Sage Watson prize money
Sage Watson has been paid $21,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1106th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from nine 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 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 | 400 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bislett Games 2018 | 400 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2018 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $3,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2018 | 400 m hurdles | 7th | $3,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2018 | 400 m hurdles | 8th | $1,000 |
| All ten | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $21,250 |
The nine paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $21,250 is nine separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the ten 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 | 6 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $17,500 |
| 2019 | 2 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $3,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 2 | - | Bislett Games | $750 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $17,500 from six starts. 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 $21,250.
Around Sage Watson on the money list
Ranks 1086 to 1126
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1086 | Jacob Kiplimo | three disciplines | - | $22,000 |
| 1087 | Lisa Dobriskey | two disciplines | - | $22,000 |
| 1088 | Marshevet Hooker | two disciplines | - | $22,000 |
| 1089 | Ronnie Ash | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $22,000 |
| 1090 | Rose-Marie Whyte-Robinson | Women's 400 m | - | $22,000 |
| 1091 | Augusto Dutra | Men's pole vault | - | $21,750 |
| 1092 | Morolake Akinosun | two disciplines | - | $21,750 |
| 1093 | Trevor Barry | Men's high jump | - | $21,750 |
| 1094 | Ancuţa Bobocel | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $21,500 |
| 1095 | Anna Rüh | Women's discus throw | - | $21,500 |
| 1096 | Hamish Peacock | Men's javelin throw | - | $21,500 |
| 1097 | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | two disciplines | - | $21,500 |
| 1098 | Selina Büchel | Women's 800 m | - | $21,500 |
| 1099 | Senayet Getachew | two disciplines | - | $21,500 |
| 1100 | Snežana Vukmirovič | Women's triple jump | - | $21,500 |
| 1101 | T'erea Brown | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $21,500 |
| 1102 | Tarik Langat Akdag | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $21,500 |
| 1103 | Alexander Doom | Men's 400 m | 1 | $21,250 |
| 1104 | Ben Pattison | two disciplines | - | $21,250 |
| 1105 | Marcell Jacobs | Men's 100 m | - | $21,250 |
| 1106 | Sage Watson | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $21,250 |
| 1107 | Sam Mattis | Men's discus throw | - | $21,250 |
| 1108 | Besu Sado | Women's 1500 m | - | $21,000 |
| 1109 | Brandon Miller | Men's 800 m | 1 | $21,000 |
| 1110 | Daniel Kipchirchir Komen | three disciplines | - | $21,000 |
| 1111 | Haron Keitany | two disciplines | 1 | $21,000 |
| 1112 | Jarrod Bannister | Men's javelin throw | - | $21,000 |
| 1113 | Joel Brown | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $21,000 |
| 1114 | Nicholas Bett | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $21,000 |
| 1115 | Rabah Yousif | Men's 400 m | - | $21,000 |
| 1116 | Seref Osmanoglu | Men's triple jump | - | $21,000 |
| 1117 | Steven Hooker | Men's pole vault | - | $21,000 |
| 1118 | Teemu Wirkkala | Men's javelin throw | - | $21,000 |
| 1119 | Justyna Święty-Ersetic | Women's 400 m | - | $20,750 |
| 1120 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | five disciplines | - | $20,750 |
| 1121 | Laviai Nielsen | Women's 400 m | - | $20,750 |
| 1122 | Gabrielle Jennings | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $20,500 |
| 1123 | Ineta Radēviča | Women's long jump | - | $20,500 |
| 1124 | Jordan Díaz | Men's triple jump | 1 | $20,500 |
| 1125 | Mark Kosgei Kiptoo | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $20,500 |
| 1126 | Natalya Mikhnevich | Women's shot put | - | $20,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sage Watson is 1106th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $21,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sage Watson most
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Wenda Nel, Joanna Linkiewicz, Leah Nugent, Xia Xiao, Georganne Moline and Dalilah Muhammad.
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.
Prefontaine Classic 2018 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shamier Little, Zuzana Hejnová, Ashley Spencer, Cassandra Tate, Janieve Russell and Dalilah Muhammad.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sage Watson won?
$21,250, which ranks 1106th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from nine 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 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai. 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. That start 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 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 Sage Watson is Marcell Jacobs on $21,250, and one below Sam Mattis on $21,250. Sage Watson is one of 70 Canada athletes athletics has paid, and Canada athletics prize money adds them up to $2,287,458 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 400 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.