Eilish McColgan prize money
Eilish McColgan has been paid $32,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 861st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 18 paid finishes in the women's 3000 m, women's 5000 m and women's 1500 m, the best of them 3rd.
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 18 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $32,250 is 18 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Four 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 Eilish McColgan
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 m | 5 | - | 2017 to 2021 | $9,500 |
| Women's 5000 m | 6 | - | 2017 to 2021 | $7,750 |
| Women's 1500 m | 7 | - | 2016 to 2021 | $6,500 |
| Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | - | 2013 | $4,500 |
| Women's mile | 1 | - | 2019 | $4,000 |
The women's 3000 m has paid Eilish McColgan $9,500 of the $32,250, which is 29% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2013 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | - | Monaco | $4,500 |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Muller Anniversary Games | $1,500 |
| 2017 | 3 | - | Herculis | $7,500 |
| 2018 | 4 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $5,500 |
| 2019 | 6 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $7,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 5 | - | Bislett Games | $5,750 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $7,500 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Eilish McColgan in 2014, 2015 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $32,250.
Around Eilish McColgan on the money list
Ranks 841 to 881
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 841 | James Kiplagat Magut | two disciplines | - | $33,500 |
| 842 | Katharina Molitor | Women's javelin throw | - | $33,500 |
| 843 | Mohamed Attaoui | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 844 | Tyrone Smith | Men's long jump | - | $33,500 |
| 845 | Benjamin Kiplagat | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $33,000 |
| 846 | Brittany Smith | Women's shot put | - | $33,000 |
| 847 | Eliud Kipchoge | two disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 848 | Elliot Giles | three disciplines | - | $33,000 |
| 849 | Georgia Griffith | three disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 850 | Ihab Abdelrahman | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $33,000 |
| 851 | Jiřina Ptáčníková | Women's pole vault | - | $33,000 |
| 852 | Kurt Roberts | Men's shot put | 1 | $33,000 |
| 853 | Meraf Bahta | three disciplines | - | $33,000 |
| 854 | Michael Frater | Men's 100 m | - | $33,000 |
| 855 | O'Dayne Richards | Men's shot put | - | $33,000 |
| 856 | Tori Franklin | Women's triple jump | - | $32,750 |
| 857 | Makanakaishe Charamba | Men's 200 m | - | $32,500 |
| 858 | Perdita Felicien | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $32,500 |
| 859 | Sage Hurta-Klecker | two disciplines | - | $32,500 |
| 860 | Sigrid Borge | Women's javelin throw | - | $32,500 |
| 861 | Eilish McColgan | five disciplines | - | $32,250 |
| 862 | Ezekiel Nathaniel | two disciplines | - | $32,000 |
| 863 | Kanyinsola Ajayi | Men's 100 m | 1 | $32,000 |
| 864 | Natasha Morrison | two disciplines | - | $32,000 |
| 865 | Rusheen McDonald | Men's 400 m | 1 | $32,000 |
| 866 | Tosin Oke | Men's triple jump | - | $32,000 |
| 867 | Adrian Piperi | Men's shot put | - | $31,750 |
| 868 | Django Lovett | Men's high jump | 1 | $31,750 |
| 869 | Jodie Williams | two disciplines | - | $31,750 |
| 870 | Robeilys Peinado | Women's pole vault | - | $31,750 |
| 871 | Vincent Kibet | two disciplines | - | $31,750 |
| 872 | Chris Carter | Men's triple jump | 1 | $31,500 |
| 873 | David Girat | Men's triple jump | 1 | $31,500 |
| 874 | Dong Bin | Men's triple jump | - | $31,500 |
| 875 | Benn Harradine | Men's discus throw | - | $31,000 |
| 876 | Biniam Mehary | two disciplines | - | $31,000 |
| 877 | Cory Martin | Men's shot put | - | $31,000 |
| 878 | Galen Rupp | two disciplines | - | $31,000 |
| 879 | Jack Green | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $31,000 |
| 880 | Jo-Ané du Plessis | Women's javelin throw | - | $31,000 |
| 881 | Lacy Janson | Women's pole vault | - | $31,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Eilish McColgan is 861st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $32,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Eilish McColgan most
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the mile, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Linden Hall, Jessica Hull, Jemma Reekie, Elle Purrier St. Pierre, Axumawit Embaye and Heather MacLean.
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 3000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Melissa Courtney-Bryant, Konstanze Klosterhalfen, Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, Ejgayehu Taye, Agnes Tirop and Lilian Kasait Rengeruk.
Herculis 2017 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 3000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lilian Kasait Rengeruk, Shannon Rowbury, Agnes Tirop, Shelby Houlihan, Hellen Obiri and Beatrice Chepkoech.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Eilish McColgan won?
$32,250, which ranks 861st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 18 paid finishes between 2013 and 2021.
What is Eilish McColgan's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the mile at the 2019 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Eilish McColgan 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 3000 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 Eilish McColgan ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Four 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 Eilish McColgan 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 Eilish McColgan is Sigrid Borge on $32,500, and one below Ezekiel Nathaniel on $32,000. Eilish McColgan 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 3000 m prize money, women's 5000 m prize money, women's 1500 m prize money, women's 3000 m steeplechase prize money and women's mile prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Eilish McColgan has been paid in five of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 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.