Kelsey-Lee Barber prize money
Kelsey-Lee Barber has been paid $113,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 270th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 18 paid finishes in the women's javelin throw, one of them a win.
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 18 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $113,000 is 18 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.10% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 19 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2017 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $25,500 |
| 2018 | 3 | - | Müller Anniversary Games | $5,000 |
| 2019 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $34,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 2 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $15,500 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $25,250 |
| 2023 | 3 | - | Meeting de Paris | $7,750 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $34,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Kelsey-Lee Barber in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $113,000.
Around Kelsey-Lee Barber on the money list
Ranks 250 to 290
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | Tori Bowie | three disciplines | 8 | $121,500 |
| 251 | Mélina Robert-Michon | Women's discus throw | - | $121,250 |
| 252 | Brandon Starc | Men's high jump | 3 | $121,000 |
| 253 | Yenew Alamirew | three disciplines | 6 | $121,000 |
| 254 | Muktar Edris | two disciplines | 5 | $120,750 |
| 255 | Yarelis Barrios | Women's discus throw | 6 | $120,500 |
| 256 | Lyu Huihui | Women's javelin throw | 6 | $120,250 |
| 257 | Darrell Hill | Men's shot put | 1 | $119,000 |
| 258 | Andreas Hofmann | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $117,500 |
| 259 | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 6 | $117,500 |
| 260 | JuVaughn Harrison | two disciplines | 4 | $117,250 |
| 261 | Henriette Jæger | two disciplines | 3 | $116,500 |
| 262 | Sha'Carri Richardson | two disciplines | 5 | $116,250 |
| 263 | Yasmani Copello | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $116,250 |
| 264 | Malte Mohr | Men's pole vault | 3 | $116,000 |
| 265 | Rumesh Tharanga | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $116,000 |
| 266 | Lorraine Ugen | Women's long jump | 2 | $115,000 |
| 267 | Woo Sang-hyeok | Men's high jump | 5 | $113,750 |
| 268 | Anna Cockrell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 4 | $113,500 |
| 269 | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | two disciplines | 3 | $113,000 |
| 270 | Kelsey-Lee Barber | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $113,000 |
| 271 | Magnus Kirt | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $112,500 |
| 272 | Jesse Williams | Men's high jump | 3 | $112,083 |
| 273 | Angelica Moser | Women's pole vault | 2 | $111,875 |
| 274 | Darya Klishina | Women's long jump | 3 | $111,500 |
| 275 | Robbie Grabarz | Men's high jump | 2 | $111,458 |
| 276 | Ronnie Baker | Men's 100 m | 6 | $111,250 |
| 277 | Devon Allen | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $111,000 |
| 278 | Erik Kynard | Men's high jump | 2 | $111,000 |
| 279 | Birhanu Balew | two disciplines | 3 | $110,750 |
| 280 | Eilidh Doyle | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $110,500 |
| 281 | Nesta Carter | Men's 100 m | 2 | $110,500 |
| 282 | Jenn Suhr | Women's pole vault | 5 | $110,250 |
| 283 | Aleksandr Menkov | Men's long jump | 8 | $110,000 |
| 284 | Wayde van Niekerk | two disciplines | 9 | $110,000 |
| 285 | Angelo Taylor | three disciplines | 5 | $109,500 |
| 286 | Ruth Jebet | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $109,000 |
| 287 | Ackera Nugent | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $108,000 |
| 288 | Jenna Prandini | two disciplines | 1 | $107,500 |
| 289 | CJ Ujah | two disciplines | 1 | $106,500 |
| 290 | Jereem Richards | two disciplines | - | $106,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Kelsey-Lee Barber is 270th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $113,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Kelsey-Lee Barber most
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the javelin throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nikola Ogrodníková, Christin Hussong, Barbora Špotáková, Eda Tuğsuz, Līna Mūze and Tatsiana Khaladovich.
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sara Kolak, Tatsiana Khaladovich, Martina Ratej, Madara Palameika, Kara Winger and Elizabeth Gleadle.
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the javelin throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Haruka Kitaguchi, Līna Mūze, Barbora Špotáková, Liveta Jasiūnaitė and Kara Winger.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Kelsey-Lee Barber won?
$113,000, which ranks 270th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 18 paid finishes between 2017 and 2023.
What is Kelsey-Lee Barber's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the javelin throw at the 2019 Weltklasse Zürich. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Kelsey-Lee Barber 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 javelin throw 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 Kelsey-Lee Barber won?
One of 19, worth $10,000 between them. Four of her appearances came at a final, which paid $64,000.
Has Kelsey-Lee Barber ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Kelsey-Lee Barber 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 Kelsey-Lee Barber is Godfrey Khotso Mokoena on $113,000, and one below Magnus Kirt on $112,500. Kelsey-Lee Barber is one of 87 Australia athletes athletics has paid, and Australia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,553,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Kelsey-Lee Barber 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 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it.