Sarah McDonald prize money
Sarah McDonald has been paid $2,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1581st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 1500 m, and it was 6th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | 1500 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 | 1500 m | 10th | — |
| All two | Women's 1500 m | — | $2,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $2,000 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the two starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Around Sarah McDonald on the money list
Ranks 1561 to 1601
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1561 | Naa Anang | Women's long jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1562 | Nelvin Jepkemboi | Women's 5000 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1563 | Ngeno Kipngetich | Men's 800 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1564 | Nicholas Percy | Men's discus throw | — | $2,000 |
| 1565 | Nigel Ellis | Men's 100 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1566 | Niklas Buchholz | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $2,000 |
| 1567 | Nikola Horowska | Women's 200 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1568 | O'Dayne Richards | Men's shot put | — | $2,000 |
| 1569 | Oumar Doudai Abakar | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $2,000 |
| 1570 | Phylicia George | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $2,000 |
| 1571 | Raphael Bouju | Men's 100 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1572 | Reece Holder | Men's 400 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1573 | Reetta Hurske | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $2,000 |
| 1574 | Robert Dunning | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $2,000 |
| 1575 | Romain Lecoeur | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $2,000 |
| 1576 | Ronal Longa | Men's 100 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1577 | Ryan Whiting | Men's shot put | — | $2,000 |
| 1578 | Ryiem Forde | Men's 100 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1579 | Salomé Afonso | three disciplines | — | $2,000 |
| 1580 | Samuel Abate | two disciplines | — | $2,000 |
| 1581 | Sarah McDonald | Women's 1500 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1582 | Scott Lincoln | Men's shot put | — | $2,000 |
| 1583 | Seif Heneida | Men's pole vault | — | $2,000 |
| 1584 | Sophie Becker | Women's 400 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1585 | Sophie Cook | Women's pole vault | — | $2,000 |
| 1586 | Sophie McKinna | Women's shot put | — | $2,000 |
| 1587 | Susanne Gogl-Walli | Women's 400 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1588 | Téo Andant | two disciplines | — | $2,000 |
| 1589 | Tilde Johansson | Women's long jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1590 | Tim van de Velde | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $2,000 |
| 1591 | Tissanna Hickling | Women's long jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1592 | Tommy Ramdhan | two disciplines | — | $2,000 |
| 1593 | Traves Smikle | Men's discus throw | — | $2,000 |
| 1594 | Trevor Stewart | Men's 400 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1595 | Tyquendo Tracey | Men's 100 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1596 | Winnie Jemutai | Women's 5000 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1597 | Wu Yuang | Men's 400 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1598 | Yanni Sampson | Men's long jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1599 | Yassine Hssine | Men's 200 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1600 | Abdelmalik Lahoulou | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,750 |
| 1601 | Ahmed Jaziri | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sarah McDonald is 1581st of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $2,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sarah McDonald most
Müller Anniversary Games 2019 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 1500 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jemma Reekie, Claudia Bobocea, Rababe Arafi, Ciara Mageean, Sofia Ennaoui and Linden Hall.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 paid $0 for 10th in the 1500 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lemlem Hailu, Winny Chebet, Genzebe Dibaba, Sifan Hassan, Gudaf Tsegay and Rababe Arafi.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sarah McDonald won?
$2,000, which ranks 1581st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2019.
What is Sarah McDonald's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 6th in the 1500 m at the 2019 Müller Anniversary Games. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Sarah McDonald 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 1500 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 McDonald 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 Sarah McDonald 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 McDonald is Samuel Abate on $2,000, and one below Scott Lincoln on $2,000. Sarah McDonald is one of 126 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $3,411,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sarah McDonald 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 Müller Anniversary Games has its own page across every edition of it.