Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone prize money
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has been paid $82,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 380th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles and women's 400 m, three 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2023 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 1st | $50,000 |
| Oslo Bislett Games 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| Herculis 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All five | two disciplines | - | $82,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $82,000 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 metres | 1st | 47.78 | $70,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone $70,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $82,000 from five Diamond League starts between 2019 and 2023. She ran on the United States team that won the women's 4 × 400 metres relay, $80,000 to the federation rather than to any one of the four. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 metres hurdles | Gold | $50,000 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | Gold | - |
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone was paid $50,000 for the women's 400 metres hurdles in Paris, the first Games at which an athletics title carried prize money at all. Every one of the 48 golds paid the same $50,000. The women's 4 × 400 metres relay gold was worth $50,000 and was paid to the federation as a single cheque, with nothing published about how it was split between the runners. It is not hers and is not added to the $82,000 at the top of this page. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 m hurdles | 3 | 3 | 2019 | $70,000 |
| Women's 400 m | 2 | - | 2019 to 2023 | $12,000 |
The women's 400 m hurdles has paid Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone $70,000 of the $82,000, which is 85% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2019 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | Weltklasse Zürich | $76,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | $6,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $76,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in 2020, 2021 and 2022, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $82,000.
Around Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone on the money list
Ranks 360 to 400
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 360 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 361 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 362 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 363 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 364 | Meseret Defar | three disciplines | 5 | $86,000 |
| 365 | Phillips Idowu | Men's triple jump | 6 | $86,000 |
| 366 | Evan Jager | three disciplines | 1 | $85,500 |
| 367 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 368 | Philip Milanov | Men's discus throw | 3 | $85,250 |
| 369 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $84,500 |
| 370 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $84,250 |
| 371 | Hilal Yego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $84,000 |
| 372 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
| 373 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $83,500 |
| 374 | Georganne Moline | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $83,500 |
| 375 | Janay Deloach | Women's long jump | 3 | $83,000 |
| 376 | Jimmy Vicaut | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 377 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 378 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 379 | Lidya Chepkurui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $82,000 |
| 380 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | two disciplines | 3 | $82,000 |
| 381 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $81,750 |
| 382 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | 1 | $81,500 |
| 383 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 384 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $81,250 |
| 385 | Caleb Ndiku | four disciplines | 3 | $81,000 |
| 386 | Habiba Ghribi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $81,000 |
| 387 | Lashinda Demus | two disciplines | 4 | $81,000 |
| 388 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $80,750 |
| 389 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 390 | Cassandra Tate | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $80,500 |
| 391 | Jeneba Tarmoh | two disciplines | 2 | $80,500 |
| 392 | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | Women's shot put | - | $80,000 |
| 393 | Dawit Seyaum | two disciplines | 4 | $80,000 |
| 394 | Daniel Roberts | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $79,750 |
| 395 | Lolo Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $79,500 |
| 396 | Virgilijus Alekna | Men's discus throw | 2 | $79,500 |
| 397 | Benjamin Compaoré | Men's triple jump | 3 | $79,000 |
| 398 | Jehue Gordon | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $79,000 |
| 399 | Shawn Barber | Men's pole vault | - | $79,000 |
| 400 | Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | 1 | $78,875 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is 380th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $82,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone most
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shamier Little, Dalilah Muhammad, Zuzana Hejnová, Léa Sprunger, Anna Ryzhykova and Janieve Russell.
Oslo Bislett Games 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dalilah Muhammad, Shamier Little, Kori Carter, Amalie Iuel, Anna Ryzhykova and Léa Sprunger.
Herculis 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ashley Spencer, Zuzana Hejnová, Janieve Russell, Rushell Clayton, Léa Sprunger and Kori Carter.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won?
$82,000, which ranks 380th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2019 and 2023.
What is Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m hurdles at the 2019 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 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone 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 400 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 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won?
Three of five, worth $70,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $50,000.
How much did Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone win at the 2025 World Championships?
$70,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships and Olympic money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is Lidya Chepkurui on $82,000, and one below Linden Hall on $81,750. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone 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 400 m hurdles prize money and women's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has been paid in two 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 Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full finals are on the women's 400 metres and women's 4 × 400 metres relay pages.