Marileidy Paulino prize money
Marileidy Paulino has been paid $420,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 14th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 29 paid finishes in the women's 400 m and women's 200 m, 25 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 29 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $420,500 is 29 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.4% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Marileidy Paulino did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 metres | 2nd | 47.98 | $35,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Marileidy Paulino $35,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $420,500 from 29 Diamond League starts between 2021 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Marileidy Paulino did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 metres | 1st | 49.07 | $150,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Marileidy Paulino $150,000 for one finish over three days, against $420,500 from 29 Diamond League starts between 2021 and 2026. One win in Budapest paid $150,000, which is more than the Diamond League has paid her in any single season. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The Olympic Games
What Marileidy Paulino won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 metres | Gold | $50,000 |
Marileidy Paulino was paid $50,000 for the women's 400 metres in Paris, the first Games at which an athletics title carried prize money at all. Every one of the 48 golds paid the same $50,000. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Marileidy Paulino
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 m | 28 | 25 | 2021 to 2026 | $417,500 |
| Women's 200 m | 1 | - | 2025 | $3,000 |
The women's 400 m has paid Marileidy Paulino $417,500 of the $420,500, which is 99% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2021 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | $32,000 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | Weltklasse Zürich | $60,000 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4 | Prefontaine Classic | $63,500 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $80,000 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $55,000 |
| 2026 | 6 | 6 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $130,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $130,000 from six starts. Every season from 2021 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $420,500.
Around Marileidy Paulino on the money list
Ranks 1 to 41
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Elkasević | Women's discus throw | 46 | $692,750 |
| 2 | Armand Duplantis | Men's pole vault | 35 | $607,250 |
| 3 | Noah Lyles | two disciplines | 24 | $530,000 |
| 4 | Christian Taylor | three disciplines | 28 | $512,250 |
| 5 | Caterine Ibargüen | two disciplines | 37 | $501,000 |
| 6 | Sam Kendricks | Men's pole vault | 18 | $481,917 |
| 7 | Renaud Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | 33 | $466,833 |
| 8 | Femke Broeders-Bol | three disciplines | 29 | $456,000 |
| 9 | Mariya Lasitskene | Women's high jump | 26 | $440,500 |
| 10 | Shericka Jackson | three disciplines | 19 | $429,250 |
| 11 | Karsten Warholm | three disciplines | 18 | $428,500 |
| 12 | Sifan Hassan | five disciplines | 16 | $424,250 |
| 13 | Faith Kipyegon | six disciplines | 23 | $423,000 |
| 14 | Marileidy Paulino | two disciplines | 25 | $420,500 |
| 15 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | two disciplines | 11 | $417,250 |
| 16 | Timothy Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 17 | $416,500 |
| 17 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | three disciplines | 21 | $415,000 |
| 18 | Mutaz Barsham | Men's high jump | 23 | $409,833 |
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 18 | $406,500 |
| 20 | Dina Asher-Smith | two disciplines | 10 | $401,500 |
| 21 | Katerina Stefanidi | Women's pole vault | 15 | $394,500 |
| 22 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 20 | $389,000 |
| 23 | Soufiane El Bakkali | four disciplines | 22 | $388,500 |
| 24 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Women's high jump | 21 | $382,250 |
| 25 | Alison dos Santos | three disciplines | 22 | $380,500 |
| 26 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | two disciplines | 21 | $380,500 |
| 27 | Ivana Španović | two disciplines | 18 | $373,000 |
| 28 | Tom Walsh | Men's shot put | 13 | $372,000 |
| 29 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 17 | $370,500 |
| 30 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 19 | $365,500 |
| 31 | Valerie Adams | Women's shot put | 30 | $361,500 |
| 32 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 13 | $355,750 |
| 33 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | 19 | $348,000 |
| 34 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 18 | $347,500 |
| 35 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 11 | $338,250 |
| 36 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | two disciplines | 21 | $335,000 |
| 37 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | two disciplines | 15 | $321,500 |
| 38 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 39 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | 18 | $312,500 |
| 40 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 17 | $310,250 |
| 41 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 15 | $310,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Marileidy Paulino is 14th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $420,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Marileidy Paulino most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Henriette Jæger, Nickisha Pryce, Aaliyah Butler, Lurdes Gloria Manuel, Roxana Gómez and Natalia Bukowiecka.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alexis Holmes, Rhasidat Adeleke, Lynna Irby, Lieke Klaver, Amandine Brossier and Sada Williams.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Natalia Bukowiecka, Lieke Klaver, Candice McLeod, Sada Williams, Victoria Ohuruogu and Lynna Irby.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Marileidy Paulino won?
$420,500, which ranks 14th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 29 paid finishes between 2021 and 2026.
What is Marileidy Paulino's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m at the 2026 AG Memorial Van Damme. 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 Marileidy Paulino 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 400 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 Marileidy Paulino won?
25 of 29, worth $390,000 between them. Six of her appearances came at a final, which paid $144,000.
How much did Marileidy Paulino win at the 2025 World Championships?
$35,000, 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.
How much did Marileidy Paulino win at the Ultimate Championship?
$150,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
Is this everything Marileidy Paulino earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships, Ultimate Championship and Olympic 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 Marileidy Paulino is Faith Kipyegon on $423,000, and one below Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith on $417,250. Marileidy Paulino is one of 10 Dominican Republic athletes athletics has paid, and Dominican Republic athletics prize money adds them up to $913,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m prize money and women's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Marileidy Paulino has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 800 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. 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 400 metres 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 400 metres page.