Alysia Montaño prize money
Alysia Montaño has been paid $61,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 503rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fourteen paid finishes in the women's 800 m, two 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DN Galan 2013 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2013 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2013 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Weltklasse 2013 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Herculis 2012 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2011 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2011 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2011 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| DN Galan 2011 | 800 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| British Grand Prix 2010 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Herculis 2010 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2010 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2010 | 800 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All fourteen | Women's 800 m | - | $61,000 |
The fourteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $61,000 is fourteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2013, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 2 | British Grand Prix | $26,500 |
| 2011 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $14,500 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Herculis | $4,000 |
| 2013 | 4 | - | DN Galan | $16,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $26,500 from five starts. Every season from 2010 to 2013 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $61,000.
Around Alysia Montaño on the money list
Ranks 483 to 523
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 483 | Martina Ratej | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $64,000 |
| 484 | Morgan Uceny | two disciplines | 3 | $63,500 |
| 485 | Sentayehu Ejigu | two disciplines | 2 | $63,500 |
| 486 | Telahun Haile Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $63,250 |
| 487 | Charonda Williams | two disciplines | 2 | $63,000 |
| 488 | Dwight Phillips | Men's long jump | 4 | $63,000 |
| 489 | Richard Thompson | two disciplines | 2 | $63,000 |
| 490 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | four disciplines | 1 | $62,750 |
| 491 | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk | two disciplines | 1 | $62,750 |
| 492 | Aliona Dubitskaya | Women's shot put | - | $62,500 |
| 493 | Etenesh Diro | three disciplines | 1 | $62,500 |
| 494 | Kim Collins | two disciplines | - | $62,500 |
| 495 | Ditaji Kambundji | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $62,250 |
| 496 | Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba | three disciplines | 2 | $62,000 |
| 497 | Perri Shakes-Drayton | two disciplines | - | $61,500 |
| 498 | Senbere Teferi | three disciplines | - | $61,500 |
| 499 | Thiago Braz | Men's pole vault | - | $61,500 |
| 500 | Marco Fassinotti | Men's high jump | 1 | $61,333 |
| 501 | Bethwell Birgen | four disciplines | - | $61,250 |
| 502 | Kishane Thompson | Men's 100 m | 2 | $61,250 |
| 503 | Alysia Montaño | Women's 800 m | 2 | $61,000 |
| 504 | Jeff Henderson | Men's long jump | 2 | $61,000 |
| 505 | Priscilla Schliep | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $61,000 |
| 506 | Abdalaati Iguider | four disciplines | - | $60,500 |
| 507 | Éloyse Lesueur-Aymonin | Women's long jump | 1 | $60,500 |
| 508 | Cornel Fredericks | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $60,000 |
| 509 | Letesenbet Gidey | two disciplines | - | $60,000 |
| 510 | Muzala Samukonga | Men's 400 m | 1 | $60,000 |
| 511 | Prudence Sekgodiso | Women's 800 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| 512 | Raevyn Rogers | Women's 800 m | - | $59,750 |
| 513 | Aretha D. Thurmond | Women's discus throw | - | $59,500 |
| 514 | Nickisha Pryce | Women's 400 m | 2 | $59,500 |
| 515 | Nikola Ogrodníková | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $59,250 |
| 516 | Rasheed Broadbell | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $59,250 |
| 517 | Agnes Tirop | two disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 518 | Azeddine Habz | four disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 519 | Ben Youssef Meïté | Men's 100 m | 1 | $59,000 |
| 520 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | three disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 521 | Grant Fisher | four disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 522 | Kimberley Mickle | Women's javelin throw | - | $59,000 |
| 523 | Mitchell Watt | Men's long jump | 5 | $59,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Alysia Montaño is 503rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $61,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Alysia Montaño most
British Grand Prix 2010 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Halima Hachlaf, Yuliya Krevsun, Christin Wurth-Thomas, Lucia Hrivnák Klocová, Jennifer Meadows and Marilyn Okoro.
Herculis 2010 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jemma Simpson, Anna Willard, Halima Hachlaf, Elisa Cusma, Phoebe Wright and Eglė Balčiūnaitė.
DN Galan 2013 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Malika Akkaoui, Ajeé Wilson, Ekaterina Guliyev, Abeba Aregawi, Brenda Martinez and Aníta Hinriksdóttir.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Alysia Montaño won?
$61,000, which ranks 503rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fourteen paid finishes between 2010 and 2013.
What is Alysia Montaño's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 800 m at the 2010 British Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Alysia Montaño 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 Alysia Montaño won?
Two of fourteen, worth $20,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Alysia Montaño 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 Alysia Montaño is Kishane Thompson on $61,250, and one below Jeff Henderson on $61,000. Alysia Montaño 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 Alysia Montaño 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 DN Galan has its own page across every edition of it.