Lolo Jones prize money
Lolo Jones has been paid $79,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 395th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from sixteen paid finishes in the women's 100 m hurdles, three 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2015 | 100 m hurdles | 4th | $3,000 |
| Glasgow Grand Prix 2014 | 100 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2014 | 100 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2014 | 100 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2013 | 100 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2013 | 100 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Qatar Athletic 2013 | 100 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bislett Games 2012 | 100 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2011 | 100 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2011 | 100 m hurdles | 4th | $3,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2010 | 100 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| Bislett Games 2010 | 100 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 | 100 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| BAUHAUS-galan 2010 | 100 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | 100 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2010 | 100 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| All sixteen | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $79,500 |
The sixteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $79,500 is sixteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2015, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 3 | Doha Diamond League | $40,500 |
| 2011 | 2 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $7,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | $2,500 |
| 2013 | 3 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $12,500 |
| 2014 | 3 | - | Glasgow Grand Prix | $14,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | $3,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $40,500 from six starts. Every season from 2010 to 2015 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $79,500.
Around Lolo Jones on the money list
Ranks 375 to 415
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 375 | Janay Deloach | Women's long jump | 3 | $83,000 |
| 376 | Jimmy Vicaut | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 377 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 378 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 379 | Lidya Chepkurui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $82,000 |
| 380 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | two disciplines | 3 | $82,000 |
| 381 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $81,750 |
| 382 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | 1 | $81,500 |
| 383 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 384 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $81,250 |
| 385 | Caleb Ndiku | four disciplines | 3 | $81,000 |
| 386 | Habiba Ghribi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $81,000 |
| 387 | Lashinda Demus | two disciplines | 4 | $81,000 |
| 388 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $80,750 |
| 389 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 390 | Cassandra Tate | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $80,500 |
| 391 | Jeneba Tarmoh | two disciplines | 2 | $80,500 |
| 392 | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | Women's shot put | - | $80,000 |
| 393 | Dawit Seyaum | two disciplines | 4 | $80,000 |
| 394 | Daniel Roberts | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $79,750 |
| 395 | Lolo Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $79,500 |
| 396 | Virgilijus Alekna | Men's discus throw | 2 | $79,500 |
| 397 | Benjamin Compaoré | Men's triple jump | 3 | $79,000 |
| 398 | Jehue Gordon | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $79,000 |
| 399 | Shawn Barber | Men's pole vault | - | $79,000 |
| 400 | Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | 1 | $78,875 |
| 401 | Devynne Charlton | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $78,750 |
| 402 | Raphael Holzdeppe | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,500 |
| 403 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Men's 100 m | 2 | $78,250 |
| 404 | Sada Williams | Women's 400 m | - | $78,250 |
| 405 | EJ Obiena | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,125 |
| 406 | Jasmin Stowers | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $78,000 |
| 407 | Molly Caudery | Women's pole vault | 3 | $77,500 |
| 408 | Funmi Jimoh | Women's long jump | 2 | $77,000 |
| 409 | Medina Eisa | two disciplines | 3 | $77,000 |
| 410 | Alysha Newman | Women's pole vault | 1 | $76,500 |
| 411 | David Greene | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $76,500 |
| 412 | Rababe Arafi | three disciplines | 1 | $76,500 |
| 413 | Oleh Doroshchuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $76,250 |
| 414 | Thobias Montler | Men's long jump | 2 | $76,250 |
| 415 | Liadagmis Povea | Women's triple jump | - | $75,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Lolo Jones is 395th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $79,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Lolo Jones most
Doha Diamond League 2010 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Priscilla Schliep, Ginnie Crawford, Perdita Felicien, Danielle Carruthers, Delloreen Ennis and Dawn Harper-Nelson.
Bislett Games 2010 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Priscilla Schliep, Perdita Felicien, Danielle Carruthers, Delloreen Ennis, Christina Vukicevic and Kellie Wells.
New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Perdita Felicien, Ginnie Crawford, Priscilla Schliep, Delloreen Ennis, Vonette Dixon and Susanna Kallur.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Lolo Jones won?
$79,500, which ranks 395th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from sixteen paid finishes between 2010 and 2015.
What is Lolo Jones's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 100 m hurdles at the 2010 Doha Diamond League. 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 Lolo Jones 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 100 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 Lolo Jones won?
Three of sixteen, worth $30,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Lolo Jones 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 Lolo Jones is Daniel Roberts on $79,750, and one below Virgilijus Alekna on $79,500. Lolo Jones is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 100 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Lolo Jones has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 400 m and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.