Phoebe Wright prize money
Phoebe Wright has been paid $7,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1812th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's 800 m, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2011 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2010 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Herculis 2010 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| All three | Women's 800 m | - | $7,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $7,000 is three 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.
Season by season
2010 to 2011, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $5,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $2,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $5,000 from two starts. Every season from 2010 to 2011 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $7,000.
Around Phoebe Wright on the money list
Ranks 1792 to 1832
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1792 | Gerson Baldé | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1793 | JJ Jegede | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1794 | Jose Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1795 | Katja Demut | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1796 | Kemar Mowatt | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1797 | Ky Robinson | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1798 | Lisa Urech | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1799 | Lydia Jele | Women's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1800 | Marie-Julie Bonnin | Women's pole vault | - | $7,000 |
| 1801 | Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio | Men's 5000 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1802 | Melanie Bauschke | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1803 | Michael Bultheel | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1804 | Michael Kipyego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,000 |
| 1805 | Minke Bisschops | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1806 | Moa Hjelmer | three disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1807 | Murali Sreeshankar | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1808 | Natalia Linares | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1809 | Omoghan Osaghae | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1810 | Paul Hession | Men's 200 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1811 | Petr Svoboda | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1812 | Phoebe Wright | Women's 800 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1813 | Rae Monzavous Edwards | Men's 100 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1814 | Sean McLean | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1815 | Sebastian Rodger | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1816 | Susan Krumins | four disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1817 | Susana Costa | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1818 | Sviatlana Kudzelich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,000 |
| 1819 | Tabarie Henry | Men's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1820 | Tobias Potye | Men's high jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1821 | Tom Parsons | Men's high jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1822 | Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová | Women's discus throw | - | $7,000 |
| 1823 | Viktor Kuznyetsov | Men's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1824 | Wei Yongli | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1825 | William Reais | Men's 200 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1826 | Bryan McBride | Men's high jump | - | $6,917 |
| 1827 | Avinash Sable | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,750 |
| 1828 | David Mutinda Mutua | Men's 800 m | - | $6,750 |
| 1829 | Emily Borthwick | Women's high jump | - | $6,750 |
| 1830 | Karsten Dilla | Men's pole vault | - | $6,750 |
| 1831 | Álvaro de Arriba | Men's 800 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1832 | Bryan Levell | Men's 200 m | - | $6,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Phoebe Wright is 1812th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $7,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Phoebe Wright most
Prefontaine Classic 2010 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alysia Montaño, Anna Willard, Kenia Sinclair, Maryam Yusuf Jamal, Mariya Savinova and Nancy Jebet Langat.
Prefontaine Classic 2011 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anna Willard, Maggie Vessey, Kenia Sinclair, Caster Semenya, Janeth Jepkosgei and Alysia Montaño.
Herculis 2010 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Eglė Balčiūnaitė, Kenia Sinclair, Alysia Montaño, Jemma Simpson, Anna Willard and Halima Hachlaf.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Phoebe Wright won?
$7,000, which ranks 1812th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2010 and 2011.
What is Phoebe Wright's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the 800 m at the 2010 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 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Phoebe Wright 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 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.
Is this everything Phoebe Wright 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 Phoebe Wright is Petr Svoboda on $7,000, and one below Rae Monzavous Edwards on $7,000. Phoebe Wright 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 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Phoebe Wright 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.