Megan Tapper prize money
Megan Tapper has been paid $56,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 274th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 18 paid finishes in the women's 100 m hurdles, one of them a win.
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 18 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $56,250 is 18 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 19 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2017 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $22,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Megan Tapper in 2018 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $56,250.
Around Megan Tapper on the money list
Ranks 254 to 294
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 254 | Jenna Prandini | two disciplines | — | $59,500 |
| 255 | Nickisha Pryce | Women's 400 m | 2 | $59,500 |
| 256 | Rasheed Broadbell | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $59,250 |
| 257 | Azeddine Habz | four disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 258 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $59,000 |
| 259 | Grant Fisher | four disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 260 | Yasmani Copello | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $58,250 |
| 261 | Yohan Blake | Men's 100 m | 1 | $58,250 |
| 262 | Addison Wiley | three disciplines | 1 | $58,000 |
| 263 | Amos Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $57,250 |
| 264 | Jason Joseph | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $57,000 |
| 265 | Saly Sarr | Women's triple jump | 2 | $57,000 |
| 266 | Oliver Hoare | two disciplines | 1 | $56,750 |
| 267 | Piotr Lisek | Men's pole vault | 2 | $56,625 |
| 268 | Bayapo Ndori | Men's 400 m | 1 | $56,500 |
| 269 | Lázaro Martínez | Men's triple jump | 2 | $56,500 |
| 270 | Zharnel Hughes | two disciplines | — | $56,500 |
| 271 | Charles Dobson | two disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 272 | Hirut Meshesha | five disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 273 | Ilya Ivanyuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $56,250 |
| 274 | Megan Tapper | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $56,250 |
| 275 | Josh Kerr | two disciplines | 2 | $56,000 |
| 276 | Mohamed Katir | three disciplines | 3 | $56,000 |
| 277 | Romaine Beckford | Men's high jump | — | $56,000 |
| 278 | Slimane Moula | Men's 800 m | 3 | $56,000 |
| 279 | Nicholas Kimeli | two disciplines | 1 | $55,750 |
| 280 | Holly Bradshaw | Women's pole vault | — | $55,250 |
| 281 | Kayla White | two disciplines | 1 | $55,250 |
| 282 | Wayne Pinnock | Men's long jump | 2 | $55,000 |
| 283 | Ben Broeders | Men's pole vault | 1 | $54,500 |
| 284 | Cole Hocker | three disciplines | 1 | $54,500 |
| 285 | Gabriel Tual | two disciplines | — | $54,500 |
| 286 | Kristin Pudenz | Women's discus throw | — | $54,500 |
| 287 | Gong Lijao | Women's shot put | 1 | $54,000 |
| 288 | Ja'Kobe Tharp | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $54,000 |
| 289 | Emily Grove | Women's pole vault | 1 | $53,750 |
| 290 | Nia Ali | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $53,750 |
| 291 | Brandon Starc | Men's high jump | 1 | $53,500 |
| 292 | Ejgayehu Taye | two disciplines | — | $53,500 |
| 293 | Shelby McEwen | Men's high jump | 2 | $53,375 |
| 294 | Sandra Elkasević | Women's discus throw | 2 | $53,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Megan Tapper is 274th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $56,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Megan Tapper 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.
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the 100 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Payton Chadwick, Cindy Sember, Gabbi Cunningham, Luca Kozák, Ditaji Kambundji and TeJyrica Robinson.
Meeting de Paris 2021 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 100 m hurdles, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tobi Amusan, Gabbi Cunningham, Christina Clemons, Danielle Williams and Nadine Visser.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Megan Tapper won?
$56,250, which ranks 274th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 18 paid finishes between 2017 and 2025.
What is Megan Tapper'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 Tapper 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 Tapper won?
One of 19, worth $20,000 between them. Two of her appearances came at a final, which paid $9,500.
Has Megan Tapper 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. She is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Megan Tapper 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 Megan Tapper is Ilya Ivanyuk on $56,250, and one below Josh Kerr on $56,000. Megan Tapper is one of 93 Jamaica athletes athletics has paid, and Jamaica athletics prize money adds them up to $4,659,750 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 Tapper has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, 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 Herculis EBS has its own page across every edition of it.