Sarah Billings prize money
Sarah Billings has been paid $38,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 386th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from thirteen paid finishes in the women's 800 m, women's 1500 m and women's 1000 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | 800 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 1500 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 1500 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | 1500 m | 11th | — |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 | 1500 m | 2nd | $10,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | 1000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2025 | 800 m | 7th | $2,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2025 | 1000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025 | 1500 m | 14th | — |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | 1500 m | 9th | — |
| Bauhausgalan 2024 | 1500 m | 12th | — |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2024 | 1500 m | 9th | — |
| All 18 | three disciplines | — | $38,500 |
The thirteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $38,500 is thirteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Five of the 18 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The Ultimate Championship
What Sarah Billings did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 800 metres | 7th | 1:58.89 | — |
Sarah Billings stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where she finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Sarah Billings
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 800 m | 8 | — | 2025 to 2026 | $20,500 |
| Women's 1500 m | 8 | — | 2024 to 2026 | $12,500 |
| Women's 1000 m | 2 | — | 2025 | $5,500 |
The women's 800 m has paid Sarah Billings $20,500 of the $38,500, which is 53% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | — | Xiamen Diamond League | — |
| 2025 | 7 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $25,000 |
| 2026 | 8 | — | London Athletics Meet | $13,500 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $25,000 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Sarah Billings in 2024, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $38,500.
Around Sarah Billings on the money list
Ranks 366 to 406
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 366 | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Men's high jump | 1 | $40,750 |
| 367 | Pia Skrzyszowska | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $40,750 |
| 368 | Andrew Pozzi | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $40,500 |
| 369 | Marquis Dendy | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,250 |
| 370 | Rénelle Lamote | Women's 800 m | — | $40,250 |
| 371 | Aleshign Baweke | three disciplines | 1 | $40,000 |
| 372 | Andreas Hofmann | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $40,000 |
| 373 | Bryce Hoppel | two disciplines | — | $40,000 |
| 374 | Christine Mboma | Women's 200 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 375 | Claire Bryant | Women's long jump | — | $40,000 |
| 376 | Donald Scott | Men's triple jump | — | $40,000 |
| 377 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | five disciplines | — | $40,000 |
| 378 | Isabella Whittaker | Women's 400 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 379 | Josette Andrews | four disciplines | — | $39,750 |
| 380 | Josh Hoey | two disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 381 | Shiann Salmon | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $39,250 |
| 382 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $39,000 |
| 383 | Clayton Murphy | three disciplines | — | $39,000 |
| 384 | Bryce Deadmon | Men's 400 m | — | $38,750 |
| 385 | Candice McLeod | Women's 400 m | — | $38,750 |
| 386 | Sarah Billings | three disciplines | — | $38,500 |
| 387 | Mateusz Kołodziejski | Men's high jump | 1 | $38,250 |
| 388 | Sergey Shubenkov | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $38,000 |
| 389 | Flor Ruiz | Women's javelin throw | — | $37,500 |
| 390 | Genzebe Dibaba | three disciplines | 2 | $37,500 |
| 391 | Rojé Stona | Men's discus throw | — | $37,500 |
| 392 | Jackline Chepkoech | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $37,250 |
| 393 | Nikola Ogrodníková | Women's javelin throw | — | $37,250 |
| 394 | Natalia Bukowiecka | Women's 400 m | — | $36,500 |
| 395 | Almir dos Santos | Men's triple jump | — | $36,250 |
| 396 | Filip Mihaljević | Men's shot put | — | $36,250 |
| 397 | Abrham Sime | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $36,000 |
| 398 | Amalie Iuel | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $36,000 |
| 399 | Bozhidar Sarâboyukov | Men's long jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 400 | Letesenbet Gidey | two disciplines | — | $36,000 |
| 401 | Majd Eddin Ghazal | Men's high jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 402 | Narve Gilje Nordås | four disciplines | 1 | $36,000 |
| 403 | Andrian Mardare | Men's javelin throw | — | $35,750 |
| 404 | Enrique Llopis | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $35,750 |
| 405 | Dorcus Ewoi | two disciplines | — | $35,500 |
| 406 | Hillary Bor | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $35,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sarah Billings is 386th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $38,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sarah Billings most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 paid $10,000 for 2nd in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Abbey Caldwell, Heather MacLean, Susan Ejore, Águeda Marqués, Agathe Guillemot and Marta Zenoni.
Diamond League Shanghai 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Halimah Nakaayi, Natoya Goule-Toppin, Addison Wiley, Nigist Getachew, Sage Hurta-Klecker and Habitam Alemu.
Xiamen Diamond League 2025 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 1000 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sage Hurta-Klecker, Natoya Goule-Toppin, Carley Thomas, Habitam Alemu, Noélie Yarigo and Faith Kipyegon.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sarah Billings won?
$38,500, which ranks 386th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from thirteen paid finishes between 2024 and 2026.
What is Sarah Billings's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 2nd in the Diamond+ 1500 m at the 2025 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Sarah Billings 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 800 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 Sarah Billings ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Five times. 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 are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Sarah Billings 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 Sarah Billings is Candice McLeod on $38,750, and one below Mateusz Kołodziejski on $38,250. Sarah Billings is one of 57 Australia athletes athletics has paid, and Australia athletics prize money adds them up to $2,530,500 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 800 m prize money, women's 1500 m prize money and women's 1000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sarah Billings has been paid in three 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 London Athletics Meet has its own page across every edition of it. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the women's 800 metres page.