Sally Pearson prize money
Sally Pearson has been paid $172,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 140th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 24 paid finishes in the women's 100 m hurdles, 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 24 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $172,500 is 24 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% 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 | 4 | 1 | BAUHAUS-galan | $23,000 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | Athletissima | $30,000 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | Bislett Games | $26,000 |
| 2013 | 4 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $13,000 |
| 2014 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $16,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $58,500 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $58,500 from three starts. Every season from 2010 to 2017 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $172,500.
Around Sally Pearson on the money list
Ranks 120 to 160
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $190,250 |
| 121 | Carmelita Jeter | two disciplines | 13 | $189,000 |
| 122 | Milcah Chemos | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 16 | $189,000 |
| 123 | Shara Proctor | Women's long jump | 4 | $187,000 |
| 124 | Michelle Carter | Women's shot put | 3 | $186,500 |
| 125 | Blanka Vlašić | Women's high jump | 14 | $185,500 |
| 126 | Novlene Williams-Mills | Women's 400 m | 7 | $185,000 |
| 127 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | 8 | $184,500 |
| 128 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
| 129 | Olha Saladukha | Women's triple jump | 6 | $183,000 |
| 130 | Vítězslav Veselý | Men's javelin throw | 8 | $183,000 |
| 131 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 5 | $181,750 |
| 132 | Bershawn Jackson | two disciplines | 9 | $181,500 |
| 133 | Emmanuel Korir | two disciplines | 6 | $181,500 |
| 134 | Janieve Russell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $180,500 |
| 135 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 136 | Christina Obergföll | Women's javelin throw | 12 | $179,000 |
| 137 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 6 | $178,750 |
| 138 | Tianna Bartoletta | two disciplines | 8 | $177,750 |
| 139 | Larissa Iapichino | Women's long jump | 6 | $177,500 |
| 140 | Sally Pearson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $172,500 |
| 141 | Usain Bolt | two disciplines | 16 | $172,000 |
| 142 | Andriy Protsenko | Men's high jump | 3 | $171,250 |
| 143 | Emmanouil Karalis | Men's pole vault | 3 | $170,875 |
| 144 | Keely Hodgkinson | two disciplines | 9 | $170,500 |
| 145 | Marcin Lewandowski | four disciplines | 2 | $170,500 |
| 146 | Sarah Mitton | Women's shot put | 3 | $170,250 |
| 147 | Yuliya Levchenko | Women's high jump | 1 | $169,125 |
| 148 | Aaron Brown | two disciplines | 2 | $167,000 |
| 149 | Abeba Aregawi | four disciplines | 12 | $166,000 |
| 150 | David Rudisha | Men's 800 m | 14 | $166,000 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sally Pearson is 140th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $172,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sally Pearson most
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sharika Nelvis, Christina Clemons, Danielle Williams, Alina Talay, Dawn Harper-Nelson and Jasmin Stowers.
Bislett Games 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kristi Castlin, Tiffany Porter, Priscilla Schliep, Lolo Jones, Danielle Carruthers and Lisa Urech.
Meeting Areva 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ginnie Crawford, Tiffany Porter, Kristi Castlin, Danielle Carruthers, Perdita Felicien and Alice Decaux.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sally Pearson won?
$172,500, which ranks 140th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 24 paid finishes between 2010 and 2017.
What is Sally Pearson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the 100 m hurdles at the 2017 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 Sally Pearson 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 Sally Pearson won?
Seven of 24, worth $110,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $50,000.
Is this everything Sally Pearson 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 Sally Pearson is Larissa Iapichino on $177,500, and one below Usain Bolt on $172,000. Sally Pearson is one of 87 Australia athletes athletics has paid, and Australia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,553,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 100 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sally Pearson has been paid in one 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 Weltklasse Zürich has its own page across every edition of it.