Mackenzie Little prize money
Mackenzie Little has been paid $69,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 449th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from sixteen paid finishes in the women's javelin throw, two 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
The sixteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $69,750 is sixteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.06% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 17 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Mackenzie Little did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's javelin throw | 3rd | 63.58 m | $22,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Mackenzie Little $22,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $69,750 from 17 Diamond League starts between 2022 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Mackenzie Little did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's javelin throw | 4th | 63.37 m | - |
Mackenzie Little stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where she finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
Season by season
2022 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | - | Herculis | $5,500 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | Athletissima | $23,750 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | London Athletics Meet | $24,500 |
| 2025 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $10,500 |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $5,500 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $24,500 from four starts. Every season from 2022 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $69,750.
Around Mackenzie Little on the money list
Ranks 429 to 469
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 429 | Darlan Romani | Men's shot put | 1 | $73,500 |
| 430 | Majd Eddin Ghazal | Men's high jump | 1 | $73,500 |
| 431 | Nancy Jebet Langat | two disciplines | 5 | $73,500 |
| 432 | Patrícia Mamona | Women's triple jump | - | $73,500 |
| 433 | Tsige Duguma | two disciplines | 4 | $73,250 |
| 434 | Brenda Martinez | two disciplines | 2 | $73,000 |
| 435 | Klaudia Kazimierska | two disciplines | 1 | $73,000 |
| 436 | Yasser Triki | Men's triple jump | 1 | $73,000 |
| 437 | Michael Cherry | Men's 400 m | 2 | $72,750 |
| 438 | Samuel Firewu | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $72,500 |
| 439 | Lázaro Martínez | Men's triple jump | 2 | $72,000 |
| 440 | Yelena Sokolova | Women's long jump | 4 | $72,000 |
| 441 | Fanny Roos | Women's shot put | - | $71,500 |
| 442 | Jordan Scott | Men's triple jump | 4 | $71,500 |
| 443 | Likina Amebaw | two disciplines | 1 | $71,250 |
| 444 | Marquis Dendy | two disciplines | 2 | $71,250 |
| 445 | Simon Koech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $71,000 |
| 446 | Halimah Nakaayi | two disciplines | - | $70,500 |
| 447 | Courtney Lindsey | two disciplines | 1 | $69,750 |
| 448 | Kevin Borlée | Men's 400 m | 1 | $69,750 |
| 449 | Mackenzie Little | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 450 | Gelete Burka | three disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 451 | Reynold Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 452 | Tina Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 453 | Emma Green | Women's high jump | 1 | $69,000 |
| 454 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | Women's long jump | 4 | $69,000 |
| 455 | Warren Weir | Men's 200 m | 4 | $69,000 |
| 456 | Ana Šimić | Women's high jump | 1 | $68,583 |
| 457 | Angelina Topić | Women's high jump | 2 | $68,500 |
| 458 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | five disciplines | 3 | $68,500 |
| 459 | Chris Tomlinson | Men's long jump | - | $68,000 |
| 460 | Christopher Brown | Men's 400 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 461 | Edwin Soi | two disciplines | 2 | $68,000 |
| 462 | Phanuel Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 463 | Christabel Nettey | Women's long jump | 1 | $67,750 |
| 464 | Hana Moll | Women's pole vault | 3 | $67,500 |
| 465 | Ivan Ukhov | Men's high jump | 7 | $67,000 |
| 466 | Jillian Camarena-Williams | Women's shot put | - | $67,000 |
| 467 | Erriyon Knighton | two disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
| 468 | Linda Stahl | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $66,500 |
| 469 | Ronald Kwemoi | four disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mackenzie Little is 449th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $69,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mackenzie Little most
London Athletics Meet 2024 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Adriana Vilagoš, Maggie Malone-Hardin, Haruka Kitaguchi, Tori Peeters, Victoria Hudson and Līna Mūze.
Athletissima 2023 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Haruka Kitaguchi, Līna Mūze, Adriana Vilagoš, Victoria Hudson, Kelsey-Lee Barber and Liveta Jasiūnaitė.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the javelin throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Maggie Malone-Hardin, Līna Mūze, Victoria Hudson, Liveta Jasiūnaitė, Haruka Kitaguchi and Tori Peeters.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mackenzie Little won?
$69,750, which ranks 449th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from sixteen paid finishes between 2022 and 2026.
What is Mackenzie Little's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the javelin throw at the 2024 London Athletics Meet. 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 Mackenzie Little 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 javelin throw 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 Mackenzie Little won?
Two of 17, worth $20,000 between them. Three of her appearances came at a final, which paid $13,500.
Has Mackenzie Little 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.
How much did Mackenzie Little win at the 2025 World Championships?
$22,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Mackenzie Little earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Mackenzie Little is Kevin Borlée on $69,750, and one below Gelete Burka on $69,500. Mackenzie Little is one of 87 Australia athletes athletics has paid, and Australia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,553,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Mackenzie Little 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 Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the women's javelin throw page. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the women's javelin throw page.