Morgan McDonald prize money
Morgan McDonald has been paid $2,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2476th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the men's 5000 m, the best of them 4th.
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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | 5000 m | 7th | $750 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 | 5000 m | 14th | - |
| Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 2021 | 5000 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| All three | Men's 5000 m | - | $2,750 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $2,750 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the three starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Cross Country Championships
What Morgan McDonald ran on the grass
| RACE | PLACE | MARK | EARNED | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior men's race | 31st | 30:12 | - | - |
Morgan McDonald has run one race here and was paid nothing in his own name. Only the first six across the line are, $30,000 for the win down to $3,000 for 6th, and there is no appearance money underneath it. No team standing he ran in finished inside the first six, which is as far as that ladder reaches: $20,000 to the winning country down to $4,000 for 6th, and every dollar of it a federation's. Hescored alongside Ky Robinson, and the Diamond League has paid them too. The cross country page holds all 10 races across two championships and the $620,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2021 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | - | Müller Grand Prix Gateshead | $2,000 |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | 2 | - | Diamond League Shanghai | $750 |
season running total
2021 is the biggest of them, $2,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Morgan McDonald in 2022 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $2,750.
Around Morgan McDonald on the money list
Ranks 2456 to 2496
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2456 | Tristan Thomas | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2457 | Tyler Mulder | Men's 800 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2458 | Úrsula Ruiz | Women's shot put | - | $3,000 |
| 2459 | Werknesh Kidane | Women's 5000 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2460 | Xia Xiao | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2461 | Xiaowei Du | Women's javelin throw | - | $3,000 |
| 2462 | Yasin Haji | Men's 5000 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2463 | Yemi Mary John | Women's 400 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2464 | Yevgeniya Isakova | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2465 | Yuliya Gushchina | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2466 | Yuzo Kanemaru | Men's 400 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2467 | Allie Wilson | Women's 800 m | - | $2,750 |
| 2468 | Daniel Keaton | Men's pole vault | - | $2,750 |
| 2469 | Edoardo Scotti | Men's 400 m | - | $2,750 |
| 2470 | Emmanuel Ihemeje | Men's triple jump | - | $2,750 |
| 2471 | Jamal Hairane | Men's 800 m | - | $2,750 |
| 2472 | Jessica-Bianca Wessolly | Women's 200 m | - | $2,750 |
| 2473 | Laura Strati | Women's long jump | - | $2,750 |
| 2474 | Loïc Gasch | Men's high jump | - | $2,750 |
| 2475 | Mehdi Belhadj | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,750 |
| 2476 | Morgan McDonald | Men's 5000 m | - | $2,750 |
| 2477 | Pauline Hondema | Women's long jump | - | $2,750 |
| 2478 | Clayton Fritsch | Men's pole vault | - | $2,625 |
| 2479 | Wang Zhen | Men's high jump | - | $2,542 |
| 2480 | Ababel Yeshaneh | Women's 5000 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2481 | Abdi Waiss | Men's 1500 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2482 | Abdul Buhari | Men's discus throw | - | $2,500 |
| 2483 | Abdulla Aboobacker | Men's triple jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2484 | Abdullah Abkar Mohammed | Men's 200 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2485 | Abduraqhman Karriem | Men's 200 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2486 | Ahmed Mohamed Hussein | Men's javelin throw | - | $2,500 |
| 2487 | Akiba McKinney | Women's long jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2488 | Alexander Hochuli | Men's triple jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2489 | Alin Firfirică | Men's discus throw | - | $2,500 |
| 2490 | Allen Johnson | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2491 | Amanda Ngandu-Ntumba | Women's discus throw | - | $2,500 |
| 2492 | Amy Yoder Begley | Women's 5000 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2493 | Anastasiya Potapova | Women's triple jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2494 | Andrea Rooth | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2495 | Ángel Mullera | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,500 |
| 2496 | Antonio David Jiménez | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Morgan McDonald is 2476th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $2,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Morgan McDonald most
Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 2021 paid $2,000 for 4th in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jonas Raess, Andrew Butchart, Jacob Krop, Jimmy Gressier, Henrik Ingebrigtsen and Mike Foppen.
Diamond League Shanghai 2024 paid $750 for 7th in the 5000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nibret Kinde, Jack Rayner, Sam Parsons, Brian Fay, Selemon Barega and Biniam Mehary.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 paid $0 for 14th in the 5000 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hagos Gebrhiwet, Yomif Kejelcha, Selemon Barega, Jacob Krop, Telahun Haile Bekele and Berihu Aregawi.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Morgan McDonald won?
$2,750, which ranks 2476th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2021 and 2024.
What is Morgan McDonald's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 4th in the 5000 m at the 2021 Müller Grand Prix Gateshead. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Morgan McDonald 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 place is worth the same in the men'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 Morgan McDonald 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Morgan McDonald earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Cross Country Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Morgan McDonald is Mehdi Belhadj on $2,750, and one below Pauline Hondema on $2,750. Morgan McDonald is one of 87 Australia athletes athletics has paid, and Australia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,553,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Morgan McDonald 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 Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it. Cross country prize money is the Belgrade 2024 and Tallahassee 2026 championships, $620,000 put up across 10 races, half of it a runner's and half of it a federation's, and the race is on the senior men's race page.