Sean McLean prize money
Sean McLean has been paid $7,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1814th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's 200 m and men's 100 m, 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2016 | 200 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bislett Games 2016 | 100 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Herculis 2014 | 200 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All three | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $7,000 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Sean McLean
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 m | 2 | - | 2014 to 2016 | $5,000 |
| Men's 100 m | 1 | - | 2016 | $2,000 |
The men's 200 m has paid Sean McLean $5,000 of the $7,000, which is 71% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2014 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | - | Herculis | $1,000 |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 2 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $6,000 |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $6,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Sean McLean in 2015, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $7,000.
Around Sean McLean on the money list
Ranks 1794 to 1834
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1794 | Jose Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1795 | Katja Demut | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1796 | Kemar Mowatt | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1797 | Ky Robinson | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1798 | Lisa Urech | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1799 | Lydia Jele | Women's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1800 | Marie-Julie Bonnin | Women's pole vault | - | $7,000 |
| 1801 | Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio | Men's 5000 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1802 | Melanie Bauschke | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1803 | Michael Bultheel | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1804 | Michael Kipyego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,000 |
| 1805 | Minke Bisschops | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1806 | Moa Hjelmer | three disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1807 | Murali Sreeshankar | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1808 | Natalia Linares | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1809 | Omoghan Osaghae | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1810 | Paul Hession | Men's 200 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1811 | Petr Svoboda | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1812 | Phoebe Wright | Women's 800 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1813 | Rae Monzavous Edwards | Men's 100 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1814 | Sean McLean | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1815 | Sebastian Rodger | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1816 | Susan Krumins | four disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1817 | Susana Costa | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1818 | Sviatlana Kudzelich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,000 |
| 1819 | Tabarie Henry | Men's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1820 | Tobias Potye | Men's high jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1821 | Tom Parsons | Men's high jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1822 | Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová | Women's discus throw | - | $7,000 |
| 1823 | Viktor Kuznyetsov | Men's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1824 | Wei Yongli | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1825 | William Reais | Men's 200 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1826 | Bryan McBride | Men's high jump | - | $6,917 |
| 1827 | Avinash Sable | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,750 |
| 1828 | David Mutinda Mutua | Men's 800 m | - | $6,750 |
| 1829 | Emily Borthwick | Women's high jump | - | $6,750 |
| 1830 | Karsten Dilla | Men's pole vault | - | $6,750 |
| 1831 | Álvaro de Arriba | Men's 800 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1832 | Bryan Levell | Men's 200 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1833 | Carolina Klüft | Women's long jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1834 | Chris Robinson | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sean McLean is 1814th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $7,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sean McLean most
British Athletics Grand Prix 2016 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Churandy Martina, Ameer Webb, Isiah Young, James Ellington, CJ Ujah and Andre De Grasse.
Bislett Games 2016 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Wilfried Koffi Hua, Kim Collins, Andre De Grasse, Mike Rodgers, Dentarius Locke and Ameer Webb.
Herculis 2014 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Justin Gatlin, Nickel Ashmeade, Christophe Lemaitre, Tyson Gay, Curtis Mitchell and Ryan Bailey.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sean McLean won?
$7,000, which ranks 1814th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2014 and 2016.
What is Sean McLean's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 200 m at the 2016 British Athletics Grand Prix. 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 Sean McLean gets paid?
Entirely by where he 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 men's 200 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.
Is this everything Sean McLean 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 him, 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 Sean McLean is Rae Monzavous Edwards on $7,000, and one below Sebastian Rodger on $7,000. Sean McLean 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 men's 200 m prize money and men's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Sean McLean has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 110 m hurdles. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and British Athletics Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.