Lynsey Sharp prize money
Lynsey Sharp has been paid $15,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 700th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's 800 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | 800 m | 6th | $4,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2019 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Doha Diamond League 2019 | 800 m | 9th | — |
| Bislett Games 2017 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All six | Women's 800 m | — | $15,500 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $15,500 is five 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 six starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2017 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | $1,000 |
| 2018 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 5 | — | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $14,500 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $14,500 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Lynsey Sharp in 2018, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $15,500.
Around Lynsey Sharp on the money list
Ranks 680 to 720
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 680 | Nadezhda Dubovitskaya | Women's high jump | — | $16,250 |
| 681 | Amálie Švábíková | Women's pole vault | — | $16,000 |
| 682 | Baptiste Thiery | Men's pole vault | — | $16,000 |
| 683 | Cindy Roleder | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $16,000 |
| 684 | Gerald Drummond | two disciplines | 1 | $16,000 |
| 685 | Lea Meyer | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $16,000 |
| 686 | Natoya Goule-Toppin | two disciplines | — | $16,000 |
| 687 | Saida Tsehaye | Women's 800 m | — | $16,000 |
| 688 | Saron Berhe | three disciplines | — | $16,000 |
| 689 | Wang Jianan | Men's long jump | — | $16,000 |
| 690 | Jan Štefela | Men's high jump | — | $15,958 |
| 691 | Eliza McCartney | Women's pole vault | — | $15,875 |
| 692 | Brian Komen | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $15,750 |
| 693 | Lynna Irby | two disciplines | — | $15,750 |
| 694 | Paulien Couckuyt | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $15,750 |
| 695 | Thiago Braz | Men's pole vault | — | $15,750 |
| 696 | Antonio Alkana | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $15,500 |
| 697 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $15,500 |
| 698 | Courtney Wayment | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $15,500 |
| 699 | Jorge A. Hodelín | Men's long jump | — | $15,500 |
| 700 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | — | $15,500 |
| 701 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Men's 100 m | — | $15,250 |
| 702 | Beth Dobbin | Women's 200 m | — | $15,250 |
| 703 | Charles Simotwo | two disciplines | — | $15,250 |
| 704 | Jacko Gill | Men's shot put | — | $15,250 |
| 705 | Elena Vallortigara | Women's high jump | — | $15,000 |
| 706 | Hailemariyam Amare | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $15,000 |
| 707 | Khaleb McRae | Men's 400 m | — | $15,000 |
| 708 | Nelson Évora | Men's triple jump | — | $15,000 |
| 709 | Obi Igbokwe | Men's 400 m | — | $15,000 |
| 710 | Torrie Lewis | two disciplines | 1 | $15,000 |
| 711 | Jake Heyward | two disciplines | — | $14,750 |
| 712 | Wang Yu | Men's high jump | 1 | $14,750 |
| 713 | Alicia Monson | two disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 714 | Caleb Dean | two disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 715 | Kendry Menéndez | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $14,500 |
| 716 | Matic Ian Guček | two disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 717 | Sinclaire Johnson | three disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 718 | Alice Finot | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $14,250 |
| 719 | Deon Lendore | Men's 400 m | — | $14,250 |
| 720 | Katie Snowden | three disciplines | — | $14,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Lynsey Sharp is 700th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $15,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Lynsey Sharp most
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Raevyn Rogers, Rénelle Lamote, Alexandra Bell, Natoya Goule, Kate Grace and Halimah Nakaayi.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $4,000 for 6th in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hanna Green, Renée Eykens, Nelly Jepkosgei, Ajeé Wilson, Raevyn Rogers and Winnie Nanyondo.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Halimah Nakaayi, Ce'Aira Brown, Emily Cherotich Tuei, Malika Akkaoui, Selina Büchel and Nelly Jepkosgei.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Lynsey Sharp won?
$15,500, which ranks 700th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2017 and 2019.
What is Lynsey Sharp's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 800 m at the 2019 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 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Lynsey Sharp 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 800 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 Lynsey Sharp 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 Lynsey Sharp 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 Lynsey Sharp is Jorge A. Hodelín on $15,500, and one below Abdul Hakim Sani Brown on $15,250. Lynsey Sharp is one of 126 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $3,411,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Lynsey Sharp 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 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham has its own page across every edition of it.