Tony McQuay prize money
Tony McQuay has been paid $51,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 604th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from sixteen paid finishes in the men's 400 m, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2017 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Athletissima 2017 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Herculis 2017 | 400 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Herculis 2016 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2016 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2015 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2015 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2014 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Herculis 2014 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Athletissima 2014 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2014 | 400 m | =5th | $2,250 |
| Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2013 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2013 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2013 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| All sixteen | Men's 400 m | - | $51,250 |
The sixteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $51,250 is sixteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2013 to 2017, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | - | Sainsburys Anniversary Games | $14,000 |
| 2014 | 4 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $10,750 |
| 2015 | 3 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $10,500 |
| 2016 | 2 | - | Herculis | $5,500 |
| 2017 | 4 | - | Doha Diamond League | $10,500 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $14,000 from three starts. Every season from 2013 to 2017 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $51,250.
Around Tony McQuay on the money list
Ranks 584 to 624
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 584 | Christine Ohuruogu | Women's 400 m | 2 | $53,000 |
| 585 | Freddie Crittenden | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $53,000 |
| 586 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 587 | Quanesha Burks | Women's long jump | 1 | $53,000 |
| 588 | Sembo Almayew | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 589 | Léa Sprunger | three disciplines | 1 | $52,750 |
| 590 | Jennifer Meadows | Women's 800 m | 2 | $52,500 |
| 591 | Żaneta Glanc | Women's discus throw | - | $52,500 |
| 592 | Adam Gemili | two disciplines | - | $52,000 |
| 593 | Björn Otto | Men's pole vault | 1 | $52,000 |
| 594 | Frank Casanas | Men's discus throw | 1 | $52,000 |
| 595 | Hillary Bor | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $52,000 |
| 596 | Johnny Dutch | Men's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $52,000 |
| 597 | Mariya Abakumova | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $52,000 |
| 598 | Melaine Walker | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $52,000 |
| 599 | Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu | three disciplines | 3 | $51,750 |
| 600 | Abubaker Kaki | Men's 800 m | 3 | $51,500 |
| 601 | Shanice Craft | two disciplines | - | $51,500 |
| 602 | Tia Brooks-Wannemacher | Women's shot put | 2 | $51,500 |
| 603 | Erika Kinsey | Women's high jump | - | $51,333 |
| 604 | Tony McQuay | Men's 400 m | - | $51,250 |
| 605 | Martin Wierig | Men's discus throw | - | $51,000 |
| 606 | Tariku Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $51,000 |
| 607 | Yekaterina Koneva | Women's triple jump | 1 | $51,000 |
| 608 | Roberta Bruni | Women's pole vault | - | $50,875 |
| 609 | Khaddi Sagnia | two disciplines | 1 | $50,750 |
| 610 | Dana Velďáková | Women's triple jump | - | $50,500 |
| 611 | Marwa Bouzayani | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $50,500 |
| 612 | Myriam Soumaré | two disciplines | 1 | $50,500 |
| 613 | Quincy Hall | two disciplines | 2 | $50,500 |
| 614 | Ayomide Folorunso | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $50,250 |
| 615 | Hilary Kpatcha | Women's long jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 616 | Zhang Guowei | Men's high jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 617 | Athing Mu | Women's 800 m | 3 | $50,000 |
| 618 | Chris Benard | Men's triple jump | - | $50,000 |
| 619 | Edmund Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $50,000 |
| 620 | Ignisious Gaisah | Men's long jump | - | $50,000 |
| 621 | Matheus Lima | two disciplines | - | $50,000 |
| 622 | Sinesipho Dambile | Men's 200 m | 1 | $50,000 |
| 623 | Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui | two disciplines | 1 | $49,750 |
| 624 | Joseph Fahnbulleh | Men's 200 m | - | $49,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Tony McQuay is 604th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $51,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Tony McQuay most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: LaShawn Merritt, David Verburg, Kevin Borlée, Isaac Makwala, Kind Butler and Renny Quow.
Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2013 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jonathan Borlée, Youssef Ahmed Masrahi, Luguelín Santos, Nigel Levine, Kevin Borlée and Pavel Maslák.
Doha Diamond League 2017 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Karabo Sibanda, Vernon Norwood, Luguelín Santos, Pavel Maslák, Liemarvin Bonevacia and Steven Gardiner.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Tony McQuay won?
$51,250, which ranks 604th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from sixteen paid finishes between 2013 and 2017.
What is Tony McQuay's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m at the 2015 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Tony McQuay 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 400 m 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.
Is this everything Tony McQuay 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 Tony McQuay is Erika Kinsey on $51,333, and one below Martin Wierig on $51,000. Tony McQuay 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 men's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Tony McQuay has been paid in one 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 Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.