Nijel Amos prize money
Nijel Amos has been paid $76,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 193rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the men's 800 m, five 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herculis EBS 2021 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 800 m | 2nd | $20,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2019 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Herculis 2019 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| All seven | Men's 800 m | — | $76,000 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $76,000 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2017 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | Meeting de Paris | $10,000 |
| 2018 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 5 | 3 | Weltklasse Zürich | $56,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | Herculis EBS | $10,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $56,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Nijel Amos in 2018 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $76,000.
Around Nijel Amos on the money list
Ranks 173 to 213
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 173 | Kelsey-Lee Barber | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $82,500 |
| 174 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 175 | Juan Miguel Echevarría | Men's long jump | 3 | $82,000 |
| 176 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $82,000 |
| 177 | Devon Allen | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $81,500 |
| 178 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 179 | Orlando Ortega | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $81,000 |
| 180 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 181 | Daniel Roberts | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $79,750 |
| 182 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 2 | $79,250 |
| 183 | Devynne Charlton | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $78,750 |
| 184 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Men's 100 m | 2 | $78,250 |
| 185 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | two disciplines | 1 | $78,250 |
| 186 | Sada Williams | Women's 400 m | — | $78,250 |
| 187 | EJ Obiena | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,125 |
| 188 | Ramil Guliyev | Men's 200 m | 3 | $78,000 |
| 189 | Molly Caudery | Women's pole vault | 3 | $77,500 |
| 190 | Lü Huihui | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $77,250 |
| 191 | Medina Eisa | two disciplines | 3 | $77,000 |
| 192 | Oleh Doroshchuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $76,250 |
| 193 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 5 | $76,000 |
| 194 | Sydney McLaughlin | two disciplines | 3 | $76,000 |
| 195 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $75,250 |
| 196 | Ronald Levy | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $75,250 |
| 197 | Ackeem Blake | Men's 100 m | 1 | $75,000 |
| 198 | Jemma Reekie | four disciplines | 1 | $73,750 |
| 199 | Zakithi Nene | Men's 400 m | 2 | $73,750 |
| 200 | Auriol Dongmo | Women's shot put | 3 | $73,500 |
| 201 | Tsige Duguma | two disciplines | 4 | $73,250 |
| 202 | Klaudia Kazimierska | two disciplines | 1 | $73,000 |
| 203 | Yasser Triki | Men's triple jump | 1 | $73,000 |
| 204 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $72,750 |
| 205 | Samuel Firewu | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $72,500 |
| 206 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $71,750 |
| 207 | Jordan Scott | Men's triple jump | 4 | $71,500 |
| 208 | Stewart McSweyn | four disciplines | 2 | $71,500 |
| 209 | Likina Amebaw | two disciplines | 1 | $71,250 |
| 210 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | Women's 400 m | 2 | $71,250 |
| 211 | Simon Koech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $71,000 |
| 212 | Thobias Montler | Men's long jump | 2 | $70,750 |
| 213 | Halimah Nakaayi | two disciplines | — | $70,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nijel Amos is 193rd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $76,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Nijel Amos most
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 Wyclife 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.
Doha Diamond League 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Emmanuel Korir, Donavan Brazier, Abubaker Haydar Abdalla, Jonathan Kitilit, Cornelius Tuwei and Adam Kszczot.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Nijel Amos won?
$76,000, which ranks 193rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2017 and 2021.
What is Nijel Amos's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the 800 m at the 2019 Weltklasse Zürich. 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?
Five of seven, worth $50,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $20,000.
Is this everything Nijel Amos 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 him, 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 Nijel Amos is Oleh Doroshchuk on $76,250, and one below Sydney McLaughlin on $76,000. Nijel Amos is one of 15 Botswana athletes athletics has paid, and Botswana athletics prize money adds them up to $1,108,250 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.