Ciara Mageean prize money
Ciara Mageean has been paid $45,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 670th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eleven paid finishes in the women's 1500 m and women's mile, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2024 | 1500 m | 10th | - |
| Herculis EBS 2023 | Mile | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2023 | 1500 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 | 1500 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2023 | 1500 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Bislett Games 2023 | Mile | 10th | - |
| Prefontaine Classic 2023 | 1500 m | 11th | - |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2022 | 1500 m | 2nd | $12,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2022 | 1500 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Birmingham Diamond League 2022 | 1500 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2022 | 1500 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2021 | 1500 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 | 1500 m | 12th | - |
| Herculis 2019 | Mile | 8th | $1,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | 1500 m | 11th | - |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2017 | Mile | 7th | $1,500 |
| All sixteen | two disciplines | - | $45,750 |
The eleven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $45,750 is eleven 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. Five of the sixteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Ciara Mageean
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 m | 12 | 1 | 2019 to 2024 | $37,250 |
| Women's mile | 4 | - | 2017 to 2023 | $8,500 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Ciara Mageean $37,250 of the $45,750, which is 81% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2017 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | - | Müller Anniversary Games | $1,500 |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 2 | - | Herculis | $1,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 2 | - | Herculis EBS | $1,250 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $26,000 |
| 2023 | 6 | - | Herculis EBS | $16,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | - |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $26,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Ciara Mageean in 2018, 2020 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $45,750.
Around Ciara Mageean on the money list
Ranks 650 to 690
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 650 | Līna Mūze | Women's javelin throw | - | $47,250 |
| 651 | Matteo Sioli | Men's high jump | 2 | $47,250 |
| 652 | Werkuha Getachew | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $47,250 |
| 653 | Davisleydi Velazco | Women's triple jump | 2 | $47,000 |
| 654 | Laulauga Tausaga | Women's discus throw | - | $47,000 |
| 655 | Laura Weightman | four disciplines | - | $47,000 |
| 656 | Xie Wenjun | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $47,000 |
| 657 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 658 | Nikki Hiltz | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 659 | Winnie Nanyondo | four disciplines | - | $46,750 |
| 660 | Menno Vloon | Men's pole vault | - | $46,667 |
| 661 | Elizabeth Gleadle | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $46,500 |
| 662 | Kristi Castlin | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $46,500 |
| 663 | Shelby Houlihan | four disciplines | 2 | $46,500 |
| 664 | Michael Mason | Men's high jump | 1 | $46,375 |
| 665 | Derek Drouin | Men's high jump | - | $46,333 |
| 666 | Axumawit Embaye | four disciplines | - | $46,250 |
| 667 | Abel Kipsang | three disciplines | 2 | $46,000 |
| 668 | Gemechu Godana | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $46,000 |
| 669 | Rasheed Dwyer | Men's 200 m | - | $46,000 |
| 670 | Ciara Mageean | two disciplines | 1 | $45,750 |
| 671 | Mariya Ryemyen | two disciplines | 2 | $45,500 |
| 672 | Yemisi Mabry | Women's shot put | - | $45,250 |
| 673 | Alfred Kirwa Yego | Men's 800 m | 1 | $45,000 |
| 674 | Angelica Bengtsson | Women's pole vault | 1 | $45,000 |
| 675 | Trevor Bassitt | two disciplines | - | $45,000 |
| 676 | Konrad Bukowiecki | Men's shot put | 1 | $44,750 |
| 677 | Max Burgin | Men's 800 m | 1 | $44,750 |
| 678 | Xie Zhenye | two disciplines | - | $44,750 |
| 679 | Alaysha Johnson | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $44,500 |
| 680 | Jessica Beard | Women's 400 m | - | $44,500 |
| 681 | Tomáš Staněk | Men's shot put | - | $44,500 |
| 682 | Patrizia Van der Weken | Women's 100 m | 1 | $44,250 |
| 683 | Álex Quiñónez | Men's 200 m | - | $44,000 |
| 684 | Ginnie Crawford | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $44,000 |
| 685 | Jasmine Moore | two disciplines | 1 | $44,000 |
| 686 | Reynier Mena | Men's 200 m | 2 | $44,000 |
| 687 | Anna Rogowska | Women's pole vault | 1 | $43,500 |
| 688 | Bernard Lagat | three disciplines | - | $43,500 |
| 689 | Dayron Robles | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $43,500 |
| 690 | Purity Cherotich Kirui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $43,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ciara Mageean is 670th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $45,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ciara Mageean most
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 1500 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Freweyni Hailu, Diribe Welteji, Laura Muir, Gudaf Tsegay, Heather MacLean and Cory McGee.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Laura Muir, Freweyni Hailu, Diribe Welteji, Heather MacLean, Elise Cranny and Winnie Nanyondo.
Herculis EBS 2023 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the mile, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Freweyni Hailu, Laura Muir, Jessica Hull, Nikki Hiltz, Melissa Courtney-Bryant and Elise Cranny.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ciara Mageean won?
$45,750, which ranks 670th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eleven paid finishes between 2017 and 2024.
What is Ciara Mageean's biggest Diamond League payday?
$12,000, for finishing 2nd in the 1500 m at the 2022 Weltklasse Zürich. 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 Ciara Mageean 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 1500 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 Ciara Mageean won?
One of sixteen, worth $10,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $12,000.
Has Ciara Mageean ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Five times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Ciara Mageean 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 Ciara Mageean is Rasheed Dwyer on $46,000, and one below Mariya Ryemyen on $45,500. Ciara Mageean is one of 25 Ireland athletes athletics has paid, and Ireland athletics prize money adds them up to $372,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 1500 m prize money and women's mile prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Ciara Mageean has been paid in two 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 Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it.