Nnenya Hailey prize money
Nnenya Hailey has been paid $6,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1880th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2021 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | 400 m hurdles | 6th | $2,000 |
| Anniversary Games 2021 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $1,250 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2021 | 400 m hurdles | 6th | $1,000 |
| All four | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $6,250 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $6,250 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Around Nnenya Hailey on the money list
Ranks 1860 to 1900
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | Michael Obasuyi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $6,500 |
| 1861 | Ndiss Kaba Badji | Men's long jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1862 | Patriks Gailums | Men's javelin throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1863 | Richard Yator | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1864 | Sheila Reid | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1865 | Stipe Žunić | Men's shot put | - | $6,500 |
| 1866 | Takatoshi Abe | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $6,500 |
| 1867 | Thomas Gogois | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1868 | Travis Padgett | Men's 100 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1869 | Walter Davis | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1870 | Yeimer López | Men's 800 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1871 | Yekaterina Kayukova-Chernenko | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1872 | Yigrem Demelash | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1873 | Yoandri Betanzos | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1874 | Adelle Tracey | two disciplines | - | $6,250 |
| 1875 | Andrea Dallavalle | Men's triple jump | - | $6,250 |
| 1876 | Andrew Coscoran | two disciplines | - | $6,250 |
| 1877 | Anna Iljuštšenko | Women's high jump | - | $6,250 |
| 1878 | Elisa Molinarolo | Women's pole vault | - | $6,250 |
| 1879 | Imani-Lara Lansiquot | Women's 100 m | - | $6,250 |
| 1880 | Nnenya Hailey | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $6,250 |
| 1881 | Rosefline Chepngetich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,250 |
| 1882 | Abera Kuma | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1883 | Abigail Irozuru | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1884 | Alida van Daalen | Women's discus throw | - | $6,000 |
| 1885 | Amanda Moll | Women's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1886 | Amy-Eloise Markovc | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1887 | Anastasia Le-Roy | Women's 400 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1888 | Axel Chapelle | Men's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1889 | Axel Härstedt | Men's discus throw | - | $6,000 |
| 1890 | Azmera Gebru | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1891 | Beate Schrott | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $6,000 |
| 1892 | Benson Seurei | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1893 | Beverly Ramos | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1894 | Calesio Newman | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1895 | Carlo Paech | Men's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1896 | Charles Grethen | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1897 | Chituru Ali | Men's 100 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1898 | Christian Malcolm | Men's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1899 | Dalia Kaddari | Women's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1900 | Elena Mirela Lavric | Women's 800 m | - | $6,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nnenya Hailey is 1880th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $6,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Nnenya Hailey most
Meeting de Paris 2021 paid $2,000 for 4th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Viktoriya Tkachuk, Emma Zapletalová, Paulien Couckuyt, Shamier Little, Gianna Woodruff and Anna Ryzhykova.
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Janieve Russell, Léa Sprunger, Femke Broeders-Bol, Shamier Little, Anna Ryzhykova and Viktoriya Tkachuk.
Anniversary Games 2021 paid $1,250 for 5th in the 400 m hurdles, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Léa Sprunger, Meghan Beesley, Femke Broeders-Bol, Shamier Little, Janieve Russell and Jessie Knight.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Nnenya Hailey won?
$6,250, which ranks 1880th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes in 2021.
What is Nnenya Hailey's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 4th in the 400 m hurdles at the 2021 Meeting de Paris. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Nnenya Hailey 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 400 m hurdles 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 Nnenya Hailey 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 her, 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 Nnenya Hailey is Imani-Lara Lansiquot on $6,250, and one below Rosefline Chepngetich on $6,250. Nnenya Hailey is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Nnenya Hailey 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 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it.