Dawn Harper-Nelson prize money
Dawn Harper-Nelson has been paid $220,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 84th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 37 paid finishes in the women's 100 m hurdles, fifteen 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
The 37 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $220,500 is 37 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 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | $1,500 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | Golden Gala | $12,500 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | Golden Gala | $30,000 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | Qatar Athletic | $50,000 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3 | Meeting Areva | $46,000 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3 | British Athletics Grand Prix | $39,500 |
| 2016 | 5 | - | Bislett Games | $20,000 |
| 2017 | 3 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $10,000 |
| 2018 | 6 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $11,000 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $50,000 from five starts. Every season from 2010 to 2018 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $220,500.
Around Dawn Harper-Nelson on the money list
Ranks 64 to 104
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 93 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $211,250 |
| 94 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 4 | $211,000 |
| 95 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | 12 | $210,500 |
| 96 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 10 | $208,000 |
| 97 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 7 | $206,500 |
| 98 | Silas Kiplagat | two disciplines | 11 | $205,000 |
| 99 | Genzebe Dibaba | five disciplines | 12 | $204,500 |
| 100 | Danielle Williams | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $204,250 |
| 101 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 7 | $203,333 |
| 102 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 16 | $203,250 |
| 103 | Kimberly Williams | Women's triple jump | 1 | $203,250 |
| 104 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 3 | $202,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Dawn Harper-Nelson is 84th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $220,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Dawn Harper-Nelson most
British Athletics Grand Prix 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Brianna Rollins-McNeal, Tiffany Porter, Queen Claye, Serita Solomon, Jacquelyn Coward and Yvette Lewis.
Athletissima 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jasmin Stowers, Queen Claye, Sharika Nelvis, Tiffany Porter, Kristi Castlin and Alina Talay.
Memorial Van Damme 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sharika Nelvis, Jasmin Stowers, Tiffany Porter, Cindy Roleder, Noemi Zbären and Alina Talay.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Dawn Harper-Nelson won?
$220,500, which ranks 84th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 37 paid finishes between 2010 and 2018.
What is Dawn Harper-Nelson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 100 m hurdles at the 2015 British Athletics Grand Prix. 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 Dawn Harper-Nelson 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 100 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 Dawn Harper-Nelson won?
Fifteen of 37, worth $150,000 between them. Two of her appearances came at a final, which paid $6,000.
Is this everything Dawn Harper-Nelson 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 Dawn Harper-Nelson is Paul Kipsiele Koech on $222,500, and one below Amantle Montsho on $219,500. Dawn Harper-Nelson 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 women's 100 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Dawn Harper-Nelson has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 400 m and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has its own page across every edition of it.