Francena McCorory prize money
Francena McCorory has been paid $137,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 208th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 26 paid finishes in the women's 400 m, six 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 26 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $137,500 is 26 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.
Season by season
2010 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | BAUHAUS-galan | $4,000 |
| 2011 | 3 | - | Herculis | $12,000 |
| 2012 | 4 | - | Meeting Areva | $12,000 |
| 2013 | 6 | 1 | Athletissima | $30,000 |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | Glasgow Grand Prix | $24,500 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $46,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $9,000 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $46,000 from five starts. Every season from 2010 to 2016 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $137,500.
Around Francena McCorory on the money list
Ranks 188 to 228
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 188 | Collen Kebinatshipi | Men's 400 m | 6 | $145,500 |
| 189 | Mykolas Alekna | Men's discus throw | 7 | $145,500 |
| 190 | Simon Ehammer | Men's long jump | 3 | $145,500 |
| 191 | Rushell Clayton | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $145,250 |
| 192 | Dani Stevens | Women's discus throw | 1 | $145,000 |
| 193 | Veronica Campbell Brown | two disciplines | 7 | $145,000 |
| 194 | Vernon Norwood | two disciplines | - | $143,250 |
| 195 | Mo Farah | three disciplines | 9 | $142,500 |
| 196 | Natoya Goule-Toppin | two disciplines | 1 | $142,500 |
| 197 | Sharika Nelvis | Women's 100 m hurdles | 4 | $142,500 |
| 198 | Churandy Martina | two disciplines | 2 | $142,000 |
| 199 | Madara Palameika | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $142,000 |
| 200 | Wycliffe Kinyamal | two disciplines | 6 | $140,750 |
| 201 | Alonso Edward | two disciplines | 8 | $140,500 |
| 202 | Trayvon Bromell | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 203 | Yared Nuguse | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 204 | Matthew Denny | Men's discus throw | 3 | $139,000 |
| 205 | Nadine Visser | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $138,250 |
| 206 | Natasha Hastings | two disciplines | 3 | $138,000 |
| 207 | Keshorn Walcott | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $137,750 |
| 208 | Francena McCorory | Women's 400 m | 6 | $137,500 |
| 209 | Iryna Herashchenko | Women's high jump | 2 | $137,375 |
| 210 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Men's 400 m | 5 | $136,750 |
| 211 | Piotr Lisek | Men's pole vault | 3 | $136,375 |
| 212 | Grant Holloway | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $136,000 |
| 213 | Kurtis Marschall | Men's pole vault | 2 | $135,833 |
| 214 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | 6 | $135,500 |
| 215 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Men's triple jump | 3 | $135,250 |
| 216 | Natalia Bukowiecka | Women's 400 m | 3 | $135,250 |
| 217 | Elijah Manangoi | three disciplines | 5 | $135,000 |
| 218 | Leonardo Fabbri | Men's shot put | 5 | $135,000 |
| 219 | Hamish Kerr | Men's high jump | 7 | $134,750 |
| 220 | Jenny Simpson | four disciplines | 4 | $133,500 |
| 221 | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Women's pole vault | 5 | $133,250 |
| 222 | Anna Chicherova | Women's high jump | 8 | $133,000 |
| 223 | Eleanor Patterson | Women's high jump | 2 | $132,750 |
| 224 | Getnet Wale | three disciplines | 2 | $132,750 |
| 225 | Abraham Kibiwot | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $132,250 |
| 226 | Asafa Powell | Men's 100 m | 9 | $131,500 |
| 227 | Daryll Neita | two disciplines | 3 | $131,500 |
| 228 | Hiwot Ayalew | two disciplines | 5 | $131,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Francena McCorory is 208th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $137,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Francena McCorory most
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sanya Richards-Ross, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Novlene Williams-Mills, Natasha Hastings, Christine Day and Kabange Mupopo.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Stephenie Ann McPherson, Natasha Hastings, Floria Gueï, Olha Zemlyak, Novlene Williams-Mills and Christine Day.
Adidas Grand Prix 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Natasha Hastings, Christine Day, Jessica Beard and Floria Gueï.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Francena McCorory won?
$137,500, which ranks 208th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 26 paid finishes between 2010 and 2016.
What is Francena McCorory's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m at the 2015 Qatar Athletic Super 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 Francena McCorory 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Francena McCorory won?
Six of 26, worth $60,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Francena McCorory 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 Francena McCorory is Keshorn Walcott on $137,750, and one below Iryna Herashchenko on $137,375. Francena McCorory 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 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Francena McCorory 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.