Orlando Ortega prize money
Orlando Ortega has been paid $81,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 179th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the men's 110 m hurdles, three 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | 110 m hurdles | 1st | $50,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | 110 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2019 | 110 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2019 | 110 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | 110 m hurdles | 4th | $3,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 110 m hurdles | 9th | — |
| Meeting de Paris 2018 | 110 m hurdles | 6th | $2,000 |
| All seven | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $81,000 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $81,000 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the seven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2018 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Meeting de Paris | $2,000 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $79,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $79,000 from six starts. Every season from 2018 to 2019 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $81,000.
Around Orlando Ortega on the money list
Ranks 159 to 199
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159 | Jereem Richards | two disciplines | — | $88,000 |
| 160 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 161 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 162 | Peruth Chemutai | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $86,750 |
| 163 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 164 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 165 | Birhanu Balew | two disciplines | 2 | $85,750 |
| 166 | Selemon Barega | four disciplines | 3 | $85,750 |
| 167 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | Men's 5000 m | 3 | $85,500 |
| 168 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 169 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
| 170 | Anna Ryzhykova | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $83,500 |
| 171 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 4 | $82,500 |
| 172 | Joshua Cheptegei | three disciplines | 2 | $82,500 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Orlando Ortega is 179th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $81,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Orlando Ortega most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 110 m hurdles, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ronald Levy, Sergey Shubenkov, Freddie Crittenden, Xie Wenjun, Andrew Pozzi and Antonio Alkana.
Prefontaine Classic 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 110 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Wilhem Belocian, Omar McLeod, Ronald Levy, Devon Allen, Xie Wenjun and Freddie Crittenden.
Athletissima 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 110 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Daniel Roberts, Ronald Levy, Andrew Pozzi, Xie Wenjun, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde and Devon Allen.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Orlando Ortega won?
$81,000, which ranks 179th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2018 and 2019.
What is Orlando Ortega's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the 110 m hurdles at the 2019 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 Orlando Ortega 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 110 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Orlando Ortega won?
Three of seven, worth $70,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $50,000.
Has Orlando Ortega 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. He is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Orlando Ortega 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 Orlando Ortega is Thea LaFond on $81,500, and one below CJ Allen on $80,750. For the event itself, see men's 110 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Orlando Ortega has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it.