Eunice Sum prize money
Eunice Sum has been paid $162,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 155th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 27 paid finishes in the women's 800 m and women's 1500 m, eleven of them wins.
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
The 27 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $162,500 is 27 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the 30 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Eunice Sum
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 800 m | 26 | 11 | 2011 to 2018 | $156,500 |
| Women's 1500 m | 4 | - | 2012 to 2018 | $6,000 |
The women's 800 m has paid Eunice Sum $156,500 of the $162,500, which is 96% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2011 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $1,500 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 | DN Galan | $22,500 |
| 2014 | 8 | 4 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $58,000 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $50,000 |
| 2016 | 4 | - | Athletissima | $17,000 |
| 2017 | 3 | - | Doha Diamond League | $8,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | - | Athletissima | $2,500 |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $58,000 from eight starts. Every season from 2011 to 2018 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $162,500.
Around Eunice Sum on the money list
Ranks 135 to 175
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 136 | Christina Obergföll | Women's javelin throw | 12 | $179,000 |
| 137 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 6 | $178,750 |
| 138 | Tianna Bartoletta | two disciplines | 8 | $177,750 |
| 139 | Larissa Iapichino | Women's long jump | 6 | $177,500 |
| 140 | Sally Pearson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $172,500 |
| 141 | Usain Bolt | two disciplines | 16 | $172,000 |
| 142 | Andriy Protsenko | Men's high jump | 3 | $171,250 |
| 143 | Emmanouil Karalis | Men's pole vault | 3 | $170,875 |
| 144 | Keely Hodgkinson | two disciplines | 9 | $170,500 |
| 145 | Marcin Lewandowski | four disciplines | 2 | $170,500 |
| 146 | Sarah Mitton | Women's shot put | 3 | $170,250 |
| 147 | Yuliya Levchenko | Women's high jump | 1 | $169,125 |
| 148 | Aaron Brown | two disciplines | 2 | $167,000 |
| 149 | Abeba Aregawi | four disciplines | 12 | $166,000 |
| 150 | David Rudisha | Men's 800 m | 14 | $166,000 |
| 151 | Neeraj Chopra | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $165,500 |
| 152 | Will Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $164,750 |
| 153 | Hansle Parchment | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $164,000 |
| 154 | Selemon Barega | four disciplines | 5 | $163,750 |
| 155 | Eunice Sum | two disciplines | 11 | $162,500 |
| 156 | Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 2 | $162,000 |
| 157 | Marco Arop | two disciplines | 5 | $162,000 |
| 158 | Anderson Peters | Men's javelin throw | 7 | $161,000 |
| 159 | Konstantinos Filippidis | Men's pole vault | 6 | $161,000 |
| 160 | Julian Weber | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $160,750 |
| 161 | Norah Jeruto | two disciplines | 6 | $160,750 |
| 162 | Tajay Gayle | Men's long jump | 4 | $160,250 |
| 163 | Sunette Viljoen | Women's javelin throw | 4 | $160,000 |
| 164 | Nickel Ashmeade | two disciplines | 6 | $159,500 |
| 165 | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Women's 100 m hurdles | 12 | $158,500 |
| 166 | Mike Rodgers | Men's 100 m | 1 | $157,000 |
| 167 | Brianna Rollins-McNeal | Women's 100 m hurdles | 6 | $155,000 |
| 168 | Abderrahman Samba | three disciplines | 7 | $154,500 |
| 169 | Jessica Schilder | Women's shot put | 5 | $153,250 |
| 170 | Silke Spiegelburg | Women's pole vault | 8 | $153,250 |
| 171 | Ruth Beitia | Women's high jump | 7 | $153,000 |
| 172 | Ruswahl Samaai | Men's long jump | 2 | $152,500 |
| 173 | Mary Moraa | three disciplines | 9 | $151,500 |
| 174 | Ryan Whiting | Men's shot put | 5 | $150,500 |
| 175 | Nadine Müller | Women's discus throw | 3 | $150,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Eunice Sum is 155th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $162,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Eunice Sum most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Malika Akkaoui, Janeth Jepkosgei, Molly Ludlow, Jennifer Meadows, Angelika Cichocka and Marina Arzamasova.
Prefontaine Classic 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ajeé Wilson, Brenda Martinez, Abeba Aregawi, Janeth Jepkosgei, Chanelle Price and Lynsey Sharp.
Meeting Areva 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rose Mary Almanza, Selina Büchel, Molly Ludlow, Chanelle Price, Joanna Jóźwik and Nataliya Lupu.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Eunice Sum won?
$162,500, which ranks 155th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 27 paid finishes between 2011 and 2018.
What is Eunice Sum's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 800 m at the 2015 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Eunice Sum 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 win is worth the same in the women's 800 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Eunice Sum won?
Eleven of 30, worth $110,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Has Eunice Sum ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three 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.
Is this everything Eunice Sum 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 Eunice Sum is Selemon Barega on $163,750, and one below Andrius Gudžius on $162,000. Eunice Sum is one of 221 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $10,867,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 800 m prize money and women's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Eunice Sum 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 Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it.