Ella Nelson prize money
Ella Nelson has been paid $6,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1841st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's 200 m, the best of them 5th.
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 2017 | 200 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2017 | 200 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2016 | 200 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| All three | Women's 200 m | - | $6,500 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $6,500 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2016 to 2017, in the order it was won
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $4,000 from two starts. Every season from 2016 to 2017 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $6,500.
Around Ella Nelson on the money list
Ranks 1821 to 1861
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1821 | Tom Parsons | Men's high jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1822 | Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová | Women's discus throw | - | $7,000 |
| 1823 | Viktor Kuznyetsov | Men's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1824 | Wei Yongli | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1825 | William Reais | Men's 200 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1826 | Bryan McBride | Men's high jump | - | $6,917 |
| 1827 | Avinash Sable | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,750 |
| 1828 | David Mutinda Mutua | Men's 800 m | - | $6,750 |
| 1829 | Emily Borthwick | Women's high jump | - | $6,750 |
| 1830 | Karsten Dilla | Men's pole vault | - | $6,750 |
| 1831 | Álvaro de Arriba | Men's 800 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1832 | Bryan Levell | Men's 200 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1833 | Carolina Klüft | Women's long jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1834 | Chris Robinson | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1835 | Christopher Morales Williams | Men's 400 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1836 | Claudia Hollingsworth | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1837 | Dailenys Alcántara | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1838 | Daniel Jasinski | Men's discus throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1839 | Daniel Segers | Men's 400 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1840 | Dmitrij Vaľukevič | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1841 | Ella Nelson | Women's 200 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1842 | Elvan Abeylegesse | Women's 5000 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1843 | Emily Diamond | Women's 400 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1844 | Erica McLain | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1845 | Fátima Diame | Women's long jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1846 | Hanna Hatsko | Women's javelin throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1847 | Helen Schlachtenhaufen | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1848 | Ines Chenonge | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1849 | Ivan Zaytsev | Men's javelin throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1850 | Jamie Nieto | Men's high jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1851 | Jarred Rome | Men's discus throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1852 | Jillian Schwartz | Women's pole vault | - | $6,500 |
| 1853 | Johnathan Cabral | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $6,500 |
| 1854 | Josh Awotunde | Men's shot put | - | $6,500 |
| 1855 | Karol Hoffmann | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1856 | Lauryn Williams | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1857 | Limei Xie | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1858 | Marta Zenoni | three disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1859 | Maurice Mitchell | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1860 | Michael Obasuyi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $6,500 |
| 1861 | Ndiss Kaba Badji | Men's long jump | - | $6,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ella Nelson is 1841st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $6,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ella Nelson most
Meeting de Paris 2016 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 200 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Natalia Pohrebniak, Brigitte Ntiamoah, Dafne Schippers, Desirèe Henry, Jenna Prandini and Simone Facey.
Bislett Games 2017 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 200 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nadine Gonska, Dafne Schippers, Murielle Ahouré-Demps, Simone Facey, Gina Lückenkemper and Bianca Williams.
Bauhausgalan 2017 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Fanny Peltier, Elin Östlund, Murielle Ahouré-Demps, Crystal Emmanuel, Rebekka Haase and Ivet Lalova-Collio.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ella Nelson won?
$6,500, which ranks 1841st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2016 and 2017.
What is Ella Nelson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the 200 m at the 2016 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 5th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Ella Nelson 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 200 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.
Is this everything Ella Nelson earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Ella Nelson is Dmitrij Vaľukevič on $6,500, and one below Elvan Abeylegesse on $6,500. Ella Nelson is one of 87 Australia athletes athletics has paid, and Australia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,553,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Ella Nelson 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 Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.