Lauren Wells prize money
Lauren Wells has been paid $10,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1582nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2012 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $3,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| DN Galan 2011 | 400 m hurdles | 6th | $2,000 |
| All four | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $10,000 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2011 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $4,500 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | $2,500 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $4,500 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Lauren Wells in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $10,000.
Around Lauren Wells on the money list
Ranks 1562 to 1602
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1562 | Yuki Hashioka | Men's long jump | - | $10,500 |
| 1563 | Antonio Manuel Reina | Men's 800 m | - | $10,250 |
| 1564 | Hendrik Gruber | Men's pole vault | - | $10,250 |
| 1565 | Malik James-King | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,250 |
| 1566 | Marike Steinacker | Women's discus throw | - | $10,250 |
| 1567 | Adaejah Hodge | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1568 | Apostolos Parellis | Men's discus throw | - | $10,000 |
| 1569 | Ashley Higginson | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,000 |
| 1570 | Chris Solinsky | Men's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1571 | Edgar Rivera | Men's high jump | - | $10,000 |
| 1572 | Geoffrey Kamworor | Men's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1573 | Hannah Nuttall | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1574 | Hicham Sigueni | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1575 | Ignacio Fontes | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1576 | Irine Chepet Cheptai | Women's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1577 | Jessika Gbai | Women's 200 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1578 | Jhon Murillo | Men's triple jump | - | $10,000 |
| 1579 | Jonah Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1580 | Josanne Lucas | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1581 | Lauren Fleshman | Women's 5000 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1582 | Lauren Wells | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1583 | Liina Laasma | Women's javelin throw | - | $10,000 |
| 1584 | Marta García | four disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1585 | Matthew Wilkinson | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,000 |
| 1586 | Mikhail Akimenko | Men's high jump | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1587 | Noah Kibet | Men's 800 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1588 | Olha Zemlyak | Women's 400 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1589 | Pavel Shalin | Men's long jump | - | $10,000 |
| 1590 | Pieter Conradie | Men's 400 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1591 | Rutger Smith | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1592 | Stephanie Twell | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1593 | Tate Taylor | Men's 200 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1594 | Yadisleidy Pedroso | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1595 | Yasemin Can | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1596 | Zhang Mingkun | Men's long jump | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1597 | Amandine Brossier | Women's 400 m | - | $9,750 |
| 1598 | Attila Molnár | Men's 400 m | - | $9,750 |
| 1599 | Benjamin Gföhler | Men's long jump | - | $9,750 |
| 1600 | Elizabeth Bird | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $9,750 |
| 1601 | Kate Dennison | Women's pole vault | - | $9,750 |
| 1602 | Neil Gourley | two disciplines | - | $9,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Lauren Wells is 1582nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $10,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Lauren Wells most
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2012 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hayat Lambarki, Jasmine Hyder, Anna Jesień, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Melaine Walker and Kaliese Carter.
Doha Diamond League 2019 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 400 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Meghan Beesley, Wenda Nel, Zenéy Geldenhuys, Yadisleidy Pedroso, Dalilah Muhammad and Ashley Spencer.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Satomi Kubokura, Qi Yang, Nicole Leach, Kaliese Carter, Lashinda Demus and Melaine Walker.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Lauren Wells won?
$10,000, which ranks 1582nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2011 and 2019.
What is Lauren Wells's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the 400 m hurdles at the 2012 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Lauren Wells 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 400 m hurdles 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.
Is this everything Lauren Wells 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 Lauren Wells is Lauren Fleshman on $10,000, and one below Liina Laasma on $10,000. Lauren Wells is one of 87 Australia athletes athletics has paid, and Australia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,553,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Lauren Wells 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 Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.