Maggie Vessey prize money
Maggie Vessey has been paid $8,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1723rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the women's 800 m, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgacom Memorial Van Damme 2014 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2012 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2012 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2011 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All four | Women's 800 m | - | $8,000 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $8,000 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2011 to 2014, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $6,000 |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Belgacom Memorial Van Damme | $1,000 |
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $6,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Maggie Vessey in 2013, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $8,000.
Around Maggie Vessey on the money list
Ranks 1703 to 1743
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1703 | Osku Torro | Men's high jump | - | $8,250 |
| 1704 | Yual Reath | Men's high jump | - | $8,250 |
| 1705 | Yupun Abeykoon | Men's 100 m | - | $8,250 |
| 1706 | Bouabdellah Tahri | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1707 | Christina Vukicevic | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $8,000 |
| 1708 | Dedric Dukes | Men's 200 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1709 | Doreen Amata | Women's high jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1710 | Elijah Kipterege | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1711 | Hawi Feysa | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1712 | Irene Ekelund | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1713 | Isaac Updike | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1714 | Jessica Warner-Judd | four disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1715 | Josephus Lyles | Men's 200 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1716 | Karl Taillepierre | Men's triple jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1717 | Kenenisa Bekele | Men's 5000 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1718 | Krystian Zalewski | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1719 | Lenka Masná | Women's 800 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1720 | Lidio Andrés Feliz | Men's 400 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1721 | Lisa Aguilera | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1722 | Lopez Lomong | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1723 | Maggie Vessey | Women's 800 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1724 | Marlon Devonish | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1725 | Maurren Higa Maggi | Women's long jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1726 | Michał Rozmys | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1727 | Ryan Hill | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1728 | Ryohei Arai | Men's javelin throw | - | $8,000 |
| 1729 | Shalane Flanagan | Women's 5000 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1730 | Shevon Stoddart | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $8,000 |
| 1731 | Tatyana Polnova | Women's pole vault | - | $8,000 |
| 1732 | Thomas Wilkes | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $8,000 |
| 1733 | Viktoriya Rybalko | Women's long jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1734 | Zhang Yaoguang | Men's long jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1735 | Abby Steiner | two disciplines | - | $7,750 |
| 1736 | Adrián Ben | two disciplines | - | $7,750 |
| 1737 | Emmanuel Matadi | two disciplines | - | $7,750 |
| 1738 | Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen | Men's 400 m | - | $7,750 |
| 1739 | Ilionis Guillaume | Women's triple jump | - | $7,750 |
| 1740 | Mark Hollis | Men's pole vault | - | $7,750 |
| 1741 | Michal Balner | Men's pole vault | - | $7,750 |
| 1742 | Pavel Seliverstau | Men's high jump | - | $7,750 |
| 1743 | Shaun Maswanganyi | two disciplines | - | $7,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Maggie Vessey is 1723rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $8,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Maggie Vessey most
Adidas Grand Prix 2012 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Erica Moore, Jemma Simpson, Ajeé Wilson, Amy Weissenbach, Fantu Magiso and Molly Ludlow.
Aviva British Grand Prix 2012 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lynsey Sharp, Winny Chebet, Jemma Simpson, Jessica Warner-Judd, Mariya Savinova and Pamela Jelimo.
Belgacom Memorial Van Damme 2014 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Brenda Martinez, Lynsey Sharp, Eunice Sum, Marina Arzamasova, Janeth Jepkosgei and Sanne Verstegen-Wolters.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Maggie Vessey won?
$8,000, which ranks 1723rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2011 and 2014.
What is Maggie Vessey's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the 800 m at the 2012 Adidas 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 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Maggie Vessey 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.
Is this everything Maggie Vessey 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 Maggie Vessey is Lopez Lomong on $8,000, and one below Marlon Devonish on $8,000. Maggie Vessey 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 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Maggie Vessey 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 Belgacom Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it.