie Sion on the money list
Ranks 2 to 42
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Armand Duplantis | Men's pole vault | 35 | $607,250 |
| 3 | Noah Lyles | two disciplines | 24 | $530,000 |
| 4 | Christian Taylor | three disciplines | 28 | $512,250 |
| 5 | Caterine Ibargüen | two disciplines | 37 | $501,000 |
| 6 | Sam Kendricks | Men's pole vault | 18 | $481,917 |
| 7 | Renaud Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | 33 | $466,833 |
| 8 | Femke Broeders-Bol | three disciplines | 29 | $456,000 |
| 9 | Mariya Lasitskene | Women's high jump | 26 | $440,500 |
| 10 | Shericka Jackson | three disciplines | 19 | $429,250 |
| 11 | Karsten Warholm | three disciplines | 18 | $428,500 |
| 12 | Sifan Hassan | five disciplines | 16 | $424,250 |
| 13 | Faith Kipyegon | six disciplines | 23 | $423,000 |
| 14 | Marileidy Paulino | two disciplines | 25 | $420,500 |
| 15 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | two disciplines | 11 | $417,250 |
| 16 | Timothy Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 17 | $416,500 |
| 17 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | three disciplines | 21 | $415,000 |
| 18 | Mutaz Barsham | Men's high jump | 23 | $409,833 |
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 18 | $406,500 |
| 20 | Dina Asher-Smith | two disciplines | 10 | $401,500 |
| 21 | Katerina Stefanidi | Women's pole vault | 15 | $394,500 |
| 22 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 20 | $389,000 |
| 23 | Soufiane El Bakkali | four disciplines | 22 | $388,500 |
| 24 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Women's high jump | 21 | $382,250 |
| 25 | Alison dos Santos | three disciplines | 22 | $380,500 |
| 26 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | two disciplines | 21 | $380,500 |
| 27 | Ivana Španović | two disciplines | 18 | $373,000 |
| 28 | Tom Walsh | Men's shot put | 13 | $372,000 |
| 29 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 17 | $370,500 |
| 30 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 19 | $365,500 |
| 31 | Valerie Adams | Women's shot put | 30 | $361,500 |
| 32 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 13 | $355,750 |
| 33 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | 19 | $348,000 |
| 34 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 18 | $347,500 |
| 35 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 11 | $338,250 |
| 36 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | two disciplines | 21 | $335,000 |
| 37 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | two disciplines | 15 | $321,500 |
| 38 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 39 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | 18 | $312,500 |
| 40 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 17 | $310,250 |
| 41 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 15 | $310,000 |
| 42 | Gong Lijiao | Women's shot put | 13 | $309,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Valarie Sion is 22nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $389,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Valarie Sion most
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $30,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jorinde van Klinken, Yaime Pérez, Sandra Elkasević, Cierra Jackson and Laulauga Tausaga.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $30,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Feng Bin, Yaime Pérez, Sandra Elkasević, Jorinde van Klinken and Kristin Pudenz.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $30,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Laulauga Tausaga, Sandra Elkasević, Jorinde van Klinken, Kristin Pudenz, Claudine Vita and Mélina Robert-Michon.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Valarie Sion won?
$389,000, which ranks 22nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 32 paid finishes between 2019 and 2026.
What is Valarie Sion's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the discus throw at the 2025 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 Valarie Sion 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Valarie Sion won?
20 of 32, worth $330,000 between them. Seven of her appearances came at a final, which paid $166,000.
How much did Valarie Sion win at the 2025 World Championships?
$70,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Valarie Sion earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships and Olympic money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Valarie Sion is Katerina Stefanidi on $394,500, and one below Soufiane El Bakkali on $388,500. Valarie Sion 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 Valarie Sion 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 Xiamen Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the women's discus throw page.