Halimah Nakaayi prize money
Halimah Nakaayi has been paid $70,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 213th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 28 paid finishes in the women's 800 m and women's 1000 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
The 28 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $70,500 is 28 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the 30 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Halimah Nakaayi
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 800 m | 29 | — | 2019 to 2026 | $68,500 |
| Women's 1000 m | 1 | — | 2025 | $2,000 |
The women's 800 m has paid Halimah Nakaayi $68,500 of the $70,500, which is 97% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2019 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | — | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $3,500 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 5 | — | Bislett Games | $11,000 |
| 2022 | 5 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $9,000 |
| 2023 | 5 | — | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $13,000 |
| 2024 | 5 | — | Athletissima | $7,000 |
| 2025 | 6 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $22,000 |
| 2026 | 2 | — | Doha Diamond League | $5,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $22,000 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Halimah Nakaayi in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $70,500.
Around Halimah Nakaayi on the money list
Ranks 193 to 233
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 193 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 5 | $76,000 |
| 194 | Sydney McLaughlin | two disciplines | 3 | $76,000 |
| 195 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $75,250 |
| 196 | Ronald Levy | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $75,250 |
| 197 | Ackeem Blake | Men's 100 m | 1 | $75,000 |
| 198 | Jemma Reekie | four disciplines | 1 | $73,750 |
| 199 | Zakithi Nene | Men's 400 m | 2 | $73,750 |
| 200 | Auriol Dongmo | Women's shot put | 3 | $73,500 |
| 201 | Tsige Duguma | two disciplines | 4 | $73,250 |
| 202 | Klaudia Kazimierska | two disciplines | 1 | $73,000 |
| 203 | Yasser Triki | Men's triple jump | 1 | $73,000 |
| 204 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $72,750 |
| 205 | Samuel Firewu | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $72,500 |
| 206 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $71,750 |
| 207 | Jordan Scott | Men's triple jump | 4 | $71,500 |
| 208 | Stewart McSweyn | four disciplines | 2 | $71,500 |
| 209 | Likina Amebaw | two disciplines | 1 | $71,250 |
| 210 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | Women's 400 m | 2 | $71,250 |
| 211 | Simon Koech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $71,000 |
| 212 | Thobias Montler | Men's long jump | 2 | $70,750 |
| 213 | Halimah Nakaayi | two disciplines | — | $70,500 |
| 214 | Benjamin Kigen | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $70,250 |
| 215 | Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 1 | $70,000 |
| 216 | Caster Semenya | two disciplines | 7 | $70,000 |
| 217 | Magnus Kirt | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $70,000 |
| 218 | Courtney Lindsey | two disciplines | 1 | $69,750 |
| 219 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 220 | Mackenzie Little | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 221 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 222 | Reynold Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 223 | Tina Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 224 | Liadagmis Povea | Women's triple jump | — | $69,000 |
| 225 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | Women's long jump | 4 | $69,000 |
| 226 | Angelina Topić | Women's high jump | 2 | $68,500 |
| 227 | Renaud Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | — | $68,500 |
| 228 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 2 | $68,250 |
| 229 | Phanuel Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 230 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 3 | $68,000 |
| 231 | Fanny Roos | Women's shot put | — | $67,500 |
| 232 | Hana Moll | Women's pole vault | 3 | $67,500 |
| 233 | Erriyon Knighton | two disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Halimah Nakaayi is 213th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $70,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Halimah Nakaayi most
Prefontaine Classic 2025 paid $6,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anaïs Bourgoin, Shafiqua Maloney, Raevyn Rogers, Jemma Reekie, Worknesh Mesele and Mary Moraa.
London Athletics Meet 2025 paid $6,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Claudia Hollingsworth, Shafiqua Maloney, Jemma Reekie, Sarah Billings, Natoya Goule-Toppin and Anna Wielgosz.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2023 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Natoya Goule, Sage Hurta, Abbey Caldwell, Anita Horvat, Rénelle Lamote and Sofia Ennaoui.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Halimah Nakaayi won?
$70,500, which ranks 213th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 28 paid finishes between 2019 and 2026.
What is Halimah Nakaayi's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 3rd in the Diamond+ 800 m at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Halimah Nakaayi 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 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.
Has Halimah Nakaayi 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.
Is this everything Halimah Nakaayi earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Halimah Nakaayi is Thobias Montler on $70,750, and one below Benjamin Kigen on $70,250. Halimah Nakaayi is one of 16 Uganda athletes athletics has paid, and Uganda athletics prize money adds them up to $514,750 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 800 m prize money and women's 1000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Halimah Nakaayi 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 Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.