Emma Montoya prize money
Emma Montoya has been paid $1,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1828th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 400 m, and it was 6th.
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.
The payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herculis 2024 | 400 m | 6th | $1,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,000 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Athletics Relays
What Emma Montoya ran on
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | 6th | 3:26.87 | $4,000 |
The World Relays have paid $4,000 for the one team Emma Montoya ran on in Guangzhou 2025, and all of it went to France rather than to the four who ran. The $1,000 at the top of this page is what the Diamond League paid her. This is what World Athletics paid a country, and the two are not added together anywhere on the site. No team she ran on won its final, and the ladder paid the teams anyway: it reaches all eight teams in a final, $40,000 for a title down to $2,000 for 8th, so reaching one is the run that pays. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
Around Emma Montoya on the money list
Ranks 1808 to 1848
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1808 | Cameron Burrell | Men's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1809 | Cassandre Beaugrand | Women's 3000 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1810 | Catalin Tecuceanu | Men's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1811 | Cathal Doyle | Men's 1500 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1812 | Cátia Azevedo | Women's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1813 | Charlotte Henrich | Women's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1814 | Clara Liberman | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1815 | Cooper Teare | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1816 | Cynthia Chepkirui | Women's 5000 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1817 | Dana Noor Salem | Women's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1818 | Dawn Harper-Nelson | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1819 | Dylan Borlée | Men's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1820 | Eduardo Santos Rodrigues | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1821 | Eileen Demes | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1822 | Elias Ngeny | Men's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1823 | Elijah Hall | Men's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1824 | Elisa Valensin | Women's 200 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1825 | Éloyse Lesueur-Aymonin | Women's long jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1826 | Emily Newnham | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1827 | Emma Beiter Bomme | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1828 | Emma Montoya | Women's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1829 | Eveliina Määttänen | Women's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1830 | Evonne Britton | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1831 | Felise Vaha'i Sosaia | Men's javelin throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1832 | Feng Zhiqiang | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1833 | Fernanda Martins | Women's discus throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1834 | Floriane Gnafoua | Women's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1835 | Fouad Messaoudi | Men's 1500 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1836 | Francesco Pernici | Men's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1837 | Frehiwot Gesese | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1838 | Gong Debin | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1839 | Hafid Rizqy | Men's 1500 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1840 | Hajar Eddou | Women's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1841 | Hamdi Ali | Men's high jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1842 | Hanna Hermansson | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1843 | Ibrahim Ezzaydouni | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,000 |
| 1844 | Ilona Masson | Women's triple jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1845 | Imke Vervaet | Women's 200 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1846 | Irene Ekelund | Women's 200 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1847 | Isabelle Black | Women's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1848 | Jaber Hilal Al Mamari | Men's 200 m | — | $1,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Emma Montoya is 1828th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $1,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Emma Montoya most
Herculis 2024 paid $1,000 for 6th in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shana Grebo, Rhasidat Adeleke, Lieke Klaver, Kendall Ellis, Amandine Brossier and Lurdes Gloria Manuel.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Emma Montoya won?
$1,000, which ranks 1828th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2024.
What is Emma Montoya's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,000, for finishing 6th in the 400 m at the 2024 Herculis. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Emma Montoya 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 400 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.
What did Emma Montoya's World Relays teams win?
$4,000, across one paid final in Guangzhou 2025. The relays pay a team rather than a runner, so the cheque goes to the federation and not to Emma Montoya or to any one of the four. A title pays $40,000 and the ladder reaches all eight teams in a final, down to $2,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Emma Montoya earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Relays 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 Emma Montoya is Emma Beiter Bomme on $1,000, and one below Eveliina Määttänen on $1,000. Emma Montoya is one of 104 France athletes athletics has paid, and France athletics prize money adds them up to $1,290,042 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Emma Montoya 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 Herculis has its own page across every edition of it. World Relays prize money is the Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026 championships, $1,087,000 put up across 12 finals that pay a team and never a runner, and the relay is on the women's 4 × 400 metres relay page.