Ireland athletics prize money
Ireland has taken $372,000 out of athletics, 54th of the 130 countries the sport has paid. Kate O'Connor is the biggest earner on $65,000, 17.5% of the national total.
$370,000 of that belongs to 25 athletes by name. The other $2,000 is the federation's, won by one team whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
Every Ireland athlete athletics has paid
25 of them, biggest first
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kate O'Connor | 3 | - | $65,000 |
| 2 | Sarah Healy | 16 | 1 | $53,500 |
| 3 | Ciara Mageean | 11 | 1 | $45,750 |
| 4 | Thomas Barr | 15 | - | $43,500 |
| 5 | Rhasidat Adeleke | 9 | 1 | $42,250 |
| 6 | Mark English | 10 | 1 | $41,000 |
| 7 | Cian McPhillips | 2 | - | $17,500 |
| 8 | Andrew Coscoran | 6 | - | $10,250 |
| 9 | Fionnuala McCormack | 4 | - | $9,500 |
| 10 | Sarah Lavin | 4 | - | $8,500 |
| 11 | Paul Hession | 2 | - | $7,000 |
| 12 | Alistair Ian Cragg | 2 | - | $3,500 |
| 13 | David Gillick | 2 | - | $3,500 |
| 14 | Derval O'Rourke | 2 | - | $3,000 |
| 15 | Sharlene Mawdsley | 1 | - | $2,500 |
| 16 | Rose-Anne Galligan | 1 | - | $2,000 |
| 17 | Sara Louise Treacy | 1 | - | $2,000 |
| 18 | Sophie Becker | 1 | - | $2,000 |
| 19 | Brian Fay | 2 | - | $1,750 |
| 20 | Laura Crowe | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 21 | Stephanie Reilly | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 22 | Cathal Doyle | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 23 | Luke McCann | 1 | - | $750 |
| 24 | Phil Healy | 1 | - | $750 |
| 25 | Louise Shanahan | 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. 24 of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
The top twelve of 25
Kate O'Connor holds 17.5% of everything Ireland has won in athletics. The three biggest hold 44.2% of it between them, and $14,800 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.
Where the money comes from
All six competitions, and what each has sent Ireland
| COMPETITION | ATHLETES | WINS | TO ATHLETES | TO FEDERATION | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League | 24 | 4 | $281,000 | - | $281,000 |
| World Championships | 2 | - | $51,000 | - | $51,000 |
| Indoor Championships | 3 | - | $38,000 | - | $38,000 |
| Ultimate Championship | - | - | - | - | - |
| World Relays | - | - | - | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| Cross Country | - | - | - | - | - |
| All six | 25 | 4 | $370,000 | $2,000 | $372,000 |
The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for Ireland on $281,000, 75.5% of the national total. Four of the six have paid Ireland. Ireland has won nothing at the Ultimate Championship and the World Cross Country Championships.
The ATHLETES column counts the people each competition paid, so it does not add up to 25: four 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. Kate O'Connor has been paid by two of them: the World Championships and the World Indoor Championships.
The cheques that went to the federation
1 team payment, paid to Ireland rather than to anyone who ran
| RACE | PLACE | WHO RAN | PURSE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 8th | Jack Raftery, Phil Healy, Aaron Keane, Lauren Cadden | $2,000 |
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.
Ireland against the rest
Where $372,000 puts Ireland
That is 0.3% of the $135,290,875 athletics has paid to a country, and 54th out of 130. Ireland has Turkey above on $431,500 and Latvia below on $368,250.
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 Ireland
- Dominican Republic
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Belgium
- Ivory Coast
- Japan
- Qatar
- Serbia
- Colombia
- Slovenia
- Grenada
- Uganda
- Kazakhstan
- Lithuania
- Algeria
- Saint Lucia
- Finland
- Estonia
- Puerto Rico
- Belarus
- Turkey
- Latvia
- Bulgaria
- Hungary
- Venezuela
- Panama
- Sri Lanka
- India
- Slovakia
- Burundi
- Senegal
- British Virgin Islands
- Djibouti
- Mexico
- South Korea
- Tunisia
- Burkina Faso
- Ecuador
- Azerbaijan
- Austria
- Barbados
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Ireland won in athletics?
$372,000 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 54th of the 130 countries athletics has paid, and 0.3% of the $135,290,875 the sport has sent to a country.
Which Ireland athlete earns the most prize money?
Kate O'Connor, on $65,000 from three paid finishes. That is 17.5% of everything Ireland has won. Sarah Healy is next on $53,500.
Does prize money won by Ireland go to the athlete or the federation?
$370,000 of that belongs to 25 athletes by name. The other $2,000 is the federation's, won by one team whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
How many athletes from Ireland have won athletics prize money?
25, sharing $370,000 between them, which is $14,800 each. Four of them have won a title, 4 in all. Four have been paid by more than one of the six competitions.
Where to next
The competitions that paid Ireland
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 Ireland against the other 129 the sport has paid.