Ajeé Wilson prize money
Ajeé Wilson has been paid $106,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 125th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten paid finishes in the women's 800 m, four 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2023 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2022 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2021 | 800 m | 7th | $750 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | 800 m | 1st | $50,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2019 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2019 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2018 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| All ten | Women's 800 m | — | $106,750 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $106,750 is ten separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2018 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Meeting de Paris | $4,000 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $80,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $750 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $16,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | — | Meeting de Paris | $6,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $80,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Ajeé Wilson in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $106,750.
Around Ajeé Wilson on the money list
Ranks 105 to 145
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 7 | $125,000 |
| 106 | Michael Norman | three disciplines | 7 | $124,750 |
| 107 | Nadine Visser | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $124,250 |
| 108 | Abderrahman Samba | three disciplines | 4 | $122,000 |
| 109 | Jessica Hull | six disciplines | 1 | $121,750 |
| 110 | Kurtis Marschall | Men's pole vault | 2 | $119,000 |
| 111 | Norah Jeruto | two disciplines | 6 | $118,250 |
| 112 | JuVaughn Harrison | two disciplines | 4 | $117,250 |
| 113 | Henriette Jæger | two disciplines | 3 | $116,500 |
| 114 | Sha'Carri Richardson | two disciplines | 5 | $116,250 |
| 115 | Rumesh Tharanga | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $116,000 |
| 116 | Vernon Norwood | two disciplines | — | $115,750 |
| 117 | Tina Šutej | Women's pole vault | 1 | $115,500 |
| 118 | Anna Cockrell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 4 | $113,500 |
| 119 | Wyclife Kinyamal | two disciplines | 4 | $112,750 |
| 120 | Emmanuel Korir | two disciplines | 3 | $111,500 |
| 121 | Andriy Protsenko | Men's high jump | 2 | $111,000 |
| 122 | Dalilah Muhammad | Women's 400 m hurdles | 6 | $110,500 |
| 123 | Angelica Moser | Women's pole vault | 2 | $108,875 |
| 124 | Ackera Nugent | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $108,000 |
| 125 | Ajeé Wilson | Women's 800 m | 4 | $106,750 |
| 126 | Monae' Nichols | Women's long jump | 2 | $106,500 |
| 127 | Natoya Goule | Women's 800 m | 1 | $106,500 |
| 128 | Hansle Parchment | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $106,000 |
| 129 | Cameron Myers | three disciplines | 2 | $105,500 |
| 130 | Christian Taylor | Men's triple jump | 4 | $105,250 |
| 131 | Brittany Brown | two disciplines | 5 | $104,750 |
| 132 | Anavia Battle | two disciplines | 4 | $104,000 |
| 133 | Woo Sang-hyeok | Men's high jump | 4 | $103,750 |
| 134 | Jacory Patterson | Men's 400 m | 4 | $103,000 |
| 135 | Rajindra Campbell | Men's shot put | 2 | $102,500 |
| 136 | Yuliya Levchenko | Women's high jump | 1 | $102,375 |
| 137 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | two disciplines | 6 | $102,000 |
| 138 | Alexander Ogando | two disciplines | 2 | $101,250 |
| 139 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Men's 400 m | 5 | $101,250 |
| 140 | Trey Cunningham | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $100,750 |
| 141 | Anzhelika Sidorova | Women's pole vault | 3 | $99,000 |
| 142 | Lieke Klaver | Women's 400 m | — | $98,750 |
| 143 | Natalia Kaczmarek | Women's 400 m | 3 | $98,750 |
| 144 | Adriana Vilagoš | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $97,250 |
| 145 | Feng Bin | Women's discus throw | 3 | $97,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ajeé Wilson is 125th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $106,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ajeé Wilson most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Raevyn Rogers, Winnie Nanyondo, Olha Lyakhova, Natoya Goule, Lynsey Sharp and Hanna Green.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sage Hurta, Anita Horvat, Elena Bellò, Allie Wilson, Christina Hering and Adrianna Topolnicka.
Bauhausgalan 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Habitam Alemu, Nelly Jepkosgei, Raevyn Rogers, Lovisa Lindh, Renée Eykens and Lynsey Sharp.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ajeé Wilson won?
$106,750, which ranks 125th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2018 and 2023.
What is Ajeé Wilson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the 800 m at the 2019 AG Memorial Van Damme. 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 Ajeé Wilson 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 800 m 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 Ajeé Wilson won?
Four of ten, worth $80,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $50,000.
Is this everything Ajeé Wilson earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Ajeé Wilson is Ackera Nugent on $108,000, and one below Monae' Nichols on $106,500. Ajeé Wilson is one of 352 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $16,292,792 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Ajeé Wilson 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 Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it.