Candice McLeod prize money
Candice McLeod has been paid $38,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 385th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from sixteen paid finishes in the women's 400 m, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xiamen Diamond League 2023 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2023 | 400 m | 4th | $4,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2023 | 400 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2023 | 400 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2023 | 400 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Meeting de Paris 2023 | 400 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 | 400 m | 7th | $750 |
| Herculis 2022 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2022 | 400 m | 4th | $4,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 | 400 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Athletissima 2022 | 400 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2022 | 400 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2022 | 400 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Athletissima 2021 | 400 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Meeting de Paris 2021 | 400 m | 7th | $750 |
| All sixteen | Women's 400 m | — | $38,750 |
The sixteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $38,750 is sixteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2021 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $4,500 |
| 2022 | 6 | — | Herculis | $18,000 |
| 2023 | 7 | — | Xiamen Diamond League | $16,250 |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $18,000 from six starts. Every season from 2021 to 2023 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $38,750.
Around Candice McLeod on the money list
Ranks 365 to 405
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 365 | Omar McLeod | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $41,000 |
| 366 | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Men's high jump | 1 | $40,750 |
| 367 | Pia Skrzyszowska | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $40,750 |
| 368 | Andrew Pozzi | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $40,500 |
| 369 | Marquis Dendy | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,250 |
| 370 | Rénelle Lamote | Women's 800 m | — | $40,250 |
| 371 | Aleshign Baweke | three disciplines | 1 | $40,000 |
| 372 | Andreas Hofmann | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $40,000 |
| 373 | Bryce Hoppel | two disciplines | — | $40,000 |
| 374 | Christine Mboma | Women's 200 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 375 | Claire Bryant | Women's long jump | — | $40,000 |
| 376 | Donald Scott | Men's triple jump | — | $40,000 |
| 377 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | five disciplines | — | $40,000 |
| 378 | Isabella Whittaker | Women's 400 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 379 | Josette Andrews | four disciplines | — | $39,750 |
| 380 | Josh Hoey | two disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 381 | Shiann Salmon | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $39,250 |
| 382 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $39,000 |
| 383 | Clayton Murphy | three disciplines | — | $39,000 |
| 384 | Bryce Deadmon | Men's 400 m | — | $38,750 |
| 385 | Candice McLeod | Women's 400 m | — | $38,750 |
| 386 | Sarah Billings | three disciplines | — | $38,500 |
| 387 | Mateusz Kołodziejski | Men's high jump | 1 | $38,250 |
| 388 | Sergey Shubenkov | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $38,000 |
| 389 | Flor Ruiz | Women's javelin throw | — | $37,500 |
| 390 | Genzebe Dibaba | three disciplines | 2 | $37,500 |
| 391 | Rojé Stona | Men's discus throw | — | $37,500 |
| 392 | Jackline Chepkoech | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $37,250 |
| 393 | Nikola Ogrodníková | Women's javelin throw | — | $37,250 |
| 394 | Natalia Bukowiecka | Women's 400 m | — | $36,500 |
| 395 | Almir dos Santos | Men's triple jump | — | $36,250 |
| 396 | Filip Mihaljević | Men's shot put | — | $36,250 |
| 397 | Abrham Sime | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $36,000 |
| 398 | Amalie Iuel | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $36,000 |
| 399 | Bozhidar Sarâboyukov | Men's long jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 400 | Letesenbet Gidey | two disciplines | — | $36,000 |
| 401 | Majd Eddin Ghazal | Men's high jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 402 | Narve Gilje Nordås | four disciplines | 1 | $36,000 |
| 403 | Andrian Mardare | Men's javelin throw | — | $35,750 |
| 404 | Enrique Llopis | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $35,750 |
| 405 | Dorcus Ewoi | two disciplines | — | $35,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Candice McLeod is 385th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $38,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Candice McLeod most
Xiamen Diamond League 2023 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lynna Irby, Sada Williams, Victoria Ohuruogu, Talitha Diggs, Martina Weil and Ama Pipi.
Herculis 2022 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sada Williams, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Fiordaliza Cofil, Junelle Bromfield, Kaylin Whitney and Sokhna Lacoste.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $4,000 for 4th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sada Williams, Victoria Ohuruogu, Lynna Irby, Aliyah Abrams, Marileidy Paulino and Natalia Kaczmarek.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Candice McLeod won?
$38,750, which ranks 385th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from sixteen paid finishes between 2021 and 2023.
What is Candice McLeod's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m at the 2023 Xiamen Diamond League. 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 Candice McLeod 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 400 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 Candice McLeod earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Candice McLeod is Bryce Deadmon on $38,750, and one below Sarah Billings on $38,500. Candice McLeod is one of 93 Jamaica athletes athletics has paid, and Jamaica athletics prize money adds them up to $4,659,750 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Candice McLeod 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 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Xiamen Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.