Kellie Wells prize money
Kellie Wells has been paid $97,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 329th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 19 paid finishes in the women's 100 m hurdles, 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
The 19 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $97,000 is 19 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.09% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2013, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $3,500 |
| 2011 | 7 | 1 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $37,000 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 | London Grand Prix | $32,000 |
| 2013 | 5 | - | Qatar Athletic | $24,500 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $37,000 from seven starts. Every season from 2010 to 2013 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $97,000.
Around Kellie Wells on the money list
Ranks 309 to 349
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 309 | Jacory Patterson | Men's 400 m | 4 | $103,000 |
| 310 | Benjamin Kigen | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 4 | $102,750 |
| 311 | Omar McLeod | two disciplines | 7 | $102,500 |
| 312 | Rajindra Campbell | Men's shot put | 2 | $102,500 |
| 313 | Lukas Weißhaidinger | Men's discus throw | - | $102,000 |
| 314 | Tiffany Porter | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $102,000 |
| 315 | Ehsan Haddadi | Men's discus throw | 1 | $101,500 |
| 316 | Alexander Ogando | two disciplines | 2 | $101,250 |
| 317 | Ezekiel Kemboi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 7 | $101,000 |
| 318 | Kamila Lićwinko | Women's high jump | 2 | $101,000 |
| 319 | Trey Cunningham | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $100,750 |
| 320 | Holly Bradshaw | Women's pole vault | - | $100,083 |
| 321 | Teddy Tamgho | Men's triple jump | 6 | $99,500 |
| 322 | Lieke Klaver | Women's 400 m | - | $98,750 |
| 323 | Fabrice Lapierre | Men's long jump | 2 | $98,000 |
| 324 | Juan Miguel Echevarría | Men's long jump | 4 | $98,000 |
| 325 | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | Women's discus throw | 1 | $97,500 |
| 326 | Adriana Vilagoš | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $97,250 |
| 327 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $97,208 |
| 328 | Feng Bin | Women's discus throw | 3 | $97,000 |
| 329 | Kellie Wells | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $97,000 |
| 330 | Tyson Gay | two disciplines | 8 | $97,000 |
| 331 | Chris Nilsen | Men's pole vault | 2 | $96,750 |
| 332 | Emma Zapletalová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $96,500 |
| 333 | Joshua Cheptegei | three disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 334 | Shannon Rowbury | four disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 335 | Julius Yego | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $96,000 |
| 336 | Zharnel Hughes | two disciplines | 2 | $95,500 |
| 337 | Mujinga Kambundji | two disciplines | 1 | $95,250 |
| 338 | Ronald Levy | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $94,750 |
| 339 | Cleopatra Borel | Women's shot put | - | $94,500 |
| 340 | Yargelis Savigne | two disciplines | 7 | $94,500 |
| 341 | Jorinde van Klinken | two disciplines | 1 | $94,000 |
| 342 | Lamecha Girma | five disciplines | 6 | $94,000 |
| 343 | Sanya Richards-Ross | two disciplines | 5 | $93,500 |
| 344 | Luguelín Santos | Men's 400 m | 1 | $93,000 |
| 345 | Amy Hunt | two disciplines | - | $92,500 |
| 346 | Christophe Lemaitre | two disciplines | 1 | $92,500 |
| 347 | Chaunte Lowe | Women's high jump | 5 | $92,000 |
| 348 | Berihu Aregawi | three disciplines | 4 | $91,750 |
| 349 | Peruth Chemutai | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $91,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Kellie Wells is 329th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $97,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Kellie Wells most
London Grand Prix 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sally Pearson, Ginnie Crawford, Kristi Castlin, Christina Clemons, Danielle Carruthers and Phylicia George.
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2011 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Danielle Carruthers, Lolo Jones, Ginnie Crawford, Nichole Denby, Yvette Lewis and Celriece Law.
Qatar Athletic 2013 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 100 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Queen Claye, Tiffany Porter, Lolo Jones, Veronica Borsi, Latisha Holden and Yvette Lewis.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Kellie Wells won?
$97,000, which ranks 329th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 19 paid finishes between 2010 and 2013.
What is Kellie Wells's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 100 m hurdles at the 2012 London Grand Prix. 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 Kellie Wells 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 100 m hurdles 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 Kellie Wells won?
Two of 19, worth $20,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Kellie Wells 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 Kellie Wells is Feng Bin on $97,000, and one below Tyson Gay on $97,000. Kellie Wells 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 100 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Kellie Wells has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 400 m and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Qatar Athletic has its own page across every edition of it.