Stefan Nillessen prize money
Stefan Nillessen has been paid $4,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2143rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the men's mile and men's 1500 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 1500 m | 14th | - |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | 1500 m | 12th | - |
| Bislett Games 2025 | Mile | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | Mile | 13th | - |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025 | 1500 m | 9th | - |
| Athletissima 2024 | 1500 m | 8th | $500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2024 | 1500 m | 10th | - |
| All seven | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $4,500 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Five of the seven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Stefan Nillessen
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's mile | 2 | - | 2025 | $4,000 |
| Men's 1500 m | 5 | - | 2024 to 2026 | $500 |
The men's mile has paid Stefan Nillessen $4,000 of the $4,500, which is 89% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $500 |
| 2025 | 3 | - | Bislett Games | $4,000 |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | - |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $4,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Stefan Nillessen in 2026, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $4,500.
Around Stefan Nillessen on the money list
Ranks 2123 to 2163
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2123 | Marc Minichello | Men's javelin throw | - | $4,500 |
| 2124 | Matthew Ramsden | four disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2125 | Mauricio Ortega | Men's discus throw | - | $4,500 |
| 2126 | Michael Stigler | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2127 | Nedžad Mulabegović | Men's shot put | - | $4,500 |
| 2128 | Nia Akins | Women's 800 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2129 | Nick Ekelund-Arenander | Men's 400 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2130 | Nicole Sifuentes | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2131 | Noemi Zbären | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2132 | Núbia Soares | Women's triple jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2133 | Peder Pawel Nielsen | Men's triple jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2134 | Rafith Rodríguez | Men's 800 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2135 | Ramsey Angela | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2136 | Ruben Verheyden | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2137 | Sara Gambetta | Women's shot put | - | $4,500 |
| 2138 | Sarah McDonald | Women's 1500 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2139 | Sergey Mudrov | Men's high jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2140 | Shana Cox | Women's 400 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2141 | Shu Heng | Men's long jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2142 | Sinta Sprudzāne | Women's javelin throw | - | $4,500 |
| 2143 | Stefan Nillessen | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2144 | Thomas Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2145 | Tia-Adana Belle | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2146 | Tyus Wilson | Men's high jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2147 | Wang Chunyu | three disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2148 | Younès Essalhi | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2149 | Zemzem Ahmed | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $4,500 |
| 2150 | Alhaji Jeng | Men's pole vault | - | $4,250 |
| 2151 | Aliyah Abrams | Women's 400 m | - | $4,250 |
| 2152 | Bridget Williams | Women's pole vault | - | $4,250 |
| 2153 | Collins Kipruto | Men's 800 m | - | $4,250 |
| 2154 | Gaia Sabbatini | three disciplines | - | $4,250 |
| 2155 | Kelsie Ahbe | Women's pole vault | - | $4,250 |
| 2156 | Mateusz Didenkow | Men's pole vault | - | $4,250 |
| 2157 | Michael Kibet | three disciplines | - | $4,250 |
| 2158 | Naomi Metzger | Women's triple jump | - | $4,250 |
| 2159 | Olivia Gruver | Women's pole vault | - | $4,250 |
| 2160 | Priscilla Frederick | Women's high jump | - | $4,250 |
| 2161 | Wilbert London | Men's 400 m | - | $4,250 |
| 2162 | Yoshihide Kiryū | Men's 100 m | - | $4,250 |
| 2163 | Aaron Mallett | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $4,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Stefan Nillessen is 2143rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $4,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Stefan Nillessen most
Bislett Games 2025 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the mile, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Timothy Cheruiyot, Robert Farken, Anass Essayi, Elliot Giles, Vincent Ciattei and Samuel Pihlström.
Athletissima 2024 paid $500 for 8th in the 1500 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Isaac Nader, Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu, Stewart McSweyn, Oliver Hoare, George Mills and Jakob Ingebrigtsen.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 paid $0 for 14th in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nathan Green, Ethan Strand, Phanuel Koech, Cole Hocker, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Samuel Pihlström.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Stefan Nillessen won?
$4,500, which ranks 2143rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2024 and 2026.
What is Stefan Nillessen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the mile at the 2025 Bislett Games. 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 Stefan Nillessen 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 mile 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 Stefan Nillessen 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Stefan Nillessen 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 Stefan Nillessen is Sinta Sprudzāne on $4,500, and one below Thomas Martinot-Lagarde on $4,500. Stefan Nillessen is one of 55 Netherlands athletes athletics has paid, and Netherlands athletics prize money adds them up to $2,809,167 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's mile prize money and men's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Stefan Nillessen has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Kamila Skolimowska Memorial has its own page across every edition of it.