Gianna Woodruff prize money
Gianna Woodruff has been paid $86,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 164th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 26 paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles, one of them a win.
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 $86,000 is 26 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the 28 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Gianna Woodruff did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 metres hurdles | 5th | 53.34 | $11,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Gianna Woodruff $11,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $86,000 from 28 Diamond League starts between 2021 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Gianna Woodruff did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 metres hurdles | 7th | 53.89 | — |
Gianna Woodruff stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where she finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
Season by season
2021 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | Meeting de Paris | $16,000 |
| 2022 | 4 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $18,000 |
| 2023 | 7 | — | Bislett Games | $9,000 |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 7 | — | AG Memorial Van Damme | $22,500 |
| 2026 | 7 | — | AG Memorial Van Damme | $20,500 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $22,500 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Gianna Woodruff in 2024, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $86,000.
Around Gianna Woodruff on the money list
Ranks 144 to 184
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144 | Adriana Vilagoš | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $97,250 |
| 145 | Feng Bin | Women's discus throw | 3 | $97,000 |
| 146 | Janieve Russell | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $97,000 |
| 147 | Chris Nilsen | Men's pole vault | 2 | $96,750 |
| 148 | Emma Zapletalová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $96,500 |
| 149 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 1 | $96,250 |
| 150 | Mutaz Barsham | Men's high jump | 7 | $95,833 |
| 151 | Jorinde van Klinken | two disciplines | 1 | $94,000 |
| 152 | Lamecha Girma | five disciplines | 6 | $94,000 |
| 153 | Johannes Vetter | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $93,000 |
| 154 | Abraham Kibiwot | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $92,500 |
| 155 | Amy Hunt | two disciplines | — | $92,500 |
| 156 | Berihu Aregawi | three disciplines | 4 | $91,750 |
| 157 | Niels Laros | three disciplines | 3 | $91,000 |
| 158 | Nelly Chepchirchir | two disciplines | 4 | $90,750 |
| 159 | Jereem Richards | two disciplines | — | $88,000 |
| 160 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 161 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 162 | Peruth Chemutai | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $86,750 |
| 163 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 164 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 165 | Birhanu Balew | two disciplines | 2 | $85,750 |
| 166 | Selemon Barega | four disciplines | 3 | $85,750 |
| 167 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | Men's 5000 m | 3 | $85,500 |
| 168 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 169 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
| 170 | Anna Ryzhykova | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $83,500 |
| 171 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 4 | $82,500 |
| 172 | Joshua Cheptegei | three disciplines | 2 | $82,500 |
| 173 | Kelsey-Lee Barber | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $82,500 |
| 174 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 175 | Juan Miguel Echevarría | Men's long jump | 3 | $82,000 |
| 176 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $82,000 |
| 177 | Devon Allen | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $81,500 |
| 178 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 179 | Orlando Ortega | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $81,000 |
| 180 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 181 | Daniel Roberts | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $79,750 |
| 182 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 2 | $79,250 |
| 183 | Devynne Charlton | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $78,750 |
| 184 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Men's 100 m | 2 | $78,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Gianna Woodruff is 164th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $86,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Gianna Woodruff most
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Janieve Russell, Dalilah Muhammad, Rushell Clayton, Viktoriya Tkachuk, Anna Ryzhykova and Ayomide Folorunso.
Meeting de Paris 2021 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anna Ryzhykova, Janieve Russell, Nnenya Hailey, Viktoriya Tkachuk, Emma Zapletalová and Paulien Couckuyt.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Naomi Van den Broeck, Andrenette Knight, Amalie Iuel, Ayomide Folorunso, Kemi Adekoya and Paulien Couckuyt.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Gianna Woodruff won?
$86,000, which ranks 164th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 26 paid finishes between 2021 and 2026.
What is Gianna Woodruff's biggest Diamond League payday?
$12,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m hurdles at the 2022 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 Gianna Woodruff 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 hurdles 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 Gianna Woodruff won?
One of 28, worth $10,000 between them. Five of her appearances came at a final, which paid $24,000.
Has Gianna Woodruff ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two 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. She are in the result tables on this site either way.
How much did Gianna Woodruff win at the 2025 World Championships?
$11,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Gianna Woodruff earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Gianna Woodruff is Grace Stark on $86,500, and one below Birhanu Balew on $85,750. Gianna Woodruff is one of 1 Panama athlete athletics has paid, and Panama athletics prize money adds them up to $97,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Gianna Woodruff 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 AG Memorial Van Damme 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 400 metres hurdles page. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the women's 400 metres hurdles page.