Nijel Amos prize money
Nijel Amos has been paid $233,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 79th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 24 paid finishes in the men's 800 m, thirteen 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 24 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $233,500 is 24 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2013 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | - | Athletissima | $3,000 |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 | Prefontaine Classic | $28,500 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2 | British Athletics Grand Prix | $38,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | - | Muller Anniversary Games | $5,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $90,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | - | Müller Anniversary Games | $3,000 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3 | Weltklasse Zürich | $56,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | Herculis EBS | $10,000 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $90,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Nijel Amos in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $233,500.
Around Nijel Amos on the money list
Ranks 59 to 99
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 16 | $272,000 |
| 60 | Dafne Schippers | two disciplines | 11 | $271,000 |
| 61 | Dalilah Muhammad | Women's 400 m hurdles | 10 | $270,500 |
| 62 | Sergey Shubenkov | Men's 110 m hurdles | 7 | $268,000 |
| 63 | Laura Muir | five disciplines | 11 | $266,750 |
| 64 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 13 | $266,000 |
| 65 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $263,500 |
| 66 | Christian Coleman | two disciplines | 10 | $263,000 |
| 67 | Olga Rypakova | Women's triple jump | 9 | $262,000 |
| 68 | Kristjan Čeh | Men's discus throw | 12 | $261,500 |
| 69 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $257,500 |
| 70 | Murielle Ahouré-Demps | two disciplines | 10 | $252,750 |
| 71 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $252,250 |
| 72 | David Oliver | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14 | $247,000 |
| 73 | Kendra Harrison | Women's 100 m hurdles | 14 | $246,750 |
| 74 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $244,917 |
| 75 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 10 | $244,750 |
| 76 | Javier Culson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 13 | $243,500 |
| 77 | Francine Niyonsaba | three disciplines | 14 | $238,000 |
| 78 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | two disciplines | 10 | $235,000 |
| 79 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 13 | $233,500 |
| 80 | Andre De Grasse | two disciplines | 11 | $233,000 |
| 81 | Reese Hoffa | Men's shot put | 14 | $226,500 |
| 82 | Fabiana Murer | Women's pole vault | 13 | $223,000 |
| 83 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | two disciplines | 9 | $222,500 |
| 84 | Dawn Harper-Nelson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 15 | $220,500 |
| 85 | Amantle Montsho | Women's 400 m | 12 | $219,500 |
| 86 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 87 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 11 | $217,500 |
| 88 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 89 | Ayanleh Souleiman | four disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 90 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 91 | LaShawn Merritt | two disciplines | 16 | $212,000 |
| 92 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 93 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $211,250 |
| 94 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 4 | $211,000 |
| 95 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | 12 | $210,500 |
| 96 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 10 | $208,000 |
| 97 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 7 | $206,500 |
| 98 | Silas Kiplagat | two disciplines | 11 | $205,000 |
| 99 | Genzebe Dibaba | five disciplines | 12 | $204,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nijel Amos is 79th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $233,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Nijel Amos most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marcin Lewandowski, Adam Kszczot, Kipyegon Bett, Ferguson Rotich, Alfred Kipketer and Elliot Giles.
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Brandon McBride, Emmanuel Korir, Clayton Murphy, Amel Tuka, Ferguson Rotich and Wycliffe Kinyamal.
Herculis EBS 2021 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Emmanuel Korir, Marco Arop, Ferguson Rotich, Elliot Giles, Patryk Dobek and Clayton Murphy.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Nijel Amos won?
$233,500, which ranks 79th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 24 paid finishes between 2013 and 2021.
What is Nijel Amos's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the 800 m at the 2017 AG Memorial Van Damme. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Nijel Amos 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Nijel Amos won?
Thirteen of 24, worth $170,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $70,000.
Is this everything Nijel Amos 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 Nijel Amos is Hagos Gebrhiwet on $235,000, and one below Andre De Grasse on $233,000. Nijel Amos is one of 18 Botswana athletes athletics has paid, and Botswana athletics prize money adds them up to $1,657,250 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 Nijel Amos 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 Herculis EBS has its own page across every edition of it.