David Oliver prize money
David Oliver has been paid $247,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 72nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 42 paid finishes in the men's 110 m hurdles, fourteen of them wins.
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 42 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $247,000 is 42 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2017, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | Shanghai Diamond League | $60,000 |
| 2011 | 6 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $36,000 |
| 2012 | 7 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $27,000 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3 | Sainsburys Anniversary Games | $41,000 |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $23,000 |
| 2015 | 6 | 2 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $40,000 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $17,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $3,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $60,000 from six starts. Every season from 2010 to 2017 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $247,000.
Around David Oliver on the money list
Ranks 52 to 92
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $292,875 |
| 53 | Orlando Ortega | Men's 110 m hurdles | 11 | $287,500 |
| 54 | Kenny Bednarek | two disciplines | 13 | $286,500 |
| 55 | Allyson Felix | three disciplines | 19 | $283,250 |
| 56 | Jakub Vadlejch | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $281,750 |
| 57 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $281,250 |
| 58 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 11 | $280,250 |
| 59 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 16 | $272,000 |
| 60 | Dafne Schippers | two disciplines | 11 | $271,000 |
| 61 | Dalilah Muhammad | Women's 400 m hurdles | 10 | $270,500 |
| 62 | Sergey Shubenkov | Men's 110 m hurdles | 7 | $268,000 |
| 63 | Laura Muir | five disciplines | 11 | $266,750 |
| 64 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 13 | $266,000 |
| 65 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $263,500 |
| 66 | Christian Coleman | two disciplines | 10 | $263,000 |
| 67 | Olga Rypakova | Women's triple jump | 9 | $262,000 |
| 68 | Kristjan Čeh | Men's discus throw | 12 | $261,500 |
| 69 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $257,500 |
| 70 | Murielle Ahouré-Demps | two disciplines | 10 | $252,750 |
| 71 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $252,250 |
| 72 | David Oliver | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14 | $247,000 |
| 73 | Kendra Harrison | Women's 100 m hurdles | 14 | $246,750 |
| 74 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $244,917 |
| 75 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 10 | $244,750 |
| 76 | Javier Culson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 13 | $243,500 |
| 77 | Francine Niyonsaba | three disciplines | 14 | $238,000 |
| 78 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | two disciplines | 10 | $235,000 |
| 79 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 13 | $233,500 |
| 80 | Andre De Grasse | two disciplines | 11 | $233,000 |
| 81 | Reese Hoffa | Men's shot put | 14 | $226,500 |
| 82 | Fabiana Murer | Women's pole vault | 13 | $223,000 |
| 83 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | two disciplines | 9 | $222,500 |
| 84 | Dawn Harper-Nelson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 15 | $220,500 |
| 85 | Amantle Montsho | Women's 400 m | 12 | $219,500 |
| 86 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 87 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 11 | $217,500 |
| 88 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 89 | Ayanleh Souleiman | four disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 90 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 91 | LaShawn Merritt | two disciplines | 16 | $212,000 |
| 92 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. David Oliver is 72nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $247,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid David Oliver most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 110 m hurdles, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Orlando Ortega, Antonio Alkana, Konstantinos Douvalidis, Johnathan Cabral, Jason Richardson and João Vitor de Oliveira.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 110 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Orlando Ortega, Aries Merritt, Ronnie Ash, Sergey Shubenkov, Xie Wenjun and Jason Richardson.
Adidas Grand Prix 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 110 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jason Richardson, Garfield Darien, Ronnie Ash, Orlando Ortega, Jeff Porter and Shane Brathwaite.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has David Oliver won?
$247,000, which ranks 72nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 42 paid finishes between 2010 and 2017.
What is David Oliver's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 110 m hurdles at the 2016 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what David Oliver 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 win is worth the same in the men's 110 m hurdles 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 David Oliver won?
Fourteen of 42, worth $140,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything David Oliver 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 David Oliver is Tobi Amusan on $252,250, and one below Kendra Harrison on $246,750. David Oliver 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 110 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and David Oliver has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.