Ashleigh Nelson prize money
Ashleigh Nelson has been paid $7,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1747th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's 100 m, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2016 | 100 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2014 | 100 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2014 | 100 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| All three | Women's 100 m | - | $7,500 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $7,500 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2014 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $5,000 |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 1 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $2,500 |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $5,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Ashleigh Nelson in 2015, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $7,500.
Around Ashleigh Nelson on the money list
Ranks 1727 to 1767
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1727 | Ryan Hill | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1728 | Ryohei Arai | Men's javelin throw | - | $8,000 |
| 1729 | Shalane Flanagan | Women's 5000 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1730 | Shevon Stoddart | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $8,000 |
| 1731 | Tatyana Polnova | Women's pole vault | - | $8,000 |
| 1732 | Thomas Wilkes | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $8,000 |
| 1733 | Viktoriya Rybalko | Women's long jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1734 | Zhang Yaoguang | Men's long jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1735 | Abby Steiner | two disciplines | - | $7,750 |
| 1736 | Adrián Ben | two disciplines | - | $7,750 |
| 1737 | Emmanuel Matadi | two disciplines | - | $7,750 |
| 1738 | Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen | Men's 400 m | - | $7,750 |
| 1739 | Ilionis Guillaume | Women's triple jump | - | $7,750 |
| 1740 | Mark Hollis | Men's pole vault | - | $7,750 |
| 1741 | Michal Balner | Men's pole vault | - | $7,750 |
| 1742 | Pavel Seliverstau | Men's high jump | - | $7,750 |
| 1743 | Shaun Maswanganyi | two disciplines | - | $7,750 |
| 1744 | Yancarlos Martínez | Men's 200 m | - | $7,750 |
| 1745 | Tomohiro Shinno | Men's high jump | - | $7,667 |
| 1746 | Abiodun Oyepitan | Women's 200 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1747 | Ashleigh Nelson | Women's 100 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1748 | Audrey Leduc | Women's 200 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1749 | Brian Johnson | Men's long jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1750 | Christian Reif | Men's long jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1751 | Constantin Preis | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1752 | Craig Engels | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1753 | Elena Andreea Taloș | Women's triple jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1754 | Elle Purrier St. Pierre | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1755 | Gaetan Saku Bafuanga | Men's triple jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1756 | Guillermo Martínez | Men's javelin throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1757 | Hayle Ibrahimov | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1758 | Jaheel Hyde | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1759 | Jessica Cérival | Women's shot put | - | $7,500 |
| 1760 | Lomi Muleta | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,500 |
| 1761 | Luca Kozák | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1762 | Marija Tolj | Women's discus throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1763 | Mezgebu Sime | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1764 | Michael Rutt | Men's 800 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1765 | Nataliya Semenova | Women's discus throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1766 | Olivia Markezich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,500 |
| 1767 | Peimeng Zhang | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ashleigh Nelson is 1747th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $7,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ashleigh Nelson most
British Athletics Grand Prix 2014 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 100 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Carmelita Jeter, Jeneba Tarmoh, Lekeisha Lawson, Kerron Stewart, Myriam Soumaré and Asha Philip.
British Athletics Grand Prix 2016 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Simone Facey, Desirèe Henry, Michelle-Lee Ahye, English Gardner, Dafne Schippers and Tianna Bartoletta.
Weltklasse Zürich 2014 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Allyson Felix, Mujinga Kambundji, Veronica Campbell Brown, Murielle Ahouré-Demps, Blessing Okagbare and Dafne Schippers.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ashleigh Nelson won?
$7,500, which ranks 1747th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2014 and 2016.
What is Ashleigh Nelson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the 100 m at the 2014 British Athletics 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 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Ashleigh Nelson 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 100 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.
Is this everything Ashleigh Nelson 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 Ashleigh Nelson is Abiodun Oyepitan on $7,500, and one below Audrey Leduc on $7,500. Ashleigh Nelson is one of 249 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $6,351,625 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Ashleigh Nelson has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m hurdles, women's 400 m and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and British Athletics Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.