Women's pole vault prize money
The Diamond League has paid $3,700,250 in the women's pole vault, to 92 athletes across 112 runnings of it, from 2010 to 2026. Katerina Stefanidi has taken more of it than anyone, $394,500.
The series pays by finishing place and by nothing else, so a win here is worth what a win in any other discipline is worth: $10,000 at a 2026 series meeting, eight places paid, and nothing for ninth. Nine of the 112 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for the win at the 2026 final. Eight of the 112 runnings were Diamond+, which pays double.
Who the women's pole vault has paid the most
Every running of it on this site, added up
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katerina Stefanidi | 50 | 15 | 1st | $394,500 |
| 2 | Sandi Morris | 49 | 12 | 2nd | $300,500 |
| 3 | Katie Moon | 47 | 11 | 1st | $292,875 |
| 4 | Fabiana Murer | 35 | 13 | 1st | $223,000 |
| 5 | Yarisley Silva | 42 | 7 | 1st | $203,333 |
| 6 | Nina Kennedy | 21 | 11 | 1st | $197,500 |
| 7 | Silke Spiegelburg | 27 | 8 | 1st | $153,250 |
| 8 | Anzhelika Sidorova | 22 | 4 | 1st | $149,250 |
| 9 | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | 30 | 5 | 1st | $133,250 |
| 10 | Tina Šutej | 39 | 1 | 2nd | $123,250 |
| 11 | Angelica Moser | 28 | 2 | 1st | $111,875 |
| 12 | Jenn Suhr | 19 | 5 | 1st | $110,250 |
| 13 | Holly Bradshaw | 33 | 0 | 2nd | $100,083 |
| 14 | Molly Caudery | 12 | 3 | 1st | $77,500 |
| 15 | Alysha Newman | 20 | 1 | 1st | $76,500 |
| 16 | Hana Moll | 5 | 3 | 1st | $67,500 |
| 17 | Svetlana Feofanova | 11 | 2 | 1st | $58,500 |
| 18 | Nicole Büchler | 16 | 1 | 1st | $58,083 |
| 19 | Emily Grove | 16 | 1 | 1st | $53,750 |
| 20 | Roberta Bruni | 19 | 0 | =2nd | $50,875 |
| 21 | Angelica Bengtsson | 17 | 1 | 1st | $45,000 |
| 22 | Anna Rogowska | 12 | 1 | 1st | $43,500 |
| 23 | Mary Saxer | 19 | 0 | 2nd | $41,583 |
| 24 | Lisa Ryzih | 15 | 0 | 2nd | $41,250 |
| 25 | Eliza McCartney | 14 | 0 | 2nd | $37,625 |
| 26 | Wilma Heltelä | 11 | 1 | 1st | $37,000 |
| 27 | Jiřina Ptáčníková | 14 | 0 | =3rd | $33,000 |
| 28 | Robeilys Peinado | 12 | 0 | =2nd | $31,750 |
| 29 | Lacy Janson | 11 | 0 | 3rd | $31,000 |
| 30 | Imogen Ayris | 10 | 0 | 2nd | $24,500 |
| 31 | Olivia McTaggart | 5 | 1 | 1st | $24,000 |
| 32 | Anastasiya Savchenko | 7 | 1 | 1st | $23,500 |
| 33 | Yelena Isinbayeva | 3 | 2 | 1st | $23,500 |
| 34 | Gabriela Leon | 8 | 0 | =2nd | $20,250 |
| 35 | Li Ling | 7 | 0 | =2nd | $19,750 |
| 36 | Michaela Meijer | 8 | 0 | 3rd | $18,750 |
| 37 | Amálie Švábíková | 9 | 0 | 5th | $16,000 |
| 38 | Yuliya Golubchikova | 7 | 0 | =3rd | $15,500 |
| 39 | Alana Boyd | 8 | 0 | =4th | $14,583 |
| 40 | Kylie Hutson | 7 | 0 | 5th | $14,250 |
Katerina Stefanidi has collected $394,500 of the $3,700,250 this discipline has paid out, 10.7% of it. Katerina Stefanidi has won fifteen of them, more than anyone else. 65 of the 92 athletes paid in this discipline were paid in it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 92.
Every Diamond League women's pole vault
Who won it, what the win paid and what the field took
What the women's pole vault paid each season
season running total
The line is the running total. A season's figure is the rate multiplied by how many meetings put the discipline on, so the columns move with the programme rather than with who turned up: 2024 ran it eight times and 2021 six times. Nobody has ever shared the win in it, so every figure in the win column is one athlete's cheque.
Where the women's pole vault is run
The meetings that have put it on, and what each has paid for it
| MEETING | RUNNINGS | PAID FOR IT |
|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich | 12 | $503,500 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme | 7 | $428,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | 11 | $320,000 |
| Doha Diamond League | 10 | $303,500 |
| Birmingham Diamond League | 10 | $284,500 |
| Herculis EBS | 9 | $252,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic | 7 | $221,250 |
| Bauhausgalan | 7 | $207,500 |
| Anniversary Games | 7 | $200,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | 6 | $177,000 |
| Meeting de Paris | 5 | $175,000 |
| London Athletics Meet | 4 | $130,000 |
| Athletissima | 4 | $120,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | 4 | $120,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix | 4 | $118,000 |
| Bislett Games | 4 | $109,500 |
| British Grand Prix | 1 | $30,000 |
| 17 meetings | 112 | $3,700,250$3.7m |
Every meeting pays the same ladder, so this column ranks how often each one put the discipline on rather than how generous it is. Weltklasse Zürich has run it twelve times and paid $503,500 for it. Each meeting links to everything it has paid across every edition of it.
What each place pays in the women's pole vault
The eight ladders this discipline has been paid under
| PLACE | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES + | SERIES + | FINAL | FINAL | FINAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $50,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 |
| 2nd | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $10,000 | $6,000 | $20,000 | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| 3rd | $4,000 | $3,500 | $4,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 | $10,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 4th | $3,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 | $3,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| 5th | $2,500 | $1,250 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $2,500 | $5,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 6th | $2,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $2,000 | $4,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 7th | $1,500 | $750 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $1,500 | $3,000 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 8th | $1,000 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| All eight | $30,000 | $25,000 | $30,000 | $50,000 | $40,000 | $100,000 | $60,000 | $60,000 |
One column per ladder, and none of them is specific to this discipline: the women's pole vault is paid on the same card as the 100 m and the shot put at the same meeting. There is no appearance money in any of it, nothing for a record, and nothing at all for ninth place. The Diamond+ columns are the eight of 112 runnings where the series doubled the discipline's rate for the day.
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money does the Diamond League pay in the women's pole vault?
$3,700,250 across 112 runnings of it, to 92 athletes from 28 countries. That is 3.3% of everything the series has paid, and the 14th biggest of the 41 disciplines on this site.
What does a win in the women's pole vault pay?
$10,000, and double that at a meeting where it is a Diamond+ discipline. It is the same figure in every discipline on a programme, so a win here pays exactly what a win in the 100 m pays. Nine of the 112 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for the win at the 2026 final.
Who has earned the most in the women's pole vault?
Katerina Stefanidi, on $394,500 from 50 paid finishes, fifteen of them wins. 65 of the 92 athletes the discipline has paid were paid in it more than once.
Who has won the most Diamond League women's pole vault titles?
Katerina Stefanidi, on fifteen wins. 24 different athletes have won a Diamond League women's pole vault across the 112 runnings on this site.
How often does the Diamond League run the women's pole vault?
112 times across sixteen seasons, from 2010 to 2026, on the programmes of 17 different meetings. Weltklasse Zürich has run it twelve times, more than anywhere else. The series rotates its programme, so no discipline is on every card.
How far down the field does the women's pole vault pay?
Eight places, and ninth pays nothing however good the mark was. 859 payments have gone to 92 athletes in this discipline, and 45 other finishes in the same result tables were worth nothing at all.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money holds all sixteen seasons on this site, 224 meetings and $113,397,000. The 2026 season is at Diamond League 2026. The other half of the event is at Men's pole vault, which has paid $3,852,750.
Every other Diamond League discipline
- Women's 100 m
- Men's 100 m
- Women's 100 m hurdles
- Men's pole vault
- Women's 400 m
- Men's 800 m
- Men's 200 m
- Women's 800 m
- Men's 110 m hurdles
- Women's 200 m
- Men's 400 m
- Women's 400 m hurdles
- Men's 400 m hurdles
- Women's high jump
- Women's 1500 m
- Men's high jump
- Men's 3000 m steeplechase
- Women's long jump
- Women's 3000 m steeplechase
- Men's shot put
- Men's long jump
- Women's discus throw
- Men's javelin throw
- Men's discus throw
- Women's triple jump
- Men's triple jump
- Women's javelin throw
- Women's shot put
- Men's 1500 m
- Men's 5000 m
- Women's 5000 m
- Women's 3000 m
- Men's mile
- Men's 3000 m
- Women's mile
- Men's 1000 m
- Men's 300 m hurdles
- Women's 2 miles
- Women's 1000 m
- Men's 2 miles
Every Diamond League meeting
- Weltklasse Zürich
- AG Memorial Van Damme
- Prefontaine Classic
- Athletissima
- Meeting de Paris
- Golden Gala Pietro Mennea
- Doha Diamond League
- Bauhausgalan
- Bislett Games
- Herculis EBS
- Shanghai Diamond League
- Birmingham Diamond League
- Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat
- Anniversary Games
- London Athletics Meet
- Adidas Grand Prix
- Kamila Skolimowska Memorial
- Xiamen Diamond League
- Müller Grand Prix Gateshead
Every Diamond League season
- Diamond League 2026
- Diamond League 2025
- Diamond League 2024
- Diamond League 2023
- Diamond League 2022
- Diamond League 2021
- Diamond League 2019
- Diamond League 2018
- Diamond League 2017
- Diamond League 2016
- Diamond League 2015
- Diamond League 2014
- Diamond League 2013
- Diamond League 2012
- Diamond League 2011
- Diamond League 2010