Melaine Walker prize money
Melaine Walker has been paid $52,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 598th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eleven paid finishes in the women's 400 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2012 | 400 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2012 | 400 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis 2012 | 400 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Golden Gala 2012 | 400 m hurdles | 8th | $1,000 |
| DN Galan 2011 | 400 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2011 | 400 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2011 | 400 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | 400 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2011 | 400 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2011 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2010 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| All eleven | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $52,000 |
The eleven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $52,000 is eleven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2012, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $2,500 |
| 2011 | 6 | - | DN Galan | $28,500 |
| 2012 | 4 | 1 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $21,000 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $28,500 from six starts. Every season from 2010 to 2012 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $52,000.
Around Melaine Walker on the money list
Ranks 578 to 618
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 578 | Clayton Murphy | three disciplines | - | $53,500 |
| 579 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | two disciplines | - | $53,500 |
| 580 | Michael Hartfield | Men's long jump | 1 | $53,500 |
| 581 | Shelby McEwen | Men's high jump | 2 | $53,375 |
| 582 | Reece Prescod | two disciplines | 1 | $53,250 |
| 583 | Vashti Cunningham | Women's high jump | - | $53,250 |
| 584 | Christine Ohuruogu | Women's 400 m | 2 | $53,000 |
| 585 | Freddie Crittenden | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $53,000 |
| 586 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 587 | Quanesha Burks | Women's long jump | 1 | $53,000 |
| 588 | Sembo Almayew | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 589 | Léa Sprunger | three disciplines | 1 | $52,750 |
| 590 | Jennifer Meadows | Women's 800 m | 2 | $52,500 |
| 591 | Żaneta Glanc | Women's discus throw | - | $52,500 |
| 592 | Adam Gemili | two disciplines | - | $52,000 |
| 593 | Björn Otto | Men's pole vault | 1 | $52,000 |
| 594 | Frank Casanas | Men's discus throw | 1 | $52,000 |
| 595 | Hillary Bor | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $52,000 |
| 596 | Johnny Dutch | Men's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $52,000 |
| 597 | Mariya Abakumova | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $52,000 |
| 598 | Melaine Walker | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $52,000 |
| 599 | Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu | three disciplines | 3 | $51,750 |
| 600 | Abubaker Kaki | Men's 800 m | 3 | $51,500 |
| 601 | Shanice Craft | two disciplines | - | $51,500 |
| 602 | Tia Brooks-Wannemacher | Women's shot put | 2 | $51,500 |
| 603 | Erika Kinsey | Women's high jump | - | $51,333 |
| 604 | Tony McQuay | Men's 400 m | - | $51,250 |
| 605 | Martin Wierig | Men's discus throw | - | $51,000 |
| 606 | Tariku Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $51,000 |
| 607 | Yekaterina Koneva | Women's triple jump | 1 | $51,000 |
| 608 | Roberta Bruni | Women's pole vault | - | $50,875 |
| 609 | Khaddi Sagnia | two disciplines | 1 | $50,750 |
| 610 | Dana Velďáková | Women's triple jump | - | $50,500 |
| 611 | Marwa Bouzayani | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $50,500 |
| 612 | Myriam Soumaré | two disciplines | 1 | $50,500 |
| 613 | Quincy Hall | two disciplines | 2 | $50,500 |
| 614 | Ayomide Folorunso | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $50,250 |
| 615 | Hilary Kpatcha | Women's long jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 616 | Zhang Guowei | Men's high jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 617 | Athing Mu | Women's 800 m | 3 | $50,000 |
| 618 | Chris Benard | Men's triple jump | - | $50,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Melaine Walker is 598th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $52,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Melaine Walker most
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kaliese Carter, Perri Shakes-Drayton, Lauren Wells, Hayat Lambarki, Jasmine Hyder and Anna Jesień.
Athletissima 2012 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Perri Shakes-Drayton, Zuzana Hejnová, Ajoke Odumosu, Anna Ryzhykova, Natalya Antyukh and Irina Davydova.
DN Galan 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nickiesha Wilson, Anna Ryzhykova, T'erea Brown, Lauren Wells, Queen Claye and Anna Jesień.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Melaine Walker won?
$52,000, which ranks 598th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eleven paid finishes between 2010 and 2012.
What is Melaine Walker's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m hurdles at the 2012 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix. 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 Melaine Walker 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 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 Melaine Walker won?
One of eleven, worth $10,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Melaine Walker 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 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 Melaine Walker is Mariya Abakumova on $52,000, and one below Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu on $51,750. Melaine Walker 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 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Melaine Walker has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.