Melissa Bishop-Nriagu prize money
Melissa Bishop-Nriagu has been paid $2,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1420th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 800 m, and it was 5th.
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.
The payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2017 | 800 m | 5th | $2,500 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $2,500 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Around Melissa Bishop-Nriagu on the money list
Ranks 1400 to 1440
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1400 | Izabela da Silva | Women's discus throw | — | $2,500 |
| 1401 | Jaide Stepter | Women's 400 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1402 | Jaide Stepter Baynes | Women's 400 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1403 | Jarret Eaton | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $2,500 |
| 1404 | Kévin Menaldo | Men's pole vault | — | $2,500 |
| 1405 | Koen Smet | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $2,500 |
| 1406 | Lassi Etelätalo | Men's javelin throw | — | $2,500 |
| 1407 | Lauren Wells | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $2,500 |
| 1408 | Lee Eppie | Men's 400 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1409 | Lexy Halladay | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $2,500 |
| 1410 | Linda Olivieri | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $2,500 |
| 1411 | Liu Qizhen | Men's javelin throw | — | $2,500 |
| 1412 | Lorenzo Perini | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $2,500 |
| 1413 | Ludovica Cavalli | Women's 1500 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1414 | Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas | Men's 200 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1415 | Malika Akkaoui | two disciplines | — | $2,500 |
| 1416 | Margot Appleton | Women's 2 miles | — | $2,500 |
| 1417 | Martin Wierig | Men's discus throw | — | $2,500 |
| 1418 | Mekedes Alemeshete | two disciplines | — | $2,500 |
| 1419 | Melanie Bauschke | Women's long jump | — | $2,500 |
| 1420 | Melissa Bishop-Nriagu | Women's 800 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1421 | Mercy Chepkurui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $2,500 |
| 1422 | Moa Granat | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $2,500 |
| 1423 | Mthi Mthimkulu | Men's 200 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1424 | Muhammad Abdallah Kounta | Men's 400 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1425 | Musab Adam Ali | two disciplines | — | $2,500 |
| 1426 | Nathan Green | two disciplines | — | $2,500 |
| 1427 | Nazim Babayev | Men's triple jump | — | $2,500 |
| 1428 | Olivia Gürth | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $2,500 |
| 1429 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | Men's 800 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1430 | Rafał Omelko | Men's 400 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1431 | Robert Harting | Men's discus throw | — | $2,500 |
| 1432 | Serhiy Nykyforov | Men's long jump | — | $2,500 |
| 1433 | Sharlene Mawdsley | Women's 400 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1434 | Shashalee Forbes | Women's 100 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1435 | Simen Guttormsen | Men's pole vault | — | $2,500 |
| 1436 | Thelma Davies | Women's 100 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1437 | Tom Gale | Men's high jump | — | $2,500 |
| 1438 | Troy Doris | Men's triple jump | — | $2,500 |
| 1439 | Veronica Campbell Brown | Women's 200 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1440 | Whitney Ashley | Women's discus throw | — | $2,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Melissa Bishop-Nriagu is 1420th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $2,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Melissa Bishop-Nriagu most
Bislett Games 2017 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 800 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aníta Hinriksdóttir, Rose Mary Almanza, Lynsey Sharp, Hedda Hynne, Eunice Sum and Renée Eykens.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Melissa Bishop-Nriagu won?
$2,500, which ranks 1420th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2017.
What is Melissa Bishop-Nriagu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the 800 m at the 2017 Bislett Games. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 5th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Melissa Bishop-Nriagu 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 800 m 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 Melissa Bishop-Nriagu 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 Melissa Bishop-Nriagu is Melanie Bauschke on $2,500, and one below Mercy Chepkurui on $2,500. Melissa Bishop-Nriagu is one of 34 Canada athletes athletics has paid, and Canada athletics prize money adds them up to $1,449,500 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Melissa Bishop-Nriagu 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 Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.