Mario García prize money
Mario García has been paid $7,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1779th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the men's mile and men's 1500 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2024 | Mile | 10th | - |
| Prefontaine Classic 2023 | Mile | 4th | $4,000 |
| Bislett Games 2023 | 1500 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2023 | 1500 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2023 | 1500 m | 11th | - |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2023 | 1500 m | 10th | - |
| Athletissima 2022 | 1500 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| All seven | two disciplines | - | $7,250 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $7,250 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. Three of the seven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Mario García
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's mile | 2 | - | 2023 to 2024 | $4,000 |
| Men's 1500 m | 5 | - | 2022 to 2023 | $3,250 |
The men's mile has paid Mario García $4,000 of the $7,250, which is 55% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2022 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | - | Athletissima | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 5 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $6,250 |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | - |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $6,250 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Mario García in 2024, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $7,250.
Around Mario García on the money list
Ranks 1759 to 1799
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1759 | Jessica Cérival | Women's shot put | - | $7,500 |
| 1760 | Lomi Muleta | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,500 |
| 1761 | Luca Kozák | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1762 | Marija Tolj | Women's discus throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1763 | Mezgebu Sime | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1764 | Michael Rutt | Men's 800 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1765 | Nataliya Semenova | Women's discus throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1766 | Olivia Markezich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,500 |
| 1767 | Peimeng Zhang | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1768 | Rayniah Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1769 | Svetlana Bolshakova | Women's triple jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1770 | Talitha Diggs | Women's 400 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1771 | Vernon Turner | Men's high jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1772 | Victoria Ohuruogu | Women's 400 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1773 | Zahra Bani | Women's javelin throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1774 | Boglárka Takács | two disciplines | - | $7,250 |
| 1775 | Charity Hufnagel | Women's high jump | - | $7,250 |
| 1776 | Emmanuel Bamidele | Men's 400 m | - | $7,250 |
| 1777 | Julien Watrin | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,250 |
| 1778 | Margot Chevrier | Women's pole vault | - | $7,250 |
| 1779 | Mario García | two disciplines | - | $7,250 |
| 1780 | Nick Smidt | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,250 |
| 1781 | Ryan Zeze | Men's 200 m | - | $7,250 |
| 1782 | Águeda Marqués | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1783 | Andreas Bube | Men's 800 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1784 | Anna Hall | three disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1785 | Blessing Ufodiama | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1786 | Carolin Dietrich | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1787 | Claudia Salman | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1788 | Dai Qianqian | Women's javelin throw | - | $7,000 |
| 1789 | Davita Prendergast | Women's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1790 | Genet Yalew | Women's 5000 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1791 | Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1792 | Gerson Baldé | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1793 | JJ Jegede | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1794 | Jose Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1795 | Katja Demut | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1796 | Kemar Mowatt | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1797 | Ky Robinson | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1798 | Lisa Urech | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1799 | Lydia Jele | Women's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mario García is 1779th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $7,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mario García most
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $4,000 for 4th in the mile, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Reynold Cheruiyot, Cole Hocker, Narve Gilje Nordås, Azeddine Habz, Niels Laros and Stewart McSweyn.
Bislett Games 2023 paid $1,250 for 5th in the 1500 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Azeddine Habz, Oliver Hoare, Narve Gilje Nordås, Josh Kerr, Neil Gourley and Abel Kipsang.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2023 paid $1,000 for 6th in the 1500 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hicham Akankam, Michał Rozmys, Abdelatif Sadiki, Charles Simotwo, Hafid Rizqy and Filip Ingebrigtsen.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mario García won?
$7,250, which ranks 1779th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2022 and 2024.
What is Mario García's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 4th in the mile 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 Mario García gets paid?
Entirely by where he 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 men's mile 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.
Has Mario García ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Mario García 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 him, 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 Mario García is Margot Chevrier on $7,250, and one below Nick Smidt on $7,250. Mario García is one of 72 Spain athletes athletics has paid, and Spain athletics prize money adds them up to $1,462,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's mile prize money and men's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Mario García has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.