James Ellington prize money
James Ellington has been paid $22,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1075th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from thirteen paid finishes in the men's 200 m and men's 100 m, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2016 | 200 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Athletissima 2016 | 200 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Herculis 2016 | 200 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Bislett Games 2015 | 200 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2014 | 200 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2014 | 200 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2014 | 200 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Bislett Games 2013 | 200 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| DN Galan 2013 | 200 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| British Grand Prix 2013 | 100 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2013 | 200 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2013 | 200 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2011 | 200 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| All thirteen | two disciplines | - | $22,500 |
The thirteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $22,500 is thirteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid James Ellington
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 m | 12 | - | 2011 to 2016 | $20,500 |
| Men's 100 m | 1 | - | 2013 | $2,000 |
The men's 200 m has paid James Ellington $20,500 of the $22,500, which is 91% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2011 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | - | London Grand Prix | $1,500 |
| 2012 | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | 5 | - | Bislett Games | $11,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $4,500 |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | $1,500 |
| 2016 | 3 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $4,000 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $11,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid James Ellington in 2012, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $22,500.
Around James Ellington on the money list
Ranks 1055 to 1095
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1055 | Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye | two disciplines | 1 | $23,000 |
| 1056 | Isabelle Pedersen | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $23,000 |
| 1057 | Jakub Holuša | two disciplines | - | $23,000 |
| 1058 | Jeremiah Azu | Men's 100 m | - | $23,000 |
| 1059 | Marco Fortes | Men's shot put | - | $23,000 |
| 1060 | Marina Arzamasova | Women's 800 m | - | $23,000 |
| 1061 | Marthe Koala | Women's long jump | 1 | $23,000 |
| 1062 | Michael Rimmer | Men's 800 m | - | $23,000 |
| 1063 | Rose Mary Almanza | Women's 800 m | 1 | $23,000 |
| 1064 | Stuart Farquhar | Men's javelin throw | - | $23,000 |
| 1065 | Tori Peeters | Women's javelin throw | - | $23,000 |
| 1066 | Kuma Girma | three disciplines | - | $22,750 |
| 1067 | Maksim Nedasekau | Men's high jump | - | $22,750 |
| 1068 | Abadi Hadis | Men's 5000 m | - | $22,500 |
| 1069 | Agathe Guillemot | three disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1070 | Aleksandr Shustov | Men's high jump | - | $22,500 |
| 1071 | Anna Willard | two disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1072 | Armin Sinančević | Men's shot put | - | $22,500 |
| 1073 | Barbara Pierre | two disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1074 | Ekaterina Guliyev | Women's 800 m | 1 | $22,500 |
| 1075 | James Ellington | two disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1076 | John Kipkoech | two disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1077 | Luis Alberto Rivera Morales | Men's long jump | - | $22,500 |
| 1078 | Marilyn Okoro | Women's 800 m | - | $22,500 |
| 1079 | Milan Trajkovic | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $22,500 |
| 1080 | Ralford Mullings | Men's discus throw | 1 | $22,500 |
| 1081 | Roshawn Clarke | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $22,500 |
| 1082 | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | two disciplines | - | $22,250 |
| 1083 | Antonio Alkana | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $22,000 |
| 1084 | Clement Kimutai Kemboi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $22,000 |
| 1085 | Henrik Janssen | Men's discus throw | - | $22,000 |
| 1086 | Jacob Kiplimo | three disciplines | - | $22,000 |
| 1087 | Lisa Dobriskey | two disciplines | - | $22,000 |
| 1088 | Marshevet Hooker | two disciplines | - | $22,000 |
| 1089 | Ronnie Ash | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $22,000 |
| 1090 | Rose-Marie Whyte-Robinson | Women's 400 m | - | $22,000 |
| 1091 | Augusto Dutra | Men's pole vault | - | $21,750 |
| 1092 | Morolake Akinosun | two disciplines | - | $21,750 |
| 1093 | Trevor Barry | Men's high jump | - | $21,750 |
| 1094 | Ancuţa Bobocel | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $21,500 |
| 1095 | Anna Rüh | Women's discus throw | - | $21,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. James Ellington is 1075th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $22,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid James Ellington most
Bislett Games 2013 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 200 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jonathan Borlée, David Bolarinwa, Daniel Talbot, Nil de Oliveira, Usain Bolt and Jaysuma Saidy Ndure.
DN Galan 2013 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 200 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Isiah Young, Mario Forsythe, Bruno Hortelano-Roig, Serhiy Smelyk, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure and Rasheed Dwyer.
British Athletics Grand Prix 2014 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jeremy Dodson, Trell Kimmons, Nickel Ashmeade, Alonso Edward, Rasheed Dwyer and Curtis Mitchell.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has James Ellington won?
$22,500, which ranks 1075th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from thirteen paid finishes between 2011 and 2016.
What is James Ellington's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 200 m at the 2013 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 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what James Ellington 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 200 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 James Ellington 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 James Ellington is Ekaterina Guliyev on $22,500, and one below John Kipkoech on $22,500. James Ellington is one of 249 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $6,351,625 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 200 m prize money and men's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and James Ellington has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 110 m hurdles. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and British Athletics Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.