Orlando Ortega prize money
Orlando Ortega has been paid $287,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 53rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 35 paid finishes in the men's 110 m hurdles, eleven 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 35 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $287,500 is 35 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.3% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 36 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2012 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $4,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $12,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | - | Herculis | $13,000 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2 | Meeting Areva | $38,000 |
| 2016 | 6 | 4 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $50,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $44,500 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $47,000 |
| 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 2012 to 2019 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $287,500.
Around Orlando Ortega on the money list
Ranks 33 to 73
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | 19 | $348,000 |
| 34 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 18 | $347,500 |
| 35 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 11 | $338,250 |
| 36 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | two disciplines | 21 | $335,000 |
| 37 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | two disciplines | 15 | $321,500 |
| 38 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 39 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | 18 | $312,500 |
| 40 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 17 | $310,250 |
| 41 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 15 | $310,000 |
| 42 | Gong Lijiao | Women's shot put | 13 | $309,000 |
| 43 | Yaime Pérez | Women's discus throw | 8 | $307,500 |
| 44 | Conseslus Kipruto | two disciplines | 15 | $305,500 |
| 45 | Caster Semenya | three disciplines | 20 | $304,000 |
| 46 | Asbel Kiprop | four disciplines | 19 | $302,500 |
| 47 | Hellen Obiri | five disciplines | 13 | $301,000 |
| 48 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 12 | $300,500 |
| 49 | Kaliese Carter | two disciplines | 21 | $297,500 |
| 50 | Beatrice Chepkoech | three disciplines | 11 | $297,000 |
| 51 | Salwa Eid Naser | two disciplines | 13 | $296,500 |
| 52 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $292,875 |
| 53 | Orlando Ortega | Men's 110 m hurdles | 11 | $287,500 |
| 54 | Kenny Bednarek | two disciplines | 13 | $286,500 |
| 55 | Allyson Felix | three disciplines | 19 | $283,250 |
| 56 | Jakub Vadlejch | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $281,750 |
| 57 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $281,250 |
| 58 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 11 | $280,250 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Orlando Ortega is 53rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $287,500.
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.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 110 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hansle Parchment, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, Freddie Crittenden, Devon Allen, Ronald Levy and Balázs Baji.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 110 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aries Merritt, Devon Allen, Ronald Levy, Garfield Darien, Milan Trajkovic and Shane Brathwaite.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Orlando Ortega won?
$287,500, which ranks 53rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 35 paid finishes between 2012 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?
Eleven of 36, worth $150,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $90,000.
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. That start 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 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 Orlando Ortega is Katie Moon on $292,875, and one below Kenny Bednarek on $286,500. Orlando Ortega is one of 72 Spain athletes athletics has paid, and Spain athletics prize money adds them up to $1,462,000 across all six competitions. 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.