Whitney Ashley prize money
Whitney Ashley has been paid $2,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1440th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the women's discus throw, the best of them 7th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2021 | Discus throw | 9th | — |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 | Discus throw | 9th | — |
| Doha Diamond League 2018 | Discus throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2018 | Discus throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| All four | Women's discus throw | — | $2,500 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $2,500 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2018 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | — | Doha Diamond League | $2,500 |
| 2019 | 1 | — | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | — |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | — |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $2,500 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Whitney Ashley in 2019, 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $2,500.
Around Whitney Ashley on the money list
Ranks 1420 to 1460
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1420 | Melissa Bishop-Nriagu | Women's 800 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1421 | Mercy Chepkurui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $2,500 |
| 1422 | Moa Granat | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $2,500 |
| 1423 | Mthi Mthimkulu | Men's 200 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1424 | Muhammad Abdallah Kounta | Men's 400 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1425 | Musab Adam Ali | two disciplines | — | $2,500 |
| 1426 | Nathan Green | two disciplines | — | $2,500 |
| 1427 | Nazim Babayev | Men's triple jump | — | $2,500 |
| 1428 | Olivia Gürth | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $2,500 |
| 1429 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | Men's 800 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1430 | Rafał Omelko | Men's 400 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1431 | Robert Harting | Men's discus throw | — | $2,500 |
| 1432 | Serhiy Nykyforov | Men's long jump | — | $2,500 |
| 1433 | Sharlene Mawdsley | Women's 400 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1434 | Shashalee Forbes | Women's 100 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1435 | Simen Guttormsen | Men's pole vault | — | $2,500 |
| 1436 | Thelma Davies | Women's 100 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1437 | Tom Gale | Men's high jump | — | $2,500 |
| 1438 | Troy Doris | Men's triple jump | — | $2,500 |
| 1439 | Veronica Campbell Brown | Women's 200 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1440 | Whitney Ashley | Women's discus throw | — | $2,500 |
| 1441 | Yahya Berrabah | Men's long jump | — | $2,500 |
| 1442 | Yenenesh Shimeket | Women's 3000 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1443 | Younès Essalhi | Men's mile | — | $2,500 |
| 1444 | Maja Nilsson | Women's high jump | — | $2,375 |
| 1445 | Alessia Trost | Women's high jump | — | $2,250 |
| 1446 | Alex Haydock-Wilson | Men's 400 m | — | $2,250 |
| 1447 | Anicka Newell | Women's pole vault | — | $2,250 |
| 1448 | Annu Rani | Women's javelin throw | — | $2,250 |
| 1449 | Claudia Bobocea | two disciplines | — | $2,250 |
| 1450 | Engla Nilsson | Women's high jump | — | $2,250 |
| 1451 | Filip Pravdica | Men's long jump | — | $2,250 |
| 1452 | Jessica Inchude | Women's shot put | — | $2,250 |
| 1453 | Laëticia Bapté | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $2,250 |
| 1454 | Liz Clay | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $2,250 |
| 1455 | Manuel Lando | Men's high jump | — | $2,250 |
| 1456 | Nikolaos Andrikopoulos | Men's triple jump | — | $2,250 |
| 1457 | Ninon Guillon-Romarin | Women's pole vault | — | $2,250 |
| 1458 | Noor Vidts | two disciplines | — | $2,250 |
| 1459 | Praveen Chithravel | Men's triple jump | — | $2,250 |
| 1460 | Ryan Willie | Men's 400 m | — | $2,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Whitney Ashley is 1440th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $2,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Whitney Ashley most
Doha Diamond League 2018 paid $1,500 for 7th in the discus throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sandra Elkasević, Yaime Pérez, Denia Caballero, Andressa de Morais, Dani Stevens and Gia Lewis-Smallwood.
Meeting de Paris 2018 paid $1,000 for 8th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sandra Perković, Yaime Pérez, Denia Caballero, Andressa de Morais, Anna Rüh and Claudine Vita.
Doha Diamond League 2021 paid $0 for 9th in the discus throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yaime Pérez, Valarie Allman, Sandra Perković, Claudine Vita, Denia Caballero and Marija Tolj.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Whitney Ashley won?
$2,500, which ranks 1440th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2018 and 2021.
What is Whitney Ashley's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,500, for finishing 7th in the discus throw at the 2018 Doha Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 7th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Whitney Ashley 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 discus throw 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 Whitney Ashley ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two 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. She are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Whitney Ashley 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 Whitney Ashley is Veronica Campbell Brown on $2,500, and one below Yahya Berrabah on $2,500. Whitney Ashley is one of 352 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $16,292,792 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Whitney Ashley 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 800 m. Every meeting she 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.