Erica McLain prize money
Erica McLain has been paid $6,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1844th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's triple jump, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adidas Grand Prix 2012 | Triple jump | 7th | $1,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2010 | Triple jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Herculis 2010 | Triple jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| All three | Women's triple jump | - | $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
2010 to 2012, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $5,000 |
| 2011 | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $1,500 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $5,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Erica McLain in 2011, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $6,500.
Around Erica McLain on the money list
Ranks 1824 to 1864
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1862 | Patriks Gailums | Men's javelin throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1863 | Richard Yator | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1864 | Sheila Reid | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Erica McLain is 1844th 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 Erica McLain most
Prefontaine Classic 2010 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the triple jump, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tabia Charles, Toni Smith, Shakeema Walker-Welsch, Nadezhda Alyokhina and Olga Rypakova.
Adidas Grand Prix 2012 paid $1,500 for 7th in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Blessing Ufodiama, Olga Rypakova, Kimberly Williams, Dailenys Alcántara, Keila Costa and Yargelis Savigne.
Herculis 2010 paid $1,000 for 8th in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yargelis Savigne, Olga Rypakova, Anna Pyatykh, Dana Velďáková, Petya Dacheva and Snežana Vukmirovič.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Erica McLain won?
$6,500, which ranks 1844th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2010 and 2012.
What is Erica McLain's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the triple jump at the 2010 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Erica McLain 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 triple jump 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 Erica McLain 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 Erica McLain is Emily Diamond on $6,500, and one below Fátima Diame on $6,500. Erica McLain 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 triple jump prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Erica McLain 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 Adidas Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.