Greg Nixon prize money
Greg Nixon has been paid $11,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1502nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the men's 400 m, the best of them 2nd.
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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2011 | 400 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Meeting Areva 2010 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Athletissima 2010 | 400 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Herculis 2010 | 400 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All five | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $11,500 is five 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.
Season by season
2010 to 2011, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | - | Meeting Areva | $4,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $7,500 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $7,500 from two starts. Every season from 2010 to 2011 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $11,500.
Around Greg Nixon on the money list
Ranks 1482 to 1522
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1482 | Milica Gardašević | Women's long jump | - | $12,000 |
| 1483 | Nery Brenes | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1484 | Rouguy Diallo | Women's triple jump | - | $12,000 |
| 1485 | Xu Zhuoyi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $12,000 |
| 1486 | Yemane Haileselassie | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
| 1487 | Damian Czykier | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $11,750 |
| 1488 | Elise Cranny | four disciplines | - | $11,750 |
| 1489 | Ersu Şaşma | Men's pole vault | - | $11,750 |
| 1490 | Fabian Schulze | Men's pole vault | - | $11,750 |
| 1491 | Marija Vuković | Women's high jump | - | $11,750 |
| 1492 | Olena Holosha | Women's high jump | - | $11,750 |
| 1493 | Tobia Bocchi | Men's triple jump | - | $11,750 |
| 1494 | Zenéy Geldenhuys | two disciplines | - | $11,750 |
| 1495 | Erick Portillo | Men's high jump | - | $11,583 |
| 1496 | Alastair Chalmers | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,500 |
| 1497 | Artur Noga | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $11,500 |
| 1498 | Charlie Grice | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1499 | Collis Birmingham | three disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1500 | Daniel Talbot | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1501 | Davide Re | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1502 | Greg Nixon | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1503 | Homiyu Tesfaye | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1504 | Melknat Wudu | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1505 | Natalia Ducó | Women's shot put | - | $11,500 |
| 1506 | Nathon Allen | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1507 | Nickiesha Wilson | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,500 |
| 1508 | Paul Kipngetich Tanui | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1509 | Pauline Chemning Korikwiang | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1510 | Priscah Jepleting Cherono | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1511 | Ralf Bartels | Men's shot put | - | $11,500 |
| 1512 | Salima el Ouali Alami | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,500 |
| 1513 | Serhiy Smelyk | Men's 200 m | 1 | $11,500 |
| 1514 | Tatyana Kotova | Women's long jump | - | $11,500 |
| 1515 | Wesley Vázquez | Men's 800 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1516 | Adel Mechaal | four disciplines | - | $11,250 |
| 1517 | Carolin Hingst | Women's pole vault | - | $11,250 |
| 1518 | Gatis Čakšs | Men's javelin throw | - | $11,250 |
| 1519 | JaCorian Duffield | Men's high jump | 1 | $11,250 |
| 1520 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | four disciplines | - | $11,250 |
| 1521 | Pål Haugen Lillefosse | Men's pole vault | - | $11,250 |
| 1522 | Andrew Wheating | three disciplines | - | $11,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Greg Nixon is 1502nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $11,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Greg Nixon most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: David Neville, Yuzo Kanemaru, Nery Brenes, Rabah Yousif, Sean Wroe and Chen Jianxin.
Meeting Areva 2010 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Renny Quow, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner, Jermaine Gonzales, Jonathan Borlée and Michael Bingham.
Weltklasse Zürich 2011 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Angelo Taylor, Kirani James, LaShawn Merritt, Jermaine Gonzales, Rondell Bartholomew and Christopher Brown.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Greg Nixon won?
$11,500, which ranks 1502nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2010 and 2011.
What is Greg Nixon's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m at the 2011 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 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Greg Nixon gets paid?
Entirely by where he 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 men'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.
Is this everything Greg Nixon 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 him, 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 Greg Nixon is Davide Re on $11,500, and one below Homiyu Tesfaye on $11,500. Greg Nixon 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 men's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Greg Nixon has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.