Candice McLeod prize money
Candice McLeod has been paid $38,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 764th of the 3,683 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 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 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 744 to 784
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 744 | Claire Bryant | Women's long jump | - | $40,000 |
| 745 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | five disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 746 | Isabella Whittaker | Women's 400 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 747 | Jan Kudlička | Men's pole vault | - | $40,000 |
| 748 | Margaret Wambui | Women's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 749 | Nadine Kleinert | Women's shot put | - | $40,000 |
| 750 | Petr Frydrych | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,000 |
| 751 | Xiang Liu | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $40,000 |
| 752 | Zarck Visser | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,000 |
| 753 | Amine Laalou | three disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 754 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $39,500 |
| 755 | Josh Hoey | two disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 756 | Pamela Jelimo | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,500 |
| 757 | Youssef Ahmed Masrahi | Men's 400 m | 1 | $39,500 |
| 758 | Shiann Salmon | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $39,250 |
| 759 | Halima Hachlaf | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,000 |
| 760 | Kim Amb | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $39,000 |
| 761 | Leonel Manzano | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 762 | Paul Chelimo | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 763 | Bryce Deadmon | Men's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 764 | Candice McLeod | Women's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 765 | Romain Mesnil | Men's pole vault | 1 | $38,583 |
| 766 | Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 767 | Molly Ludlow | Women's 800 m | - | $38,500 |
| 768 | Nelson Évora | Men's triple jump | - | $38,500 |
| 769 | Sally Kipyego | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 770 | Sarah Billings | three disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 771 | Alessia Trost | Women's high jump | - | $38,333 |
| 772 | Daisy Jepkemei | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $38,250 |
| 773 | Mateusz Kołodziejski | Men's high jump | 1 | $38,250 |
| 774 | Paraskevi Papachristou | Women's triple jump | - | $38,250 |
| 775 | Christoph Harting | Men's discus throw | - | $38,000 |
| 776 | Nelly Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 1 | $38,000 |
| 777 | Sha'Keela Saunders | Women's long jump | - | $38,000 |
| 778 | Julian Forte | two disciplines | 1 | $37,750 |
| 779 | Eliza McCartney | Women's pole vault | - | $37,625 |
| 780 | Femi Ogunode | two disciplines | - | $37,500 |
| 781 | Flor Ruiz | Women's javelin throw | - | $37,500 |
| 782 | Kariem Hussein | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $37,500 |
| 783 | Rojé Stona | Men's discus throw | - | $37,500 |
| 784 | Jackline Chepkoech | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $37,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Candice McLeod is 764th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 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 Bukowiecka.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Candice McLeod won?
$38,750, which ranks 764th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 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 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 Candice McLeod is Bryce Deadmon on $38,750, and one below Romain Mesnil on $38,583. Candice McLeod is one of 158 Jamaica athletes athletics has paid, and Jamaica athletics prize money adds them up to $8,413,000 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.