Eliza McCartney prize money
Eliza McCartney has been paid $37,625 by the Diamond League, which ranks 779th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fourteen paid finishes in the women's pole vault, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | Pole vault | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2026 | Pole vault | =6th | $1,750 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | Pole vault | 8th | $1,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 | Pole vault | =8th | $500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 | Pole vault | 4th | $2,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2024 | Pole vault | =5th | $1,125 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2024 | Pole vault | 10th | - |
| Athletissima 2023 | Pole vault | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2018 | Pole vault | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2018 | Pole vault | =4th | $2,750 |
| Herculis 2018 | Pole vault | 7th | $1,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2017 | Pole vault | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2017 | Pole vault | 8th | $1,000 |
| Muller Anniversary Games 2016 | Pole vault | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Herculis 2016 | Pole vault | 5th | $2,500 |
| All fifteen | Women's pole vault | - | $37,625 |
The fourteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $37,625 is fourteen 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. One of the fifteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Eliza McCartney did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's pole vault | - | NM | - |
Eliza McCartney 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.
The Ultimate Championship
What Eliza McCartney did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's pole vault | 5th | 4.80 m | - |
Eliza McCartney stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where she finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Indoor Championships
What Eliza McCartney did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's pole vault | 6th | 4.70 | $4,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Eliza McCartney $4,000 for one finish in Toruń 2026, against $37,625 from fifteen Diamond League starts between 2016 and 2026. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2016 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | - | Muller Anniversary Games | $6,500 |
| 2017 | 2 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $5,000 |
| 2018 | 3 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $10,250 |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 1 | - | Athletissima | $3,500 |
| 2024 | 3 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $3,125 |
| 2025 | - | - | - | - |
| 2026 | 4 | - | Meeting de Paris | $9,250 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $10,250 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Eliza McCartney in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $37,625.
Around Eliza McCartney on the money list
Ranks 759 to 799
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 759 | Halima Hachlaf | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,000 |
| 760 | Kim Amb | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $39,000 |
| 761 | Leonel Manzano | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 762 | Paul Chelimo | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 763 | Bryce Deadmon | Men's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 764 | Candice McLeod | Women's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 765 | Romain Mesnil | Men's pole vault | 1 | $38,583 |
| 766 | Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 767 | Molly Ludlow | Women's 800 m | - | $38,500 |
| 768 | Nelson Évora | Men's triple jump | - | $38,500 |
| 769 | Sally Kipyego | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 770 | Sarah Billings | three disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 771 | Alessia Trost | Women's high jump | - | $38,333 |
| 772 | Daisy Jepkemei | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $38,250 |
| 773 | Mateusz Kołodziejski | Men's high jump | 1 | $38,250 |
| 774 | Paraskevi Papachristou | Women's triple jump | - | $38,250 |
| 775 | Christoph Harting | Men's discus throw | - | $38,000 |
| 776 | Nelly Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 1 | $38,000 |
| 777 | Sha'Keela Saunders | Women's long jump | - | $38,000 |
| 778 | Julian Forte | two disciplines | 1 | $37,750 |
| 779 | Eliza McCartney | Women's pole vault | - | $37,625 |
| 780 | Femi Ogunode | two disciplines | - | $37,500 |
| 781 | Flor Ruiz | Women's javelin throw | - | $37,500 |
| 782 | Kariem Hussein | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $37,500 |
| 783 | Rojé Stona | Men's discus throw | - | $37,500 |
| 784 | Jackline Chepkoech | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $37,250 |
| 785 | Damar Forbes | Men's long jump | 2 | $37,000 |
| 786 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 787 | Nafissatou Thiam | two disciplines | 1 | $37,000 |
| 788 | Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 789 | Wilma Heltelä | Women's pole vault | 1 | $37,000 |
| 790 | Andrian Mardare | Men's javelin throw | - | $36,750 |
| 791 | Marcin Krukowski | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $36,750 |
| 792 | Sofie Skoog | Women's high jump | - | $36,633 |
| 793 | Natalya Antyukh | two disciplines | - | $36,500 |
| 794 | Filip Mihaljević | Men's shot put | - | $36,250 |
| 795 | Abrham Sime | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $36,000 |
| 796 | Amalie Iuel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $36,000 |
| 797 | Bozhidar Sarâboyukov | Men's long jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 798 | Jason Young | three disciplines | - | $36,000 |
| 799 | Jazmin Sawyers | Women's long jump | - | $36,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Eliza McCartney is 779th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $37,625.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Eliza McCartney most
Meeting de Paris 2026 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the pole vault, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nina Kennedy, Emily Grove, Tina Šutej, Gabriela Leon, Imogen Ayris and Olivia McTaggart.
Prefontaine Classic 2018 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sandi Morris, Katie Moon, Robeilys Peinado, Anzhelika Sidorova, Katerina Stefanidi and Holly Bradshaw.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2017 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the pole vault, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anzhelika Sidorova, Lisa Ryzih, Sandi Morris, Maryna Kylypko, Holly Bradshaw and Nicole Büchler.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Eliza McCartney won?
$37,625, which ranks 779th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fourteen paid finishes between 2016 and 2026.
What is Eliza McCartney's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the Diamond+ pole vault at the 2026 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 Eliza McCartney 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 pole vault 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 Eliza McCartney 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
How much has Eliza McCartney won at the World Indoor Championships?
$4,000, from one paid final in Toruń 2026. 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 Eliza McCartney earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Eliza McCartney is Julian Forte on $37,750, and one below Femi Ogunode on $37,500. Eliza McCartney is one of 18 New Zealand athletes athletics has paid, and New Zealand athletics prize money adds them up to $1,432,375 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Eliza McCartney 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 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Meeting de Paris 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 pole vault 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 pole vault 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 pole vault page.