Kenia Sinclair prize money
Kenia Sinclair has been paid $42,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 705th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the women's 800 m and women's 1500 m, three 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2011 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2011 | 1500 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| DN Galan 2011 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2011 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2010 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2010 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Herculis 2010 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All seven | two disciplines | - | $42,500 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $42,500 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Kenia Sinclair
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 800 m | 6 | 2 | 2010 to 2011 | $32,500 |
| Women's 1500 m | 1 | 1 | 2011 | $10,000 |
The women's 800 m has paid Kenia Sinclair $32,500 of the $42,500, which is 76% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2010 to 2011, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $6,500 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 | Prefontaine Classic | $36,000 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $36,000 from four starts. Every season from 2010 to 2011 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $42,500.
Around Kenia Sinclair on the money list
Ranks 685 to 725
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 685 | Jasmine Moore | two disciplines | 1 | $44,000 |
| 686 | Reynier Mena | Men's 200 m | 2 | $44,000 |
| 687 | Anna Rogowska | Women's pole vault | 1 | $43,500 |
| 688 | Bernard Lagat | three disciplines | - | $43,500 |
| 689 | Dayron Robles | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $43,500 |
| 690 | Purity Cherotich Kirui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $43,500 |
| 691 | Thomas Barr | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $43,500 |
| 692 | Jacob Krop | two disciplines | 1 | $43,250 |
| 693 | Josette Andrews | four disciplines | - | $43,250 |
| 694 | Shunsuke Izumiya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $43,250 |
| 695 | Abdalelah Haroun | Men's 400 m | 1 | $43,000 |
| 696 | Cheng Chao-tsun | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $43,000 |
| 697 | Jimmy Gressier | three disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
| 698 | Jinzhe Li | Men's long jump | 2 | $43,000 |
| 699 | Kipyegon Bett | two disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
| 700 | LaShauntea Moore | two disciplines | 2 | $43,000 |
| 701 | Shericka Williams | Women's 400 m | 1 | $43,000 |
| 702 | KC Lightfoot | Men's pole vault | 1 | $42,875 |
| 703 | Christian Olsson | Men's triple jump | 1 | $42,500 |
| 704 | Justin Gaymon | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $42,500 |
| 705 | Kenia Sinclair | two disciplines | 3 | $42,500 |
| 706 | Michał Haratyk | Men's shot put | - | $42,500 |
| 707 | Samuel Tefera | four disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 708 | Simone Facey | two disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 709 | Tshepiso Masalela | Men's 800 m | 2 | $42,500 |
| 710 | Rhasidat Adeleke | two disciplines | 1 | $42,250 |
| 711 | Svetlana Shkolina | Women's high jump | 5 | $42,250 |
| 712 | Alina Talay | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $42,000 |
| 713 | Erik Cadée | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 714 | Frederik Ruppert | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $42,000 |
| 715 | Lawrence Okoye | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 716 | Mahiedine Mekhissi | two disciplines | 1 | $42,000 |
| 717 | Mary Saxer | Women's pole vault | - | $41,583 |
| 718 | Abel Kiprop Mutai | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $41,500 |
| 719 | Gil Roberts | two disciplines | - | $41,500 |
| 720 | Martyn Rooney | Men's 400 m | - | $41,500 |
| 721 | Ryan Bailey | two disciplines | 1 | $41,500 |
| 722 | Stephanie Brown-Trafton | Women's discus throw | 1 | $41,500 |
| 723 | Brooke Buschkuehl | Women's long jump | - | $41,250 |
| 724 | Lisa Ryzih | Women's pole vault | - | $41,250 |
| 725 | Andrey Silnov | Men's high jump | 1 | $41,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Kenia Sinclair is 705th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $42,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Kenia Sinclair most
Prefontaine Classic 2011 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Caster Semenya, Janeth Jepkosgei, Alysia Montaño, Geena Gall, Phoebe Wright and Anna Willard.
Adidas Grand Prix 2011 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Morgan Uceny, Kalkidan Gezahegne, Gelete Burka, Anna Willard, Treniere Moser and Malindi Elmore.
DN Galan 2011 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Malika Akkaoui, Yuneysi Santiusti, Alice Schmidt, Alysia Montaño, Halima Hachlaf and Caster Semenya.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Kenia Sinclair won?
$42,500, which ranks 705th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2010 and 2011.
What is Kenia Sinclair's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 800 m at the 2011 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Kenia Sinclair 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 800 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 Kenia Sinclair won?
Three of seven, worth $30,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Kenia Sinclair 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 Kenia Sinclair is Justin Gaymon on $42,500, and one below Michał Haratyk on $42,500. Kenia Sinclair is one of 158 Jamaica athletes athletics has paid, and Jamaica athletics prize money adds them up to $8,413,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 800 m prize money and women's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Kenia Sinclair 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 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.