Lynsey Sharp prize money
Lynsey Sharp has been paid $81,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 382nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 26 paid finishes in the women's 800 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 26 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $81,500 is 26 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. One of the 27 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2012 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2 | - | Aviva British Grand Prix | $4,000 |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | British Athletics Grand Prix | $18,500 |
| 2015 | 5 | - | Bauhausgalan | $19,500 |
| 2016 | 5 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $16,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | - | Herculis | $6,500 |
| 2018 | 2 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $2,500 |
| 2019 | 5 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $14,500 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $19,500 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Lynsey Sharp in 2013, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $81,500.
Around Lynsey Sharp on the money list
Ranks 362 to 402
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 362 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 363 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 364 | Meseret Defar | three disciplines | 5 | $86,000 |
| 365 | Phillips Idowu | Men's triple jump | 6 | $86,000 |
| 366 | Evan Jager | three disciplines | 1 | $85,500 |
| 367 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 368 | Philip Milanov | Men's discus throw | 3 | $85,250 |
| 369 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $84,500 |
| 370 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $84,250 |
| 371 | Hilal Yego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $84,000 |
| 372 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
| 373 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $83,500 |
| 374 | Georganne Moline | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $83,500 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Lynsey Sharp is 382nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $81,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Lynsey Sharp most
British Athletics Grand Prix 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Eunice Sum, Brenda Martinez, Laura Muir, Janeth Jepkosgei, Ajeé Wilson and Hannah England.
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-Toppin, Kate Grace and Halimah Nakaayi.
Bauhausgalan 2015 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Brenda Martinez, Rababe Arafi, Chanelle Price, Simoya Campbell-Johnson, Rose Mary Almanza and Molly Ludlow.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Lynsey Sharp won?
$81,500, which ranks 382nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 26 paid finishes between 2012 and 2019.
What is Lynsey Sharp's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 800 m at the 2014 British Athletics 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 1st 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 win 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Lynsey Sharp won?
One of 27, worth $10,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $4,000.
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. That start 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 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 Lynsey Sharp is Linden Hall on $81,750, and one below Thea LaFond on $81,500. Lynsey Sharp is one of 249 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $6,351,625 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.