Aretha D. Thurmond prize money
Aretha D. Thurmond has been paid $59,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 513th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 21 paid finishes in the women's discus throw, the best of them 2nd.
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 21 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $59,500 is 21 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 | 7 | - | New York adidas Grand Prix | $20,500 |
| 2011 | 7 | - | Athletissima | $27,500 |
| 2012 | 4 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $7,000 |
| 2013 | 3 | - | Qatar Athletic | $4,500 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $27,500 from seven starts. Every season from 2010 to 2013 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $59,500.
Around Aretha D. Thurmond on the money list
Ranks 493 to 533
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 524 | Kate Grace | three disciplines | 2 | $58,750 |
| 525 | Jason Joseph | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $58,500 |
| 526 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | three disciplines | 4 | $58,500 |
| 527 | Phyllis Francis | two disciplines | - | $58,500 |
| 528 | Svetlana Feofanova | Women's pole vault | 2 | $58,500 |
| 529 | Nicole Büchler | Women's pole vault | 1 | $58,083 |
| 530 | Addison Wiley | three disciplines | 1 | $58,000 |
| 531 | Jonathan Borlée | two disciplines | 1 | $58,000 |
| 532 | Vincent Kiprop Chepkok | two disciplines | 2 | $58,000 |
| 533 | Wallace Spearmon | two disciplines | 2 | $58,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Aretha D. Thurmond is 513th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $59,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Aretha D. Thurmond most
Athletissima 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nadine Müller, Stephanie Brown-Trafton, Kateryna Karsak, Nicoleta Grasu, Mélina Robert-Michon and Yarisley Collado.
Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dani Stevens, Nicoleta Grasu, Stephanie Brown-Trafton, Joanna Wiśniewska, Jade Lally and Mélina Robert-Michon.
New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Gia Lewis-Smallwood, Becky Breisch, Summer Pierson, Anna Jelmini and Stephanie Brown-Trafton.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Aretha D. Thurmond won?
$59,500, which ranks 513th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 21 paid finishes between 2010 and 2013.
What is Aretha D. Thurmond's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the discus throw at the 2011 Athletissima. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Aretha D. Thurmond 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 place is worth the same in the women's discus throw 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.
Is this everything Aretha D. Thurmond 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 Aretha D. Thurmond is Raevyn Rogers on $59,750, and one below Nickisha Pryce on $59,500. Aretha D. Thurmond 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 discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Aretha D. Thurmond 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 Qatar Athletic has its own page across every edition of it.