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DIAMOND LEAGUE · WOMEN · 95 RUNNINGS

Women's shot put prize money

The Diamond League has paid $2,997,500 in the women's shot put, to 80 athletes across 95 runnings of it, from 2010 to 2026. Valerie Adams has taken more of it than anyone, $361,500.

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 95 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for the win at the 2026 final. Two of the 95 runnings were Diamond+, which pays double.

PAID IN IT $2,997,500
A WIN IN 2026 $10,000
RUNNINGS 95
SEASONS 16
ATHLETES PAID 80

Who the women's shot put has paid the most

Every running of it on this site, added up

80 paid
The athletes the Diamond League women's shot put has paid the most across its 95 runnings.
# ATHLETE PAID WINS BEST DAY EARNED
1 Valerie Adams NZL 43 30 1st 2021 · Bauhausgalan $361,500
2 Chase Jackson USA 34 18 1st 2026 · AG Memorial Van Damme $347,500
3 Gong Lijiao CHN 26 13 1st 2019 · Weltklasse Zürich $309,000
4 Christina Schwanitz GER 33 10 1st 2019 · Athletissima $202,000
5 Michelle Carter USA 48 3 1st 2017 · Doha Diamond League $186,500
6 Sarah Mitton CAN 26 3 1st 2024 · AG Memorial Van Damme $170,250
7 Jessica Schilder NED 22 5 1st 2025 · Weltklasse Zürich $153,250
8 Anita Márton HUN 28 0 2nd 2017 · Weltklasse Zürich $105,000
9 Cleopatra Borel TTO 32 0 2nd 2015 · British Athletics Grand Prix $94,500
10 Maggie Ewen USA 26 1 1st 2021 · Weltklasse Zürich $84,500
11 Danniel Thomas-Dodd JAM 34 0 2nd 2021 · Müller Grand Prix Gateshead $80,000
12 Auriol Dongmo POR 13 3 2nd 2021 · Weltklasse Zürich $75,000
13 Fanny Roos SWE 32 0 3rd 2021 · Weltklasse Zürich $71,500
14 Jillian Camarena-Williams USA 19 0 2nd 2012 · Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix $67,000
15 Aliona Dubitskaya BLR 19 0 4th 2019 · Weltklasse Zürich $62,500
16 Tia Brooks-Wannemacher USA 14 2 1st 2016 · Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix $51,500
17 Yemisi Mabry GER 12 0 3rd 2024 · AG Memorial Van Damme $45,250
18 Yuliya Leantsiuk BLR 14 0 3rd 2017 · Weltklasse Zürich $41,000
19 Nadine Kleinert GER 15 0 2nd 2013 · Bislett Games $40,000
20 Raven Saunders USA 6 0 2nd 2018 · AG Memorial Van Damme $36,000
21 Brittany Smith USA 12 0 3rd 2016 · Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat $33,000
22 Paulina Guba POL 12 0 2nd 2018 · Müller Grand Prix Birmingham $29,500
23 Natalya Mikhnevich BLR 8 0 4th 2012 · DN Galan $20,500
24 Maddi Wesche NZL 7 0 2nd 2024 · Xiamen Diamond League $19,500
25 Jaida Ross USA 8 0 3rd 2025 · Prefontaine Classic $18,000
26 Alena Abramchuk BLR 8 0 4th 2013 · Sainsburys Anniversary Games $17,500
27 Melissa Boekelman NED 8 0 3rd 2018 · Müller Grand Prix Birmingham $17,500
28 Daniella Hill USA 3 0 2nd 2017 · IAAF Diamond League Shanghai $17,000
29 Josephine Terlecki GER 9 0 4th 2013 · Bislett Games $16,000
30 Brittany Crew CAN 5 0 2nd 2019 · Athletissima $15,500
31 Felisha Johnson USA 9 0 4th 2015 · Bislett Games $15,500
32 Xiangrong Liu CHN 6 0 4th 2013 · Golden Grand Prix $15,500
33 Jessica Ramsey USA 7 0 3rd 2022 · Doha Diamond League $13,500
34 Song Jiayuan CHN 7 0 3rd 2024 · Diamond League Shanghai $13,500
35 Misleydis González CUB 6 0 4th 2010 · Meeting Areva $12,500
36 Natalia Ducó CHI 5 0 3rd 2013 · Bislett Games $11,500
37 Jessica Cérival FRA 6 0 7th 2013 · Meeting Areva $7,500
38 Sophie McKinna GBR 3 0 5th 2018 · Müller Grand Prix Birmingham $6,000
39 Axelina Johansson SWE 4 0 4th 2026 · Meeting de Paris $5,750
40 Emel Dereli̇ TUR 2 0 3rd 2016 · Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix $5,500
Valerie Adams $361k Chase Jackson $348k Gong Lijiao $309k Christina Schwanitz $202k Michelle Carter $186k Sarah Mitton $170k Jessica Schilder $153k Anita Márton $105k Cleopatra Borel $94k Maggie Ewen $84k Danniel Thomas-Dodd $80k Auriol Dongmo $75k Fanny Roos $72k Jillian Camarena-Williams $67k Aliona Dubitskaya $62k

Valerie Adams has collected $361,500 of the $2,997,500 this discipline has paid out, 12.1% of it. Valerie Adams has won 30 of them, more than anyone else. 56 of the 80 athletes paid in this discipline were paid in it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 80.

Every Diamond League women's shot put

Who won it, what the win paid and what the field took

$2,997,500
Every running of the Diamond League women's shot put on this site, with its winner and what it paid.
SEASON MEETING WINNER THE WIN EVENT PAID
2026 Shanghai Diamond League 16 May Jessica Schilder NED $10,000 $30,000
2026 Bauhausgalan 7 June · Diamond+ Jessica Schilder NED $20,000 $40,000
2026 Bislett Games 10 June Chase Jackson USA $10,000 $30,000
2026 Meeting de Paris 28 June Sarah Mitton CAN $10,000 $30,000
2026 Prefontaine Classic 3 to 4 July Chase Jackson USA $10,000 $30,000
2026 AG Memorial Van Damme 4 to 5 September · the series final Chase Jackson USA $30,000 $57,500
2025 Xiamen Diamond League 26 April Jessica Schilder NED $10,000 $30,000
2025 Diamond League Shanghai 3 May · Diamond+ Chase Jackson USA $20,000 $50,000
2025 Prefontaine Classic 5 July Chase Jackson USA $10,000 $30,000
2025 Herculis EBS 11 July Jessica Schilder NED $10,000 $29,000
2025 AG Memorial Van Damme 22 August Chase Jackson USA $10,000 $30,000
2025 Weltklasse Zürich 27 to 28 August · the series final Jessica Schilder NED $30,000 $59,000
2024 Xiamen Diamond League 20 April Gong Lijiao CHN $10,000 $25,000
2024 Diamond League Shanghai 27 April Chase Jackson USA $10,000 $25,000
2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 19 May Chase Jackson USA $10,000 $25,000
2024 Bauhausgalan 2 June Chase Jackson USA $10,000 $25,000
2024 Athletissima 22 August Chase Jackson USA $10,000 $25,000
2024 AG Memorial Van Damme 13-14 September · the series final Sarah Mitton CAN $30,000 $57,500
2023 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 28 May Auriol Dongmo POR $10,000 $25,000
2023 Meeting de Paris 9 June Auriol Dongmo POR $10,000 $25,000
2023 Bislett Games 15 June Sarah Mitton CAN $10,000 $25,000
2023 Memorial Van Damme 8 September Chase Jackson USA $10,000 $25,000
2023 Prefontaine Classic 16 to 17 September · the series final Chase Jackson USA $30,000 $57,500
2022 Doha Diamond League 13 May Chase Ealey USA $10,000 $25,000
2022 Bislett Games 16 June Chase Ealey USA $10,000 $25,000
2022 Bauhausgalan 30 June Chase Ealey USA $10,000 $25,000
2022 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 6 August Chase Ealey USA $10,000 $25,000
2022 Weltklasse Zürich 7 to 8 September · the series final Chase Ealey USA $30,000 $57,500
2021 Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 23 May Auriol Dongmo $10,000 $25,000
2021 Bauhausgalan 4 July Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $25,000
2021 Weltklasse Zürich 8 to 9 September · the series final Maggie Ewen USA $30,000 $57,500
2019 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 18 May Chase Ealey $10,000 $30,000
2019 Oslo Bislett Games 13 June Gong Lijiao $10,000 $30,000
2019 Prefontaine Classic 30 June Gong Lijiao $10,000 $30,000
2019 Athletissima 5 July Christina Schwanitz $10,000 $29,000
2019 Weltklasse Zürich 29 August · the series final Gong Lijao $50,000 $100,000
2018 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 12 May Lijiao Gong CHN $10,000 $30,000
2018 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 13 July Christina Schwanitz GER $10,000 $30,000
2018 Herculis 20 July Lijiao Gong CHN $10,000 $30,000
2018 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 18 August Christina Schwanitz GER $10,000 $30,000
2018 AG Memorial Van Damme 31 August · the series final Lijiao Gong CHN $50,000 $100,000
2017 Doha Diamond League 5 May Michelle Carter USA $10,000 $30,000
2017 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 13 May Lijiao Gong CHN $10,000 $30,000
2017 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 8 June Lijiao Gong CHN $10,000 $30,000
2017 Meeting de Paris 1 July Gong Lijiao CHN $10,000 $30,000
2017 Weltklasse Zürich 24 August · the series final Lijiao Gong CHN $50,000 $100,000
2016 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 6 May Tia Brooks-Wannemacher USA $10,000 $30,000
2016 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 22 May Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $29,000
2016 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2 June Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $30,000
2016 British Athletics Grand Prix 5 June Tia Brooks-Wannemacher USA $10,000 $30,000
2016 Herculis 15 July Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $29,000
2016 Athletissima 25 August Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $29,000
2016 Memorial Van Damme 9 September Michelle Carter USA $10,000 $30,000
2015 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 17 May Lijiao Gong CHN $10,000 $30,000
2015 British Athletics Grand Prix 7 June Christina Schwanitz GER $10,000 $30,000
2015 Bislett Games 11 June Christina Schwanitz GER $10,000 $30,000
2015 Meeting Areva 4 July Christina Schwanitz GER $10,000 $29,000
2015 Sainsburys Anniversary Games 24 & 25 July Michelle Carter USA $10,000 $30,000
2015 Bauhausgalan 30 July Christina Schwanitz GER $10,000 $30,000
2015 Weltklasse Zürich 3 September Christina Schwanitz GER $10,000 $30,000
2014 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 09 May Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $30,000
2014 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 05 June Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $27,000
2014 Adidas Grand Prix 14 June Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $26,000
2014 Athletissima 03 July Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $30,000
2014 Herculis 18 July Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $25,000
2014 British Athletics Grand Prix 24 August Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $30,000
2014 Belgacom Memorial Van Damme 05 September Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $27,500
2013 Golden Grand Prix 18 May Christina Schwanitz GER $10,000 $30,000
2013 Prefontaine Classic 1 June Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $25,500
2013 Bislett Games 13 June Christina Schwanitz GER $10,000 $25,500
2013 Meeting Areva 6 July Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $29,000
2013 Sainsburys Anniversary Games 26 to 27 July Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $30,000
2013 DN Galan 22 August Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $30,000
2013 Weltklasse 29 August Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $24,000
2012 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 11 May Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR $0 $19,000
2012 Golden Gala 31 May Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $26,000
2012 Adidas Grand Prix 9 June Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $29,000
2012 DN Galan 17 August Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $22,500
2012 Athletissima 23 August Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $24,000
2012 Aviva British Grand Prix 26 August Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $27,500
2012 Weltklasse Zürich 30 August Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $26,000
2011 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 15 May Lijiao Gong CHN $10,000 $30,000
2011 Prefontaine Classic 4 June Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR $0 $19,000
2011 Bislett Games 9 June Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $24,000
2011 Meeting Areva 8 July Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $24,000
2011 DN Galan 29 July Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $24,000
2011 London Grand Prix 5 to 6 August Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $24,000
2011 Weltklasse Zürich 8 September Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $24,000
2010 Shanghai Diamond League 23 May Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR $0 $20,000
2010 New York adidas Grand Prix 12 June Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $24,000
2010 British Grand Prix 10 July Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $27,500
2010 Meeting Areva 16 July Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR $0 $16,000
2010 Herculis 22 July Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR $0 $15,000
2010 London Grand Prix 13 to 14 August Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR $0 $17,000
2010 Weltklasse Zürich 18 to 19 August Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR $0 $20,000
16 95 runnings 11 winners $1,140,000 $2,997,500$3.0m

What the women's shot put 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: 2010 ran it seven times and 2021 three 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 shot put is run

The meetings that have put it on, and what each has paid for it

19 meetings
Every Diamond League meeting that has run the women's shot put, with how often.
MEETING RUNNINGS PAID FOR IT
Weltklasse Zürich 10 $498,000
AG Memorial Van Damme 7 $327,500
Shanghai Diamond League 10 $305,000
Bauhausgalan 8 $221,500
Prefontaine Classic 6 $192,000
Bislett Games 7 $189,500
Meeting de Paris 7 $183,000
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 5 $147,500
Athletissima 5 $137,000
Doha Diamond League 5 $134,000
Herculis EBS 5 $128,000
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 4 $113,000
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 4 $109,000
Adidas Grand Prix 3 $79,000
Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2 $60,000
Xiamen Diamond League 2 $55,000
Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 2 $52,500
London Grand Prix 2 $41,000
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 1 $25,000
19 meetings 95 $2,997,500$3.0m

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 and Shanghai Diamond League have each run it ten times. Each meeting links to everything it has paid across every edition of it.

What each place pays in the women's shot put

The eight ladders this discipline has been paid under

eight places
What the Diamond League women's shot put has paid for each finishing place, on every rate card it has run under.
PLACE SERIES 2010-20 SERIES 2021-24 SERIES 2025-26 SERIES + 2025 SERIES + 2026 FINAL 2017-19 FINAL 2021-24 FINAL 2025-26
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 shot put is paid on the same card as the 100 m and the 1500 m 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 two of 95 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 shot put?

$2,997,500 across 95 runnings of it, to 80 athletes from 27 countries. That is 2.6% of everything the series has paid, and the 29th biggest of the 41 disciplines on this site.

What does a win in the women's shot put 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 95 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 shot put?

Valerie Adams, on $361,500 from 43 paid finishes, 30 of them wins. 56 of the 80 athletes the discipline has paid were paid in it more than once.

Who has won the most Diamond League women's shot put titles?

Valerie Adams, on 30 wins. Eleven different athletes have won a Diamond League women's shot put across the 95 runnings on this site.

How often does the Diamond League run the women's shot put?

95 times across sixteen seasons, from 2010 to 2026, on the programmes of 19 different meetings. Weltklasse Zürich and Shanghai Diamond League have each run it ten times, more often than anywhere else. The series rotates its programme, so no discipline is on every card.

How far down the field does the women's shot put pay?

Eight places, and ninth pays nothing however good the mark was. 698 payments have gone to 80 athletes in this discipline, and 65 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 shot put, which has paid $3,222,250.

Every other Diamond League discipline

Every Diamond League meeting

Every Diamond League season