Elise Thorner prize money
Elise Thorner has been paid $14,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 724th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 5th | $2,500 |
| Athletissima 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8th | $1,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 10th | — |
| Athletissima 2025 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| Bislett Games 2025 | 3000 m steeplechase | 7th | $1,500 |
| All six | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $14,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $14,000 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the six starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Elise Thorner did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 metres steeplechase | 11th | 9:19.02 | — |
Elise Thorner stood in one 2025 World Championships final in Tokyo and finished outside the money. The championships pay eight places, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th, and nothing at all below that. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $9,500 from four starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $14,000.
Around Elise Thorner on the money list
Ranks 704 to 744
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 704 | Jacko Gill | Men's shot put | — | $15,250 |
| 705 | Elena Vallortigara | Women's high jump | — | $15,000 |
| 706 | Hailemariyam Amare | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $15,000 |
| 707 | Khaleb McRae | Men's 400 m | — | $15,000 |
| 708 | Nelson Évora | Men's triple jump | — | $15,000 |
| 709 | Obi Igbokwe | Men's 400 m | — | $15,000 |
| 710 | Torrie Lewis | two disciplines | 1 | $15,000 |
| 711 | Jake Heyward | two disciplines | — | $14,750 |
| 712 | Wang Yu | Men's high jump | 1 | $14,750 |
| 713 | Alicia Monson | two disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 714 | Caleb Dean | two disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 715 | Kendry Menéndez | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $14,500 |
| 716 | Matic Ian Guček | two disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 717 | Sinclaire Johnson | three disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 718 | Alice Finot | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $14,250 |
| 719 | Deon Lendore | Men's 400 m | — | $14,250 |
| 720 | Katie Snowden | three disciplines | — | $14,250 |
| 721 | Maboundou Koné | Women's 200 m | — | $14,250 |
| 722 | Vincent Kibet | two disciplines | — | $14,250 |
| 723 | Anvar Anvarov | Men's long jump | 1 | $14,000 |
| 724 | Elise Thorner | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $14,000 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Elise Thorner is 724th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $14,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Elise Thorner most
Bauhausgalan 2026 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gabrielle Jennings, Kena Tufa, Lea Meyer, Ilona Mononen, Alemnat Walle and Lexy Halladay-Lowry.
Athletissima 2025 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Courtney Wayment, Alemnat Walle, Kinga Królik, Rihab Dhahri, Gabrielle Jennings and Doris Lemngole.
Weltklasse Zürich 2026 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gesa Felicitas Krause, Lea Meyer, Olivia Gürth, Gabrielle Jennings, Ilona Mononen and Alemnat Walle.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Elise Thorner won?
$14,000, which ranks 724th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Elise Thorner's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2026 Bauhausgalan. 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 Elise Thorner 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 steeplechase 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 Elise Thorner 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.
Is this everything Elise Thorner 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 Elise Thorner is Anvar Anvarov on $14,000, and one below Oratile Nowe on $14,000. Elise Thorner 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 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Elise Thorner 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 Bauhausgalan 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 3000 metres steeplechase page.