Clayton Murphy prize money
Clayton Murphy has been paid $53,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 578th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 19 paid finishes in the men's 800 m, men's 1000 m and men's mile, 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
The 19 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $53,500 is 19 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the 22 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Clayton Murphy
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 800 m | 19 | - | 2016 to 2024 | $47,500 |
| Men's 1000 m | 1 | - | 2022 | $3,500 |
| Men's mile | 2 | - | 2019 to 2022 | $2,500 |
The men's 800 m has paid Clayton Murphy $47,500 of the $53,500, which is 89% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2016 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $1,500 |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | 4 | - | Müller Anniversary Games | $15,000 |
| 2019 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $16,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 3 | - | Herculis | $4,250 |
| 2023 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 2 | - | Diamond League Shanghai | $4,250 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $16,500 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Clayton Murphy in 2017 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $53,500.
Around Clayton Murphy on the money list
Ranks 558 to 598
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 558 | Shalonda Solomon | two disciplines | - | $55,500 |
| 559 | Kayla White | two disciplines | 1 | $55,250 |
| 560 | Angelika Cichocka | three disciplines | 2 | $55,000 |
| 561 | Donald Scott | Men's triple jump | - | $55,000 |
| 562 | Irving Saladino | Men's long jump | 3 | $55,000 |
| 563 | Robert Biwott | three disciplines | 1 | $55,000 |
| 564 | Wayne Pinnock | Men's long jump | 2 | $55,000 |
| 565 | Margaret Kipkemboi | two disciplines | - | $54,750 |
| 566 | Ben Broeders | Men's pole vault | 1 | $54,500 |
| 567 | Cole Hocker | three disciplines | 1 | $54,500 |
| 568 | Dwight Thomas | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $54,500 |
| 569 | Ejgayehu Taye | two disciplines | - | $54,500 |
| 570 | Gabriel Tual | two disciplines | - | $54,500 |
| 571 | Kristin Pudenz | Women's discus throw | - | $54,500 |
| 572 | Ja'Kobe Tharp | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $54,000 |
| 573 | Shakima Wimbley | Women's 400 m | - | $54,000 |
| 574 | Emily Grove | Women's pole vault | 1 | $53,750 |
| 575 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | five disciplines | - | $53,750 |
| 576 | Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko | Women's triple jump | - | $53,750 |
| 577 | Andrew Pozzi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $53,500 |
| 578 | Clayton Murphy | three disciplines | - | $53,500 |
| 579 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | two disciplines | - | $53,500 |
| 580 | Michael Hartfield | Men's long jump | 1 | $53,500 |
| 581 | Shelby McEwen | Men's high jump | 2 | $53,375 |
| 582 | Reece Prescod | two disciplines | 1 | $53,250 |
| 583 | Vashti Cunningham | Women's high jump | - | $53,250 |
| 584 | Christine Ohuruogu | Women's 400 m | 2 | $53,000 |
| 585 | Freddie Crittenden | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $53,000 |
| 586 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 587 | Quanesha Burks | Women's long jump | 1 | $53,000 |
| 588 | Sembo Almayew | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 589 | Léa Sprunger | three disciplines | 1 | $52,750 |
| 590 | Jennifer Meadows | Women's 800 m | 2 | $52,500 |
| 591 | Żaneta Glanc | Women's discus throw | - | $52,500 |
| 592 | Adam Gemili | two disciplines | - | $52,000 |
| 593 | Björn Otto | Men's pole vault | 1 | $52,000 |
| 594 | Frank Casanas | Men's discus throw | 1 | $52,000 |
| 595 | Hillary Bor | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $52,000 |
| 596 | Johnny Dutch | Men's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $52,000 |
| 597 | Mariya Abakumova | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $52,000 |
| 598 | Melaine Walker | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $52,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Clayton Murphy is 578th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $53,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Clayton Murphy most
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marco Arop, Elliot Giles, Isaiah Harris, Amel Tuka, Wycliffe Kinyamal and Emmanuel Korir.
Müller Anniversary Games 2018 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Wycliffe Kinyamal, Nijel Amos, Jake Wightman, Adam Kszczot, Guy Learmonth and Daniel Rowden.
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $5,000 for 5th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Amel Tuka, Ferguson Rotich, Wycliffe Kinyamal, Donavan Brazier, Nijel Amos and Brandon McBride.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Clayton Murphy won?
$53,500, which ranks 578th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 19 paid finishes between 2016 and 2024.
What is Clayton Murphy's biggest Diamond League payday?
$7,000, for finishing 3rd in the 800 m at the 2021 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 Clayton Murphy gets paid?
Entirely by where he 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 men'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.
Has Clayton Murphy ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three 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 Clayton Murphy 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 him, 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 Clayton Murphy is Andrew Pozzi on $53,500, and one below Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie on $53,500. Clayton Murphy 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 men's 800 m prize money, men's 1000 m prize money and men's mile prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Clayton Murphy has been paid in three of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.