Ruth Beitia prize money
Ruth Beitia has been paid $153,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 171st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 33 paid finishes in the women's high jump, seven 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 33 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $153,000 is 33 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.
Season by season
2010 to 2017, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | - | London Grand Prix | $18,250 |
| 2011 | 2 | - | Golden Gala | $2,750 |
| 2012 | 4 | - | Meeting Areva | $13,250 |
| 2013 | 2 | - | Monaco | $4,750 |
| 2014 | 5 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $18,500 |
| 2015 | 6 | 2 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $36,500 |
| 2016 | 6 | 5 | Bislett Games | $52,000 |
| 2017 | 3 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $7,000 |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $52,000 from six starts. Every season from 2010 to 2017 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $153,000.
Around Ruth Beitia on the money list
Ranks 151 to 191
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Neeraj Chopra | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $165,500 |
| 152 | Will Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $164,750 |
| 153 | Hansle Parchment | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $164,000 |
| 154 | Selemon Barega | four disciplines | 5 | $163,750 |
| 155 | Eunice Sum | two disciplines | 11 | $162,500 |
| 156 | Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 2 | $162,000 |
| 157 | Marco Arop | two disciplines | 5 | $162,000 |
| 158 | Anderson Peters | Men's javelin throw | 7 | $161,000 |
| 159 | Konstantinos Filippidis | Men's pole vault | 6 | $161,000 |
| 160 | Julian Weber | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $160,750 |
| 161 | Norah Jeruto | two disciplines | 6 | $160,750 |
| 162 | Tajay Gayle | Men's long jump | 4 | $160,250 |
| 163 | Sunette Viljoen | Women's javelin throw | 4 | $160,000 |
| 164 | Nickel Ashmeade | two disciplines | 6 | $159,500 |
| 165 | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Women's 100 m hurdles | 12 | $158,500 |
| 166 | Mike Rodgers | Men's 100 m | 1 | $157,000 |
| 167 | Brianna Rollins-McNeal | Women's 100 m hurdles | 6 | $155,000 |
| 168 | Abderrahman Samba | three disciplines | 7 | $154,500 |
| 169 | Jessica Schilder | Women's shot put | 5 | $153,250 |
| 170 | Silke Spiegelburg | Women's pole vault | 8 | $153,250 |
| 171 | Ruth Beitia | Women's high jump | 7 | $153,000 |
| 172 | Ruswahl Samaai | Men's long jump | 2 | $152,500 |
| 173 | Mary Moraa | three disciplines | 9 | $151,500 |
| 174 | Ryan Whiting | Men's shot put | 5 | $150,500 |
| 175 | Nadine Müller | Women's discus throw | 3 | $150,000 |
| 176 | Alexis Copello | Men's triple jump | 2 | $149,500 |
| 177 | Andreas Thorkildsen | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $149,500 |
| 178 | Cordell Tinch | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $149,500 |
| 179 | Anzhelika Sidorova | Women's pole vault | 4 | $149,250 |
| 180 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | 1 | $148,750 |
| 181 | Aries Merritt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $148,500 |
| 182 | Jamal Britt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $148,500 |
| 183 | Kara Winger | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $148,000 |
| 184 | Michael Tinsley | Men's 400 m hurdles | 8 | $148,000 |
| 185 | Ramil Guliyev | two disciplines | 5 | $147,500 |
| 186 | Robert Harting | Men's discus throw | 11 | $147,500 |
| 187 | Oblique Seville | Men's 100 m | 5 | $146,000 |
| 188 | Collen Kebinatshipi | Men's 400 m | 6 | $145,500 |
| 189 | Mykolas Alekna | Men's discus throw | 7 | $145,500 |
| 190 | Simon Ehammer | Men's long jump | 3 | $145,500 |
| 191 | Rushell Clayton | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $145,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ruth Beitia is 171st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $153,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ruth Beitia most
Bislett Games 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tonje Angelsen, Michaela Hrubá, Sofie Skoog, Kamila Lićwinko, Erika Kinsey and Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch.
Bauhausgalan 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alessia Trost, Kamila Lićwinko, Ana Šimić, Sofie Skoog and Levern Spencer.
Muller Anniversary Games 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mirela Demireva, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Kamila Lićwinko, Levern Spencer, Eleanor Patterson and Morgan Lake.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ruth Beitia won?
$153,000, which ranks 171st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 33 paid finishes between 2010 and 2017.
What is Ruth Beitia's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the high jump at the 2016 Bislett Games. 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 Ruth Beitia 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 high jump 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 Ruth Beitia won?
Seven of 33, worth $70,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Ruth Beitia 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 Ruth Beitia is Silke Spiegelburg on $153,250, and one below Ruswahl Samaai on $152,500. Ruth Beitia 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 women's high jump prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Ruth Beitia 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.