Laura Muir prize money
Laura Muir has been paid $266,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 63rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 43 paid finishes in the women's 1500 m, women's 800 m and women's mile, eleven 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 43 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $266,750 is 43 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Seven of the 50 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 | 33 | 9 | 2013 to 2026 | $211,000 |
| Women's 800 m | 8 | 2 | 2014 to 2025 | $34,500 |
| Women's mile | 5 | - | 2016 to 2026 | $16,500 |
| Women's 3000 m | 3 | - | 2017 to 2026 | $4,750 |
| Women's 5000 m | 1 | - | 2023 | $0 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Laura Muir $211,000 of the $266,750, which is 79% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2013 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | - | British Grand Prix | $1,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $7,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | Bislett Games | $15,500 |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 | Muller Anniversary Games | $34,500 |
| 2017 | 3 | - | Müller Anniversary Games | $12,500 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $73,000 |
| 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
2018 is the biggest of them, $73,000 from six 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 $266,750.
Around Laura Muir on the money list
Ranks 43 to 83
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Yaime Pérez | Women's discus throw | 8 | $307,500 |
| 44 | Conseslus Kipruto | two disciplines | 15 | $305,500 |
| 45 | Caster Semenya | three disciplines | 20 | $304,000 |
| 46 | Asbel Kiprop | four disciplines | 19 | $302,500 |
| 47 | Hellen Obiri | five disciplines | 13 | $301,000 |
| 48 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 12 | $300,500 |
| 49 | Kaliese Carter | two disciplines | 21 | $297,500 |
| 50 | Beatrice Chepkoech | three disciplines | 11 | $297,000 |
| 51 | Salwa Eid Naser | two disciplines | 13 | $296,500 |
| 52 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $292,875 |
| 53 | Orlando Ortega | Men's 110 m hurdles | 11 | $287,500 |
| 54 | Kenny Bednarek | two disciplines | 13 | $286,500 |
| 55 | Allyson Felix | three disciplines | 19 | $283,250 |
| 56 | Jakub Vadlejch | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $281,750 |
| 57 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $281,250 |
| 58 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 11 | $280,250 |
| 59 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 16 | $272,000 |
| 60 | Dafne Schippers | two disciplines | 11 | $271,000 |
| 61 | Dalilah Muhammad | Women's 400 m hurdles | 10 | $270,500 |
| 62 | Sergey Shubenkov | Men's 110 m hurdles | 7 | $268,000 |
| 63 | Laura Muir | five disciplines | 11 | $266,750 |
| 64 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 13 | $266,000 |
| 65 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $263,500 |
| 66 | Christian Coleman | two disciplines | 10 | $263,000 |
| 67 | Olga Rypakova | Women's triple jump | 9 | $262,000 |
| 68 | Kristjan Čeh | Men's discus throw | 12 | $261,500 |
| 69 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $257,500 |
| 70 | Murielle Ahouré-Demps | two disciplines | 10 | $252,750 |
| 71 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $252,250 |
| 72 | David Oliver | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14 | $247,000 |
| 73 | Kendra Harrison | Women's 100 m hurdles | 14 | $246,750 |
| 74 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $244,917 |
| 75 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 10 | $244,750 |
| 76 | Javier Culson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 13 | $243,500 |
| 77 | Francine Niyonsaba | three disciplines | 14 | $238,000 |
| 78 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | two disciplines | 10 | $235,000 |
| 79 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 13 | $233,500 |
| 80 | Andre De Grasse | two disciplines | 11 | $233,000 |
| 81 | Reese Hoffa | Men's shot put | 14 | $226,500 |
| 82 | Fabiana Murer | Women's pole vault | 13 | $223,000 |
| 83 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | two disciplines | 9 | $222,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Laura Muir is 63rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $266,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Laura Muir most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shelby Houlihan, Sifan Hassan, Gudaf Tsegay, Axumawit Embaye, Winny Chebet and Sofia Ennaoui.
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.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Laura Muir won?
$266,750, which ranks 63rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 43 paid finishes between 2013 and 2026.
What is Laura Muir's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the 1500 m at the 2018 AG Memorial Van Damme. 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 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?
Eleven of 50, worth $150,000 between them. Three of her appearances came at a final, which paid $59,500.
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. Those starts 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 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 Laura Muir is Sergey Shubenkov on $268,000, and one below Yulimar Rojas on $266,000. Laura Muir is one of 249 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $6,351,625 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.