Emily Mackay prize money
Emily Mackay has been paid $12,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1469th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's 1500 m and women's mile, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 1500 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | Mile | 6th | $2,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 1500 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 1500 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 1500 m | 10th | - |
| Prefontaine Classic 2024 | 1500 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2023 | 1500 m | 13th | - |
| All eight | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $12,000 is six 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. Two of the eight starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The Ultimate Championship
What Emily Mackay did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 metres | 7th | 3:59.16 | - |
Emily Mackay 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 Emily Mackay did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 metres | 2nd | 8:58.12 | $20,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Emily Mackay $20,000 for one finish in Toruń 2026, against $12,000 from eight Diamond League starts between 2023 and 2026. Three days indoors paid her more than any whole Diamond League season has. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Emily Mackay
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 m | 7 | - | 2023 to 2026 | $10,000 |
| Women's mile | 1 | - | 2026 | $2,000 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Emily Mackay $10,000 of the $12,000, which is 83% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | - |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | - |
| 2026 | 5 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $11,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $11,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Emily Mackay in 2023 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $12,000.
Around Emily Mackay on the money list
Ranks 1449 to 1489
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1449 | Christania Williams | Women's 100 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1450 | Cory McGee | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1451 | Emebet Anteneh | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1452 | Franck Elemba | Men's shot put | - | $12,500 |
| 1453 | Hind Dehiba Chahyd | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1454 | Huang Bokai | Men's pole vault | - | $12,500 |
| 1455 | Jaydon Hibbert | Men's triple jump | - | $12,500 |
| 1456 | Katie Mackey | two disciplines | 1 | $12,500 |
| 1457 | Kethobogile Haingura | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1458 | Lachlan Kennedy | Men's 100 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1459 | Misleydis González | Women's shot put | - | $12,500 |
| 1460 | Rachel Buciarski | Women's javelin throw | - | $12,500 |
| 1461 | Robert Farken | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1462 | Sule Utura | Women's 5000 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1463 | Verena Sailer | Women's 100 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1464 | Yaroslav Rybakov | Men's high jump | - | $12,500 |
| 1465 | Annik Kälin | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1466 | Bram Som | Men's 800 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1467 | Danil Lysenko | Men's high jump | 2 | $12,000 |
| 1468 | Darvis Patton | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1469 | Emily Mackay | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1470 | Fatih Avan | Men's javelin throw | - | $12,000 |
| 1471 | Fausto Desalu | Men's 200 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1472 | Isaac Kimeli | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $12,000 |
| 1473 | Kena Tufa | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
| 1474 | Kristina Gadschiew | Women's pole vault | - | $12,000 |
| 1475 | Lalonde Gordon | Men's 400 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1476 | LaQuan Nairn | Men's long jump | 1 | $12,000 |
| 1477 | Lerone Clarke | Men's 100 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1478 | Lexy Halladay-Lowry | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
| 1479 | Lina Nielsen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $12,000 |
| 1480 | Luka Janežič | Men's 400 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1481 | Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas | Men's 200 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1482 | Milica Gardašević | Women's long jump | - | $12,000 |
| 1483 | Nery Brenes | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1484 | Rouguy Diallo | Women's triple jump | - | $12,000 |
| 1485 | Xu Zhuoyi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $12,000 |
| 1486 | Yemane Haileselassie | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
| 1487 | Damian Czykier | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $11,750 |
| 1488 | Elise Cranny | four disciplines | - | $11,750 |
| 1489 | Ersu Şaşma | Men's pole vault | - | $11,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Emily Mackay is 1469th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $12,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Emily Mackay most
Xiamen Diamond League 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dorcus Ewoi, Jessica Hull, Saron Berhe, Gabija Galvydytė, Linden Hall and Revée Walcott-Nolan.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Agathe Guillemot, Sarah Billings, Birke Haylom, Sarah Healy, Nikki Hiltz and Saron Berhe.
Prefontaine Classic 2026 paid $2,000 for 6th in the mile, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sarah Healy, Georgia Hunter Bell, Gabija Galvydytė, Laura Muir, Saron Berhe and Heather MacLean.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Emily Mackay won?
$12,000, which ranks 1469th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2023 and 2026.
What is Emily Mackay's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 1500 m at the 2026 Xiamen Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Emily Mackay 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 1500 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.
Has Emily Mackay ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
How much has Emily Mackay won at the World Indoor Championships?
$20,000, 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 Emily Mackay 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 Emily Mackay is Darvis Patton on $12,000, and one below Fatih Avan on $12,000. Emily Mackay is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 1500 m prize money and women's mile prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Emily Mackay has been paid in two 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 Xiamen Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it. 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 1500 metres 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 3000 metres page.