Nick Symmonds prize money
Nick Symmonds has been paid $25,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1004th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the men'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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Van Damme 2013 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2012 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Herculis 2011 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| BAUHAUS-galan 2010 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2010 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| All six | Men's 800 m | - | $25,000 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $25,000 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2013, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | - | New York adidas Grand Prix | $11,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | - | Herculis | $4,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $4,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $6,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $11,000 from three starts. Every season from 2010 to 2013 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $25,000.
Around Nick Symmonds on the money list
Ranks 984 to 1024
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 984 | Lurdes Gloria Manuel | Women's 400 m | - | $25,750 |
| 985 | Norbert Kobielski | Men's high jump | - | $25,750 |
| 986 | Thibaut Collet | Men's pole vault | - | $25,542 |
| 987 | Desirèe Henry | two disciplines | - | $25,500 |
| 988 | Gilbert Kirui | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $25,500 |
| 989 | Lilian Odira | Women's 800 m | 1 | $25,500 |
| 990 | Mélanie Melfort | Women's high jump | - | $25,500 |
| 991 | Omar Cisneros | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $25,500 |
| 992 | Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $25,500 |
| 993 | Ronald Musagala | three disciplines | 1 | $25,500 |
| 994 | Siham Hilali | three disciplines | - | $25,500 |
| 995 | Patryk Dobek | two disciplines | - | $25,250 |
| 996 | Steven Lewis | Men's pole vault | - | $25,250 |
| 997 | Derek Miles | Men's pole vault | - | $25,083 |
| 998 | Andrew Riley | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $25,000 |
| 999 | Asier Martínez | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $25,000 |
| 1000 | Dimitrios Chondrokoukis | Men's high jump | 2 | $25,000 |
| 1001 | Keturah Orji | Women's triple jump | - | $25,000 |
| 1002 | Luxolo Adams | Men's 200 m | 1 | $25,000 |
| 1003 | Melissa Bishop-Nriagu | Women's 800 m | - | $25,000 |
| 1004 | Nick Symmonds | Men's 800 m | - | $25,000 |
| 1005 | Ryan Brathwaite | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $25,000 |
| 1006 | Samyr Laine | Men's triple jump | - | $25,000 |
| 1007 | Trell Kimmons | two disciplines | - | $25,000 |
| 1008 | Chukwuebuka Enekwechi | Men's shot put | - | $24,750 |
| 1009 | Anna Pyatykh | Women's triple jump | - | $24,500 |
| 1010 | Boaz Kiplagat Lalang | two disciplines | - | $24,500 |
| 1011 | Christine Day | Women's 400 m | - | $24,500 |
| 1012 | Dimitri Bascou | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $24,500 |
| 1013 | Dmitriy Tarabin | Men's javelin throw | - | $24,500 |
| 1014 | Emiliano Lasa | Men's long jump | - | $24,500 |
| 1015 | Ethan Strand | two disciplines | 1 | $24,500 |
| 1016 | Imogen Ayris | Women's pole vault | - | $24,500 |
| 1017 | Kori Carter | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $24,500 |
| 1018 | Ladislav Prášil | Men's shot put | - | $24,500 |
| 1019 | Libania Grenot | two disciplines | - | $24,500 |
| 1020 | Marquise Goodwin | Men's long jump | 1 | $24,500 |
| 1021 | Nadia Battocletti | three disciplines | 1 | $24,500 |
| 1022 | Paul Dedewo | Men's 400 m | - | $24,500 |
| 1023 | Eusebio Cáceres | Men's long jump | - | $24,250 |
| 1024 | Andreas Kramer | Men's 800 m | - | $24,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nick Symmonds is 1004th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $25,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Nick Symmonds most
Memorial Van Damme 2013 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ferguson Rotich, Marcin Lewandowski, Duane Solomon, Ayanleh Souleiman, Timothy Kitum and Andrew Osagie.
New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alfred Kirwa Yego, Khadevis Robinson, Karjuan Williams, Asbel Kiprop, Jacob Hernandez and Gilbert Kipchoge.
Prefontaine Classic 2012 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Khadevis Robinson, Adam Kszczot, Anthony Chemut, Job Koech Kinyor, Tyler Mulder and Abubaker Kaki.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Nick Symmonds won?
$25,000, which ranks 1004th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2010 and 2013.
What is Nick Symmonds's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 800 m at the 2013 Memorial Van Damme. 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 Nick Symmonds 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 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 Nick Symmonds 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 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 Nick Symmonds is Melissa Bishop-Nriagu on $25,000, and one below Ryan Brathwaite on $25,000. Nick Symmonds 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 men's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Nick Symmonds has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it.