Eliza McCartney prize money
Eliza McCartney has been paid $15,875 by the Diamond League, which ranks 691st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven 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 |
| All eight | Women's pole vault | — | $15,875 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $15,875 is seven 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 eight 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 $15,875 from eight Diamond League starts between 2023 and 2026. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | — | Athletissima | $3,500 |
| 2024 | 3 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $3,125 |
| 2025 | — | — | — | — |
| 2026 | 4 | — | Meeting de Paris | $9,250 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $9,250 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Eliza McCartney in 2025, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $15,875.
Around Eliza McCartney on the money list
Ranks 671 to 711
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 671 | Hanna Green | Women's 800 m | 1 | $16,500 |
| 672 | Jessica Beard | Women's 400 m | — | $16,500 |
| 673 | Liveta Jasiūnaitė | Women's javelin throw | — | $16,500 |
| 674 | Luxolo Adams | Men's 200 m | 1 | $16,500 |
| 675 | Zane Weir | Men's shot put | — | $16,500 |
| 676 | Safina Sadullayeva | Women's high jump | 1 | $16,375 |
| 677 | Brooke Buschkuehl | Women's long jump | — | $16,250 |
| 678 | Justyna Święty-Ersetic | Women's 400 m | — | $16,250 |
| 679 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Men's 400 m | — | $16,250 |
| 680 | Nadezhda Dubovitskaya | Women's high jump | — | $16,250 |
| 681 | Amálie Švábíková | Women's pole vault | — | $16,000 |
| 682 | Baptiste Thiery | Men's pole vault | — | $16,000 |
| 683 | Cindy Roleder | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $16,000 |
| 684 | Gerald Drummond | two disciplines | 1 | $16,000 |
| 685 | Lea Meyer | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $16,000 |
| 686 | Natoya Goule-Toppin | two disciplines | — | $16,000 |
| 687 | Saida Tsehaye | Women's 800 m | — | $16,000 |
| 688 | Saron Berhe | three disciplines | — | $16,000 |
| 689 | Wang Jianan | Men's long jump | — | $16,000 |
| 690 | Jan Štefela | Men's high jump | — | $15,958 |
| 691 | Eliza McCartney | Women's pole vault | — | $15,875 |
| 692 | Brian Komen | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $15,750 |
| 693 | Lynna Irby | two disciplines | — | $15,750 |
| 694 | Paulien Couckuyt | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $15,750 |
| 695 | Thiago Braz | Men's pole vault | — | $15,750 |
| 696 | Antonio Alkana | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $15,500 |
| 697 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $15,500 |
| 698 | Courtney Wayment | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $15,500 |
| 699 | Jorge A. Hodelín | Men's long jump | — | $15,500 |
| 700 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | — | $15,500 |
| 701 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Men's 100 m | — | $15,250 |
| 702 | Beth Dobbin | Women's 200 m | — | $15,250 |
| 703 | Charles Simotwo | two disciplines | — | $15,250 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Eliza McCartney is 691st of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $15,875.
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.
Athletissima 2023 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the pole vault, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tina Šutej, Margot Chevrier, Holly Bradshaw, Nina Kennedy, Angelica Moser and Katerina Stefanidi.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 paid $2,000 for 4th in the pole vault, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Amálie Švábíková, Roberta Bruni, Tina Šutej, Angelica Moser, Elisa Molinarolo and Nina Kennedy.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Eliza McCartney won?
$15,875, which ranks 691st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2023 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. She 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 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Eliza McCartney is Jan Štefela on $15,958, and one below Brian Komen on $15,750. Eliza McCartney is one of 14 New Zealand athletes athletics has paid, and New Zealand athletics prize money adds them up to $817,625 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 800 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.