Laura Weightman prize money
Laura Weightman has been paid $47,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 655th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 20 paid finishes in the women's 1500 m, women's mile and women's 3000 m, 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 20 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $47,000 is 20 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. One of the 21 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Laura Weightman
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 m | 16 | - | 2010 to 2018 | $34,500 |
| Women's mile | 3 | - | 2017 to 2019 | $10,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 1 | - | 2019 | $2,500 |
| Women's 5000 m | 1 | - | 2019 | $0 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Laura Weightman $34,500 of the $47,000, which is 73% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2010 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | London Grand Prix | $1,000 |
| 2011 | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | 2 | - | London Grand Prix | $4,500 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | British Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | - | Glasgow Grand Prix | $5,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $6,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | - | Muller Anniversary Games | $6,500 |
| 2017 | 4 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $9,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | - | Müller Anniversary Games | $3,500 |
| 2019 | 3 | - | Herculis | $8,500 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $9,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Laura Weightman in 2011, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $47,000.
Around Laura Weightman on the money list
Ranks 635 to 675
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 675 | Trevor Bassitt | two disciplines | - | $45,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Laura Weightman is 655th 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 Laura Weightman most
Herculis 2019 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the mile, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gabriela DeBues-Stafford, Gudaf Tsegay, Rababe Arafi, Axumawit Embaye, Winnie Nanyondo and Ciara Mageean.
British Athletics Grand Prix 2015 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Maureen Koster, Gudaf Tsegay, Renata Pliś, Gabriele Grunewald, Morgan Uceny and Sifan Hassan.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2017 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Malika Akkaoui, Shannon Rowbury, Nelly Jepkosgei, Zoe Buckman, Angelika Cichocka and Rababe Arafi.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Laura Weightman won?
$47,000, which ranks 655th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 20 paid finishes between 2010 and 2019.
What is Laura Weightman's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the mile at the 2019 Herculis. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Laura Weightman 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 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.
Has Laura Weightman 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 Laura Weightman 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 Weightman is Laulauga Tausaga on $47,000, and one below Xie Wenjun on $47,000. Laura Weightman 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 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 Weightman has been paid in four 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 Herculis has its own page across every edition of it.