Nia Akins prize money
Nia Akins has been paid $4,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1179th of the 2,112 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 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 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 1159 to 1199
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1159 | Valerie Constien | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $4,750 |
| 1160 | Will Williams | Men's long jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1161 | Abdelatif Sadiki | Men's 1500 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1162 | Adelaide Aquilla | Women's shot put | — | $4,500 |
| 1163 | Álvaro de Arriba | Men's 800 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1164 | Bayanda Walaza | Men's 100 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1165 | Benjamin Azamati | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1166 | Bernhard Seifert | Men's javelin throw | — | $4,500 |
| 1167 | Carina Horn | Women's 100 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1168 | Cheickna Traore | Men's 200 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1169 | Deajah Stevens | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1170 | Demish Gaye | Men's 400 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1171 | Dong Bin | Men's triple jump | — | $4,500 |
| 1172 | Elizabeth Gleadle | Women's javelin throw | — | $4,500 |
| 1173 | Etienne Daguinos | Men's 5000 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1174 | Hélène Parisot | Women's 200 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1175 | Léonie Pointet | Women's 200 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1176 | Mamadou Kassé Hann | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1177 | Marc Minichello | Men's javelin throw | — | $4,500 |
| 1178 | Matthew Ramsden | four disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1179 | Nia Akins | Women's 800 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1180 | Ramsey Angela | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1181 | Ruben Verheyden | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1182 | Ryan Gregson | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1183 | Sara Gambetta | Women's shot put | — | $4,500 |
| 1184 | Shu Heng | Men's long jump | — | $4,500 |
| 1185 | Stefan Nillessen | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1186 | Tia-Adana Belle | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1187 | Tiffany Porter | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1188 | Tyus Wilson | Men's high jump | — | $4,500 |
| 1189 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1190 | Aliyah Abrams | Women's 400 m | — | $4,250 |
| 1191 | Bridget Williams | Women's pole vault | — | $4,250 |
| 1192 | Collins Kipruto | Men's 800 m | — | $4,250 |
| 1193 | Gaia Sabbatini | three disciplines | — | $4,250 |
| 1194 | Kevin Borlée | Men's 400 m | — | $4,250 |
| 1195 | Michael Kibet | three disciplines | — | $4,250 |
| 1196 | Olivia Gruver | Women's pole vault | — | $4,250 |
| 1197 | Wilbert London | Men's 400 m | — | $4,250 |
| 1198 | Ahmed Bader Magour | Men's javelin throw | — | $4,000 |
| 1199 | Anastasia Le-Roy | Women's 400 m | — | $4,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nia Akins is 1179th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 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, Tsige Duguma, Natoya Goule 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 Pellaud, 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 1179th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 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. She 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 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 Nia Akins is Matthew Ramsden on $4,500, and one below Ramsey Angela on $4,500. Nia Akins is one of 352 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $16,292,792 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.