Sage Watson prize money
Sage Watson has been paid $7,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 929th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2021 | 400 m hurdles | 7th | $750 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2021 | 400 m hurdles | 9th | — |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 7th | $1,500 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 7th | $1,500 |
| Bislett Games 2018 | 400 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| All five | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $7,750 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $7,750 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the five starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2018 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | $4,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $3,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 2 | — | Bislett Games | $750 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $4,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Sage Watson in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $7,750.
Around Sage Watson on the money list
Ranks 909 to 949
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 909 | Bershawn Jackson | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $8,000 |
| 910 | Dezerea Bryant | Women's 200 m | — | $8,000 |
| 911 | Emiliano Lasa | Men's long jump | — | $8,000 |
| 912 | Hawi Feysa | two disciplines | — | $8,000 |
| 913 | Isaac Updike | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $8,000 |
| 914 | Isabelle Pedersen | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $8,000 |
| 915 | Josephus Lyles | Men's 200 m | — | $8,000 |
| 916 | Kerron Clement | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $8,000 |
| 917 | Lidio Andrés Feliz | Men's 400 m | — | $8,000 |
| 918 | Michał Rozmys | two disciplines | — | $8,000 |
| 919 | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Women's pole vault | — | $8,000 |
| 920 | Sofia Assefa | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $8,000 |
| 921 | Thomas Wilkes | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $8,000 |
| 922 | Abby Steiner | two disciplines | — | $7,750 |
| 923 | Adrián Ben | two disciplines | — | $7,750 |
| 924 | Arthur Cissé | two disciplines | — | $7,750 |
| 925 | Emmanuel Matadi | two disciplines | — | $7,750 |
| 926 | Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen | Men's 400 m | — | $7,750 |
| 927 | Ilionis Guillaume | Women's triple jump | — | $7,750 |
| 928 | Patryk Dobek | two disciplines | — | $7,750 |
| 929 | Sage Watson | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $7,750 |
| 930 | Shaun Maswanganyi | two disciplines | — | $7,750 |
| 931 | Tomohiro Shinno | Men's high jump | — | $7,667 |
| 932 | Ana Šimić | Women's high jump | — | $7,583 |
| 933 | Audrey Leduc | Women's 200 m | — | $7,500 |
| 934 | Constantin Preis | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $7,500 |
| 935 | Craig Engels | two disciplines | — | $7,500 |
| 936 | Daisy Osakue | Women's discus throw | — | $7,500 |
| 937 | Henrik Larsson | two disciplines | — | $7,500 |
| 938 | Kateryna Tabashnyk | Women's high jump | — | $7,500 |
| 939 | Lomi Muleta | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $7,500 |
| 940 | Luca Kozák | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $7,500 |
| 941 | Marija Tolj | Women's discus throw | — | $7,500 |
| 942 | Mateusz Przybylko | Men's high jump | — | $7,500 |
| 943 | Mezgebu Sime | two disciplines | — | $7,500 |
| 944 | Olivia Markezich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $7,500 |
| 945 | Rayniah Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $7,500 |
| 946 | Silas Kiplagat | Men's 1500 m | — | $7,500 |
| 947 | Talitha Diggs | Women's 400 m | — | $7,500 |
| 948 | Thiago Braz da Silva | Men's pole vault | — | $7,500 |
| 949 | Vernon Turner | Men's high jump | — | $7,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sage Watson is 929th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $7,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sage Watson most
Bislett Games 2018 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Léa Sprunger, Zuzana Hejnová, Amalie Iuel, Yadisleidy Pedroso, Line Kloster and Dalilah Muhammad.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 400 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ayomide Folorunso, Léa Sprunger, Dalilah Muhammad, Shamier Little, Zuzana Hejnová and Kori Carter.
Müller Anniversary Games 2019 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Wenda Nel, Rushell Clayton, Zuzana Hejnová, Tia-Adana Belle, Anna Ryzhykova and Janieve Russell.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sage Watson won?
$7,750, which ranks 929th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2018 and 2021.
What is Sage Watson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 400 m hurdles at the 2018 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 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Sage Watson 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 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.
Has Sage Watson 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 Sage Watson 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 Sage Watson is Patryk Dobek on $7,750, and one below Shaun Maswanganyi on $7,750. Sage Watson is one of 34 Canada athletes athletics has paid, and Canada athletics prize money adds them up to $1,449,500 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sage Watson 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 Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.