Nikki Hiltz prize money
Nikki Hiltz has been paid $46,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 334th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from nine paid finishes in the women's 1500 m and women's mile, two 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | Mile | 1st | $20,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 1500 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 1500 m | 10th | — |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | 1500 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 1500 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025 | 1500 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2024 | 1500 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Bislett Games 2023 | Mile | 4th | $2,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2023 | Mile | 6th | $1,000 |
| All ten | two disciplines | — | $46,750 |
The nine paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $46,750 is nine separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.09% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the ten starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Nikki Hiltz did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 metres | 5th | 3:57.08 | $11,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Nikki Hiltz $11,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $46,750 from ten Diamond League starts between 2023 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Nikki Hiltz did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 metres | 3rd | 3:58.16 | $40,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Nikki Hiltz $40,000 for one finish over three days, against $46,750 from ten Diamond League starts between 2023 and 2026. Three days there paid her more than any whole Diamond League season has. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Indoor Championships
What Nikki Hiltz did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 metres | 3rd | 3:59.68 | $10,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Nikki Hiltz $10,000 for one finish in Toruń 2026, against $46,750 from ten Diamond League starts between 2023 and 2026. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Nikki Hiltz
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 m | 7 | 1 | 2024 to 2026 | $23,750 |
| Women's mile | 3 | 1 | 2023 to 2026 | $23,000 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Nikki Hiltz $23,750 of the $46,750, which is 51% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | — | Bislett Games | $3,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $1,250 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $16,000 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $26,500 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $26,500 from four starts. Every season from 2023 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $46,750.
Around Nikki Hiltz on the money list
Ranks 314 to 354
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 314 | Kyree King | two disciplines | — | $49,750 |
| 315 | Rachid Muratake | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $49,750 |
| 316 | Kara Winger | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $49,500 |
| 317 | Sarah Healy | four disciplines | 1 | $49,500 |
| 318 | Raevyn Rogers | Women's 800 m | — | $49,250 |
| 319 | Sasha Zhoya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $49,250 |
| 320 | Gong Lijiao | Women's shot put | 4 | $49,000 |
| 321 | Ruswahl Samaai | Men's long jump | — | $49,000 |
| 322 | Ayomide Folorunso | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $48,750 |
| 323 | Khaddi Sagnia | Women's long jump | 1 | $48,250 |
| 324 | Morgan Lake | Women's high jump | 1 | $48,250 |
| 325 | Tia Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $48,250 |
| 326 | Khallifah Rosser | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $48,000 |
| 327 | Wilfried Happio | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $48,000 |
| 328 | Aleia Hobbs | Women's 100 m | 2 | $47,750 |
| 329 | Matteo Sioli | Men's high jump | 2 | $47,250 |
| 330 | Werkuha Getachew | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $47,250 |
| 331 | Davisleydi Velazco | Women's triple jump | 2 | $47,000 |
| 332 | Laulauga Tausaga | Women's discus throw | — | $47,000 |
| 333 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 334 | Nikki Hiltz | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 335 | Menno Vloon | Men's pole vault | — | $46,667 |
| 336 | Will Claye | two disciplines | 1 | $46,250 |
| 337 | Abel Kipsang | three disciplines | 2 | $46,000 |
| 338 | Gemechu Godana | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $46,000 |
| 339 | Ronnie Baker | Men's 100 m | 3 | $45,250 |
| 340 | Freddie Crittenden | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $45,000 |
| 341 | Trevor Bassitt | two disciplines | — | $45,000 |
| 342 | Max Burgin | Men's 800 m | 1 | $44,750 |
| 343 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $44,750 |
| 344 | Alaysha Johnson | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $44,500 |
| 345 | Ciara Mageean | two disciplines | 1 | $44,250 |
| 346 | Patrizia Van der Weken | Women's 100 m | 1 | $44,250 |
| 347 | Femke Broeders-Bol | Women's 800 m | — | $44,000 |
| 348 | Jasmine Moore | two disciplines | 1 | $44,000 |
| 349 | Reynier Mena | Men's 200 m | 2 | $44,000 |
| 350 | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk | two disciplines | 1 | $43,750 |
| 351 | Hellen Obiri | two disciplines | 3 | $43,500 |
| 352 | Jacob Krop | two disciplines | 1 | $43,250 |
| 353 | Shunsuke Izumiya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $43,250 |
| 354 | Cheng Chao-tsun | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $43,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nikki Hiltz is 334th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $46,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Nikki Hiltz most
Prefontaine Classic 2026 paid $20,000 for 1st in the mile, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dorcus Ewoi, Faith Kipyegon, Klaudia Kazimierska, Jessica Hull, Emily Mackay and Sarah Healy.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Linden Hall, Nelly Chepchirchir, Laura Muir, Agathe Guillemot, Marta Pérez and Esther Guerrero.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 1500 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Agathe Guillemot, Patricia Silva, Ludovica Cavalli, Abbey Caldwell, Salomé Afonso and Haregeweyni Kalayu.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Nikki Hiltz won?
$46,750, which ranks 334th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from nine paid finishes between 2023 and 2026.
What is Nikki Hiltz's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 1st in the Diamond+ mile at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Nikki Hiltz 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 win is worth the same in the women'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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Nikki Hiltz won?
Two of ten, worth $30,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $2,500.
Has Nikki Hiltz ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. She is in the result table on this site either way.
How much did Nikki Hiltz win at the 2025 World Championships?
$11,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
How much did Nikki Hiltz win at the Ultimate Championship?
$40,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
How much has Nikki Hiltz won at the World Indoor Championships?
$10,000, from one paid final in Toruń 2026. An indoor title pays $40,000 and the ladder runs six places deep, down to $4,000 for 6th, the same in every event on the programme and the same for a relay team.
Is this everything Nikki Hiltz earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Championships, Ultimate Championship and World Indoor Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Nikki Hiltz is Agnes Jebet Ngetich on $46,750, and one below Menno Vloon on $46,667. Nikki Hiltz is one of 352 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $16,292,792 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 1500 m prize money and women's mile prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Nikki Hiltz has been paid in two 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the women's 1500 metres page. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the women's 1500 metres page. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the women's 1500 metres page.