Michael Tinsley prize money
Michael Tinsley has been paid $148,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 184th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 31 paid finishes in the men's 400 m hurdles, eight of them wins.
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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
The 31 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $148,000 is 31 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | - | BAUHAUS-galan | $9,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $4,000 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | DN Galan | $13,500 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 | Qatar Athletic | $28,000 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $52,000 |
| 2015 | 4 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $15,500 |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $26,000 |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $52,000 from seven starts. Every season from 2010 to 2016 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $148,000.
Around Michael Tinsley on the money list
Ranks 164 to 204
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 164 | Nickel Ashmeade | two disciplines | 6 | $159,500 |
| 165 | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Women's 100 m hurdles | 12 | $158,500 |
| 166 | Mike Rodgers | Men's 100 m | 1 | $157,000 |
| 167 | Brianna Rollins-McNeal | Women's 100 m hurdles | 6 | $155,000 |
| 168 | Abderrahman Samba | three disciplines | 7 | $154,500 |
| 169 | Jessica Schilder | Women's shot put | 5 | $153,250 |
| 170 | Silke Spiegelburg | Women's pole vault | 8 | $153,250 |
| 171 | Ruth Beitia | Women's high jump | 7 | $153,000 |
| 172 | Ruswahl Samaai | Men's long jump | 2 | $152,500 |
| 173 | Mary Moraa | three disciplines | 9 | $151,500 |
| 174 | Ryan Whiting | Men's shot put | 5 | $150,500 |
| 175 | Nadine Müller | Women's discus throw | 3 | $150,000 |
| 176 | Alexis Copello | Men's triple jump | 2 | $149,500 |
| 177 | Andreas Thorkildsen | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $149,500 |
| 178 | Cordell Tinch | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $149,500 |
| 179 | Anzhelika Sidorova | Women's pole vault | 4 | $149,250 |
| 180 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | 1 | $148,750 |
| 181 | Aries Merritt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $148,500 |
| 182 | Jamal Britt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $148,500 |
| 183 | Kara Winger | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $148,000 |
| 184 | Michael Tinsley | Men's 400 m hurdles | 8 | $148,000 |
| 185 | Ramil Guliyev | two disciplines | 5 | $147,500 |
| 186 | Robert Harting | Men's discus throw | 11 | $147,500 |
| 187 | Oblique Seville | Men's 100 m | 5 | $146,000 |
| 188 | Collen Kebinatshipi | Men's 400 m | 6 | $145,500 |
| 189 | Mykolas Alekna | Men's discus throw | 7 | $145,500 |
| 190 | Simon Ehammer | Men's long jump | 3 | $145,500 |
| 191 | Rushell Clayton | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $145,250 |
| 192 | Dani Stevens | Women's discus throw | 1 | $145,000 |
| 193 | Veronica Campbell Brown | two disciplines | 7 | $145,000 |
| 194 | Vernon Norwood | two disciplines | - | $143,250 |
| 195 | Mo Farah | three disciplines | 9 | $142,500 |
| 196 | Natoya Goule-Toppin | two disciplines | 1 | $142,500 |
| 197 | Sharika Nelvis | Women's 100 m hurdles | 4 | $142,500 |
| 198 | Churandy Martina | two disciplines | 2 | $142,000 |
| 199 | Madara Palameika | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $142,000 |
| 200 | Wycliffe Kinyamal | two disciplines | 6 | $140,750 |
| 201 | Alonso Edward | two disciplines | 8 | $140,500 |
| 202 | Trayvon Bromell | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 203 | Yared Nuguse | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 204 | Matthew Denny | Men's discus throw | 3 | $139,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Michael Tinsley is 184th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $148,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Michael Tinsley most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Patryk Dobek, Jeffery Gibson, L. J. van Zyl, Yasmani Copello, Nicholas Bett and Kerron Clement.
Prefontaine Classic 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kerron Clement, Bershawn Jackson, Jeffery Gibson, Yasmani Copello, Kariem Hussein and Javier Culson.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mamadou Kassé Hann, Bershawn Jackson, L. J. van Zyl, Jeffery Gibson, Jehue Gordon and Mahau Suguimati.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Michael Tinsley won?
$148,000, which ranks 184th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 31 paid finishes between 2010 and 2016.
What is Michael Tinsley's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m hurdles at the 2016 Shanghai Golden 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 Michael Tinsley gets paid?
Entirely by where he 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 men'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 Michael Tinsley won?
Eight of 31, worth $80,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Michael Tinsley 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 him, 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 Michael Tinsley is Kara Winger on $148,000, and one below Ramil Guliyev on $147,500. Michael Tinsley is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Michael Tinsley has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.