Nicola McDermott prize money
Nicola McDermott has been paid $13,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 733rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's high jump, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletissima 2021 | High jump | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Herculis 2019 | High jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | High jump | 7th | $3,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | High jump | 7th | $1,500 |
| Athletissima 2019 | High jump | =7th | $1,250 |
| Doha Diamond League 2019 | High jump | =8th | $500 |
| All six | Women's high jump | — | $13,750 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $13,750 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2019 to 2021, in the order it was won
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $10,250 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Nicola McDermott in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $13,750.
Around Nicola McDermott on the money list
Ranks 713 to 753
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 713 | Alicia Monson | two disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 714 | Caleb Dean | two disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 715 | Kendry Menéndez | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $14,500 |
| 716 | Matic Ian Guček | two disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 717 | Sinclaire Johnson | three disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 718 | Alice Finot | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $14,250 |
| 719 | Deon Lendore | Men's 400 m | — | $14,250 |
| 720 | Katie Snowden | three disciplines | — | $14,250 |
| 721 | Maboundou Koné | Women's 200 m | — | $14,250 |
| 722 | Vincent Kibet | two disciplines | — | $14,250 |
| 723 | Anvar Anvarov | Men's long jump | 1 | $14,000 |
| 724 | Elise Thorner | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $14,000 |
| 725 | Oratile Nowe | Women's 800 m | — | $14,000 |
| 726 | Rafael Pereira | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $14,000 |
| 727 | Sarah Chelangat | two disciplines | — | $14,000 |
| 728 | Daniel Rowden | Men's 800 m | — | $13,750 |
| 729 | Imke Onnen | Women's high jump | — | $13,750 |
| 730 | Liu Junxi | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $13,750 |
| 731 | Luis Grijalva | three disciplines | — | $13,750 |
| 732 | Marta Alemayo | three disciplines | — | $13,750 |
| 733 | Nicola McDermott | Women's high jump | — | $13,750 |
| 734 | Nozomi Tanaka | three disciplines | — | $13,750 |
| 735 | Payton Chadwick | two disciplines | — | $13,750 |
| 736 | Zhu Yaming | Men's triple jump | — | $13,750 |
| 737 | Cynthia Bolingo | Women's 400 m | 1 | $13,500 |
| 738 | Jessie Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $13,500 |
| 739 | Jordan Anthony | Men's 100 m | — | $13,500 |
| 740 | Maggie Malone-Hardin | Women's javelin throw | — | $13,500 |
| 741 | Nadine Müller | Women's discus throw | — | $13,500 |
| 742 | Paul Chelimo | three disciplines | — | $13,500 |
| 743 | Song Jiayuan | Women's shot put | — | $13,500 |
| 744 | Chala Beyo | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $13,250 |
| 745 | Eilish McColgan | four disciplines | — | $13,250 |
| 746 | Isaiah Harris | Men's 800 m | 1 | $13,250 |
| 747 | İsmail Nezir | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $13,250 |
| 748 | Jean-Marc Pontvianne | Men's triple jump | — | $13,250 |
| 749 | Jodie Williams | two disciplines | — | $13,250 |
| 750 | Julia Henriksson | two disciplines | — | $13,250 |
| 751 | Lemlem Hailu | three disciplines | — | $13,250 |
| 752 | Leungo Scotch | Men's 400 m | — | $13,250 |
| 753 | Berke Akçam | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nicola McDermott is 733rd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $13,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Nicola McDermott most
Herculis 2019 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ana Šimić, Levern Spencer, Kamila Lićwinko, Erika Kinsey, María Fernanda Murillo and Mariya Lasitskene.
Athletissima 2021 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the high jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Iryna Gerashchenko, Kamila Lićwinko, Mirela Demireva, Yuliya Levchenko, Eleanor Patterson and Mariya Lasitskene.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $3,000 for 7th in the high jump, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Erika Kinsey, Ana Šimić, Iryna Herashchenko, Karyna Demidik, Elena Vallortigara and Levern Spencer.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Nicola McDermott won?
$13,750, which ranks 733rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2019 and 2021.
What is Nicola McDermott's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the high jump at the 2019 Herculis. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Nicola McDermott 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 high jump 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 Nicola McDermott 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 Nicola McDermott is Marta Alemayo on $13,750, and one below Nozomi Tanaka on $13,750. For the event itself, see women's high jump prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Nicola McDermott 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 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it.