Nia Akins prize money
Nia Akins has been paid $4,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2128th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's 800 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2024 | 800 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2024 | 800 m | 8th | $500 |
| Athletissima 2024 | 800 m | 10th | - |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2023 | 800 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| All four | Women's 800 m | - | $4,500 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $4,500 is three 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 four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2023 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 3 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $2,500 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $2,500 from three starts. Every season from 2023 to 2024 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $4,500.
Around Nia Akins on the money list
Ranks 2108 to 2148
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2108 | Jonathan Henrique Silva | Men's triple jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2109 | Jordan Boase | Men's 200 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2110 | Karjuan Williams | Men's 800 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2111 | Kateryna Karsak | Women's discus throw | - | $4,500 |
| 2112 | Kevin Craddock | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2113 | Kim Conley | Women's 3000 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2114 | Kristin Sundsteigen | Women's shot put | - | $4,500 |
| 2115 | Kyle Langford | Men's 800 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2116 | Lauma Grīva | Women's long jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2117 | Lehann Fourie | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2118 | Leif Arrhenius | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2119 | Léonie Pointet | Women's 200 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2120 | Leslie Djhone | Men's 400 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2121 | Lucas Kimeli Rotich | Men's 5000 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2122 | Mame-Ibra Anne | Men's 400 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2123 | Marc Minichello | Men's javelin throw | - | $4,500 |
| 2124 | Matthew Ramsden | four disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2125 | Mauricio Ortega | Men's discus throw | - | $4,500 |
| 2126 | Michael Stigler | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2127 | Nedžad Mulabegović | Men's shot put | - | $4,500 |
| 2128 | Nia Akins | Women's 800 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2129 | Nick Ekelund-Arenander | Men's 400 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2130 | Nicole Sifuentes | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2131 | Noemi Zbären | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2132 | Núbia Soares | Women's triple jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2133 | Peder Pawel Nielsen | Men's triple jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2134 | Rafith Rodríguez | Men's 800 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2135 | Ramsey Angela | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2136 | Ruben Verheyden | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2137 | Sara Gambetta | Women's shot put | - | $4,500 |
| 2138 | Sarah McDonald | Women's 1500 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2139 | Sergey Mudrov | Men's high jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2140 | Shana Cox | Women's 400 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2141 | Shu Heng | Men's long jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2142 | Sinta Sprudzāne | Women's javelin throw | - | $4,500 |
| 2143 | Stefan Nillessen | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2144 | Thomas Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2145 | Tia-Adana Belle | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2146 | Tyus Wilson | Men's high jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2147 | Wang Chunyu | three disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2148 | Younès Essalhi | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nia Akins is 2128th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $4,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Nia Akins most
Prefontaine Classic 2024 paid $2,000 for 4th in the 800 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Halimah Nakaayi, Catriona Bisset, Sage Hurta-Klecker, Tsige Duguma, Natoya Goule-Toppin and Worknesh Mesele.
Weltklasse Zürich 2023 paid $2,000 for 4th in the 800 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rénelle Lamote, Raevyn Rogers, Audrey Werro, Lore Hoffmann, Natoya Goule-Toppin and Sage Hurta-Klecker.
Weltklasse Zürich 2024 paid $500 for 8th in the 800 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rachel Klopfenstein, Gabriela Gajanová, Valentina Rosamilia, Audrey Werro, Mary Moraa and Georgia Hunter Bell.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Nia Akins won?
$4,500, which ranks 2128th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2023 and 2024.
What is Nia Akins's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 4th in the 800 m at the 2024 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Nia Akins 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.
Has Nia Akins 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 Nia Akins 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 Nia Akins is Nedžad Mulabegović on $4,500, and one below Nick Ekelund-Arenander on $4,500. Nia Akins 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 Nia Akins 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.