Melissa Courtney prize money
Melissa Courtney has been paid $1,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1881st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 5000 m and women's mile, and it was 8th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2019 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Herculis 2019 | Mile | 12th | — |
| All two | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,000 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. One of the two starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Melissa Courtney
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 m | 1 | — | 2019 | $1,000 |
| Women's mile | 1 | — | 2019 | $0 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Melissa Courtney $1,000 of the $1,000, which is 100% of everything the series has given her.
Around Melissa Courtney on the money list
Ranks 1861 to 1901
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1861 | Katharina Trost | Women's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1862 | Kendell Williams | Women's long jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1863 | Kendrick Smallwood | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1864 | Khalifa St. Fort | Women's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1865 | Kiara Parker | Women's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1866 | Kim Collins | Men's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1867 | Kobe Vleminckx | Men's 200 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1868 | Kortnei Johnson | Women's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1869 | Krissy Gear | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,000 |
| 1870 | Lakeri Ertzgaard | Women's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1871 | Latario Collie-Minns | Men's triple jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1872 | Lisa Brix Pedersen | Women's discus throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1873 | Loïc Prévot | Men's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1874 | Louis Gilavert | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1875 | Ma Qun | Men's javelin throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1876 | Madiea Ghafoor | Women's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1877 | Manu Quijera | Men's javelin throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1878 | Maryse Luzolo | Women's long jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1879 | Mauritz Kåshagen | Men's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1880 | Mazen Al-Yassin | Men's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1881 | Melissa Courtney | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1882 | Mesud Pezer | Men's shot put | — | $1,000 |
| 1883 | Morgan Beadlescomb | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1884 | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla | Men's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1885 | Nadia Akpana Assa | Women's long jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1886 | Nataliya Pryshchepa | Women's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1887 | Natalliah Whyte | Women's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1888 | Norbert Rivasz-Tóth | Men's javelin throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1889 | Obakeng Kamberuka | Women's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1890 | Oda Utsi Onstad | Women's triple jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1891 | Ole Hesselbjerg | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,000 |
| 1892 | Olga Mullina | Women's pole vault | — | $1,000 |
| 1893 | Owen Heard | Men's pole vault | — | $1,000 |
| 1894 | Pascale Stöcklin | Women's pole vault | — | $1,000 |
| 1895 | Patrick Dever | Men's 3000 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1896 | Patrik Dömötör | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1897 | Pavel Mialeshka | Men's javelin throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1898 | Polina Lukyanenkova | Women's long jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1899 | Rabah Yousif | Men's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1900 | Rachel Dincoff | Women's discus throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1901 | Rachel Klopfenstein | Women's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Melissa Courtney is 1881st of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $1,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Melissa Courtney most
Bauhausgalan 2019 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 5000 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yasemin Can, Gloria Kite, Hellen Obiri, Agnes Jebet Tirop, Fantu Worku and Lilian Kasait Rengeruk.
Herculis 2019 paid $0 for 12th in the mile, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sifan Hassan, Laura Weightman, Gabriela DeBues-Stafford, Gudaf Tsegay, Rababe Arafi and Axumawit Embaye.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Melissa Courtney won?
$1,000, which ranks 1881st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2019.
What is Melissa Courtney's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,000, for finishing 8th in the 5000 m at the 2019 Bauhausgalan. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 8th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Melissa Courtney 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 5000 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.
Has Melissa Courtney 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 Melissa Courtney 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 Courtney is Mazen Al-Yassin on $1,000, and one below Mesud Pezer on $1,000. For the event itself, see women's 5000 m prize money and women's mile prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Melissa Courtney has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it.