Sophie McKinna prize money
Sophie McKinna has been paid $6,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1937th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's shot put, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2022 | Shot put | 9th | - |
| Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 2021 | Shot put | 4th | $2,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 | Shot put | 5th | $2,500 |
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2016 | Shot put | 7th | $1,500 |
| All four | Women's shot put | - | $6,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $6,000 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. One of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2016 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $1,500 |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | 1 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $2,500 |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 1 | - | Müller Grand Prix Gateshead | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | - |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $2,500 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Sophie McKinna in 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2022, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $6,000.
Around Sophie McKinna on the money list
Ranks 1917 to 1957
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | Marcelina Witek-Konofał | Women's javelin throw | - | $6,000 |
| 1918 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | Women's 1500 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1919 | Mekdes Bekele | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1920 | Melker Svärd Jacobsson | Men's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1921 | Muriel Hurtis | Women's 400 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1922 | Nick Ponzio | Men's shot put | - | $6,000 |
| 1923 | Nicolas-Marie Daru | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1924 | Niklas Arrhenius | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1925 | Pablo Torrijos | Men's triple jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1926 | Plamena Mitkova | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1927 | Poļina Jeļizarova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1928 | Ramon Miller | Men's 400 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1929 | Ruddy Zang Milama | Women's 100 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1930 | Ruky Abdulai | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1931 | Russell Robinson | Men's triple jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1932 | Sadik Mikhou | three disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1933 | Sahily Diago Mesa | Women's 800 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1934 | Sammy Alex Mutahi | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1935 | Sara Aerts | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $6,000 |
| 1936 | Sergey Morgunov | Men's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1937 | Sophie McKinna | Women's shot put | - | $6,000 |
| 1938 | Tahesia Harrigan-Scott | Women's 100 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1939 | Thijmen Kupers | Men's 800 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1940 | Tori Polk | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1941 | Tuğba Danışmaz | Women's triple jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1942 | Tynia Gaither | Women's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1943 | Vonette Dixon | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $6,000 |
| 1944 | Yelizaveta Bryzgina | Women's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1945 | Youcef Abdi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1946 | Yulenmis Aguilar | Women's javelin throw | - | $6,000 |
| 1947 | Axelina Johansson | Women's shot put | - | $5,750 |
| 1948 | Bassant Hemida | two disciplines | - | $5,750 |
| 1949 | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre | Men's pole vault | - | $5,750 |
| 1950 | Cornelius Tuwei | Men's 800 m | - | $5,750 |
| 1951 | Diondre Batson | Men's 100 m | - | $5,750 |
| 1952 | Karissa Schweizer | three disciplines | - | $5,750 |
| 1953 | Rohan Browning | Men's 100 m | - | $5,750 |
| 1954 | Abubaker Haydar Abdalla | Men's 800 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1955 | Ahmed Abdelwahed | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $5,500 |
| 1956 | Alia Armstrong | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1957 | Bernardo Baloyes | Men's 200 m | - | $5,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sophie McKinna is 1937th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $6,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sophie McKinna most
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 paid $2,500 for 5th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Michelle Carter, Fanny Roos, Klaudia Kardasz, Christina Schwanitz, Paulina Guba and Melissa Boekelman.
Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 2021 paid $2,000 for 4th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Fanny Roos, Chase Jackson, Amelia Strickler, Christina Schwanitz, Auriol Dongmo and Danniel Thomas-Dodd.
British Athletics Grand Prix 2016 paid $1,500 for 7th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rachel Wallader, Tia Brooks-Wannemacher, Valerie Adams, Cleopatra Borel, Anita Márton and Jillian Camarena-Williams.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sophie McKinna won?
$6,000, which ranks 1937th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2016 and 2022.
What is Sophie McKinna's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the shot put at the 2018 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 5th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Sophie McKinna 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 shot put 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 Sophie McKinna 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Sophie McKinna 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 Sophie McKinna is Sergey Morgunov on $6,000, and one below Tahesia Harrigan-Scott on $6,000. Sophie McKinna is one of 249 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $6,351,625 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sophie McKinna 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 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.