Léa Sprunger prize money
Léa Sprunger has been paid $52,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 589th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 20 paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles, women's 400 m and women's 200 m, one of them a win.
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 $52,750 is 20 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% 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 Léa Sprunger
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 m hurdles | 19 | 1 | 2016 to 2021 | $50,250 |
| Women's 400 m | 1 | - | 2017 | $1,500 |
| Women's 200 m | 1 | - | 2013 | $1,000 |
The women's 400 m hurdles has paid Léa Sprunger $50,250 of the $52,750, which is 95% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2013 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | - | Athletissima | $1,000 |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 2 | - | Herculis | $3,500 |
| 2017 | 4 | - | Athletissima | $13,500 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $19,000 |
| 2019 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $11,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 5 | - | Athletissima | $4,750 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $19,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Léa Sprunger in 2014, 2015 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $52,750.
Around Léa Sprunger on the money list
Ranks 569 to 609
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 569 | Ejgayehu Taye | two disciplines | - | $54,500 |
| 570 | Gabriel Tual | two disciplines | - | $54,500 |
| 571 | Kristin Pudenz | Women's discus throw | - | $54,500 |
| 572 | Ja'Kobe Tharp | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $54,000 |
| 573 | Shakima Wimbley | Women's 400 m | - | $54,000 |
| 574 | Emily Grove | Women's pole vault | 1 | $53,750 |
| 575 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | five disciplines | - | $53,750 |
| 576 | Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko | Women's triple jump | - | $53,750 |
| 577 | Andrew Pozzi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $53,500 |
| 578 | Clayton Murphy | three disciplines | - | $53,500 |
| 579 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | two disciplines | - | $53,500 |
| 580 | Michael Hartfield | Men's long jump | 1 | $53,500 |
| 581 | Shelby McEwen | Men's high jump | 2 | $53,375 |
| 582 | Reece Prescod | two disciplines | 1 | $53,250 |
| 583 | Vashti Cunningham | Women's high jump | - | $53,250 |
| 584 | Christine Ohuruogu | Women's 400 m | 2 | $53,000 |
| 585 | Freddie Crittenden | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $53,000 |
| 586 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 587 | Quanesha Burks | Women's long jump | 1 | $53,000 |
| 588 | Sembo Almayew | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 589 | Léa Sprunger | three disciplines | 1 | $52,750 |
| 590 | Jennifer Meadows | Women's 800 m | 2 | $52,500 |
| 591 | Żaneta Glanc | Women's discus throw | - | $52,500 |
| 592 | Adam Gemili | two disciplines | - | $52,000 |
| 593 | Björn Otto | Men's pole vault | 1 | $52,000 |
| 594 | Frank Casanas | Men's discus throw | 1 | $52,000 |
| 595 | Hillary Bor | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $52,000 |
| 596 | Johnny Dutch | Men's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $52,000 |
| 597 | Mariya Abakumova | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $52,000 |
| 598 | Melaine Walker | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $52,000 |
| 599 | Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu | three disciplines | 3 | $51,750 |
| 600 | Abubaker Kaki | Men's 800 m | 3 | $51,500 |
| 601 | Shanice Craft | two disciplines | - | $51,500 |
| 602 | Tia Brooks-Wannemacher | Women's shot put | 2 | $51,500 |
| 603 | Erika Kinsey | Women's high jump | - | $51,333 |
| 604 | Tony McQuay | Men's 400 m | - | $51,250 |
| 605 | Martin Wierig | Men's discus throw | - | $51,000 |
| 606 | Tariku Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $51,000 |
| 607 | Yekaterina Koneva | Women's triple jump | 1 | $51,000 |
| 608 | Roberta Bruni | Women's pole vault | - | $50,875 |
| 609 | Khaddi Sagnia | two disciplines | 1 | $50,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Léa Sprunger is 589th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $52,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Léa Sprunger most
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Janieve Russell, Meghan Beesley, Eilidh Doyle, Sage Watson and Wenda Nel.
Athletissima 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Eilidh Doyle, Sara Petersen, Zuzana Hejnová, Shamier Little, Ristananna Tracey and Ashley Spencer.
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-Levrone, Shamier Little and Dalilah Muhammad.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Léa Sprunger won?
$52,750, which ranks 589th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 20 paid finishes between 2013 and 2021.
What is Léa Sprunger's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m hurdles at the 2018 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham. 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 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 win 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Léa Sprunger won?
One of 21, worth $10,000 between them. Four of her appearances came at a final, which paid $13,000.
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. That start 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 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 Léa Sprunger is Sembo Almayew on $53,000, and one below Jennifer Meadows on $52,500. Léa Sprunger is one of 55 Switzerland athletes athletics has paid, and Switzerland athletics prize money adds them up to $1,594,458 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m hurdles prize money, women's 400 m prize money and women's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Léa Sprunger has been paid in three 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.