Eleanor Patterson prize money
Eleanor Patterson has been paid $130,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 94th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 29 paid finishes in the women's high jump, two 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 29 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $130,750 is 29 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 30 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Eleanor Patterson did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's high jump | =5th | 1.97 m | $9,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Eleanor Patterson $9,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $130,750 from 30 Diamond League starts between 2021 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Eleanor Patterson did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's high jump | =3rd | 1.91 m | $40,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Eleanor Patterson $40,000 for one finish over three days, against $130,750 from 30 Diamond League starts between 2021 and 2026. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Indoor Championships
What Eleanor Patterson did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's high jump | 2nd | 1.97 m | $20,000 |
| Women's high jump | 7th | 1.93 | — |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Eleanor Patterson $20,000 for one finish in Nanjing 2025, against $130,750 from 30 Diamond League starts between 2021 and 2026. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Eleanor Patterson won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's high jump | Bronze | — |
The bronze in the women's high jump 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.
Season by season
2021 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | — | Bauhausgalan | $8,750 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | Bauhausgalan | $16,000 |
| 2023 | 4 | — | Xiamen Diamond League | $9,000 |
| 2024 | 6 | — | Athletissima | $17,250 |
| 2025 | 7 | — | Xiamen Diamond League | $31,250 |
| 2026 | 6 | 1 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $48,500 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $48,500 from six starts. Every season from 2021 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $130,750.
Around Eleanor Patterson on the money list
Ranks 74 to 114
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | two disciplines | 8 | $147,500 |
| 75 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 2 | $147,000 |
| 76 | Oblique Seville | Men's 100 m | 5 | $146,000 |
| 77 | Collen Kebinatshipi | Men's 400 m | 6 | $145,500 |
| 78 | Mykolas Alekna | Men's discus throw | 7 | $145,500 |
| 79 | Simon Ehammer | Men's long jump | 3 | $145,500 |
| 80 | Rushell Clayton | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $145,250 |
| 81 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 6 | $143,000 |
| 82 | Katerina Stefanidi | Women's pole vault | 4 | $142,500 |
| 83 | Yared Nuguse | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 84 | Matthew Denny | Men's discus throw | 3 | $139,000 |
| 85 | Trayvon Bromell | Men's 100 m | 6 | $139,000 |
| 86 | Julian Weber | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $138,750 |
| 87 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | two disciplines | 9 | $136,500 |
| 88 | Grant Holloway | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $136,000 |
| 89 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Men's triple jump | 3 | $135,250 |
| 90 | Leonardo Fabbri | Men's shot put | 5 | $135,000 |
| 91 | Hamish Kerr | Men's high jump | 7 | $134,750 |
| 92 | Getnet Wale | three disciplines | 2 | $132,750 |
| 93 | Iryna Herashchenko | Women's high jump | 2 | $131,375 |
| 94 | Eleanor Patterson | Women's high jump | 2 | $130,750 |
| 95 | Djamel Sedjati | two disciplines | 5 | $130,500 |
| 96 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | two disciplines | 6 | $130,500 |
| 97 | Georgia Hunter Bell | three disciplines | 4 | $130,250 |
| 98 | Daryll Neita | two disciplines | 3 | $128,000 |
| 99 | Ivana Španović | two disciplines | 5 | $127,000 |
| 100 | Kendra Harrison | Women's 100 m hurdles | 5 | $126,750 |
| 101 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | two disciplines | 2 | $126,750 |
| 102 | Aaron Brown | two disciplines | 2 | $126,000 |
| 103 | Laura Muir | five disciplines | 7 | $125,750 |
| 104 | Chase Ealey | Women's shot put | 6 | $125,000 |
| 105 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 7 | $125,000 |
| 106 | Michael Norman | three disciplines | 7 | $124,750 |
| 107 | Nadine Visser | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $124,250 |
| 108 | Abderrahman Samba | three disciplines | 4 | $122,000 |
| 109 | Jessica Hull | six disciplines | 1 | $121,750 |
| 110 | Kurtis Marschall | Men's pole vault | 2 | $119,000 |
| 111 | Norah Jeruto | two disciplines | 6 | $118,250 |
| 112 | JuVaughn Harrison | two disciplines | 4 | $117,250 |
| 113 | Henriette Jæger | two disciplines | 3 | $116,500 |
| 114 | Sha'Carri Richardson | two disciplines | 5 | $116,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Eleanor Patterson is 94th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $130,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Eleanor Patterson most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $30,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Nicola Olyslagers, Angelina Topić, Iryna Herashchenko, Lamara Distin and Merel Maes.
Xiamen Diamond League 2025 paid $10,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nicola Olyslagers, Yuliya Levchenko, Morgan Lake, Christina Honsel, Imke Onnen and Tatiana Gusin.
Bauhausgalan 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yuliya Levchenko, Iryna Herashchenko, Nadezhda Dubovitskaya, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Elena Vallortigara and Ella Junnila.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Eleanor Patterson won?
$130,750, which ranks 94th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 29 paid finishes between 2021 and 2026.
What is Eleanor Patterson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the high jump at the 2026 AG Memorial Van Damme. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Eleanor Patterson 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 high jump 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 Eleanor Patterson won?
Two of 30, worth $40,000 between them. Four of her appearances came at a final, which paid $38,000.
Has Eleanor Patterson ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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 is in the result table on this site either way.
How much did Eleanor Patterson win at the 2025 World Championships?
$9,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
How much did Eleanor Patterson win at the Ultimate Championship?
$40,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
How much has Eleanor Patterson won at the World Indoor Championships?
$20,000, from one paid final in Nanjing 2025. An indoor title pays $40,000 and the ladder runs six places deep, down to $4,000 for 6th, the same in every event on the programme and the same for a relay team.
Is this everything Eleanor Patterson earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Championships, Ultimate Championship and World Indoor Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Eleanor Patterson is Iryna Herashchenko on $131,375, and one below Djamel Sedjati on $130,500. Eleanor Patterson is one of 57 Australia athletes athletics has paid, and Australia athletics prize money adds them up to $2,530,500 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's high jump prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Eleanor Patterson 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 AG Memorial Van Damme 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 high jump page. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the women's high jump page. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the women's high jump page.