Jenny Simpson prize money
Jenny Simpson has been paid $133,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 220th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 34 paid finishes in the women's 1500 m, women's 3000 m and women's mile, four 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
The 34 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $133,500 is 34 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Jenny Simpson
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 m | 27 | 4 | 2010 to 2019 | $114,500 |
| Women's 3000 m | 3 | - | 2014 to 2018 | $9,000 |
| Women's mile | 3 | - | 2015 to 2018 | $8,500 |
| Women's 5000 m | 1 | - | 2013 | $1,500 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Jenny Simpson $114,500 of the $133,500, which is 86% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2010 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | New York adidas Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | - | Herculis | $2,500 |
| 2012 | 3 | - | London Grand Prix | $10,000 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | Monaco | $15,500 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2 | DN Galan | $42,000 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $23,000 |
| 2016 | 4 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $10,000 |
| 2017 | 3 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $8,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $13,000 |
| 2019 | 3 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $6,500 |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $42,000 from seven starts. Every season from 2010 to 2019 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $133,500.
Around Jenny Simpson on the money list
Ranks 200 to 240
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | Wycliffe Kinyamal | two disciplines | 6 | $140,750 |
| 201 | Alonso Edward | two disciplines | 8 | $140,500 |
| 202 | Trayvon Bromell | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 203 | Yared Nuguse | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 204 | Matthew Denny | Men's discus throw | 3 | $139,000 |
| 205 | Nadine Visser | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $138,250 |
| 206 | Natasha Hastings | two disciplines | 3 | $138,000 |
| 207 | Keshorn Walcott | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $137,750 |
| 208 | Francena McCorory | Women's 400 m | 6 | $137,500 |
| 209 | Iryna Herashchenko | Women's high jump | 2 | $137,375 |
| 210 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Men's 400 m | 5 | $136,750 |
| 211 | Piotr Lisek | Men's pole vault | 3 | $136,375 |
| 212 | Grant Holloway | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $136,000 |
| 213 | Kurtis Marschall | Men's pole vault | 2 | $135,833 |
| 214 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | 6 | $135,500 |
| 215 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Men's triple jump | 3 | $135,250 |
| 216 | Natalia Bukowiecka | Women's 400 m | 3 | $135,250 |
| 217 | Elijah Manangoi | three disciplines | 5 | $135,000 |
| 218 | Leonardo Fabbri | Men's shot put | 5 | $135,000 |
| 219 | Hamish Kerr | Men's high jump | 7 | $134,750 |
| 220 | Jenny Simpson | four disciplines | 4 | $133,500 |
| 221 | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Women's pole vault | 5 | $133,250 |
| 222 | Anna Chicherova | Women's high jump | 8 | $133,000 |
| 223 | Eleanor Patterson | Women's high jump | 2 | $132,750 |
| 224 | Getnet Wale | three disciplines | 2 | $132,750 |
| 225 | Abraham Kibiwot | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $132,250 |
| 226 | Asafa Powell | Men's 100 m | 9 | $131,500 |
| 227 | Daryll Neita | two disciplines | 3 | $131,500 |
| 228 | Hiwot Ayalew | two disciplines | 5 | $131,500 |
| 229 | Tomasz Majewski | Men's shot put | 1 | $131,000 |
| 230 | Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot | two disciplines | 11 | $131,000 |
| 231 | Michael Norman | three disciplines | 7 | $130,750 |
| 232 | Djamel Sedjati | two disciplines | 5 | $130,500 |
| 233 | Georgia Hunter Bell | three disciplines | 4 | $130,250 |
| 234 | Dylan Armstrong | Men's shot put | 5 | $130,000 |
| 235 | Johannes Vetter | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $129,500 |
| 236 | Queen Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $129,500 |
| 237 | Jason Richardson | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $129,000 |
| 238 | Yohan Blake | two disciplines | 3 | $128,250 |
| 239 | Christian Cantwell | Men's shot put | 7 | $128,000 |
| 240 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $128,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Jenny Simpson is 220th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $133,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Jenny Simpson most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sifan Hassan, Dawit Seyaum, Laura Muir, Viola Jelagat Kibiwot, Maureen Koster and Rababe Arafi.
DN Galan 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Genzebe Dibaba, Sifan Hassan, Shannon Rowbury, Viola Jelagat Kibiwot, Laura Muir and Meraf Bahta.
Weltklasse Zürich 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shannon Rowbury, Viola Jelagat Kibiwot, Sifan Hassan, Meraf Bahta, Brenda Martinez and Mimi Belete.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Jenny Simpson won?
$133,500, which ranks 220th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 34 paid finishes between 2010 and 2019.
What is Jenny Simpson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 1500 m at the 2015 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. 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 Jenny Simpson 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 1500 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 Jenny Simpson won?
Four of 34, worth $40,000 between them. Two of her appearances came at a final, which paid $6,000.
Is this everything Jenny Simpson 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 Jenny Simpson is Hamish Kerr on $134,750, and one below Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou on $133,250. Jenny Simpson 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 1500 m prize money, women's 3000 m prize money, women's mile prize money and women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Jenny Simpson has been paid in four 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.