Nia Ali prize money
Nia Ali has been paid $104,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 301st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 33 paid finishes in the women's 100 m hurdles, one of them a win.
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
The 33 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $104,750 is 33 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.09% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the 35 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2011 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2 | - | Memorial van Damme | $5,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $5,000 |
| 2014 | 5 | - | DN Galan | $14,000 |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 4 | - | Bauhausgalan | $14,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | - | Athletissima | $11,000 |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 4 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $21,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 4 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $11,000 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | Herculis EBS | $20,250 |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 2 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | - |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $21,500 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Nia Ali in 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2024 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $104,750.
Around Nia Ali on the money list
Ranks 281 to 321
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 281 | Nesta Carter | Men's 100 m | 2 | $110,500 |
| 282 | Jenn Suhr | Women's pole vault | 5 | $110,250 |
| 283 | Aleksandr Menkov | Men's long jump | 8 | $110,000 |
| 284 | Wayde van Niekerk | two disciplines | 9 | $110,000 |
| 285 | Angelo Taylor | three disciplines | 5 | $109,500 |
| 286 | Ruth Jebet | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $109,000 |
| 287 | Ackera Nugent | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $108,000 |
| 288 | Jenna Prandini | two disciplines | 1 | $107,500 |
| 289 | CJ Ujah | two disciplines | 1 | $106,500 |
| 290 | Jereem Richards | two disciplines | - | $106,500 |
| 291 | Monae' Nichols | Women's long jump | 2 | $106,500 |
| 292 | Kerron Stewart | two disciplines | 3 | $106,000 |
| 293 | Anna Ryzhykova | two disciplines | - | $105,500 |
| 294 | Cameron Myers | three disciplines | 2 | $105,500 |
| 295 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | two disciplines | 6 | $105,500 |
| 296 | Mohammed Aman | Men's 800 m | 7 | $105,500 |
| 297 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Men's pole vault | 2 | $105,500 |
| 298 | Steven Gardiner | two disciplines | 9 | $105,500 |
| 299 | Anita Márton | Women's shot put | - | $105,000 |
| 300 | Brittany Brown | two disciplines | 5 | $104,750 |
| 301 | Nia Ali | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $104,750 |
| 302 | Rasmus Mägi | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $104,250 |
| 303 | Almaz Ayana | three disciplines | 6 | $104,000 |
| 304 | Anavia Battle | two disciplines | 4 | $104,000 |
| 305 | Janeth Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 2 | $104,000 |
| 306 | Kerron Clement | Men's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $104,000 |
| 307 | Walter Dix | two disciplines | 8 | $104,000 |
| 308 | Emma Coburn | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $103,750 |
| 309 | Jacory Patterson | Men's 400 m | 4 | $103,000 |
| 310 | Benjamin Kigen | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 4 | $102,750 |
| 311 | Omar McLeod | two disciplines | 7 | $102,500 |
| 312 | Rajindra Campbell | Men's shot put | 2 | $102,500 |
| 313 | Lukas Weißhaidinger | Men's discus throw | - | $102,000 |
| 314 | Tiffany Porter | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $102,000 |
| 315 | Ehsan Haddadi | Men's discus throw | 1 | $101,500 |
| 316 | Alexander Ogando | two disciplines | 2 | $101,250 |
| 317 | Ezekiel Kemboi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 7 | $101,000 |
| 318 | Kamila Lićwinko | Women's high jump | 2 | $101,000 |
| 319 | Trey Cunningham | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $100,750 |
| 320 | Holly Bradshaw | Women's pole vault | - | $100,083 |
| 321 | Teddy Tamgho | Men's triple jump | 6 | $99,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nia Ali is 301st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $104,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Nia Ali most
Herculis EBS 2023 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kendra Harrison, Alaysha Johnson, Tia Jones, Pia Skrzyszowska, Laëticia Bapté and Sarah Lavin.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the 100 m hurdles, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sharika Nelvis, Christina Clemons, Cindy Roleder, Elvira Herman, Danielle Williams and Kendra Harrison.
Müller Anniversary Games 2019 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 100 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Queen Claye, Megan Simmonds, Tobi Amusan, Pedrya Seymour, Elvira Herman and Evonne Britton.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Nia Ali won?
$104,750, which ranks 301st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 33 paid finishes between 2011 and 2025.
What is Nia Ali's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 100 m hurdles at the 2023 Herculis EBS. 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 Nia Ali 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 win is worth the same in the women's 100 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 Nia Ali won?
One of 35, worth $10,000 between them. Three of her appearances came at a final, which paid $13,500.
Has Nia Ali ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Nia Ali 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 Ali is Brittany Brown on $104,750, and one below Rasmus Mägi on $104,250. Nia Ali 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 100 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Nia Ali has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 400 m and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Xiamen Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.