Ashton Eaton prize money
Ashton Eaton has been paid $16,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1277th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the men's 400 m hurdles, men's 110 m hurdles and men's long jump, 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Grand Prix 2014 | 400 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2014 | 110 m hurdles | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2014 | 400 m hurdles | 6th | $2,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2012 | 110 m hurdles | 7th | $1,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2011 | 110 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2011 | Long jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| All six | three disciplines | - | $16,000 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $16,000 is six 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.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Ashton Eaton
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | - | 2014 | $8,000 |
| Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | - | 2011 to 2014 | $6,000 |
| Men's long jump | 1 | - | 2011 | $2,000 |
The men's 400 m hurdles has paid Ashton Eaton $8,000 of the $16,000, which is 50% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2011 to 2014, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $4,500 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,500 |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | 3 | - | Glasgow Grand Prix | $10,000 |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $10,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Ashton Eaton in 2013, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $16,000.
Around Ashton Eaton on the money list
Ranks 1257 to 1297
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1257 | Mauro Vinicius da Silva | Men's long jump | - | $17,000 |
| 1258 | Neja Filipič | Women's triple jump | - | $17,000 |
| 1259 | Tiago Pereira | Men's triple jump | - | $17,000 |
| 1260 | Lovisa Lindh | Women's 800 m | - | $16,750 |
| 1261 | Anass Essayi | two disciplines | - | $16,500 |
| 1262 | Angela Moroşanu | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $16,500 |
| 1263 | Anthony Zambrano | Men's 400 m | 1 | $16,500 |
| 1264 | Caroline Nyaga | two disciplines | - | $16,500 |
| 1265 | Hailemariyam Amare | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $16,500 |
| 1266 | Hanna Green | Women's 800 m | 1 | $16,500 |
| 1267 | Liveta Jasiūnaitė | Women's javelin throw | - | $16,500 |
| 1268 | Martin Kupper | Men's discus throw | - | $16,500 |
| 1269 | Molly Huddle | two disciplines | - | $16,500 |
| 1270 | Randy Lewis | Men's triple jump | - | $16,500 |
| 1271 | Yahya Berrabah | Men's long jump | - | $16,500 |
| 1272 | Zane Weir | Men's shot put | - | $16,500 |
| 1273 | Safina Sadullayeva | Women's high jump | 1 | $16,375 |
| 1274 | Jacko Gill | Men's shot put | - | $16,250 |
| 1275 | Nadezhda Dubovitskaya | Women's high jump | - | $16,250 |
| 1276 | Amálie Švábíková | Women's pole vault | - | $16,000 |
| 1277 | Ashton Eaton | three disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1278 | Baptiste Thiery | Men's pole vault | - | $16,000 |
| 1279 | Barnabas Kipyego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $16,000 |
| 1280 | Ezinne Okparaebo | Women's 100 m | - | $16,000 |
| 1281 | Fabrizio Schembri | Men's triple jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1282 | Gerald Drummond | two disciplines | 1 | $16,000 |
| 1283 | Jak Ali Harvey | Men's 100 m | 1 | $16,000 |
| 1284 | Josephine Terlecki | Women's shot put | - | $16,000 |
| 1285 | Kafétien Gomis | Men's long jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1286 | Lea Meyer | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $16,000 |
| 1287 | Mariya Savinova | Women's 800 m | 4 | $16,000 |
| 1288 | Mason Finley | Men's discus throw | - | $16,000 |
| 1289 | Mickaël Hanany | Men's high jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1290 | Mohamed Moustaoui | two disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1291 | Morten Jensen | Men's long jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1292 | Radek Juška | Men's long jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1293 | Saida Tsehaye | Women's 800 m | - | $16,000 |
| 1294 | Samantha Henry-Robinson | two disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1295 | Saron Berhe | three disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1296 | Yosiris Urrutia | Women's triple jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1297 | Yuliya Zaripova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $16,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ashton Eaton is 1277th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $16,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ashton Eaton most
Glasgow Grand Prix 2014 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Michael Tinsley, Félix Sánchez, Roxroy Cato, Rhys Williams, Niall Flannery and Tom Burton.
Prefontaine Classic 2011 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 110 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ryan Wilson, Dongpeng Shi, Ronnie Ash, David Oliver, Xiang Liu and Aries Merritt.
Prefontaine Classic 2014 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 110 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jeff Porter, Jason Richardson, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, Hansle Parchment, David Oliver and Ryan Wilson.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ashton Eaton won?
$16,000, which ranks 1277th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2011 and 2014.
What is Ashton Eaton's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m hurdles at the 2014 Glasgow 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 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Ashton Eaton gets paid?
Entirely by where he 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 men's 400 m hurdles 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 Ashton Eaton 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 him, 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 Ashton Eaton is Amálie Švábíková on $16,000, and one below Baptiste Thiery on $16,000. Ashton Eaton 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 men's 400 m hurdles prize money, men's 110 m hurdles prize money and men's long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Ashton Eaton has been paid in three of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Glasgow Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.