Debbie Dunn prize money
Debbie Dunn has been paid $49,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 627th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fourteen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2012 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2012 | 400 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Golden Gala 2011 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Athletissima 2011 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Herculis 2011 | 400 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| British Grand Prix 2010 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| BAUHAUS-galan 2010 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2010 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bislett Games 2010 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2010 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2010 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| All fourteen | Women's 400 m | - | $49,500 |
The fourteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $49,500 is fourteen 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.
Season by season
2010 to 2012, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | - | British Grand Prix | $32,000 |
| 2011 | 4 | - | Golden Gala | $9,500 |
| 2012 | 3 | - | Bislett Games | $8,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $32,000 from seven starts. Every season from 2010 to 2012 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $49,500.
Around Debbie Dunn on the money list
Ranks 607 to 647
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 607 | Yekaterina Koneva | Women's triple jump | 1 | $51,000 |
| 608 | Roberta Bruni | Women's pole vault | - | $50,875 |
| 609 | Khaddi Sagnia | two disciplines | 1 | $50,750 |
| 610 | Dana Velďáková | Women's triple jump | - | $50,500 |
| 611 | Marwa Bouzayani | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $50,500 |
| 612 | Myriam Soumaré | two disciplines | 1 | $50,500 |
| 613 | Quincy Hall | two disciplines | 2 | $50,500 |
| 614 | Ayomide Folorunso | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $50,250 |
| 615 | Hilary Kpatcha | Women's long jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 616 | Zhang Guowei | Men's high jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 617 | Athing Mu | Women's 800 m | 3 | $50,000 |
| 618 | Chris Benard | Men's triple jump | - | $50,000 |
| 619 | Edmund Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $50,000 |
| 620 | Ignisious Gaisah | Men's long jump | - | $50,000 |
| 621 | Matheus Lima | two disciplines | - | $50,000 |
| 622 | Sinesipho Dambile | Men's 200 m | 1 | $50,000 |
| 623 | Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui | two disciplines | 1 | $49,750 |
| 624 | Joseph Fahnbulleh | Men's 200 m | - | $49,750 |
| 625 | Kyree King | two disciplines | - | $49,750 |
| 626 | Rachid Muratake | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $49,750 |
| 627 | Debbie Dunn | Women's 400 m | - | $49,500 |
| 628 | Denisa Rosolová | two disciplines | - | $49,500 |
| 629 | Sarah Healy | four disciplines | 1 | $49,500 |
| 630 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $49,250 |
| 631 | Sasha Zhoya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $49,250 |
| 632 | Antti Ruuskanen | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $49,000 |
| 633 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $49,000 |
| 634 | Kemi Adekoya | two disciplines | 1 | $49,000 |
| 635 | Sara Petersen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,750 |
| 636 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | - | $48,500 |
| 637 | Pavel Maslák | Men's 400 m | - | $48,500 |
| 638 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,500 |
| 639 | Tia Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $48,250 |
| 640 | Ari Mannio | Men's javelin throw | - | $48,000 |
| 641 | Courtney Okolo | Women's 400 m | - | $48,000 |
| 642 | Khallifah Rosser | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $48,000 |
| 643 | Leevan Sands | Men's triple jump | 1 | $48,000 |
| 644 | Lydia Chebet Rotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $48,000 |
| 645 | Vikas Gowda | Men's discus throw | - | $48,000 |
| 646 | Virginia Nyambura | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $48,000 |
| 647 | Wilfried Happio | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Debbie Dunn is 627th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $49,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Debbie Dunn most
British Grand Prix 2010 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Novlene Williams-Mills, Natasha Hastings, Denisa Rosolová, Shana Cox, Nicola Sanders and Shericka Williams.
BAUHAUS-galan 2010 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Francena McCorory, Shericka Williams, Amantle Montsho, Novlene Williams-Mills, Antonina Krivoshapka and Natalya Nazarova.
Weltklasse Zürich 2010 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Amantle Montsho, Shericka Williams, Novlene Williams-Mills, Libania Grenot, Kseniya Aksyonova and Allyson Felix.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Debbie Dunn won?
$49,500, which ranks 627th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fourteen paid finishes between 2010 and 2012.
What is Debbie Dunn's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m at the 2010 British 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 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Debbie Dunn 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 Debbie Dunn 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 Debbie Dunn is Rachid Muratake on $49,750, and one below Denisa Rosolová on $49,500. Debbie Dunn 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 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Debbie Dunn 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 Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.