Whitney Ashley prize money
Whitney Ashley has been paid $36,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 803rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 17 paid finishes in the women's discus throw, the best of them 4th.
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 17 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $36,000 is 17 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the 19 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2013 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $2,500 |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | 4 | - | Herculis | $7,500 |
| 2016 | 5 | - | Muller Anniversary Games | $10,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $6,500 |
| 2018 | 5 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $9,500 |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | - |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $10,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Whitney Ashley in 2014, 2019, 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $36,000.
Around Whitney Ashley on the money list
Ranks 783 to 823
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 783 | Rojé Stona | Men's discus throw | - | $37,500 |
| 784 | Jackline Chepkoech | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $37,250 |
| 785 | Damar Forbes | Men's long jump | 2 | $37,000 |
| 786 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 787 | Nafissatou Thiam | two disciplines | 1 | $37,000 |
| 788 | Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 789 | Wilma Heltelä | Women's pole vault | 1 | $37,000 |
| 790 | Andrian Mardare | Men's javelin throw | - | $36,750 |
| 791 | Marcin Krukowski | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $36,750 |
| 792 | Sofie Skoog | Women's high jump | - | $36,633 |
| 793 | Natalya Antyukh | two disciplines | - | $36,500 |
| 794 | Filip Mihaljević | Men's shot put | - | $36,250 |
| 795 | Abrham Sime | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $36,000 |
| 796 | Amalie Iuel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $36,000 |
| 797 | Bozhidar Sarâboyukov | Men's long jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 798 | Jason Young | three disciplines | - | $36,000 |
| 799 | Jazmin Sawyers | Women's long jump | - | $36,000 |
| 800 | Liu Shiying | Women's javelin throw | - | $36,000 |
| 801 | Narve Gilje Nordås | four disciplines | 1 | $36,000 |
| 802 | Raven Saunders | Women's shot put | - | $36,000 |
| 803 | Whitney Ashley | Women's discus throw | - | $36,000 |
| 804 | Enrique Llopis | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $35,750 |
| 805 | Mateusz Przybylko | Men's high jump | - | $35,750 |
| 806 | Dorcus Ewoi | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 807 | English Gardner | two disciplines | 1 | $35,500 |
| 808 | Goldie Sayers | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $35,500 |
| 809 | Jamile Samuel | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 810 | Matthew Centrowitz Jr. | four disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 811 | Mattia Furlani | Men's long jump | - | $35,250 |
| 812 | Abbey Caldwell | four disciplines | 1 | $35,000 |
| 813 | Anaso Jobodwana | Men's 200 m | - | $35,000 |
| 814 | Andressa de Morais | Women's discus throw | - | $35,000 |
| 815 | Cindy Roleder | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $35,000 |
| 816 | Nick Willis | four disciplines | - | $35,000 |
| 817 | Xinglong Gao | Men's long jump | 2 | $35,000 |
| 818 | Brad Walker | Men's pole vault | - | $34,750 |
| 819 | Catriona Bisset | Women's 800 m | - | $34,750 |
| 820 | Charles Simotwo | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
| 821 | Irina Gordeyeva | Women's high jump | - | $34,750 |
| 822 | Ryuji Miura | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
| 823 | Alexandria Anderson | two disciplines | - | $34,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Whitney Ashley is 803rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $36,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Whitney Ashley most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 paid $4,000 for 6th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nadine Müller, Denia Caballero, Yaime Pérez, Andressa de Morais, Sandra Elkasević and Claudine Vita.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 paid $4,000 for 6th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yaime Pérez, Julia Harting, Sandra Elkasević, Dani Stevens, Denia Caballero and Nadine Müller.
Muller Anniversary Games 2016 paid $3,000 for 4th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nadine Müller, Irina Rodrigues, Shelbi Vaughan, Kirsty Law, Sandra Elkasević and Dani Stevens.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Whitney Ashley won?
$36,000, which ranks 803rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 17 paid finishes between 2013 and 2021.
What is Whitney Ashley's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 6th in the discus throw at the 2018 AG Memorial Van Damme. 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 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. Those starts 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 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 Whitney Ashley is Raven Saunders on $36,000, and one below Enrique Llopis on $35,750. Whitney Ashley 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 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 400 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.