Léa Sprunger prize money
Léa Sprunger has been paid $18,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 620th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletissima 2021 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $1,250 |
| Bislett Games 2021 | 400 m hurdles | 6th | $1,000 |
| Anniversary Games 2021 | 400 m hurdles | 6th | $1,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | 400 m hurdles | 8th | $1,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2021 | 400 m hurdles | 8th | $500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $5,000 |
| Athletissima 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| Herculis 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 6th | $2,000 |
| Oslo Bislett Games 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 7th | $1,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 9th | — |
| Bislett Games 2018 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $3,000 |
| All eleven | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $18,750 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $18,750 is ten separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the eleven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2018 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | $3,000 |
| 2019 | 5 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $11,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 5 | — | Athletissima | $4,750 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $11,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Léa Sprunger in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $18,750.
Around Léa Sprunger on the money list
Ranks 600 to 640
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600 | Maria Żodzik | Women's high jump | 1 | $19,667 |
| 601 | Tihomir Ivanov | Men's high jump | — | $19,625 |
| 602 | Brandon McBride | Men's 800 m | — | $19,500 |
| 603 | David Kendziera | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $19,500 |
| 604 | Emil Agyekum | two disciplines | — | $19,500 |
| 605 | Jacious Sears | Women's 100 m | — | $19,500 |
| 606 | Maddi Wesche | Women's shot put | — | $19,500 |
| 607 | Shanice Craft | Women's discus throw | — | $19,500 |
| 608 | Dylan Beard | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $19,250 |
| 609 | Fantu Worku | two disciplines | — | $19,250 |
| 610 | Heather MacLean | two disciplines | — | $19,250 |
| 611 | Lisanne de Witte | Women's 400 m | — | $19,250 |
| 612 | Oliver Helander | Men's javelin throw | — | $19,250 |
| 613 | Christoph Harting | Men's discus throw | — | $19,000 |
| 614 | Cole Walsh | Men's pole vault | — | $19,000 |
| 615 | Jasmine Jones | two disciplines | — | $19,000 |
| 616 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | — | $19,000 |
| 617 | Parker Wolfe | two disciplines | 1 | $19,000 |
| 618 | Robert Gregory | Men's 200 m | — | $19,000 |
| 619 | Lamara Distin | Women's high jump | — | $18,750 |
| 620 | Léa Sprunger | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $18,750 |
| 621 | Mekides Abebe | two disciplines | — | $18,750 |
| 622 | Zerfe Wondemagegn | two disciplines | — | $18,750 |
| 623 | Courtney Frerichs | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $18,500 |
| 624 | Tomáš Staněk | Men's shot put | — | $18,500 |
| 625 | Bethwell Birgen | four disciplines | — | $18,250 |
| 626 | Laviai Nielsen | Women's 400 m | — | $18,250 |
| 627 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Men's pole vault | — | $18,250 |
| 628 | Susan Ejore | Women's 1500 m | — | $18,250 |
| 629 | Timothé Mumenthaler | two disciplines | — | $18,250 |
| 630 | Worknesh Mesele | three disciplines | — | $18,250 |
| 631 | Ashley Spencer | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $18,000 |
| 632 | Crystal Emmanuel | two disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 633 | Cyréna Samba-Mayela | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $18,000 |
| 634 | Egide Ntakarutimana | two disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 635 | Hobbs Kessler | four disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 636 | Jaida Ross | Women's shot put | — | $18,000 |
| 637 | McKenzie Long | two disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 638 | Roxana Gómez | Women's 400 m | — | $18,000 |
| 639 | Tsigie Gebreselama | two disciplines | 1 | $18,000 |
| 640 | Margaret Akidor | two disciplines | 1 | $17,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Léa Sprunger is 620th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $18,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Léa Sprunger most
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $5,000 for 5th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anna Ryzhykova, Janieve Russell, Ashley Spencer, Sydney McLaughlin, Shamier Little and Dalilah Muhammad.
Bislett Games 2018 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Zuzana Hejnová, Amalie Iuel, Yadisleidy Pedroso, Line Kloster, Dalilah Muhammad and Shamier Little.
Athletissima 2019 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Amalie Iuel, Kori Carter, Cassandra Tate, Shamier Little, Zuzana Hejnová and Ashley Spencer.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Léa Sprunger won?
$18,750, which ranks 620th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2018 and 2021.
What is Léa Sprunger's biggest Diamond League payday?
$5,000, for finishing 5th in the 400 m hurdles at the 2019 Weltklasse Zürich. 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 Léa Sprunger 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.
Has Léa Sprunger 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. She is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Léa Sprunger 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 Léa Sprunger is Lamara Distin on $18,750, and one below Mekides Abebe on $18,750. Léa Sprunger is one of 45 Switzerland athletes athletics has paid, and Switzerland athletics prize money adds them up to $1,351,375 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 Léa Sprunger 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 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it.