Laulauga Tausaga prize money
Laulauga Tausaga has been paid $47,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 654th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from sixteen paid finishes in the women's discus throw, 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
The sixteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $47,000 is sixteen 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. Three of the 19 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Laulauga Tausaga did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's discus throw | 6th | 65.49 m | $7,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Laulauga Tausaga $7,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $47,000 from 19 Diamond League starts between 2022 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2022 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | - | Birmingham Diamond League | $8,000 |
| 2023 | 4 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $17,500 |
| 2024 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 5 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $9,500 |
| 2026 | 4 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $11,000 |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $17,500 from four starts. Every season from 2022 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $47,000.
Around Laulauga Tausaga on the money list
Ranks 634 to 674
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 634 | Kemi Adekoya | two disciplines | 1 | $49,000 |
| 635 | Sara Petersen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,750 |
| 636 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | - | $48,500 |
| 637 | Pavel Maslák | Men's 400 m | - | $48,500 |
| 638 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,500 |
| 639 | Tia Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $48,250 |
| 640 | Ari Mannio | Men's javelin throw | - | $48,000 |
| 641 | Courtney Okolo | Women's 400 m | - | $48,000 |
| 642 | Khallifah Rosser | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $48,000 |
| 643 | Leevan Sands | Men's triple jump | 1 | $48,000 |
| 644 | Lydia Chebet Rotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $48,000 |
| 645 | Vikas Gowda | Men's discus throw | - | $48,000 |
| 646 | Virginia Nyambura | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $48,000 |
| 647 | Wilfried Happio | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,000 |
| 648 | Aleia Hobbs | Women's 100 m | 2 | $47,750 |
| 649 | Amel Tuka | Men's 800 m | 1 | $47,750 |
| 650 | Līna Mūze | Women's javelin throw | - | $47,250 |
| 651 | Matteo Sioli | Men's high jump | 2 | $47,250 |
| 652 | Werkuha Getachew | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $47,250 |
| 653 | Davisleydi Velazco | Women's triple jump | 2 | $47,000 |
| 654 | Laulauga Tausaga | Women's discus throw | - | $47,000 |
| 655 | Laura Weightman | four disciplines | - | $47,000 |
| 656 | Xie Wenjun | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $47,000 |
| 657 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 658 | Nikki Hiltz | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 659 | Winnie Nanyondo | four disciplines | - | $46,750 |
| 660 | Menno Vloon | Men's pole vault | - | $46,667 |
| 661 | Elizabeth Gleadle | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $46,500 |
| 662 | Kristi Castlin | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $46,500 |
| 663 | Shelby Houlihan | four disciplines | 2 | $46,500 |
| 664 | Michael Mason | Men's high jump | 1 | $46,375 |
| 665 | Derek Drouin | Men's high jump | - | $46,333 |
| 666 | Axumawit Embaye | four disciplines | - | $46,250 |
| 667 | Abel Kipsang | three disciplines | 2 | $46,000 |
| 668 | Gemechu Godana | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $46,000 |
| 669 | Rasheed Dwyer | Men's 200 m | - | $46,000 |
| 670 | Ciara Mageean | two disciplines | 1 | $45,750 |
| 671 | Mariya Ryemyen | two disciplines | 2 | $45,500 |
| 672 | Yemisi Mabry | Women's shot put | - | $45,250 |
| 673 | Alfred Kirwa Yego | Men's 800 m | 1 | $45,000 |
| 674 | Angelica Bengtsson | Women's pole vault | 1 | $45,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Laulauga Tausaga is 654th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $47,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Laulauga Tausaga most
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the discus throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sandra Elkasević, Jorinde van Klinken, Kristin Pudenz, Claudine Vita, Mélina Robert-Michon and Valarie Sion.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the discus throw, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Cierra Jackson, Feng Bin, Jayden Ulrich, Shanice Craft, Liliana Cá and Marike Steinacker.
Bauhausgalan 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the discus throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Feng Bin, Marike Steinacker, Vanessa Kamga, Shanice Craft, Silinda Morales and Cierra Jackson.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Laulauga Tausaga won?
$47,000, which ranks 654th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from sixteen paid finishes between 2022 and 2026.
What is Laulauga Tausaga's biggest Diamond League payday?
$12,000, for finishing 2nd in the discus throw at the 2023 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Laulauga Tausaga 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 discus 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.
Has Laulauga Tausaga ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
How much did Laulauga Tausaga win at the 2025 World Championships?
$7,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Laulauga Tausaga earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Laulauga Tausaga is Davisleydi Velazco on $47,000, and one below Laura Weightman on $47,000. Laulauga Tausaga 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 discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Laulauga Tausaga 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 International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the women's discus throw page.