Ajeé Wilson prize money
Ajeé Wilson has been paid $197,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 111th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 27 paid finishes in the women's 800 m, six 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 27 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $197,250 is 27 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2012 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $1,500 |
| 2013 | 4 | - | Sainsburys Anniversary Games | $10,500 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | Herculis | $22,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | Adidas Grand Prix | $16,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $1,500 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | Herculis | $4,000 |
| 2018 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $39,000 |
| 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 $197,250.
Around Ajeé Wilson on the money list
Ranks 91 to 131
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | LaShawn Merritt | two disciplines | 16 | $212,000 |
| 92 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 93 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $211,250 |
| 94 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 4 | $211,000 |
| 95 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | 12 | $210,500 |
| 96 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 10 | $208,000 |
| 97 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 7 | $206,500 |
| 98 | Silas Kiplagat | two disciplines | 11 | $205,000 |
| 99 | Genzebe Dibaba | five disciplines | 12 | $204,500 |
| 100 | Danielle Williams | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $204,250 |
| 101 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 7 | $203,333 |
| 102 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 16 | $203,250 |
| 103 | Kimberly Williams | Women's triple jump | 1 | $203,250 |
| 104 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 3 | $202,250 |
| 105 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 10 | $202,000 |
| 106 | Tero Pitkämäki | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $202,000 |
| 107 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 108 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 109 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 110 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $197,500 |
| 111 | Ajeé Wilson | Women's 800 m | 6 | $197,250 |
| 112 | Sofia Assefa | two disciplines | 4 | $196,000 |
| 113 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Men's high jump | 6 | $195,958 |
| 114 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | two disciplines | 4 | $194,750 |
| 115 | Mercy Cherono | five disciplines | 9 | $194,500 |
| 116 | Gerd Kanter | Men's discus throw | 9 | $194,000 |
| 117 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 12 | $193,583 |
| 118 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 7 | $193,000 |
| 119 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 120 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $190,250 |
| 121 | Carmelita Jeter | two disciplines | 13 | $189,000 |
| 122 | Milcah Chemos | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 16 | $189,000 |
| 123 | Shara Proctor | Women's long jump | 4 | $187,000 |
| 124 | Michelle Carter | Women's shot put | 3 | $186,500 |
| 125 | Blanka Vlašić | Women's high jump | 14 | $185,500 |
| 126 | Novlene Williams-Mills | Women's 400 m | 7 | $185,000 |
| 127 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | 8 | $184,500 |
| 128 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
| 129 | Olha Saladukha | Women's triple jump | 6 | $183,000 |
| 130 | Vítězslav Veselý | Men's javelin throw | 8 | $183,000 |
| 131 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 5 | $181,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ajeé Wilson is 111th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $197,250.
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-Toppin, Lynsey Sharp and Hanna Green.
Weltklasse Zürich 2018 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Natoya Goule-Toppin, Habitam Alemu, Raevyn Rogers, Francine Niyonsaba, Selina Büchel and Rababe Arafi.
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-Klecker, Anita Horvat, Elena Bellò, Allie Wilson, Christina Hering and Adrianna Topolnicka.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ajeé Wilson won?
$197,250, which ranks 111th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 27 paid finishes between 2012 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?
Six of 27, worth $100,000 between them. Two of her appearances came at a final, which paid $70,000.
Is this everything Ajeé Wilson earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Ajeé Wilson is Winfred Yavi on $197,500, and one below Sofia Assefa on $196,000. Ajeé Wilson 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 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.