Marie-Josée Ta Lou prize money
Marie-Josée Ta Lou has been paid $202,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 37th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 40 paid finishes in the women's 100 m and women's 200 m, five 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 40 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $202,000 is 40 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.4% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Marie-Josée Ta Lou
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 100 m | 29 | 5 | 2019 to 2024 | $152,250 |
| Women's 200 m | 11 | — | 2018 to 2024 | $49,750 |
The women's 100 m has paid Marie-Josée Ta Lou $152,250 of the $202,000, which is 75% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2018 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Meeting de Paris | $4,000 |
| 2019 | 8 | — | AG Memorial Van Damme | $36,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 9 | 1 | Bislett Games | $37,750 |
| 2022 | 9 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $32,750 |
| 2023 | 8 | 4 | Prefontaine Classic | $69,500 |
| 2024 | 5 | — | AG Memorial Van Damme | $22,000 |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $69,500 from eight starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Marie-Josée Ta Lou in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $202,000.
Around Marie-Josée Ta Lou on the money list
Ranks 17 to 57
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 11 | $284,750 |
| 18 | Faith Kipyegon | six disciplines | 17 | $275,000 |
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 11 | $262,000 |
| 20 | Kristjan Čeh | Men's discus throw | 12 | $261,500 |
| 21 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $261,500 |
| 22 | Timothy Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 10 | $260,500 |
| 23 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $245,750 |
| 24 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $245,125 |
| 25 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $238,250 |
| 26 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $231,167 |
| 27 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 11 | $223,500 |
| 28 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 12 | $222,500 |
| 29 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 30 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $213,750 |
| 31 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 32 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 12 | $212,000 |
| 33 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 34 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 9 | $210,500 |
| 35 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 10 | $210,000 |
| 36 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 8 | $207,750 |
| 37 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | two disciplines | 5 | $202,000 |
| 38 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 39 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 8 | $198,250 |
| 40 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 41 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 42 | Sifan Hassan | five disciplines | 8 | $196,750 |
| 43 | Tom Walsh | Men's shot put | 6 | $195,000 |
| 44 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $193,000 |
| 45 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 46 | Salwa Eid Naser | two disciplines | 9 | $190,500 |
| 47 | Christian Coleman | two disciplines | 7 | $190,000 |
| 48 | Beatrice Chepkoech | three disciplines | 9 | $188,500 |
| 49 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $187,250 |
| 50 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
| 51 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 6 | $183,000 |
| 52 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 53 | Andre De Grasse | two disciplines | 6 | $178,000 |
| 54 | Yaime Pérez | Women's discus throw | 5 | $178,000 |
| 55 | Larissa Iapichino | Women's long jump | 6 | $177,500 |
| 56 | Emmanouil Karalis | Men's pole vault | 3 | $170,875 |
| 57 | Keely Hodgkinson | two disciplines | 9 | $170,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Marie-Josée Ta Lou is 37th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $202,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Marie-Josée Ta Lou most
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 100 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Elaine Thompson-Herah, Sha'Carri Richardson, Twanisha Terry, Natasha Morrison, Dina Asher-Smith and Imani-Lara Lansiquot.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 200 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anthonique Strachan, Twanisha Terry, Daryll Neita, Kayla White, Jenna Prandini and Tasa Jiya.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gina Lückenkemper, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Morolake Akinosun, Abby Steiner, Gabby Thomas and Jenna Prandini.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Marie-Josée Ta Lou won?
$202,000, which ranks 37th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 40 paid finishes between 2018 and 2024.
What is Marie-Josée Ta Lou's biggest Diamond League payday?
$12,000, for finishing 2nd in the 100 m at the 2023 Prefontaine Classic. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Marie-Josée Ta Lou 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 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 Marie-Josée Ta Lou won?
Five of 40, worth $50,000 between them. Six of her appearances came at a final, which paid $49,000.
Is this everything Marie-Josée Ta Lou 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 Marie-Josée Ta Lou is Malaika Mihambo on $207,750, and one below Haruka Kitaguchi on $199,500. Marie-Josée Ta Lou is one of 8 Ivory Coast athletes athletics has paid, and Ivory Coast athletics prize money adds them up to $359,500 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 100 m prize money and women's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Marie-Josée Ta Lou has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m hurdles, women's 800 m and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it.