Fionnuala McCormack prize money
Fionnuala McCormack has been paid $9,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1610th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the women's 3000 m steeplechase and women's 5000 m, 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 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 5th | $2,500 |
| Athletissima 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8th | $1,000 |
| All four | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $9,500 is four 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.
The World Championships
What Fionnuala McCormack did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's marathon | 9th | 2:30:16 | - |
Fionnuala McCormack stood in one 2025 World Championships final in Tokyo and finished outside the money. The championships pay eight places, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th, and nothing at all below that. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Fionnuala McCormack
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | - | 2011 | $7,500 |
| Women's 5000 m | 1 | - | 2012 | $2,000 |
The women's 3000 m steeplechase has paid Fionnuala McCormack $7,500 of the $9,500, which is 79% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2011 to 2012, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | - | Aviva British Grand Prix | $7,500 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $2,000 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $7,500 from three starts. Every season from 2011 to 2012 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $9,500.
Around Fionnuala McCormack on the money list
Ranks 1590 to 1630
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1590 | Pieter Conradie | Men's 400 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1591 | Rutger Smith | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1592 | Stephanie Twell | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1593 | Tate Taylor | Men's 200 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1594 | Yadisleidy Pedroso | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1595 | Yasemin Can | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1596 | Zhang Mingkun | Men's long jump | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1597 | Amandine Brossier | Women's 400 m | - | $9,750 |
| 1598 | Attila Molnár | Men's 400 m | - | $9,750 |
| 1599 | Benjamin Gföhler | Men's long jump | - | $9,750 |
| 1600 | Elizabeth Bird | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $9,750 |
| 1601 | Kate Dennison | Women's pole vault | - | $9,750 |
| 1602 | Neil Gourley | two disciplines | - | $9,750 |
| 1603 | Ninon Chapelle | Women's pole vault | - | $9,750 |
| 1604 | Noélie Yarigo | two disciplines | - | $9,750 |
| 1605 | Aleec Harris | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1606 | Antonina Krivoshapka | Women's 400 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1607 | Bianca Williams | Women's 200 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1608 | Brittany Borman | Women's javelin throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1609 | Fancy Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $9,500 |
| 1610 | Fionnuala McCormack | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1611 | Georg Fleischhauer | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1612 | Haftamnesh Tesfaye | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1613 | Hanna Titimets | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1614 | Joanna Jóźwik | Women's 800 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1615 | Jura Levy | Women's 100 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1616 | Lythe Pillay | Men's 400 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1617 | Mikele Barber | Women's 100 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1618 | Rosângela Santos | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1619 | Shi Yuhao | Men's long jump | - | $9,500 |
| 1620 | Sofi Flink | Women's javelin throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1621 | Tarsis Orogot | Men's 200 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1622 | Teahna Daniels | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1623 | Tobias Grønstad | Men's 800 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1624 | Wilfried Koffi Hua | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1625 | Xinyue Su | Women's discus throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1626 | Yamilé Aldama | Women's triple jump | - | $9,500 |
| 1627 | Rohan Watson | Men's 100 m | - | $9,250 |
| 1628 | Ryoichi Akamatsu | Men's high jump | - | $9,250 |
| 1629 | Tobias Scherbarth | Men's pole vault | - | $9,250 |
| 1630 | Zach Bradford | Men's pole vault | - | $9,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Fionnuala McCormack is 1610th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $9,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Fionnuala McCormack most
Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Barbara Parker, Delilah DiCrescenzo, Birtukan Adamu, Sophie Duarte, Sofia Assefa and Almaz Ayana.
Adidas Grand Prix 2011 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Bridget Franek, Stephanie Reilly, Beverly Ramos, Milcah Chemos, Sofia Assefa and Gulnara Galkina.
Adidas Grand Prix 2012 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Emebet Anteneh, Gotytom Gebreslase, Tirunesh Dibaba, Meseret Defar, Gelete Burka and Werknesh Kidane.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Fionnuala McCormack won?
$9,500, which ranks 1610th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2011 and 2012.
What is Fionnuala McCormack's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2011 Aviva British 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 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Fionnuala McCormack 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 3000 m steeplechase 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 Fionnuala McCormack 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 Fionnuala McCormack is Fancy Cherotich on $9,500, and one below Georg Fleischhauer on $9,500. Fionnuala McCormack is one of 25 Ireland athletes athletics has paid, and Ireland athletics prize money adds them up to $372,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 3000 m steeplechase prize money and women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Fionnuala McCormack 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 Adidas Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the women's marathon page.