Mélanie Melfort prize money
Mélanie Melfort has been paid $25,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 990th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten paid finishes in the women's high jump, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adidas Grand Prix 2013 | High jump | =5th | $2,000 |
| Memorial van Damme 2012 | High jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2012 | High jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| Golden Gala 2011 | High jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Herculis 2011 | High jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2011 | High jump | =3rd | $3,500 |
| Athletissima 2011 | High jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 | High jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| Memorial van Damme 2011 | High jump | 7th | $1,500 |
| Meeting Areva 2010 | High jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| All ten | Women's high jump | - | $25,500 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $25,500 is ten separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2013, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | Meeting Areva | $1,000 |
| 2011 | 6 | - | Golden Gala | $19,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Memorial van Damme | $3,500 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $2,000 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $19,000 from six starts. Every season from 2010 to 2013 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $25,500.
Around Mélanie Melfort on the money list
Ranks 970 to 1010
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 970 | Ackelia Smith | two disciplines | - | $26,250 |
| 971 | Alexis Holmes | Women's 400 m | - | $26,250 |
| 972 | Roger Steen | Men's shot put | - | $26,250 |
| 973 | Thomas Carmoy | Men's high jump | - | $26,125 |
| 974 | Aaliyah Butler | Women's 400 m | - | $26,000 |
| 975 | André Olivier | Men's 800 m | - | $26,000 |
| 976 | Anyika Onuora | three disciplines | - | $26,000 |
| 977 | Cornelius Kemboi | two disciplines | - | $26,000 |
| 978 | Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $26,000 |
| 979 | Jeffery Gibson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $26,000 |
| 980 | Sosthene Moguenara-Taroum | Women's long jump | - | $26,000 |
| 981 | Troy Doris | Men's triple jump | - | $26,000 |
| 982 | Calvin Smith | two disciplines | 1 | $25,750 |
| 983 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Men's 400 m | - | $25,750 |
| 984 | Lurdes Gloria Manuel | Women's 400 m | - | $25,750 |
| 985 | Norbert Kobielski | Men's high jump | - | $25,750 |
| 986 | Thibaut Collet | Men's pole vault | - | $25,542 |
| 987 | Desirèe Henry | two disciplines | - | $25,500 |
| 988 | Gilbert Kirui | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $25,500 |
| 989 | Lilian Odira | Women's 800 m | 1 | $25,500 |
| 990 | Mélanie Melfort | Women's high jump | - | $25,500 |
| 991 | Omar Cisneros | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $25,500 |
| 992 | Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $25,500 |
| 993 | Ronald Musagala | three disciplines | 1 | $25,500 |
| 994 | Siham Hilali | three disciplines | - | $25,500 |
| 995 | Patryk Dobek | two disciplines | - | $25,250 |
| 996 | Steven Lewis | Men's pole vault | - | $25,250 |
| 997 | Derek Miles | Men's pole vault | - | $25,083 |
| 998 | Andrew Riley | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $25,000 |
| 999 | Asier Martínez | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $25,000 |
| 1000 | Dimitrios Chondrokoukis | Men's high jump | 2 | $25,000 |
| 1001 | Keturah Orji | Women's triple jump | - | $25,000 |
| 1002 | Luxolo Adams | Men's 200 m | 1 | $25,000 |
| 1003 | Melissa Bishop-Nriagu | Women's 800 m | - | $25,000 |
| 1004 | Nick Symmonds | Men's 800 m | - | $25,000 |
| 1005 | Ryan Brathwaite | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $25,000 |
| 1006 | Samyr Laine | Men's triple jump | - | $25,000 |
| 1007 | Trell Kimmons | two disciplines | - | $25,000 |
| 1008 | Chukwuebuka Enekwechi | Men's shot put | - | $24,750 |
| 1009 | Anna Pyatykh | Women's triple jump | - | $24,500 |
| 1010 | Boaz Kiplagat Lalang | two disciplines | - | $24,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mélanie Melfort is 990th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $25,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mélanie Melfort most
Golden Gala 2011 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vita Styopina, Svetlana Shkolina, Emma Green, Ruth Beitia, Nadiya Dusanova and Blanka Vlašić.
Herculis 2011 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marina Aitova, Brigetta Barrett, Elizabeth Patterson, Ebba Jungmark, Emma Green and Blanka Vlašić.
Adidas Grand Prix 2011 paid $3,500 for =3rd in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Levern Spencer, Becky Christensen, Sheena Gordon, Elizabeth Patterson, Emma Green and Blanka Vlašić.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mélanie Melfort won?
$25,500, which ranks 990th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2010 and 2013.
What is Mélanie Melfort's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the high jump at the 2011 Golden Gala. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Mélanie Melfort 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 place is worth the same in the women's high jump 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.
Is this everything Mélanie Melfort 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 Mélanie Melfort is Lilian Odira on $25,500, and one below Omar Cisneros on $25,500. Mélanie Melfort is one of 181 France athletes athletics has paid, and France athletics prize money adds them up to $3,087,958 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's high jump prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Mélanie Melfort 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 Adidas Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.