Australia athletics prize money
Australia has taken $3,553,417 out of athletics, 7th of the 130 countries the sport has paid. Nicola Olyslagers is the biggest earner on $442,583, 12.5% of the national total.
$3,469,417 of that belongs to 87 athletes by name. The other $84,000 is the federation's, won by nine teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
Every Australia athlete athletics has paid
87 of them, biggest first
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicola Olyslagers | 39 | 12 | $442,583 |
| 2 | Jessica Hull | 35 | 1 | $263,750 |
| 3 | Eleanor Patterson | 33 | 2 | $201,750 |
| 4 | Nina Kennedy | 21 | 11 | $197,500 |
| 5 | Cameron Myers | 10 | 2 | $180,500 |
| 6 | Kurtis Marschall | 33 | 2 | $173,833 |
| 7 | Sally Pearson | 24 | 7 | $172,500 |
| 8 | Matthew Denny | 25 | 3 | $155,000 |
| 9 | Dani Stevens | 28 | 1 | $145,000 |
| 10 | Brandon Starc | 16 | 3 | $121,000 |
| 11 | Kelsey-Lee Barber | 18 | 1 | $113,000 |
| 12 | Fabrice Lapierre | 22 | 2 | $98,000 |
| 13 | Mackenzie Little | 17 | 2 | $91,750 |
| 14 | Linden Hall | 24 | 1 | $81,750 |
| 15 | Stewart McSweyn | 22 | 2 | $75,500 |
| 16 | Kathryn Mitchell | 19 | - | $64,000 |
| 17 | Kimberley Mickle | 14 | - | $59,000 |
| 18 | Mitchell Watt | 8 | 5 | $59,000 |
| 19 | Oliver Hoare | 14 | 1 | $56,750 |
| 20 | Brooke Buschkuehl | 13 | - | $41,250 |
| 21 | Georgia Griffith | 13 | 1 | $41,000 |
| 22 | Sarah Billings | 13 | - | $38,500 |
| 23 | Liam Adcock | 8 | 1 | $38,000 |
| 24 | Peter Bol | 9 | - | $35,500 |
| 25 | Abbey Caldwell | 10 | 1 | $35,000 |
| 26 | Catriona Bisset | 15 | - | $34,750 |
| 27 | Ky Robinson | 5 | - | $33,000 |
| 28 | Lachlan Kennedy | 6 | - | $32,500 |
| 29 | Benn Harradine | 18 | - | $31,000 |
| 30 | Henry Frayne | 10 | - | $29,500 |
| 31 | Ryan Gregson | 11 | - | $23,500 |
| 32 | Hamish Peacock | 10 | - | $21,500 |
| 33 | Jarrod Bannister | 7 | - | $21,000 |
| 34 | Steven Hooker | 7 | - | $21,000 |
| 35 | Rose Davies | 6 | - | $19,750 |
| 36 | Torrie Lewis | 4 | 1 | $15,000 |
| 37 | Genevieve Gregson | 7 | - | $14,750 |
| 38 | Alana Boyd | 8 | - | $14,583 |
| 39 | Adam Spencer | 2 | - | $11,500 |
| 40 | Collis Birmingham | 6 | - | $11,500 |
| 41 | Madeline Heiner | 5 | - | $11,000 |
| 42 | Lauren Wells | 4 | - | $10,000 |
| 43 | Jeff Riseley | 4 | - | $8,500 |
| 44 | Yual Reath | 3 | - | $8,250 |
| 45 | Claudia Hollingsworth | 2 | - | $6,500 |
| 46 | Ella Nelson | 3 | - | $6,500 |
| 47 | Hayley Kitching | 1 | - | $6,000 |
| 48 | Lachlan Renshaw | 2 | - | $6,000 |
| 49 | Youcef Abdi | 3 | - | $6,000 |
| 50 | Rohan Browning | 5 | - | $5,750 |
| 51 | Matthew Ramsden | 4 | - | $4,500 |
| 52 | Chris Noffke | 3 | - | $4,000 |
| 53 | Sarah Carli | 2 | - | $4,000 |
| 54 | Craig Mottram | 2 | - | $3,500 |
| 55 | Jye Edwards | 1 | - | $3,500 |
| 56 | Morgan Mitchell | 2 | - | $3,500 |
| 57 | Brett Robinson | 2 | - | $3,250 |
| 58 | Jude Thomas | 1 | - | $3,000 |
| 59 | Kaila McKnight | 2 | - | $3,000 |
| 60 | Luke Boyes | 1 | - | $3,000 |
| 61 | Robert Crowther | 1 | - | $3,000 |
| 62 | Tristan Thomas | 1 | - | $3,000 |
| 63 | Morgan McDonald | 2 | - | $2,750 |
| 64 | Ben Offereins | 1 | - | $2,500 |
| 65 | Eloise Wellings | 1 | - | $2,500 |
| 66 | Linda Leverton | 1 | - | $2,500 |
| 67 | Liz Clay | 2 | - | $2,250 |
| 68 | Carley Thomas | 1 | - | $2,000 |
| 69 | Gout Gout | 1 | - | $2,000 |
| 70 | Reece Holder | 1 | - | $2,000 |
| 71 | Elizaveta Parnova | 1 | - | $1,750 |
| 72 | Damien Birkinhead | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 73 | James Kaan | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 74 | Michelle Jenneke | 2 | - | $1,500 |
| 75 | Patrick Tiernan | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 76 | Sean Wroe | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 77 | Joel Baden | 1 | - | $1,417 |
| 78 | Ellie Beer | 1 | - | $1,250 |
| 79 | Hana Basic | 1 | - | $1,250 |
| 80 | Jack Rayner | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 81 | Zoe Buckman | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 82 | Chris Mitrevski | 1 | - | $750 |
| 83 | Hannah Jones | 1 | - | $750 |
| 84 | Joseph Deng | 1 | - | $750 |
| 85 | Amy Cashin | 1 | - | $500 |
| 86 | David McNeill | 1 | - | $500 |
| 87 | Erin Shaw | 1 | - | $500 |
Career totals across all six competitions, not a single season. PAID is how many finishing places were paid for, which is a different count from wins: a second place in a Diamond League final and a world title are both one payment. 86 of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
The top twelve of 87
Nicola Olyslagers holds 12.5% of everything Australia has won in athletics. The three biggest hold 25.6% of it between them, and $39,878 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.
Where the money comes from
All six competitions, and what each has sent Australia
| COMPETITION | ATHLETES | WINS | TO ATHLETES | TO FEDERATION | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League | 86 | 60 | $2,821,750$2.8m | - | $2,821,750$2.8m |
| World Championships | 7 | 1 | $182,000 | - | $182,000 |
| Indoor Championships | 11 | 1 | $200,667 | $10,000 | $210,667 |
| Ultimate Championship | 4 | - | $265,000 | - | $265,000 |
| World Relays | - | - | - | $46,000 | $46,000 |
| Cross Country | - | 1 | - | $28,000 | $28,000 |
| All six | 87 | 63 | $3,469,417$3.5m | $84,000 | $3,553,417$3.6m |
The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for Australia on $2,821,750, 79.4% of the national total. All six have paid Australia, which only five of the 130 countries can say.
The ATHLETES column counts the people each competition paid, so it does not add up to 87: thirteen athletes have been paid by more than one of the six, and are counted in every row that paid them and once in the national total. Nicola Olyslagers has been paid by four of them: the Diamond League, the World Championships, the World Indoor Championships and the Ultimate Championship.
The cheques that went to the federation
9 team payments, paid to Australia rather than to anyone who ran
| RACE | PLACE | WHO RAN | PURSE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 2nd | Luke van Ratingen, Ellie Beer, Terrell Thorne, Carla Bull | $20,000 |
| Mixed relay, 2026 | 1st | Oliver Hoare, Linden Hall, Jack Anstey, Jessica Hull | $12,000 |
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2026 | 3rd | Luke van Ratingen, Reece Holder, Tom Reynolds, Aidan Murphy | $10,000 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 3rd | Ellie Beer, Ella Connolly, Bella Pasquali, Jemma Pollard | $10,000 |
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2026 | 4th | Lachlan Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius, Rohan Browning | $8,000 |
| Senior women's race, 2026 | 5th | Lauren Ryan, Leanne Pompeani, Maudie Skyring, Bronte Oates | $8,000 |
| Senior men's race, 2024 | 5th | Haftu Strintzos, Edward Marks, Liam Adams, Patrick Tiernan | $8,000 |
| Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 4th | Olivia Dodds, Carla Bull, Connor Bond, Josiah John | $5,000 |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, 2026 | 7th | Cooper Sherman, Mia Gross, Matthew Hunt, Alexia Loizou | $3,000 |
None of this is in any athlete's total above, here or anywhere else on the site. A relay purse is paid to the team whole, a World Relays ladder place is a country's, and a cross country team standing pays the federation behind the first four runners home.
Australia against the rest
Where $3,553,417 puts Australia
That is 2.6% of the $135,290,875 athletics has paid to a country, and 7th out of 130. Australia has Germany above on $4,199,250 and France below on $3,087,958.
The biggest of the 130 is the United States on $29,436,125, which is 21.8% of everything the sport has paid to a country. The full money list ranks every one of them, and the six competitions behind these figures each have a section of their own.
Countries either side of Australia
- United States
- Kenya
- Jamaica
- Great Britain
- Ethiopia
- Germany
- France
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Sweden
- Italy
- South Africa
- Ukraine
- Canada
- Cuba
- Norway
- China
- Czechia
- Botswana
- Greece
- Switzerland
- Spain
- New Zealand
- Brazil
- RUS
- Authorised Neutral Athletes
- Bahamas
- Croatia
- Portugal
- Bahrain
- Nigeria
- Morocco
- Dominican Republic
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Belgium
- Ivory Coast
- Japan
- Qatar
- Serbia
- Colombia
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Australia won in athletics?
$3,553,417 across the six competitions this section holds: the Diamond League, the World Championships, the World Indoor Championships, the Ultimate Championship, the World Relays and the World Cross Country Championships. That is 7th of the 130 countries athletics has paid, and 2.6% of the $135,290,875 the sport has sent to a country.
Which Australia athlete earns the most prize money?
Nicola Olyslagers, on $442,583 from 39 paid finishes and twelve wins. That is 12.5% of everything Australia has won. Jessica Hull is next on $263,750.
Does prize money won by Australia go to the athlete or the federation?
$3,469,417 of that belongs to 87 athletes by name. The other $84,000 is the federation's, won by nine teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
How many athletes from Australia have won athletics prize money?
87, sharing $3,469,417 between them, which is $39,878 each. 21 of them have won a title, 63 in all. Thirteen have been paid by more than one of the six competitions.
Where to next
The competitions that paid Australia
Every figure on this page comes out of one of the six below, and each has its own section here, event by event and edition by edition, with the full ladder of what each finishing place was worth. The country money list puts Australia against the other 129 the sport has paid.