Molly Ludlow prize money
Molly Ludlow has been paid $38,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 767th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fourteen paid finishes in the women's 800 m, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herculis 2016 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2015 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2015 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2015 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2015 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Athletissima 2014 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2014 | 800 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| ExxonMobil Bislett Games 2014 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Herculis 2014 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2012 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis 2012 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2012 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2011 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| All fourteen | Women's 800 m | - | $38,500 |
The fourteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $38,500 is fourteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2011 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | - | London Grand Prix | $2,000 |
| 2012 | 3 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $11,000 |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | 4 | - | Athletissima | $9,500 |
| 2015 | 5 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $13,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Herculis | $3,000 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $13,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Molly Ludlow in 2013, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $38,500.
Around Molly Ludlow on the money list
Ranks 747 to 787
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 747 | Jan Kudlička | Men's pole vault | - | $40,000 |
| 748 | Margaret Wambui | Women's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 749 | Nadine Kleinert | Women's shot put | - | $40,000 |
| 750 | Petr Frydrych | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,000 |
| 751 | Xiang Liu | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $40,000 |
| 752 | Zarck Visser | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,000 |
| 753 | Amine Laalou | three disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 754 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $39,500 |
| 755 | Josh Hoey | two disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 756 | Pamela Jelimo | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,500 |
| 757 | Youssef Ahmed Masrahi | Men's 400 m | 1 | $39,500 |
| 758 | Shiann Salmon | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $39,250 |
| 759 | Halima Hachlaf | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,000 |
| 760 | Kim Amb | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $39,000 |
| 761 | Leonel Manzano | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 762 | Paul Chelimo | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 763 | Bryce Deadmon | Men's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 764 | Candice McLeod | Women's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 765 | Romain Mesnil | Men's pole vault | 1 | $38,583 |
| 766 | Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 767 | Molly Ludlow | Women's 800 m | - | $38,500 |
| 768 | Nelson Évora | Men's triple jump | - | $38,500 |
| 769 | Sally Kipyego | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 770 | Sarah Billings | three disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 771 | Alessia Trost | Women's high jump | - | $38,333 |
| 772 | Daisy Jepkemei | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $38,250 |
| 773 | Mateusz Kołodziejski | Men's high jump | 1 | $38,250 |
| 774 | Paraskevi Papachristou | Women's triple jump | - | $38,250 |
| 775 | Christoph Harting | Men's discus throw | - | $38,000 |
| 776 | Nelly Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 1 | $38,000 |
| 777 | Sha'Keela Saunders | Women's long jump | - | $38,000 |
| 778 | Julian Forte | two disciplines | 1 | $37,750 |
| 779 | Eliza McCartney | Women's pole vault | - | $37,625 |
| 780 | Femi Ogunode | two disciplines | - | $37,500 |
| 781 | Flor Ruiz | Women's javelin throw | - | $37,500 |
| 782 | Kariem Hussein | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $37,500 |
| 783 | Rojé Stona | Men's discus throw | - | $37,500 |
| 784 | Jackline Chepkoech | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $37,250 |
| 785 | Damar Forbes | Men's long jump | 2 | $37,000 |
| 786 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 787 | Nafissatou Thiam | two disciplines | 1 | $37,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Molly Ludlow is 767th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $38,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Molly Ludlow most
Adidas Grand Prix 2012 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marilyn Okoro, Maggie Vessey, Erica Moore, Jemma Simpson, Ajeé Wilson and Amy Weissenbach.
Herculis 2016 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lynsey Sharp, Angelika Cichocka, Habitam Alemu, Gudaf Tsegay, Caster Semenya and Francine Niyonsaba.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jennifer Meadows, Angelika Cichocka, Marina Arzamasova, Lenka Masná, Eunice Sum and Malika Akkaoui.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Molly Ludlow won?
$38,500, which ranks 767th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fourteen paid finishes between 2011 and 2016.
What is Molly Ludlow's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 800 m at the 2012 Adidas 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 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Molly Ludlow 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 Molly Ludlow 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 Molly Ludlow is Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby on $38,500, and one below Nelson Évora on $38,500. Molly Ludlow 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 women's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Molly Ludlow 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 Herculis has its own page across every edition of it.