Nick Willis prize money
Nick Willis has been paid $35,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 816th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten paid finishes in the men's 1500 m, men's mile and men's 5000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 5000 m | 19th | - |
| Meeting de Paris 2018 | 1500 m | 9th | - |
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2016 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bislett Games 2016 | Mile | 4th | $3,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2015 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| ExxonMobil Bislett Games 2014 | Mile | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis 2014 | 1500 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Herculis 2012 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2012 | Mile | 7th | $1,500 |
| DN Galan 2011 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2011 | 1500 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| All twelve | four disciplines | - | $35,000 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $35,000 is ten separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the twelve starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Nick Willis
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 m | 6 | - | 2011 to 2018 | $16,500 |
| Men's mile | 3 | - | 2012 to 2016 | $10,500 |
| Men's 5000 m | 2 | - | 2015 to 2019 | $6,000 |
| Men's 800 m | 1 | - | 2011 | $2,000 |
The men's 1500 m has paid Nick Willis $16,500 of the $35,000, which is 47% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2011 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | - | DN Galan | $9,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Herculis | $5,500 |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | 2 | - | ExxonMobil Bislett Games | $7,500 |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $6,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $7,000 |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | - |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | - |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $9,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Nick Willis in 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2019, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $35,000.
Around Nick Willis on the money list
Ranks 796 to 836
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 796 | Amalie Iuel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $36,000 |
| 797 | Bozhidar Sarâboyukov | Men's long jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 798 | Jason Young | three disciplines | - | $36,000 |
| 799 | Jazmin Sawyers | Women's long jump | - | $36,000 |
| 800 | Liu Shiying | Women's javelin throw | - | $36,000 |
| 801 | Narve Gilje Nordås | four disciplines | 1 | $36,000 |
| 802 | Raven Saunders | Women's shot put | - | $36,000 |
| 803 | Whitney Ashley | Women's discus throw | - | $36,000 |
| 804 | Enrique Llopis | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $35,750 |
| 805 | Mateusz Przybylko | Men's high jump | - | $35,750 |
| 806 | Dorcus Ewoi | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 807 | English Gardner | two disciplines | 1 | $35,500 |
| 808 | Goldie Sayers | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $35,500 |
| 809 | Jamile Samuel | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 810 | Matthew Centrowitz Jr. | four disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 811 | Mattia Furlani | Men's long jump | - | $35,250 |
| 812 | Abbey Caldwell | four disciplines | 1 | $35,000 |
| 813 | Anaso Jobodwana | Men's 200 m | - | $35,000 |
| 814 | Andressa de Morais | Women's discus throw | - | $35,000 |
| 815 | Cindy Roleder | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $35,000 |
| 816 | Nick Willis | four disciplines | - | $35,000 |
| 817 | Xinglong Gao | Men's long jump | 2 | $35,000 |
| 818 | Brad Walker | Men's pole vault | - | $34,750 |
| 819 | Catriona Bisset | Women's 800 m | - | $34,750 |
| 820 | Charles Simotwo | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
| 821 | Irina Gordeyeva | Women's high jump | - | $34,750 |
| 822 | Ryuji Miura | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
| 823 | Alexandria Anderson | two disciplines | - | $34,500 |
| 824 | Mamadou Kassé Hann | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $34,500 |
| 825 | Mimi Belete | two disciplines | - | $34,500 |
| 826 | Andreas Almgren | four disciplines | 1 | $34,250 |
| 827 | Chala Beyo | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,250 |
| 828 | Claudine Vita | Women's discus throw | - | $34,250 |
| 829 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | - | $34,250 |
| 830 | Benjamin Robert | two disciplines | 1 | $34,000 |
| 831 | Doris Lemngole | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,000 |
| 832 | Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
| 833 | Nicholas Kiptanui Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
| 834 | Yanis Meziane | Men's 800 m | - | $34,000 |
| 835 | Addisu Yihune | two disciplines | 2 | $33,750 |
| 836 | Jaroslav Bába | Men's high jump | 1 | $33,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nick Willis is 816th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $35,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Nick Willis most
Adidas Grand Prix 2015 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nguse Amlosom, Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa, Moses Ndiema Kipsiro, Arne Gabius, Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba and Antonio Abadía.
ExxonMobil Bislett Games 2014 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the mile, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Homiyu Tesfaye, Henrik Ingebrigtsen, Mahiedine Mekhissi, Mekonnen Gebremedhin, Ilham Tanui Özbilen and Matthew Centrowitz Jr..
British Athletics Grand Prix 2016 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vincent Kibet, James Kiplagat Magut, Ryan Gregson, Silas Kiplagat, Henrik Ingebrigtsen and Asbel Kiprop.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Nick Willis won?
$35,000, which ranks 816th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2011 and 2019.
What is Nick Willis's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 5000 m at the 2015 Adidas Grand Prix. 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 Willis 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 1500 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 Nick Willis 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 Nick Willis 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 Willis is Cindy Roleder on $35,000, and one below Xinglong Gao on $35,000. Nick Willis is one of 18 New Zealand athletes athletics has paid, and New Zealand athletics prize money adds them up to $1,432,375 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 1500 m prize money, men's mile prize money, men's 5000 m prize money and men's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Nick Willis has been paid in four 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.