Jessica Beard prize money
Jessica Beard has been paid $16,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 672nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's 400 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 400 m | 8th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2018 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bislett Games 2018 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| All five | Women's 400 m | — | $16,500 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $16,500 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2018 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | — | Meeting de Paris | $9,000 |
| 2019 | 3 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $7,500 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $9,000 from two starts. Every season from 2018 to 2019 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $16,500.
Around Jessica Beard on the money list
Ranks 652 to 692
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 652 | Lia Apostolovski | Women's high jump | — | $17,125 |
| 653 | Anete Sietiņa | Women's javelin throw | — | $17,000 |
| 654 | Filippo Randazzo | Men's long jump | 1 | $17,000 |
| 655 | Fotyen Tesfay | two disciplines | — | $17,000 |
| 656 | Ludvy Vaillant | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $17,000 |
| 657 | Michał Haratyk | Men's shot put | — | $17,000 |
| 658 | Neja Filipič | Women's triple jump | — | $17,000 |
| 659 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | — | $17,000 |
| 660 | Tiago Pereira | Men's triple jump | — | $17,000 |
| 661 | Xie Wenjun | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $17,000 |
| 662 | Dariya Derkach | Women's triple jump | — | $16,750 |
| 663 | Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye | Women's 100 m | 1 | $16,750 |
| 664 | Katie Nageotte | Women's pole vault | — | $16,750 |
| 665 | Anass Essayi | two disciplines | — | $16,500 |
| 666 | Anthony Zambrano | Men's 400 m | 1 | $16,500 |
| 667 | Caroline Nyaga | two disciplines | — | $16,500 |
| 668 | Eliott Crestan | Men's 800 m | — | $16,500 |
| 669 | Elvira Herman | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $16,500 |
| 670 | Ewa Swoboda | Women's 100 m | — | $16,500 |
| 671 | Hanna Green | Women's 800 m | 1 | $16,500 |
| 672 | Jessica Beard | Women's 400 m | — | $16,500 |
| 673 | Liveta Jasiūnaitė | Women's javelin throw | — | $16,500 |
| 674 | Luxolo Adams | Men's 200 m | 1 | $16,500 |
| 675 | Zane Weir | Men's shot put | — | $16,500 |
| 676 | Safina Sadullayeva | Women's high jump | 1 | $16,375 |
| 677 | Brooke Buschkuehl | Women's long jump | — | $16,250 |
| 678 | Justyna Święty-Ersetic | Women's 400 m | — | $16,250 |
| 679 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Men's 400 m | — | $16,250 |
| 680 | Nadezhda Dubovitskaya | Women's high jump | — | $16,250 |
| 681 | Amálie Švábíková | Women's pole vault | — | $16,000 |
| 682 | Baptiste Thiery | Men's pole vault | — | $16,000 |
| 683 | Cindy Roleder | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $16,000 |
| 684 | Gerald Drummond | two disciplines | 1 | $16,000 |
| 685 | Lea Meyer | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $16,000 |
| 686 | Natoya Goule-Toppin | two disciplines | — | $16,000 |
| 687 | Saida Tsehaye | Women's 800 m | — | $16,000 |
| 688 | Saron Berhe | three disciplines | — | $16,000 |
| 689 | Wang Jianan | Men's long jump | — | $16,000 |
| 690 | Jan Štefela | Men's high jump | — | $15,958 |
| 691 | Eliza McCartney | Women's pole vault | — | $15,875 |
| 692 | Brian Komen | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $15,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Jessica Beard is 672nd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $16,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Jessica Beard most
Meeting de Paris 2018 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Phyllis Francis, Shakima Wimbley, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Courtney Okolo, Floria Gueï and Anastasia Le-Roy.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Justyna Święty-Ersetic, Kendall Ellis, Lisanne de Witte, Courtney Okolo, Salwa Eid Naser and Shericka Jackson.
Bislett Games 2018 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jaide Stepter Baynes, Courtney Okolo, Anyika Onuora, Floria Gueï, Salwa Eid Naser and Phyllis Francis.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Jessica Beard won?
$16,500, which ranks 672nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2018 and 2019.
What is Jessica Beard's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m at the 2018 Meeting de Paris. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Jessica Beard 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 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.
Is this everything Jessica Beard 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 Jessica Beard is Hanna Green on $16,500, and one below Liveta Jasiūnaitė on $16,500. Jessica Beard 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 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Jessica Beard 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.