Desirèe Henry prize money
Desirèe Henry has been paid $25,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 987th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from nine paid finishes in the women's 100 m and women's 200 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2017 | 100 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | 200 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2016 | 200 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2016 | 200 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Athletissima 2016 | 100 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2016 | 100 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2016 | 100 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Herculis 2016 | 100 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2016 | 100 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| All nine | two disciplines | - | $25,500 |
The nine paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $25,500 is nine separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Desirèe Henry did in Tokyo, 2025
Desirèe Henry went to the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo on a relay and ran no individual final there. She ran on the Great Britain team that finished 4th in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay, $16,000 to the federation rather than to any one of the four. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The World Athletics Relays
What Desirèe Henry ran on
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay | - | DNF | - |
Desirèe Henry stood in one World Relays final and the team was paid for it. The ladder reaches all eight teams in a final, $40,000 for a title down to $2,000 for 8th, so the only way past it is not to finish: a dropped baton or a disqualification leaves the rung empty and the meeting keeps the money. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Desirèe Henry won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay | Silver | - |
The silver in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Desirèe Henry
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 100 m | 6 | - | 2016 to 2017 | $14,000 |
| Women's 200 m | 3 | - | 2016 to 2017 | $11,500 |
The women's 100 m has paid Desirèe Henry $14,000 of the $25,500, which is 55% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2016 to 2017, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7 | - | Meeting de Paris | $22,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $3,500 |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $22,000 from seven starts. Every season from 2016 to 2017 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $25,500.
Around Desirèe Henry on the money list
Ranks 967 to 1007
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 967 | Linus Thörnblad | Men's high jump | 2 | $26,500 |
| 968 | Mohamed Abdilaahi | two disciplines | 1 | $26,500 |
| 969 | Aleksey Dmitrik | Men's high jump | 1 | $26,333 |
| 970 | Ackelia Smith | two disciplines | - | $26,250 |
| 971 | Alexis Holmes | Women's 400 m | - | $26,250 |
| 972 | Roger Steen | Men's shot put | - | $26,250 |
| 973 | Thomas Carmoy | Men's high jump | - | $26,125 |
| 974 | Aaliyah Butler | Women's 400 m | - | $26,000 |
| 975 | André Olivier | Men's 800 m | - | $26,000 |
| 976 | Anyika Onuora | three disciplines | - | $26,000 |
| 977 | Cornelius Kemboi | two disciplines | - | $26,000 |
| 978 | Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $26,000 |
| 979 | Jeffery Gibson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $26,000 |
| 980 | Sosthene Moguenara-Taroum | Women's long jump | - | $26,000 |
| 981 | Troy Doris | Men's triple jump | - | $26,000 |
| 982 | Calvin Smith | two disciplines | 1 | $25,750 |
| 983 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Men's 400 m | - | $25,750 |
| 984 | Lurdes Gloria Manuel | Women's 400 m | - | $25,750 |
| 985 | Norbert Kobielski | Men's high jump | - | $25,750 |
| 986 | Thibaut Collet | Men's pole vault | - | $25,542 |
| 987 | Desirèe Henry | two disciplines | - | $25,500 |
| 988 | Gilbert Kirui | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $25,500 |
| 989 | Lilian Odira | Women's 800 m | 1 | $25,500 |
| 990 | Mélanie Melfort | Women's high jump | - | $25,500 |
| 991 | Omar Cisneros | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $25,500 |
| 992 | Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $25,500 |
| 993 | Ronald Musagala | three disciplines | 1 | $25,500 |
| 994 | Siham Hilali | three disciplines | - | $25,500 |
| 995 | Patryk Dobek | two disciplines | - | $25,250 |
| 996 | Steven Lewis | Men's pole vault | - | $25,250 |
| 997 | Derek Miles | Men's pole vault | - | $25,083 |
| 998 | Andrew Riley | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $25,000 |
| 999 | Asier Martínez | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $25,000 |
| 1000 | Dimitrios Chondrokoukis | Men's high jump | 2 | $25,000 |
| 1001 | Keturah Orji | Women's triple jump | - | $25,000 |
| 1002 | Luxolo Adams | Men's 200 m | 1 | $25,000 |
| 1003 | Melissa Bishop-Nriagu | Women's 800 m | - | $25,000 |
| 1004 | Nick Symmonds | Men's 800 m | - | $25,000 |
| 1005 | Ryan Brathwaite | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $25,000 |
| 1006 | Samyr Laine | Men's triple jump | - | $25,000 |
| 1007 | Trell Kimmons | two disciplines | - | $25,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Desirèe Henry is 987th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $25,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Desirèe Henry most
Meeting de Paris 2016 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 200 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jenna Prandini, Simone Facey, Ella Nelson, Natalia Pohrebniak, Brigitte Ntiamoah and Dafne Schippers.
Bauhausgalan 2016 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith, Kimberly Hyacinthe, Margaret Adeoye, Charonda Williams, Irene Ekelund and Dina Asher-Smith.
Athletissima 2016 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith, Veronica Campbell Brown, Mujinga Kambundji, Christania Williams, Elaine Thompson-Herah and Jenna Prandini.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Desirèe Henry won?
$25,500, which ranks 987th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from nine paid finishes between 2016 and 2017.
What is Desirèe Henry's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 200 m at the 2016 Meeting de Paris. 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 Desirèe Henry 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 100 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 Desirèe Henry 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 Desirèe Henry is Thibaut Collet on $25,542, and one below Gilbert Kirui on $25,500. Desirèe Henry is one of 249 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $6,351,625 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 100 m prize money and women's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Desirèe Henry has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m hurdles, 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the women's 4 × 100 metres relay page. World Relays prize money is the Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026 championships, $1,087,000 put up across 12 finals that pay a team and never a runner, and the relay is on the mixed 4 × 100 metres relay page.