Amantle Montsho prize money
Amantle Montsho has been paid $219,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 85th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 32 paid finishes in the women's 400 m, twelve 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 32 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $219,500 is 32 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
2010 to 2014, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 1 | Bislett Games | $31,500 |
| 2011 | 7 | 5 | Bislett Games | $62,000 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2 | Bislett Games | $50,000 |
| 2013 | 7 | 4 | Qatar Athletic | $58,000 |
| 2014 | 5 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $18,000 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $62,000 from seven starts. Every season from 2010 to 2014 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $219,500.
Around Amantle Montsho on the money list
Ranks 65 to 105
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $263,500 |
| 66 | Christian Coleman | two disciplines | 10 | $263,000 |
| 67 | Olga Rypakova | Women's triple jump | 9 | $262,000 |
| 68 | Kristjan Čeh | Men's discus throw | 12 | $261,500 |
| 69 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $257,500 |
| 70 | Murielle Ahouré-Demps | two disciplines | 10 | $252,750 |
| 71 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $252,250 |
| 72 | David Oliver | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14 | $247,000 |
| 73 | Kendra Harrison | Women's 100 m hurdles | 14 | $246,750 |
| 74 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $244,917 |
| 75 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 10 | $244,750 |
| 76 | Javier Culson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 13 | $243,500 |
| 77 | Francine Niyonsaba | three disciplines | 14 | $238,000 |
| 78 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | two disciplines | 10 | $235,000 |
| 79 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 13 | $233,500 |
| 80 | Andre De Grasse | two disciplines | 11 | $233,000 |
| 81 | Reese Hoffa | Men's shot put | 14 | $226,500 |
| 82 | Fabiana Murer | Women's pole vault | 13 | $223,000 |
| 83 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | two disciplines | 9 | $222,500 |
| 84 | Dawn Harper-Nelson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 15 | $220,500 |
| 85 | Amantle Montsho | Women's 400 m | 12 | $219,500 |
| 86 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 87 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 11 | $217,500 |
| 88 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 89 | Ayanleh Souleiman | four disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 90 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Amantle Montsho is 85th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $219,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Amantle Montsho most
Qatar Athletic 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Allyson Felix, Christine Ohuruogu, Francena McCorory, Natasha Hastings, Shericka Williams and Marie Gayot.
Adidas Grand Prix 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Natasha Hastings, Francena McCorory, Novlene Williams-Mills, Jessica Beard, Christine Ohuruogu and Christine Day.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Francena McCorory, Natasha Hastings, Keshia Kirtz, Marie Gayot, Olha Zemlyak and Moa Hjelmer.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Amantle Montsho won?
$219,500, which ranks 85th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 32 paid finishes between 2010 and 2014.
What is Amantle Montsho's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m at the 2013 Qatar Athletic. 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 Amantle Montsho 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 400 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 Amantle Montsho won?
Twelve of 32, worth $120,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Amantle Montsho 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 Amantle Montsho is Dawn Harper-Nelson on $220,500, and one below Masai Russell on $219,500. Amantle Montsho is one of 18 Botswana athletes athletics has paid, and Botswana athletics prize money adds them up to $1,657,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Amantle Montsho 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 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.