Sydney McLaughlin prize money
Sydney McLaughlin has been paid $76,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 194th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from four 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 four | two disciplines | — | $76,000 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $76,000 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Sydney McLaughlin
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 m hurdles | 3 | 3 | 2019 | $70,000 |
| Women's 400 m | 1 | — | 2019 | $6,000 |
The women's 400 m hurdles has paid Sydney McLaughlin $70,000 of the $76,000, which is 92% of everything the series has given her.
Around Sydney McLaughlin on the money list
Ranks 174 to 214
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 174 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 175 | Juan Miguel Echevarría | Men's long jump | 3 | $82,000 |
| 176 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $82,000 |
| 177 | Devon Allen | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $81,500 |
| 178 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 179 | Orlando Ortega | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $81,000 |
| 180 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 181 | Daniel Roberts | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $79,750 |
| 182 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 2 | $79,250 |
| 183 | Devynne Charlton | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $78,750 |
| 184 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Men's 100 m | 2 | $78,250 |
| 185 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | two disciplines | 1 | $78,250 |
| 186 | Sada Williams | Women's 400 m | — | $78,250 |
| 187 | EJ Obiena | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,125 |
| 188 | Ramil Guliyev | Men's 200 m | 3 | $78,000 |
| 189 | Molly Caudery | Women's pole vault | 3 | $77,500 |
| 190 | Lü Huihui | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $77,250 |
| 191 | Medina Eisa | two disciplines | 3 | $77,000 |
| 192 | Oleh Doroshchuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $76,250 |
| 193 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 5 | $76,000 |
| 194 | Sydney McLaughlin | two disciplines | 3 | $76,000 |
| 195 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $75,250 |
| 196 | Ronald Levy | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $75,250 |
| 197 | Ackeem Blake | Men's 100 m | 1 | $75,000 |
| 198 | Jemma Reekie | four disciplines | 1 | $73,750 |
| 199 | Zakithi Nene | Men's 400 m | 2 | $73,750 |
| 200 | Auriol Dongmo | Women's shot put | 3 | $73,500 |
| 201 | Tsige Duguma | two disciplines | 4 | $73,250 |
| 202 | Klaudia Kazimierska | two disciplines | 1 | $73,000 |
| 203 | Yasser Triki | Men's triple jump | 1 | $73,000 |
| 204 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $72,750 |
| 205 | Samuel Firewu | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $72,500 |
| 206 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $71,750 |
| 207 | Jordan Scott | Men's triple jump | 4 | $71,500 |
| 208 | Stewart McSweyn | four disciplines | 2 | $71,500 |
| 209 | Likina Amebaw | two disciplines | 1 | $71,250 |
| 210 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | Women's 400 m | 2 | $71,250 |
| 211 | Simon Koech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $71,000 |
| 212 | Thobias Montler | Men's long jump | 2 | $70,750 |
| 213 | Halimah Nakaayi | two disciplines | — | $70,500 |
| 214 | Benjamin Kigen | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $70,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sydney McLaughlin is 194th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $76,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sydney McLaughlin 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 won?
$76,000, which ranks 194th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes in 2019.
What is Sydney McLaughlin'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 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 won?
Three of four, worth $70,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $50,000.
Is this everything Sydney McLaughlin earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Sydney McLaughlin is Nijel Amos on $76,000, and one below Linden Hall on $75,250. 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 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 Weltklasse Zürich has its own page across every edition of it.