Francine Niyonsaba prize money
Francine Niyonsaba has been paid $238,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 77th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 29 paid finishes in the women's 800 m, women's 3000 m and women's 5000 m, fourteen 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 29 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $238,000 is 29 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Francine Niyonsaba
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 800 m | 25 | 10 | 2012 to 2019 | $198,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 3 | 3 | 2021 to 2022 | $30,000 |
| Women's 5000 m | 1 | 1 | 2021 | $10,000 |
The women's 800 m has paid Francine Niyonsaba $198,000 of the $238,000, which is 83% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2012 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | Memorial van Damme | $16,000 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | Golden Grand Prix | $30,000 |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 6 | 2 | British Athletics Grand Prix | $44,000 |
| 2017 | 6 | 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | $56,000 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2 | Athletissima | $46,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | $6,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | Meeting de Paris | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | Doha Diamond League | $20,000 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $56,000 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Francine Niyonsaba in 2014, 2015 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $238,000.
Around Francine Niyonsaba on the money list
Ranks 57 to 97
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $281,250 |
| 58 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 11 | $280,250 |
| 59 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 16 | $272,000 |
| 60 | Dafne Schippers | two disciplines | 11 | $271,000 |
| 61 | Dalilah Muhammad | Women's 400 m hurdles | 10 | $270,500 |
| 62 | Sergey Shubenkov | Men's 110 m hurdles | 7 | $268,000 |
| 63 | Laura Muir | five disciplines | 11 | $266,750 |
| 64 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 13 | $266,000 |
| 65 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $263,500 |
| 66 | Christian Coleman | two disciplines | 10 | $263,000 |
| 67 | Olga Rypakova | Women's triple jump | 9 | $262,000 |
| 68 | Kristjan Čeh | Men's discus throw | 12 | $261,500 |
| 69 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $257,500 |
| 70 | Murielle Ahouré-Demps | two disciplines | 10 | $252,750 |
| 71 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $252,250 |
| 72 | David Oliver | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14 | $247,000 |
| 73 | Kendra Harrison | Women's 100 m hurdles | 14 | $246,750 |
| 74 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $244,917 |
| 75 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 10 | $244,750 |
| 76 | Javier Culson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 13 | $243,500 |
| 77 | Francine Niyonsaba | three disciplines | 14 | $238,000 |
| 78 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | two disciplines | 10 | $235,000 |
| 79 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 13 | $233,500 |
| 80 | Andre De Grasse | two disciplines | 11 | $233,000 |
| 81 | Reese Hoffa | Men's shot put | 14 | $226,500 |
| 82 | Fabiana Murer | Women's pole vault | 13 | $223,000 |
| 83 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | two disciplines | 9 | $222,500 |
| 84 | Dawn Harper-Nelson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 15 | $220,500 |
| 85 | Amantle Montsho | Women's 400 m | 12 | $219,500 |
| 86 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 87 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 11 | $217,500 |
| 88 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 89 | Ayanleh Souleiman | four disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 90 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 91 | LaShawn Merritt | two disciplines | 16 | $212,000 |
| 92 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 93 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $211,250 |
| 94 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 4 | $211,000 |
| 95 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | 12 | $210,500 |
| 96 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 10 | $208,000 |
| 97 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 7 | $206,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Francine Niyonsaba is 77th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $238,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Francine Niyonsaba most
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Margaret Wambui, Habitam Alemu, Sifan Hassan, Charlene Lipsey, Melissa Bishop-Nriagu and Selina Büchel.
Doha Diamond League 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Faith Kipyegon, Jessica Hull, Yasemin Can, Girmawit Gebrzihair, Edinah Jebitok and Fantaye Belayneh.
Athletissima 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alicia Monson, Beatrice Chebet, Sifan Hassan, Margaret Kipkemboi, Elise Cranny and Laura Muir.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Francine Niyonsaba won?
$238,000, which ranks 77th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 29 paid finishes between 2012 and 2022.
What is Francine Niyonsaba's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the 800 m at the 2017 Weltklasse Zürich. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Francine Niyonsaba 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 Francine Niyonsaba won?
Fourteen of 29, worth $140,000 between them. Two of her appearances came at a final, which paid $24,000.
Is this everything Francine Niyonsaba 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 Francine Niyonsaba is Javier Culson on $243,500, and one below Hagos Gebrhiwet on $235,000. Francine Niyonsaba is one of 3 Burundi athletes athletics has paid, and Burundi athletics prize money adds them up to $268,500 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 800 m prize money, women's 3000 m prize money and women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Francine Niyonsaba has been paid in three 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 Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.