Nickel Ashmeade prize money
Nickel Ashmeade has been paid $159,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 164th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 33 paid finishes in the men's 200 m and men's 100 m, six of them wins.
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
The 33 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $159,500 is 33 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Nickel Ashmeade
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 m | 21 | 5 | 2011 to 2016 | $119,000 |
| Men's 100 m | 12 | 1 | 2011 to 2015 | $40,500 |
The men's 200 m has paid Nickel Ashmeade $119,000 of the $159,500, which is 75% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2011 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2 | - | Memorial van Damme | $7,000 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2 | Herculis | $41,500 |
| 2013 | 7 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $31,000 |
| 2014 | 9 | 3 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $59,500 |
| 2015 | 7 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $19,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $1,500 |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $59,500 from nine starts. Every season from 2011 to 2016 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $159,500.
Around Nickel Ashmeade on the money list
Ranks 144 to 184
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144 | Keely Hodgkinson | two disciplines | 9 | $170,500 |
| 145 | Marcin Lewandowski | four disciplines | 2 | $170,500 |
| 146 | Sarah Mitton | Women's shot put | 3 | $170,250 |
| 147 | Yuliya Levchenko | Women's high jump | 1 | $169,125 |
| 148 | Aaron Brown | two disciplines | 2 | $167,000 |
| 149 | Abeba Aregawi | four disciplines | 12 | $166,000 |
| 150 | David Rudisha | Men's 800 m | 14 | $166,000 |
| 151 | Neeraj Chopra | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $165,500 |
| 152 | Will Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $164,750 |
| 153 | Hansle Parchment | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $164,000 |
| 154 | Selemon Barega | four disciplines | 5 | $163,750 |
| 155 | Eunice Sum | two disciplines | 11 | $162,500 |
| 156 | Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 2 | $162,000 |
| 157 | Marco Arop | two disciplines | 5 | $162,000 |
| 158 | Anderson Peters | Men's javelin throw | 7 | $161,000 |
| 159 | Konstantinos Filippidis | Men's pole vault | 6 | $161,000 |
| 160 | Julian Weber | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $160,750 |
| 161 | Norah Jeruto | two disciplines | 6 | $160,750 |
| 162 | Tajay Gayle | Men's long jump | 4 | $160,250 |
| 163 | Sunette Viljoen | Women's javelin throw | 4 | $160,000 |
| 164 | Nickel Ashmeade | two disciplines | 6 | $159,500 |
| 165 | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Women's 100 m hurdles | 12 | $158,500 |
| 166 | Mike Rodgers | Men's 100 m | 1 | $157,000 |
| 167 | Brianna Rollins-McNeal | Women's 100 m hurdles | 6 | $155,000 |
| 168 | Abderrahman Samba | three disciplines | 7 | $154,500 |
| 169 | Jessica Schilder | Women's shot put | 5 | $153,250 |
| 170 | Silke Spiegelburg | Women's pole vault | 8 | $153,250 |
| 171 | Ruth Beitia | Women's high jump | 7 | $153,000 |
| 172 | Ruswahl Samaai | Men's long jump | 2 | $152,500 |
| 173 | Mary Moraa | three disciplines | 9 | $151,500 |
| 174 | Ryan Whiting | Men's shot put | 5 | $150,500 |
| 175 | Nadine Müller | Women's discus throw | 3 | $150,000 |
| 176 | Alexis Copello | Men's triple jump | 2 | $149,500 |
| 177 | Andreas Thorkildsen | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $149,500 |
| 178 | Cordell Tinch | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $149,500 |
| 179 | Anzhelika Sidorova | Women's pole vault | 4 | $149,250 |
| 180 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | 1 | $148,750 |
| 181 | Aries Merritt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $148,500 |
| 182 | Jamal Britt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $148,500 |
| 183 | Kara Winger | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $148,000 |
| 184 | Michael Tinsley | Men's 400 m hurdles | 8 | $148,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nickel Ashmeade is 164th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $159,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Nickel Ashmeade most
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Warren Weir, Femi Ogunode, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, Rasheed Dwyer, Curtis Mitchell and Churandy Martina.
Glasgow Grand Prix 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mike Rodgers, Nesta Carter, James Dasaolu, Kim Collins, Richard Thompson and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey.
British Athletics Grand Prix 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alonso Edward, Rasheed Dwyer, Curtis Mitchell, Jason Livermore, James Ellington and Jeremy Dodson.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Nickel Ashmeade won?
$159,500, which ranks 164th 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 2016.
What is Nickel Ashmeade's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 200 m at the 2014 Qatar Athletic Super 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 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Nickel Ashmeade 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 win is worth the same in the men's 200 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Nickel Ashmeade won?
Six of 33, worth $60,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Nickel Ashmeade 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 Nickel Ashmeade is Sunette Viljoen on $160,000, and one below Jasmine Camacho-Quinn on $158,500. Nickel Ashmeade is one of 158 Jamaica athletes athletics has paid, and Jamaica athletics prize money adds them up to $8,413,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 200 m prize money and men's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Nickel Ashmeade has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 110 m hurdles. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.