Sanya Richards-Ross prize money
Sanya Richards-Ross has been paid $93,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 343rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from sixteen paid finishes in the women's 400 m and women's 200 m, five 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2016 | 400 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2015 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2015 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2015 | 200 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2014 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Belgacom Memorial Van Damme 2014 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Glasgow Grand Prix 2014 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| DN Galan 2014 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2014 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2012 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| DN Galan 2012 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2012 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2011 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Golden Gala 2011 | 200 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Golden Gala 2011 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| All sixteen | two disciplines | - | $93,500 |
The sixteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $93,500 is sixteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.08% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Sanya Richards-Ross
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 m | 14 | 5 | 2011 to 2016 | $89,000 |
| Women's 200 m | 2 | - | 2011 to 2015 | $4,500 |
The women's 400 m has paid Sanya Richards-Ross $89,000 of the $93,500, which is 95% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2011 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | - | Athletissima | $14,000 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | Prefontaine Classic | $30,000 |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 | Meeting Areva | $34,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $14,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,500 |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $34,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Sanya Richards-Ross in 2013, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $93,500.
Around Sanya Richards-Ross on the money list
Ranks 323 to 363
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 323 | Fabrice Lapierre | Men's long jump | 2 | $98,000 |
| 324 | Juan Miguel Echevarría | Men's long jump | 4 | $98,000 |
| 325 | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | Women's discus throw | 1 | $97,500 |
| 326 | Adriana Vilagoš | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $97,250 |
| 327 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $97,208 |
| 328 | Feng Bin | Women's discus throw | 3 | $97,000 |
| 329 | Kellie Wells | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $97,000 |
| 330 | Tyson Gay | two disciplines | 8 | $97,000 |
| 331 | Chris Nilsen | Men's pole vault | 2 | $96,750 |
| 332 | Emma Zapletalová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $96,500 |
| 333 | Joshua Cheptegei | three disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 334 | Shannon Rowbury | four disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 335 | Julius Yego | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $96,000 |
| 336 | Zharnel Hughes | two disciplines | 2 | $95,500 |
| 337 | Mujinga Kambundji | two disciplines | 1 | $95,250 |
| 338 | Ronald Levy | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $94,750 |
| 339 | Cleopatra Borel | Women's shot put | - | $94,500 |
| 340 | Yargelis Savigne | two disciplines | 7 | $94,500 |
| 341 | Jorinde van Klinken | two disciplines | 1 | $94,000 |
| 342 | Lamecha Girma | five disciplines | 6 | $94,000 |
| 343 | Sanya Richards-Ross | two disciplines | 5 | $93,500 |
| 344 | Luguelín Santos | Men's 400 m | 1 | $93,000 |
| 345 | Amy Hunt | two disciplines | - | $92,500 |
| 346 | Christophe Lemaitre | two disciplines | 1 | $92,500 |
| 347 | Chaunte Lowe | Women's high jump | 5 | $92,000 |
| 348 | Berihu Aregawi | three disciplines | 4 | $91,750 |
| 349 | Peruth Chemutai | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $91,750 |
| 350 | L. J. van Zyl | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $91,500 |
| 351 | Niels Laros | three disciplines | 3 | $91,000 |
| 352 | Nelly Chepchirchir | two disciplines | 4 | $90,750 |
| 353 | Levern Spencer | Women's high jump | 1 | $90,508 |
| 354 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $90,250 |
| 355 | Jeremy Wariner | Men's 400 m | 7 | $90,000 |
| 356 | Ameer Webb | two disciplines | 3 | $89,500 |
| 357 | Habitam Alemu | three disciplines | - | $89,500 |
| 358 | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa | two disciplines | 1 | $89,500 |
| 359 | Imane Merga | two disciplines | 4 | $88,500 |
| 360 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 361 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 362 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 363 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sanya Richards-Ross is 343rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $93,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sanya Richards-Ross most
Meeting Areva 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Stephenie Ann McPherson, Novlene Williams-Mills, Amantle Montsho, Olha Zemlyak, Natasha Hastings and Floria Gueï.
Belgacom Memorial Van Damme 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Stephenie Ann McPherson, Novlene Williams-Mills, Olha Zemlyak, Libania Grenot, Natasha Hastings and Francena McCorory.
Prefontaine Classic 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Amantle Montsho, Novlene Williams-Mills, Francena McCorory, DeeDee Trotter, Shericka Williams and Debbie Dunn.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sanya Richards-Ross won?
$93,500, which ranks 343rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from sixteen paid finishes between 2011 and 2016.
What is Sanya Richards-Ross's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m at the 2014 Meeting Areva. 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 Sanya Richards-Ross 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Sanya Richards-Ross won?
Five of sixteen, worth $50,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Sanya Richards-Ross 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 Sanya Richards-Ross is Lamecha Girma on $94,000, and one below Luguelín Santos on $93,000. Sanya Richards-Ross is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m prize money and women's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sanya Richards-Ross has been paid in two 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.