Eilish McColgan prize money
Eilish McColgan has been paid $13,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 745th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from eight paid finishes in the women's 5000 m, women's 1500 m and women's mile, 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2021 | 5000 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 2021 | 1500 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 | 1500 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2021 | 3000 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Allianz Memorial Van Damme 2021 | 5000 m | 7th | $750 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 | Mile | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 1500 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2019 | 5000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 | 1500 m | 9th | — |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | 5000 m | 13th | — |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 1500 m | 12th | — |
| Doha Diamond League 2018 | 3000 m | 12th | — |
| All twelve | four disciplines | — | $13,250 |
The eight paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $13,250 is eight separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Four of the twelve 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 5000 m | 4 | — | 2019 to 2021 | $4,250 |
| Women's 1500 m | 5 | — | 2019 to 2021 | $4,000 |
| Women's mile | 1 | — | 2019 | $4,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 2 | — | 2018 to 2021 | $1,000 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Eilish McColgan $4,250 of the $13,250, which is 32% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2018 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | — |
| 2019 | 6 | — | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $7,500 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 5 | — | Bislett Games | $5,750 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $7,500 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Eilish McColgan in 2018 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $13,250.
Around Eilish McColgan on the money list
Ranks 725 to 765
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 725 | Oratile Nowe | Women's 800 m | — | $14,000 |
| 726 | Rafael Pereira | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $14,000 |
| 727 | Sarah Chelangat | two disciplines | — | $14,000 |
| 728 | Daniel Rowden | Men's 800 m | — | $13,750 |
| 729 | Imke Onnen | Women's high jump | — | $13,750 |
| 730 | Liu Junxi | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $13,750 |
| 731 | Luis Grijalva | three disciplines | — | $13,750 |
| 732 | Marta Alemayo | three disciplines | — | $13,750 |
| 733 | Nicola McDermott | Women's high jump | — | $13,750 |
| 734 | Nozomi Tanaka | three disciplines | — | $13,750 |
| 735 | Payton Chadwick | two disciplines | — | $13,750 |
| 736 | Zhu Yaming | Men's triple jump | — | $13,750 |
| 737 | Cynthia Bolingo | Women's 400 m | 1 | $13,500 |
| 738 | Jessie Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $13,500 |
| 739 | Jordan Anthony | Men's 100 m | — | $13,500 |
| 740 | Maggie Malone-Hardin | Women's javelin throw | — | $13,500 |
| 741 | Nadine Müller | Women's discus throw | — | $13,500 |
| 742 | Paul Chelimo | three disciplines | — | $13,500 |
| 743 | Song Jiayuan | Women's shot put | — | $13,500 |
| 744 | Chala Beyo | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $13,250 |
| 745 | Eilish McColgan | four disciplines | — | $13,250 |
| 746 | Isaiah Harris | Men's 800 m | 1 | $13,250 |
| 747 | İsmail Nezir | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $13,250 |
| 748 | Jean-Marc Pontvianne | Men's triple jump | — | $13,250 |
| 749 | Jodie Williams | two disciplines | — | $13,250 |
| 750 | Julia Henriksson | two disciplines | — | $13,250 |
| 751 | Lemlem Hailu | three disciplines | — | $13,250 |
| 752 | Leungo Scotch | Men's 400 m | — | $13,250 |
| 753 | Berke Akçam | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 754 | Jaël Bestué | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 755 | Jimmy Vicaut | Men's 100 m | — | $13,000 |
| 756 | Jonielle Smith | Women's 100 m | — | $13,000 |
| 757 | Marta Pérez | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 758 | Michelle Carter | Women's shot put | 1 | $13,000 |
| 759 | Olha Lyakhova | Women's 800 m | — | $13,000 |
| 760 | Stacey-Ann Williams | Women's 400 m | — | $13,000 |
| 761 | Vincent Ciattei | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 762 | Aminatou Seyni | two disciplines | — | $12,750 |
| 763 | Iryna Zhuk | Women's pole vault | — | $12,750 |
| 764 | Joshua Hartmann | two disciplines | — | $12,750 |
| 765 | Anita Márton | Women's shot put | — | $12,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Eilish McColgan is 745th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $13,250.
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.
Bislett Games 2021 paid $2,000 for 4th in the 5000 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Beatrice Chebet, Yasemin Can, Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal, Andrea Seccafien, Sarah Lahti and Hellen Obiri.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Elinor Purrier, Axumawit Embaye, Rababe Arafi, Winny Chebet, Alemaz Samuel and Lemlem Hailu.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Eilish McColgan won?
$13,250, which ranks 745th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from eight paid finishes between 2018 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 5000 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. She 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 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Eilish McColgan is Chala Beyo on $13,250, and one below Isaiah Harris on $13,250. Eilish McColgan is one of 126 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $3,411,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 5000 m prize money, women's 1500 m prize money, women's mile prize money and women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Eilish McColgan has been paid in four 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.