Laura Muir prize money
Laura Muir has been paid $125,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 103rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 23 paid finishes in the women's 1500 m, women's 800 m and women's mile, seven 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 23 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $125,750 is 23 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Seven of the 30 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Laura Muir
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 m | 19 | 5 | 2019 to 2026 | $94,000 |
| Women's 800 m | 6 | 2 | 2018 to 2025 | $29,000 |
| Women's mile | 2 | — | 2023 to 2026 | $2,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 2 | — | 2022 to 2026 | $750 |
| Women's 5000 m | 1 | — | 2023 | $0 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Laura Muir $94,000 of the $125,750, which is 75% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2018 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | $2,500 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | Müller Anniversary Games | $16,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 | Müller Grand Prix Gateshead | $23,500 |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | Birmingham Diamond League | $28,750 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | $36,000 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | Bauhausgalan | $16,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | — | AG Memorial Van Damme | $3,000 |
| 2026 | 3 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | — |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $36,000 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Laura Muir in 2020 and 2026, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $125,750.
Around Laura Muir on the money list
Ranks 83 to 123
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | Yared Nuguse | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 84 | Matthew Denny | Men's discus throw | 3 | $139,000 |
| 85 | Trayvon Bromell | Men's 100 m | 6 | $139,000 |
| 86 | Julian Weber | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $138,750 |
| 87 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | two disciplines | 9 | $136,500 |
| 88 | Grant Holloway | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $136,000 |
| 89 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Men's triple jump | 3 | $135,250 |
| 90 | Leonardo Fabbri | Men's shot put | 5 | $135,000 |
| 91 | Hamish Kerr | Men's high jump | 7 | $134,750 |
| 92 | Getnet Wale | three disciplines | 2 | $132,750 |
| 93 | Iryna Herashchenko | Women's high jump | 2 | $131,375 |
| 94 | Eleanor Patterson | Women's high jump | 2 | $130,750 |
| 95 | Djamel Sedjati | two disciplines | 5 | $130,500 |
| 96 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | two disciplines | 6 | $130,500 |
| 97 | Georgia Hunter Bell | three disciplines | 4 | $130,250 |
| 98 | Daryll Neita | two disciplines | 3 | $128,000 |
| 99 | Ivana Španović | two disciplines | 5 | $127,000 |
| 100 | Kendra Harrison | Women's 100 m hurdles | 5 | $126,750 |
| 101 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | two disciplines | 2 | $126,750 |
| 102 | Aaron Brown | two disciplines | 2 | $126,000 |
| 103 | Laura Muir | five disciplines | 7 | $125,750 |
| 104 | Chase Ealey | Women's shot put | 6 | $125,000 |
| 105 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 7 | $125,000 |
| 106 | Michael Norman | three disciplines | 7 | $124,750 |
| 107 | Nadine Visser | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $124,250 |
| 108 | Abderrahman Samba | three disciplines | 4 | $122,000 |
| 109 | Jessica Hull | six disciplines | 1 | $121,750 |
| 110 | Kurtis Marschall | Men's pole vault | 2 | $119,000 |
| 111 | Norah Jeruto | two disciplines | 6 | $118,250 |
| 112 | JuVaughn Harrison | two disciplines | 4 | $117,250 |
| 113 | Henriette Jæger | two disciplines | 3 | $116,500 |
| 114 | Sha'Carri Richardson | two disciplines | 5 | $116,250 |
| 115 | Rumesh Tharanga | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $116,000 |
| 116 | Vernon Norwood | two disciplines | — | $115,750 |
| 117 | Tina Šutej | Women's pole vault | 1 | $115,500 |
| 118 | Anna Cockrell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 4 | $113,500 |
| 119 | Wyclife Kinyamal | two disciplines | 4 | $112,750 |
| 120 | Emmanuel Korir | two disciplines | 3 | $111,500 |
| 121 | Andriy Protsenko | Men's high jump | 2 | $111,000 |
| 122 | Dalilah Muhammad | Women's 400 m hurdles | 6 | $110,500 |
| 123 | Angelica Moser | Women's pole vault | 2 | $108,875 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Laura Muir is 103rd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $125,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Laura Muir most
Bauhausgalan 2024 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Edinah Jebitok, Georgia Griffith, Birke Haylom, Dani Jones, Revée Walcott-Nolan and Linden Hall.
Weltklasse Zürich 2023 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Catriona Bisset, Adelle Tracey, Nia Akins, Rénelle Lamote, Raevyn Rogers and Audrey Werro.
Memorial Van Damme 2023 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ciara Mageean, Nelly Chepchirchir, Jessica Hull, Katie Snowden, Hirut Meshesha and Melissa Courtney-Bryant.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Laura Muir won?
$125,750, which ranks 103rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 23 paid finishes between 2018 and 2026.
What is Laura Muir's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 1500 m at the 2024 Bauhausgalan. 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 Laura Muir 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 1500 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 Laura Muir won?
Seven of 30, worth $70,000 between them. Two of her appearances came at a final, which paid $9,500.
Has Laura Muir ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Seven 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. She are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Laura Muir 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 Laura Muir is Aaron Brown on $126,000, and one below Chase Ealey on $125,000. Laura Muir is one of 126 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $3,411,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 1500 m prize money, women's 800 m prize money, women's mile prize money, women's 3000 m prize money and women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Laura Muir has been paid in five 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.