Becky Breisch prize money
Becky Breisch has been paid $17,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1247th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | Discus throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| Golden Gala 2011 | Discus throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| Athletissima 2010 | Discus throw | 2nd | $6,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | Discus throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 | Discus throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting Areva 2010 | Discus throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2010 | Discus throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| All seven | Women's discus throw | - | $17,000 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $17,000 is seven 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
2010 to 2011, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | - | Athletissima | $15,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $2,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $15,000 from five starts. Every season from 2010 to 2011 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $17,000.
Around Becky Breisch on the money list
Ranks 1227 to 1267
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1227 | Alena Abramchuk | Women's shot put | - | $17,500 |
| 1228 | Balázs Baji | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $17,500 |
| 1229 | Brianna Glenn | Women's long jump | 1 | $17,500 |
| 1230 | Chandra Sturrup | Women's 100 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1231 | Geordie Beamish | four disciplines | - | $17,500 |
| 1232 | Ilham Tanui Özbilen | two disciplines | - | $17,500 |
| 1233 | Irene Pusterla | Women's long jump | - | $17,500 |
| 1234 | Jackson Mumbwa Kivuva | Men's 800 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1235 | Kahmari Montgomery | Men's 400 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1236 | Karl Bebendorf | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $17,500 |
| 1237 | Melissa Boekelman | Women's shot put | - | $17,500 |
| 1238 | Xavier Carter | Men's 200 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1239 | Zaynab Dosso | Women's 100 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1240 | Ajla Del Ponte | two disciplines | - | $17,250 |
| 1241 | Ida Karstoft | Women's 200 m | 1 | $17,250 |
| 1242 | Meghan Beesley | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $17,250 |
| 1243 | Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova | Women's long jump | - | $17,250 |
| 1244 | Lia Apostolovski | Women's high jump | - | $17,125 |
| 1245 | Amos Kirui | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $17,000 |
| 1246 | Anete Sietiņa | Women's javelin throw | - | $17,000 |
| 1247 | Becky Breisch | Women's discus throw | - | $17,000 |
| 1248 | Casey Malone | Men's discus throw | - | $17,000 |
| 1249 | Daniel Huling | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $17,000 |
| 1250 | Daniella Hill | Women's shot put | - | $17,000 |
| 1251 | Filippo Randazzo | Men's long jump | 1 | $17,000 |
| 1252 | Fotyen Tesfay | two disciplines | - | $17,000 |
| 1253 | Jemma Simpson | Women's 800 m | - | $17,000 |
| 1254 | Kemar Bailey-Cole | Men's 100 m | - | $17,000 |
| 1255 | Ludvy Vaillant | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $17,000 |
| 1256 | Marie Gayot | Women's 400 m | - | $17,000 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Becky Breisch is 1247th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $17,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Becky Breisch most
Athletissima 2010 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dani Stevens, Żaneta Glanc, Nadine Müller, Aretha D. Thurmond, Sandra Elkasević and Stephanie Brown-Trafton.
London Grand Prix 2010 paid $3,000 for 4th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nadine Müller, Aretha D. Thurmond, Joanna Wiśniewska, Jade Lally, Yarelis Barrios and Sandra Elkasević.
New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 paid $2,500 for 5th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Summer Pierson, Anna Jelmini, Stephanie Brown-Trafton, Sandra Elkasević, Aretha D. Thurmond and Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Becky Breisch won?
$17,000, which ranks 1247th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2010 and 2011.
What is Becky Breisch's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the discus throw at the 2010 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 Becky Breisch 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 Becky Breisch 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 Becky Breisch is Anete Sietiņa on $17,000, and one below Casey Malone on $17,000. Becky Breisch 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 Becky Breisch 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 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.