Jenny Simpson prize money
Jenny Simpson has been paid $9,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 861st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the women's 1500 m and women's 3000 m, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 1500 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 1500 m | 8th | $2,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 | 1500 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Doha Diamond League 2018 | 3000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| All four | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $9,500 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $53,753,250 the 104 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 | 3 | — | 2019 | $6,500 |
| Women's 3000 m | 1 | — | 2018 | $3,000 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Jenny Simpson $6,500 of the $9,500, which is 68% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2018 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $3,000 |
| 2019 | 3 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $6,500 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $6,500 from three starts. Every season from 2018 to 2019 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $9,500.
Around Jenny Simpson on the money list
Ranks 841 to 881
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 841 | Novlene Williams-Mills | Women's 400 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 842 | Olha Saladukha | Women's triple jump | — | $10,000 |
| 843 | Pamela Dutkiewicz | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $10,000 |
| 844 | Sanghyeok Woo | Men's high jump | 1 | $10,000 |
| 845 | Seito Yamamoto | Men's pole vault | — | $10,000 |
| 846 | Tate Taylor | Men's 200 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 847 | Valerie Adams | Women's shot put | 1 | $10,000 |
| 848 | Zenéy Geldenhuys | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $10,000 |
| 849 | Zhang Mingkun | Men's long jump | 1 | $10,000 |
| 850 | Amandine Brossier | Women's 400 m | — | $9,750 |
| 851 | Attila Molnár | Men's 400 m | — | $9,750 |
| 852 | Elizabeth Bird | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $9,750 |
| 853 | Eusebio Cáceres | Men's long jump | — | $9,750 |
| 854 | Neil Gourley | two disciplines | — | $9,750 |
| 855 | Noélie Yarigo | two disciplines | — | $9,750 |
| 856 | Brianna McNeal | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $9,500 |
| 857 | Churandy Martina | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
| 858 | Conseslus Kipruto | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
| 859 | Davide Re | Men's 400 m | — | $9,500 |
| 860 | Javianne Oliver | Women's 100 m | — | $9,500 |
| 861 | Jenny Simpson | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
| 862 | Kyra Jefferson | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
| 863 | Lexy Halladay-Lowry | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $9,500 |
| 864 | Lythe Pillay | Men's 400 m | — | $9,500 |
| 865 | Tarsis Orogot | Men's 200 m | — | $9,500 |
| 866 | Teahna Daniels | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
| 867 | Tobias Grønstad | Men's 800 m | — | $9,500 |
| 868 | Jeron Robinson | Men's high jump | — | $9,250 |
| 869 | Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova | Women's long jump | — | $9,250 |
| 870 | Robbie Grabarz | Men's high jump | — | $9,250 |
| 871 | Rohan Watson | Men's 100 m | — | $9,250 |
| 872 | Ryoichi Akamatsu | Men's high jump | — | $9,250 |
| 873 | Zach Bradford | Men's pole vault | — | $9,250 |
| 874 | Adam Kszczot | Men's 800 m | — | $9,000 |
| 875 | Jerome Blake | two disciplines | — | $9,000 |
| 876 | Jonathan Jones | Men's 400 m | — | $9,000 |
| 877 | Karyna Taranda | Women's high jump | — | $9,000 |
| 878 | Kori Carter | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 879 | Mathew Sawe | Men's high jump | — | $9,000 |
| 880 | Milan Trajkovic | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 881 | Samuel Pihlström | two disciplines | — | $9,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Jenny Simpson is 861st of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $9,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Jenny Simpson most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gabriela DeBues-Stafford, Eilish McColgan, Elinor Purrier, Axumawit Embaye, Rababe Arafi and Winny Chebet.
Doha Diamond League 2018 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 3000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Letesenbet Gidey, Lilian Kasait Rengeruk, Meskerem Mamo, Beyenu Degefa, Yasemin Can and Norah Jeruto.
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $2,000 for 8th in the 1500 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gudaf Tsegay, Linden Hall, Jemma Reekie, Eilish McColgan, Axumawit Embaye and Sifan Hassan.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Jenny Simpson won?
$9,500, which ranks 861st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2018 and 2019.
What is Jenny Simpson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the 1500 m at the 2019 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 4th 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 place 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.
Is this everything Jenny Simpson 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 Jenny Simpson is Javianne Oliver on $9,500, and one below Kyra Jefferson on $9,500. Jenny Simpson is one of 352 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $16,292,792 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 1500 m prize money and women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Jenny Simpson 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 800 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.