Megan Simmonds prize money
Megan Simmonds has been paid $84,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 370th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 24 paid finishes in the women's 100 m hurdles, 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 24 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $84,250 is 24 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 25 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The Ultimate Championship
What Megan Simmonds did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 100 metres hurdles | 5th | 12.42 | - |
Megan Simmonds 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.
The World Indoor Championships
What Megan Simmonds did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 60 metres hurdles | 5th | 7.82 | $6,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Megan Simmonds $6,000 for one finish in Toruń 2026, against $84,250 from 25 Diamond League starts between 2016 and 2026. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2016 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $2,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | $2,500 |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Müller Anniversary Games | $3,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $17,250 |
| 2022 | 3 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 4 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $7,750 |
| 2024 | 2 | - | Diamond League Shanghai | $1,250 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | Herculis EBS | $22,000 |
| 2026 | 5 | 1 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $26,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $26,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Megan Simmonds in 2018 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $84,250.
Around Megan Simmonds on the money list
Ranks 350 to 390
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 350 | L. J. van Zyl | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $91,500 |
| 351 | Niels Laros | three disciplines | 3 | $91,000 |
| 352 | Nelly Chepchirchir | two disciplines | 4 | $90,750 |
| 353 | Levern Spencer | Women's high jump | 1 | $90,508 |
| 354 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $90,250 |
| 355 | Jeremy Wariner | Men's 400 m | 7 | $90,000 |
| 356 | Ameer Webb | two disciplines | 3 | $89,500 |
| 357 | Habitam Alemu | three disciplines | - | $89,500 |
| 358 | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa | two disciplines | 1 | $89,500 |
| 359 | Imane Merga | two disciplines | 4 | $88,500 |
| 360 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 361 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 362 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 363 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 364 | Meseret Defar | three disciplines | 5 | $86,000 |
| 365 | Phillips Idowu | Men's triple jump | 6 | $86,000 |
| 366 | Evan Jager | three disciplines | 1 | $85,500 |
| 367 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 368 | Philip Milanov | Men's discus throw | 3 | $85,250 |
| 369 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $84,500 |
| 370 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $84,250 |
| 371 | Hilal Yego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $84,000 |
| 372 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
| 373 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $83,500 |
| 374 | Georganne Moline | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $83,500 |
| 375 | Janay Deloach | Women's long jump | 3 | $83,000 |
| 376 | Jimmy Vicaut | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 377 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 378 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 379 | Lidya Chepkurui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $82,000 |
| 380 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | two disciplines | 3 | $82,000 |
| 381 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $81,750 |
| 382 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | 1 | $81,500 |
| 383 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 384 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $81,250 |
| 385 | Caleb Ndiku | four disciplines | 3 | $81,000 |
| 386 | Habiba Ghribi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $81,000 |
| 387 | Lashinda Demus | two disciplines | 4 | $81,000 |
| 388 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $80,750 |
| 389 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 390 | Cassandra Tate | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $80,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Megan Simmonds is 370th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $84,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Megan Simmonds most
Herculis EBS 2025 paid $20,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ditaji Kambundji, Nadine Visser, Masai Russell, Grace Stark, Alia Armstrong and Devynne Charlton.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kendra Harrison, Nadine Visser, Marione Fourie, Danielle Williams, Pia Skrzyszowska and Tonea Marshall.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $9,000 for 3rd in the 100 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tobi Amusan, Nadine Visser, Pia Skrzyszowska, Alaysha Johnson, Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck and Masai Russell.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Megan Simmonds won?
$84,250, which ranks 370th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 24 paid finishes between 2016 and 2026.
What is Megan Simmonds's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 1st in the Diamond+ 100 m hurdles at the 2025 Herculis EBS. 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 Megan Simmonds 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 hurdles 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 Megan Simmonds won?
Two of 25, worth $30,000 between them. Three of her appearances came at a final, which paid $18,500.
Has Megan Simmonds 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 has Megan Simmonds won at the World Indoor Championships?
$6,000, from one paid final in Toruń 2026. An indoor title pays $40,000 and the ladder runs six places deep, down to $4,000 for 6th, the same in every event on the programme and the same for a relay team.
Is this everything Megan Simmonds earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Indoor 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 Megan Simmonds is Maggie Ewen on $84,500, and one below Hilal Yego on $84,000. Megan Simmonds is one of 158 Jamaica athletes athletics has paid, and Jamaica athletics prize money adds them up to $8,413,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 100 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Megan Simmonds has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 400 m and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it. 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 100 metres hurdles page. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the women's 60 metres hurdles page.