Wenda Nel prize money
Wenda Nel has been paid $48,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 638th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 19 paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles, 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
The 19 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $48,500 is 19 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2014 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | - | Herculis | $2,500 |
| 2015 | 4 | - | Meeting Areva | $9,500 |
| 2016 | 5 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $18,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $4,500 |
| 2018 | 4 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $9,500 |
| 2019 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $2,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $2,000 |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $18,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Wenda Nel in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $48,500.
Around Wenda Nel on the money list
Ranks 618 to 658
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 625 | Kyree King | two disciplines | - | $49,750 |
| 626 | Rachid Muratake | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $49,750 |
| 627 | Debbie Dunn | Women's 400 m | - | $49,500 |
| 628 | Denisa Rosolová | two disciplines | - | $49,500 |
| 629 | Sarah Healy | four disciplines | 1 | $49,500 |
| 630 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $49,250 |
| 631 | Sasha Zhoya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $49,250 |
| 632 | Antti Ruuskanen | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $49,000 |
| 633 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $49,000 |
| 634 | Kemi Adekoya | two disciplines | 1 | $49,000 |
| 635 | Sara Petersen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,750 |
| 636 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | - | $48,500 |
| 637 | Pavel Maslák | Men's 400 m | - | $48,500 |
| 638 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,500 |
| 639 | Tia Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $48,250 |
| 640 | Ari Mannio | Men's javelin throw | - | $48,000 |
| 641 | Courtney Okolo | Women's 400 m | - | $48,000 |
| 642 | Khallifah Rosser | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $48,000 |
| 643 | Leevan Sands | Men's triple jump | 1 | $48,000 |
| 644 | Lydia Chebet Rotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $48,000 |
| 645 | Vikas Gowda | Men's discus throw | - | $48,000 |
| 646 | Virginia Nyambura | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $48,000 |
| 647 | Wilfried Happio | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,000 |
| 648 | Aleia Hobbs | Women's 100 m | 2 | $47,750 |
| 649 | Amel Tuka | Men's 800 m | 1 | $47,750 |
| 650 | Līna Mūze | Women's javelin throw | - | $47,250 |
| 651 | Matteo Sioli | Men's high jump | 2 | $47,250 |
| 652 | Werkuha Getachew | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $47,250 |
| 653 | Davisleydi Velazco | Women's triple jump | 2 | $47,000 |
| 654 | Laulauga Tausaga | Women's discus throw | - | $47,000 |
| 655 | Laura Weightman | four disciplines | - | $47,000 |
| 656 | Xie Wenjun | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $47,000 |
| 657 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 658 | Nikki Hiltz | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Wenda Nel is 638th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $48,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Wenda Nel most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2016 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Eilidh Doyle, Cassandra Tate, Kemi Adekoya, Kaliese Carter, Ayomide Folorunso and Georganne Moline.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2016 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 400 m hurdles, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hanna Titimets, Kemi Adekoya, Emilia Ankiewicz, Janieve Russell and Cassandra Tate.
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Joanna Linkiewicz, Leah Nugent, Xia Xiao, Georganne Moline, Dalilah Muhammad and Janieve Russell.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Wenda Nel won?
$48,500, which ranks 638th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 19 paid finishes between 2014 and 2021.
What is Wenda Nel's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m hurdles at the 2016 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. 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 Wenda Nel 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 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.
Is this everything Wenda Nel 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 Wenda Nel is Pavel Maslák on $48,500, and one below Tia Clayton on $48,250. Wenda Nel is one of 54 South Africa athletes athletics has paid, and South Africa athletics prize money adds them up to $2,356,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Wenda Nel 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.