Sada Williams prize money
Sada Williams has been paid $78,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 186th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 25 paid finishes in the women's 400 m, the best of them 2nd.
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 25 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $78,250 is 25 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 26 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2021 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 6 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $30,500 |
| 2023 | 5 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $9,000 |
| 2024 | 5 | — | Diamond League Shanghai | $8,750 |
| 2025 | 5 | — | Doha Diamond League | $7,500 |
| 2026 | 1 | — | Shanghai Diamond League | $2,500 |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $30,500 from six starts. Every season from 2021 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $78,250.
Around Sada Williams on the money list
Ranks 166 to 206
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 200 | Auriol Dongmo | Women's shot put | 3 | $73,500 |
| 201 | Tsige Duguma | two disciplines | 4 | $73,250 |
| 202 | Klaudia Kazimierska | two disciplines | 1 | $73,000 |
| 203 | Yasser Triki | Men's triple jump | 1 | $73,000 |
| 204 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $72,750 |
| 205 | Samuel Firewu | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $72,500 |
| 206 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $71,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sada Williams is 186th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $78,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sada Williams most
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Candice McLeod, Natalia Kaczmarek, Anna Kiełbasińska, Lieke Klaver, Stephenie Ann McPherson and Marileidy Paulino.
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Stephenie Ann McPherson, Candice McLeod, Natalia Kaczmarek, Lieke Klaver, Kaylin Whitney and Quanera Hayes.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2022 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Stephenie Ann McPherson, Sophie Becker, Lada Vondrová, Cátia Azevedo, Phil Healy and Camille Laus.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sada Williams won?
$78,250, which ranks 186th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 25 paid finishes between 2021 and 2026.
What is Sada Williams's biggest Diamond League payday?
$7,000, for finishing 3rd in the 400 m at the 2022 Weltklasse Zürich. 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 Sada Williams 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 400 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.
Has Sada Williams 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. She is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Sada Williams 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 her, 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 Sada Williams is Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith on $78,250, and one below EJ Obiena on $78,125. Sada Williams is one of 4 Barbados athletes athletics has paid, and Barbados athletics prize money adds them up to $93,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sada Williams 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 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Shanghai Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.