Sharika Nelvis prize money
Sharika Nelvis has been paid $142,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 197th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 23 paid finishes in the women's 100 m hurdles, four 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 23 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $142,500 is 23 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2015 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | 2 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $35,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $2,500 |
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $46,500 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $35,000 |
| 2019 | 5 | - | Bauhausgalan | $23,500 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $46,500 from six starts. Every season from 2015 to 2019 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $142,500.
Around Sharika Nelvis on the money list
Ranks 177 to 217
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | Andreas Thorkildsen | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $149,500 |
| 178 | Cordell Tinch | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $149,500 |
| 179 | Anzhelika Sidorova | Women's pole vault | 4 | $149,250 |
| 180 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | 1 | $148,750 |
| 181 | Aries Merritt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $148,500 |
| 182 | Jamal Britt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $148,500 |
| 183 | Kara Winger | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $148,000 |
| 184 | Michael Tinsley | Men's 400 m hurdles | 8 | $148,000 |
| 185 | Ramil Guliyev | two disciplines | 5 | $147,500 |
| 186 | Robert Harting | Men's discus throw | 11 | $147,500 |
| 187 | Oblique Seville | Men's 100 m | 5 | $146,000 |
| 188 | Collen Kebinatshipi | Men's 400 m | 6 | $145,500 |
| 189 | Mykolas Alekna | Men's discus throw | 7 | $145,500 |
| 190 | Simon Ehammer | Men's long jump | 3 | $145,500 |
| 191 | Rushell Clayton | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $145,250 |
| 192 | Dani Stevens | Women's discus throw | 1 | $145,000 |
| 193 | Veronica Campbell Brown | two disciplines | 7 | $145,000 |
| 194 | Vernon Norwood | two disciplines | - | $143,250 |
| 195 | Mo Farah | three disciplines | 9 | $142,500 |
| 196 | Natoya Goule-Toppin | two disciplines | 1 | $142,500 |
| 197 | Sharika Nelvis | Women's 100 m hurdles | 4 | $142,500 |
| 198 | Churandy Martina | two disciplines | 2 | $142,000 |
| 199 | Madara Palameika | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $142,000 |
| 200 | Wycliffe Kinyamal | two disciplines | 6 | $140,750 |
| 201 | Alonso Edward | two disciplines | 8 | $140,500 |
| 202 | Trayvon Bromell | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 203 | Yared Nuguse | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 204 | Matthew Denny | Men's discus throw | 3 | $139,000 |
| 205 | Nadine Visser | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $138,250 |
| 206 | Natasha Hastings | two disciplines | 3 | $138,000 |
| 207 | Keshorn Walcott | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $137,750 |
| 208 | Francena McCorory | Women's 400 m | 6 | $137,500 |
| 209 | Iryna Herashchenko | Women's high jump | 2 | $137,375 |
| 210 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Men's 400 m | 5 | $136,750 |
| 211 | Piotr Lisek | Men's pole vault | 3 | $136,375 |
| 212 | Grant Holloway | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $136,000 |
| 213 | Kurtis Marschall | Men's pole vault | 2 | $135,833 |
| 214 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | 6 | $135,500 |
| 215 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Men's triple jump | 3 | $135,250 |
| 216 | Natalia Bukowiecka | Women's 400 m | 3 | $135,250 |
| 217 | Elijah Manangoi | three disciplines | 5 | $135,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sharika Nelvis is 197th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $142,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sharika Nelvis most
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 100 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Christina Clemons, Danielle Williams, Alina Talay, Dawn Harper-Nelson, Jasmin Stowers and Kristi Castlin.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2018 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Danielle Williams, Tobi Amusan, Nadine Visser, Elvira Herman, Dawn Harper-Nelson and Laura Valette.
Athletissima 2017 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jasmin Stowers, Christina Clemons, Nia Ali, Kristi Castlin, Dawn Harper-Nelson and Eefje Boons.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sharika Nelvis won?
$142,500, which ranks 197th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 23 paid finishes between 2015 and 2019.
What is Sharika Nelvis's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd 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 Sharika Nelvis 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 Sharika Nelvis won?
Four of 23, worth $40,000 between them. Three of her appearances came at a final, which paid $31,000.
Is this everything Sharika Nelvis 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 Sharika Nelvis is Natoya Goule-Toppin on $142,500, and one below Churandy Martina on $142,000. Sharika Nelvis 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 100 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sharika Nelvis 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 Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it.