Athing Mu prize money
Athing Mu has been paid $50,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 617th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's 800 m, three 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 800 m | 10th | - |
| Prefontaine Classic 2023 | 800 m | 1st | $30,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2022 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2021 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| All four | Women's 800 m | - | $50,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $50,000 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2021 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $30,000 |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | - |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $30,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Athing Mu in 2024 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $50,000.
Around Athing Mu on the money list
Ranks 597 to 637
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 597 | Mariya Abakumova | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $52,000 |
| 598 | Melaine Walker | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $52,000 |
| 599 | Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu | three disciplines | 3 | $51,750 |
| 600 | Abubaker Kaki | Men's 800 m | 3 | $51,500 |
| 601 | Shanice Craft | two disciplines | - | $51,500 |
| 602 | Tia Brooks-Wannemacher | Women's shot put | 2 | $51,500 |
| 603 | Erika Kinsey | Women's high jump | - | $51,333 |
| 604 | Tony McQuay | Men's 400 m | - | $51,250 |
| 605 | Martin Wierig | Men's discus throw | - | $51,000 |
| 606 | Tariku Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $51,000 |
| 607 | Yekaterina Koneva | Women's triple jump | 1 | $51,000 |
| 608 | Roberta Bruni | Women's pole vault | - | $50,875 |
| 609 | Khaddi Sagnia | two disciplines | 1 | $50,750 |
| 610 | Dana Velďáková | Women's triple jump | - | $50,500 |
| 611 | Marwa Bouzayani | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $50,500 |
| 612 | Myriam Soumaré | two disciplines | 1 | $50,500 |
| 613 | Quincy Hall | two disciplines | 2 | $50,500 |
| 614 | Ayomide Folorunso | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $50,250 |
| 615 | Hilary Kpatcha | Women's long jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 616 | Zhang Guowei | Men's high jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 617 | Athing Mu | Women's 800 m | 3 | $50,000 |
| 618 | Chris Benard | Men's triple jump | - | $50,000 |
| 619 | Edmund Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $50,000 |
| 620 | Ignisious Gaisah | Men's long jump | - | $50,000 |
| 621 | Matheus Lima | two disciplines | - | $50,000 |
| 622 | Sinesipho Dambile | Men's 200 m | 1 | $50,000 |
| 623 | Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui | two disciplines | 1 | $49,750 |
| 624 | Joseph Fahnbulleh | Men's 200 m | - | $49,750 |
| 625 | Kyree King | two disciplines | - | $49,750 |
| 626 | Rachid Muratake | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $49,750 |
| 627 | Debbie Dunn | Women's 400 m | - | $49,500 |
| 628 | Denisa Rosolová | two disciplines | - | $49,500 |
| 629 | Sarah Healy | four disciplines | 1 | $49,500 |
| 630 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $49,250 |
| 631 | Sasha Zhoya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $49,250 |
| 632 | Antti Ruuskanen | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $49,000 |
| 633 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $49,000 |
| 634 | Kemi Adekoya | two disciplines | 1 | $49,000 |
| 635 | Sara Petersen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,750 |
| 636 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | - | $48,500 |
| 637 | Pavel Maslák | Men's 400 m | - | $48,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Athing Mu is 617th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $50,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Athing Mu most
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Keely Hodgkinson, Natoya Goule-Toppin, Mary Moraa, Halimah Nakaayi, Catriona Bisset and Rénelle Lamote.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rénelle Lamote, Elena Bellò, Mary Moraa, Freweyni Hailu, Natoya Goule-Toppin and Catriona Bisset.
Prefontaine Classic 2021 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kate Grace, Natoya Goule-Toppin, Raevyn Rogers, Keely Hodgkinson, Halimah Nakaayi and Ajeé Wilson.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Athing Mu won?
$50,000, which ranks 617th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2021 and 2025.
What is Athing Mu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the 800 m at the 2023 Prefontaine Classic. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Athing Mu 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 Athing Mu won?
Three of four, worth $50,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $30,000.
Has Athing Mu ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Athing Mu 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 Athing Mu is Zhang Guowei on $50,250, and one below Chris Benard on $50,000. Athing Mu 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 Athing Mu 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.