Isabella Whittaker prize money
Isabella Whittaker has been paid $40,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 746th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's 400 m, two 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2025 | 400 m | 1st | $20,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2025 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2025 | 400 m | 3rd | $6,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2025 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| All five | Women's 400 m | - | $40,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $40,000 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Isabella Whittaker did in Tokyo, 2025
Isabella Whittaker went to the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo on a relay and ran no individual final there. She ran on the United States team that won the women's 4 × 400 metres relay, $80,000 to the federation rather than to any one of the four. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Around Isabella Whittaker on the money list
Ranks 726 to 766
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 726 | Christopher Bailey | Men's 400 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 727 | Jordan Geist | Men's shot put | 1 | $41,000 |
| 728 | Mark English | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 729 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 730 | Yuliya Leantsiuk | Women's shot put | - | $41,000 |
| 731 | Zinaida Sendriutė | Women's discus throw | - | $41,000 |
| 732 | Jarrion Lawson | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,750 |
| 733 | Pia Skrzyszowska | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $40,750 |
| 734 | Quanera Hayes | Women's 400 m | 1 | $40,750 |
| 735 | Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $40,750 |
| 736 | Leonard Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $40,500 |
| 737 | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,500 |
| 738 | Almir dos Santos | Men's triple jump | - | $40,250 |
| 739 | Akeem Bloomfield | Men's 400 m | 3 | $40,000 |
| 740 | Aleshign Baweke | three disciplines | 1 | $40,000 |
| 741 | Brandon McBride | Men's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 742 | Bryce Hoppel | two disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 743 | Christine Mboma | Women's 200 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 744 | Claire Bryant | Women's long jump | - | $40,000 |
| 745 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | five disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 746 | Isabella Whittaker | Women's 400 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 747 | Jan Kudlička | Men's pole vault | - | $40,000 |
| 748 | Margaret Wambui | Women's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 749 | Nadine Kleinert | Women's shot put | - | $40,000 |
| 750 | Petr Frydrych | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,000 |
| 751 | Xiang Liu | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $40,000 |
| 752 | Zarck Visser | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,000 |
| 753 | Amine Laalou | three disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 754 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $39,500 |
| 755 | Josh Hoey | two disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 756 | Pamela Jelimo | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,500 |
| 757 | Youssef Ahmed Masrahi | Men's 400 m | 1 | $39,500 |
| 758 | Shiann Salmon | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $39,250 |
| 759 | Halima Hachlaf | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,000 |
| 760 | Kim Amb | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $39,000 |
| 761 | Leonel Manzano | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 762 | Paul Chelimo | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 763 | Bryce Deadmon | Men's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 764 | Candice McLeod | Women's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 765 | Romain Mesnil | Men's pole vault | 1 | $38,583 |
| 766 | Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Isabella Whittaker is 746th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $40,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Isabella Whittaker most
Bislett Games 2025 paid $20,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Henriette Jæger, Amber Anning, Rhasidat Adeleke, Lieke Klaver, Natalia Bukowiecka and Paula Sevilla.
Bauhausgalan 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Henriette Jæger, Amber Anning, Lieke Klaver, Martina Weil, Rhasidat Adeleke and Sada Williams.
Athletissima 2025 paid $6,000 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alexis Holmes, Salwa Eid Naser, Natalia Bukowiecka, Britton Wilson, Sada Williams and Henriette Jæger.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Isabella Whittaker won?
$40,000, which ranks 746th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes in 2025.
What is Isabella Whittaker's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 1st in the Diamond+ 400 m at the 2025 Bislett Games. 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 Isabella Whittaker 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 Isabella Whittaker won?
Two of five, worth $30,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $2,000.
Is this everything Isabella Whittaker 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 Isabella Whittaker is Gabriela DeBues-Stafford on $40,000, and one below Jan Kudlička on $40,000. Isabella Whittaker 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 Isabella Whittaker 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 Bislett Games 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 4 × 400 metres relay page.