Diamond League 2011 prize money
The 2011 Diamond League paid $6,550,500 to 725 athletes across fourteen meetings, from 6 May to 16 September. Carmelita Jeter took more of it than anyone, $73,000.
The series pays by finishing place and by nothing else, so one card covers every discipline at every meeting of the season: $10,000 for a series win, at the final, and eight places paid in each. There was no Diamond+ tier this season, so every discipline paid the same.
Who earned the most in 2011
The 2011 Diamond League money list
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BIGGEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carmelita Jeter | 9 | 6 | 1st | $73,000 |
| 2 | Amantle Montsho | 7 | 5 | 1st | $62,000 |
| 3 | Christina Obergföll | 7 | 5 | 1st | $62,000 |
| 4 | Asbel Kiprop | 10 | 2 | 1st | $56,500 |
| 5 | Milcah Chemos | 6 | 5 | 1st | $52,500 |
| 6 | Kaliese Carter | 6 | 4 | 1st | $52,000 |
| 7 | Olha Saladukha | 6 | 4 | 1st | $52,000 |
| 8 | Blanka Vlašić | 7 | 4 | 1st | $50,500 |
| 9 | Brittney Reese | 6 | 4 | 1st | $50,000 |
| 10 | Usain Bolt | 5 | 5 | 1st | $50,000 |
| 11 | Valerie Adams | 5 | 5 | 1st | $50,000 |
| 12 | Renaud Lavillenie | 6 | 4 | 1st | $49,000 |
| 13 | Phillips Idowu | 6 | 4 | 1st | $48,500 |
| 14 | Dylan Armstrong | 6 | 4 | 1st | $48,000 |
| 15 | Allyson Felix | 6 | 3 | 1st | $45,000 |
| 16 | Danielle Carruthers | 7 | 2 | 1st | $45,000 |
| 17 | Virgilijus Alekna | 7 | 2 | 1st | $43,500 |
| 18 | Asafa Powell | 5 | 3 | 1st | $42,000 |
| 19 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | 6 | 2 | 1st | $42,000 |
| 20 | Morgan Uceny | 6 | 3 | 1st | $41,500 |
| 21 | Andreas Thorkildsen | 6 | 3 | 1st | $41,000 |
| 22 | David Greene | 6 | 2 | 1st | $40,000 |
| 23 | Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot | 4 | 4 | 1st | $40,000 |
| 24 | Walter Dix | 5 | 3 | 1st | $40,000 |
| 25 | Reese Hoffa | 7 | 2 | 1st | $38,500 |
| 26 | Kellie Wells | 7 | 1 | 1st | $37,000 |
| 27 | Matthias de Zordo | 6 | 2 | 1st | $37,000 |
| 28 | Gerd Kanter | 7 | 2 | 1st | $36,500 |
| 29 | David Oliver | 6 | 1 | 1st | $36,000 |
| 30 | Kenia Sinclair | 4 | 3 | 1st | $36,000 |
| 31 | Yargelis Savigne | 4 | 3 | 1st | $36,000 |
| 32 | Funmi Jimoh | 7 | 2 | 1st | $34,500 |
| 33 | Silke Spiegelburg | 5 | 2 | 1st | $34,500 |
| 34 | Malte Mohr | 6 | 1 | 1st | $34,250 |
| 35 | Sofia Assefa | 6 | 1 | 1st | $34,000 |
| 36 | Barbora Špotáková | 6 | 1 | 1st | $33,000 |
| 37 | Imane Merga | 5 | 2 | 1st | $33,000 |
| 38 | Javier Culson | 5 | 2 | 1st | $33,000 |
| 39 | Ezekiel Kemboi | 4 | 2 | 1st | $32,000 |
| 40 | Nadine Müller | 5 | 2 | 1st | $32,000 |
Carmelita Jeter collected $73,000 of the $6,550,500 the season paid out, 1.1% of it. 405 athletes were paid more than once in 2011 and the rest were paid once, which is what a money list of a series that runs fourteen times a summer looks like. The table lists the 40 biggest of 725.
Every meeting of 2011
In the order the season ran them
| MEETING | WHERE | WHEN | DISCIPLINES | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | Doha | 6 May | 16 | $474,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | Shanghai | 15 May | 16 | $477,500 |
| Golden Gala | Rome | 26 May | 16 | $466,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic | Eugene | 4 June | 16 | $462,000 |
| Bislett Games | Oslo | 9 June | 16 | $458,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix | New York City | 11 June | 15 | $441,000 |
| Athletissima | Lausanne | 30 June | 16 | $472,500 |
| Meeting Areva | Saint-Denis | 8 July | 16 | $468,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix | Birmingham | 10 July | 16 | $474,500 |
| Herculis | Fontvieille | 22 July | 16 | $471,500 |
| DN Galan | Stockholm | 29 July | 16 | $472,000 |
| London Grand Prix | London | 5 to 6 August | 16 | $474,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich | Zürich | 8 September | 17 | $484,500 |
| Memorial van Damme | Brussels | 16 September | 16 | $455,000 |
| 14 meetings | 14 cities | - | 224 | $6,550,500$6.6m |
What the season paid, meeting by meeting
season running total
The line is the running total, and it is close to straight because the pots barely move: every series meeting pays the same rate a discipline, so what separates them is how many disciplines they ran.
Every discipline of 2011
How often each one ran, and what it paid across the season
| DISCIPLINE | TIMES RUN | PAID IN 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 7 | $210,000 |
| Men's 400 m | 7 | $210,000 |
| Men's discus throw | 7 | $210,000 |
| Men's high jump | 7 | $210,000 |
| Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $210,000 |
| Women's 1500 m | 7 | $210,000 |
| Women's 400 m hurdles | 7 | $210,000 |
| Women's 5000 m | 7 | $210,000 |
| Men's 400 m hurdles | 7 | $209,000 |
| Men's javelin throw | 7 | $209,000 |
| Women's 100 m | 7 | $209,000 |
| Women's discus throw | 7 | $209,000 |
| Men's 110 m hurdles | 7 | $208,000 |
| Men's long jump | 7 | $208,000 |
| Men's pole vault | 7 | $208,000 |
| Women's 200 m | 7 | $208,000 |
| Women's long jump | 7 | $207,500 |
| Women's triple jump | 7 | $207,500 |
| Men's 200 m | 7 | $207,000 |
| Men's triple jump | 7 | $206,500 |
| Men's 800 m | 7 | $204,000 |
| Women's high jump | 7 | $204,000 |
| Women's pole vault | 7 | $202,000 |
| Women's 400 m | 7 | $201,500 |
| Men's 100 m | 7 | $201,000 |
| Men's shot put | 7 | $200,000 |
| Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 7 | $197,000 |
| Women's 800 m | 7 | $192,000 |
| Women's javelin throw | 7 | $183,500 |
| Men's 5000 m | 6 | $180,000 |
| Women's shot put | 7 | $169,000 |
| Men's 1500 m | 4 | $120,000 |
| Men's mile | 3 | $90,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 1 | $30,000 |
| 34 disciplines | 224 | $6,550,500$6.6m |
No discipline runs at every meeting. The series rotates them, so a discipline's total for the season is its rate multiplied by how many times it was on the programme, and the column above is a count of appearances rather than a ranking of anything.
What each place paid in 2011
The card in force across the season
| PLACE | SERIES |
|---|---|
| 1st | $10,000 |
| 2nd | $6,000 |
| 3rd | $4,000 |
| 4th | $3,000 |
| 5th | $2,500 |
| 6th | $2,000 |
| 7th | $1,500 |
| 8th | $1,000 |
| All eight | $30,000 |
Every column is the whole of what that kind of discipline paid in 2011. There is no appearance money in these figures, no bonus for a record and nothing for ninth, and where athletes tied they took the places between them and split the money for all of them.
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money did the 2011 Diamond League pay?
$6,550,500 across fourteen meetings and 34 disciplines, to 725 athletes. That is 5.8% of everything the series has paid across the sixteen seasons on this site.
What did a Diamond League win pay in 2011?
$10,000 at a series meeting. The figure is the same in every discipline on the card, so a win in the shot put pays what a win in the 100 m pays.
Who earned the most in the 2011 Diamond League?
Carmelita Jeter, on $73,000 from nine paid finishes, six of them wins. 405 of the 725 athletes paid in 2011 were paid more than once.
How many meetings did the 2011 Diamond League run?
Fourteen, every one of them paid at the series rate, because the season had no final of its own. Every series meeting paid the same rate for the same finishing place, so what separates one meeting's pot from another is how many disciplines it ran.
How far down the field does the Diamond League pay?
Eight places. Ninth pays nothing however fast the race was: 1,731 payments in 2011 went to 725 athletes from 81 countries, and 23 other finishes in the same result tables were worth nothing at all.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
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