Queen Claye prize money
Queen Claye has been paid $129,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 236th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 31 paid finishes in the women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m hurdles, four 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
The 31 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $129,500 is 31 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Queen Claye
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 100 m hurdles | 24 | 4 | 2010 to 2019 | $113,500 |
| Women's 400 m hurdles | 7 | - | 2010 to 2012 | $16,000 |
The women's 100 m hurdles has paid Queen Claye $113,500 of the $129,500, which is 88% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2010 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | - | BAUHAUS-galan | $10,500 |
| 2011 | 4 | - | Bislett Games | $8,500 |
| 2012 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $14,500 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | Monaco | $17,000 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3 | Adidas Grand Prix | $47,000 |
| 2015 | 5 | - | Bislett Games | $16,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Bauhausgalan | $4,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $6,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | - | Müller Anniversary Games | $2,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Müller Anniversary Games | $4,000 |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $47,000 from seven starts. Every season from 2010 to 2019 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $129,500.
Around Queen Claye on the money list
Ranks 216 to 256
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 216 | Natalia Bukowiecka | Women's 400 m | 3 | $135,250 |
| 217 | Elijah Manangoi | three disciplines | 5 | $135,000 |
| 218 | Leonardo Fabbri | Men's shot put | 5 | $135,000 |
| 219 | Hamish Kerr | Men's high jump | 7 | $134,750 |
| 220 | Jenny Simpson | four disciplines | 4 | $133,500 |
| 221 | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Women's pole vault | 5 | $133,250 |
| 222 | Anna Chicherova | Women's high jump | 8 | $133,000 |
| 223 | Eleanor Patterson | Women's high jump | 2 | $132,750 |
| 224 | Getnet Wale | three disciplines | 2 | $132,750 |
| 225 | Abraham Kibiwot | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $132,250 |
| 226 | Asafa Powell | Men's 100 m | 9 | $131,500 |
| 227 | Daryll Neita | two disciplines | 3 | $131,500 |
| 228 | Hiwot Ayalew | two disciplines | 5 | $131,500 |
| 229 | Tomasz Majewski | Men's shot put | 1 | $131,000 |
| 230 | Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot | two disciplines | 11 | $131,000 |
| 231 | Michael Norman | three disciplines | 7 | $130,750 |
| 232 | Djamel Sedjati | two disciplines | 5 | $130,500 |
| 233 | Georgia Hunter Bell | three disciplines | 4 | $130,250 |
| 234 | Dylan Armstrong | Men's shot put | 5 | $130,000 |
| 235 | Johannes Vetter | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $129,500 |
| 236 | Queen Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $129,500 |
| 237 | Jason Richardson | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $129,000 |
| 238 | Yohan Blake | two disciplines | 3 | $128,250 |
| 239 | Christian Cantwell | Men's shot put | 7 | $128,000 |
| 240 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $128,000 |
| 241 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | two disciplines | 2 | $126,750 |
| 242 | Viola Jelagat Kibiwot | five disciplines | - | $126,500 |
| 243 | David Storl | Men's shot put | 5 | $125,500 |
| 244 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $125,250 |
| 245 | Tina Šutej | Women's pole vault | 1 | $123,250 |
| 246 | Robert Urbanek | Men's discus throw | 3 | $122,750 |
| 247 | Greg Rutherford | Men's long jump | 7 | $122,500 |
| 248 | Adam Kszczot | two disciplines | 5 | $122,000 |
| 249 | Jessica Hull | six disciplines | 1 | $121,750 |
| 250 | Tori Bowie | three disciplines | 8 | $121,500 |
| 251 | Mélina Robert-Michon | Women's discus throw | - | $121,250 |
| 252 | Brandon Starc | Men's high jump | 3 | $121,000 |
| 253 | Yenew Alamirew | three disciplines | 6 | $121,000 |
| 254 | Muktar Edris | two disciplines | 5 | $120,750 |
| 255 | Yarelis Barrios | Women's discus throw | 6 | $120,500 |
| 256 | Lyu Huihui | Women's javelin throw | 6 | $120,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Queen Claye is 236th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $129,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Queen Claye most
Adidas Grand Prix 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dawn Harper-Nelson, Lolo Jones, Cindy Billaud, Tiffany Porter, Nia Ali and Shermaine Williams.
Glasgow Grand Prix 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lolo Jones, Sally Pearson, Tiffany Porter, Jasmin Stowers, Nia Ali and Nadine Hildebrand.
DN Galan 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nia Ali, Dawn Harper-Nelson, Cindy Roleder, Alina Talay and Nadine Hildebrand.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Queen Claye won?
$129,500, which ranks 236th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 31 paid finishes between 2010 and 2019.
What is Queen Claye's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 100 m hurdles at the 2014 Adidas Grand Prix. 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 Queen Claye 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 100 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 Queen Claye won?
Four of 31, worth $40,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Queen Claye 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 Queen Claye is Johannes Vetter on $129,500, and one below Jason Richardson on $129,000. Queen Claye 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 100 m hurdles prize money and women's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Queen Claye has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 400 m and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Müller Anniversary Games has its own page across every edition of it.