Diamond League 2010 prize money
The 2010 Diamond League paid $6,553,000 to 666 athletes across fourteen meetings, from 14 May to 27 August. Allyson Felix took more of it than anyone, $86,000.
The series pays by finishing place and by nothing else, so one card covers every discipline at every meeting of the season: $10,000 for a series win, at the final, and eight places paid in each. There was no Diamond+ tier this season, so every discipline paid the same.
Who earned the most in 2010
The 2010 Diamond League money list
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BIGGEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allyson Felix | 9 | 8 | 1st | $86,000 |
| 2 | Blanka Vlašić | 7 | 7 | 1st | $70,000 |
| 3 | Andreas Thorkildsen | 7 | 6 | 1st | $66,000 |
| 4 | Bershawn Jackson | 7 | 5 | 1st | $62,000 |
| 5 | Carmelita Jeter | 7 | 5 | 1st | $62,000 |
| 6 | Christian Cantwell | 7 | 5 | 1st | $60,000 |
| 7 | David Oliver | 6 | 6 | 1st | $60,000 |
| 8 | Jeremy Wariner | 6 | 6 | 1st | $60,000 |
| 9 | Nancy Jebet Langat | 7 | 5 | 1st | $60,000 |
| 10 | Milcah Chemos | 7 | 4 | 1st | $58,000 |
| 11 | Yargelis Savigne | 7 | 4 | 1st | $56,000 |
| 12 | Asbel Kiprop | 7 | 4 | 1st | $54,000 |
| 13 | Kaliese Carter | 7 | 4 | 1st | $54,000 |
| 14 | Dwight Phillips | 6 | 4 | 1st | $52,000 |
| 15 | Priscilla Schliep | 7 | 3 | 1st | $51,000 |
| 16 | Barbora Špotáková | 7 | 3 | 1st | $50,000 |
| 17 | Fabiana Murer | 6 | 4 | 1st | $50,000 |
| 18 | Olga Rypakova | 7 | 2 | 1st | $50,000 |
| 19 | Valerie Adams | 7 | 2 | 1st | $50,000 |
| 20 | Piotr Małachowski | 7 | 3 | 1st | $46,500 |
| 21 | Renaud Lavillenie | 5 | 4 | 1st | $46,000 |
| 22 | Tyson Gay | 5 | 4 | 1st | $46,000 |
| 23 | Yarelis Barrios | 5 | 4 | 1st | $46,000 |
| 24 | Sentayehu Ejigu | 7 | 2 | 1st | $44,000 |
| 25 | Imane Merga | 7 | 2 | 1st | $42,000 |
| 26 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | 6 | 2 | 1st | $42,000 |
| 27 | Walter Dix | 5 | 4 | 1st | $41,000 |
| 28 | Zoltán Kővágó | 7 | 1 | 1st | $41,000 |
| 29 | Lolo Jones | 6 | 3 | 1st | $40,500 |
| 30 | David Rudisha | 4 | 4 | 1st | $40,000 |
| 31 | Ivan Ukhov | 4 | 4 | 1st | $40,000 |
| 32 | Janeth Jepkosgei | 7 | 2 | 1st | $39,000 |
| 33 | Sandra Elkasević | 7 | 2 | 1st | $37,500 |
| 34 | Tero Pitkämäki | 7 | 1 | 1st | $37,000 |
| 35 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | 7 | 2 | 1st | $36,500 |
| 36 | Brittney Reese | 4 | 3 | 1st | $36,000 |
| 37 | Reese Hoffa | 7 | 2 | 1st | $36,000 |
| 38 | Teddy Tamgho | 4 | 3 | 1st | $36,000 |
| 39 | Veronica Campbell Brown | 4 | 3 | 1st | $36,000 |
| 40 | Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot | 4 | 3 | 1st | $36,000 |
Allyson Felix collected $86,000 of the $6,553,000 the season paid out, 1.3% of it. 392 athletes were paid more than once in 2010 and the rest were paid once, which is what a money list of a series that runs fourteen times a summer looks like. The table lists the 40 biggest of 666.
Every meeting of 2010
In the order the season ran them
| MEETING | WHERE | WHEN | DISCIPLINES | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League | Doha | 14 May | 15 | $437,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League | Shanghai | 23 May | 15 | $436,500 |
| Bislett Games | Oslo | 4 June | 15 | $446,000 |
| Golden Gala | Rome | 10 June | 15 | $445,000 |
| New York adidas Grand Prix | New York City | 12 June | 15 | $443,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic | Eugene | 3 July | 15 | $435,500 |
| Athletissima | Lausanne | 8 July | 15 | $445,500 |
| British Grand Prix | Gateshead | 10 July | 15 | $445,500 |
| Meeting Areva | Paris | 16 July | 15 | $436,000 |
| Herculis | Fontvieille | 22 July | 15 | $434,000 |
| BAUHAUS-galan | Stockholm | 6 August | 15 | $435,500 |
| London Grand Prix | London | 13 to 14 August | 27 | $775,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich | Zurich | 18 to 19 August | 16 | $464,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme | Brussels | 27 August | 16 | $474,000 |
| 14 meetings | 14 cities | - | 224 | $6,553,000$6.6m |
What the season paid, meeting by meeting
season running total
The line is the running total, and it is close to straight because the pots barely move: every series meeting pays the same rate a discipline, so what separates them is how many disciplines they ran.
Every discipline of 2010
How often each one ran, and what it paid across the season
| DISCIPLINE | TIMES RUN | PAID IN 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 m | 7 | $210,000 |
| Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 7 | $210,000 |
| Men's 5000 m | 7 | $210,000 |
| Men's 800 m | 7 | $210,000 |
| Men's discus throw | 7 | $210,000 |
| Men's javelin throw | 7 | $210,000 |
| Men's triple jump | 7 | $210,000 |
| Women's 1500 m | 7 | $210,000 |
| Women's 400 m hurdles | 7 | $210,000 |
| Women's long jump | 7 | $210,000 |
| Men's 100 m | 7 | $209,000 |
| Men's 110 m hurdles | 7 | $209,000 |
| Men's 400 m | 7 | $209,000 |
| Men's 400 m hurdles | 7 | $209,000 |
| Men's high jump | 7 | $209,000 |
| Men's long jump | 7 | $209,000 |
| Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $209,000 |
| Women's discus throw | 7 | $209,000 |
| Women's high jump | 7 | $208,000 |
| Women's pole vault | 7 | $207,500 |
| Men's pole vault | 7 | $206,500 |
| Women's 100 m | 7 | $206,000 |
| Women's triple jump | 7 | $205,000 |
| Women's 200 m | 7 | $204,500 |
| Men's shot put | 7 | $204,000 |
| Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 7 | $204,000 |
| Women's javelin throw | 7 | $193,500 |
| Women's 800 m | 7 | $191,500 |
| Women's 400 m | 7 | $191,000 |
| Women's 5000 m | 5 | $150,000 |
| Women's shot put | 7 | $139,500 |
| Men's 1500 m | 4 | $120,000 |
| Men's mile | 3 | $90,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| 34 disciplines | 224 | $6,553,000$6.6m |
No discipline runs at every meeting. The series rotates them, so a discipline's total for the season is its rate multiplied by how many times it was on the programme, and the column above is a count of appearances rather than a ranking of anything.
What each place paid in 2010
The card in force across the season
| PLACE | SERIES |
|---|---|
| 1st | $10,000 |
| 2nd | $6,000 |
| 3rd | $4,000 |
| 4th | $3,000 |
| 5th | $2,500 |
| 6th | $2,000 |
| 7th | $1,500 |
| 8th | $1,000 |
| All eight | $30,000 |
Every column is the whole of what that kind of discipline paid in 2010. There is no appearance money in these figures, no bonus for a record and nothing for ninth, and where athletes tied they took the places between them and split the money for all of them.
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money did the 2010 Diamond League pay?
$6,553,000 across fourteen meetings and 34 disciplines, to 666 athletes. That is 5.8% of everything the series has paid across the sixteen seasons on this site.
What did a Diamond League win pay in 2010?
$10,000 at a series meeting. The figure is the same in every discipline on the card, so a win in the shot put pays what a win in the 100 m pays.
Who earned the most in the 2010 Diamond League?
Allyson Felix, on $86,000 from nine paid finishes, eight of them wins. 392 of the 666 athletes paid in 2010 were paid more than once.
How many meetings did the 2010 Diamond League run?
Fourteen, every one of them paid at the series rate, because the season had no final of its own. Every series meeting paid the same rate for the same finishing place, so what separates one meeting's pot from another is how many disciplines it ran.
How far down the field does the Diamond League pay?
Eight places. Ninth pays nothing however fast the race was: 1,743 payments in 2010 went to 666 athletes from 79 countries, and 23 other finishes in the same result tables were worth nothing at all.
Where to next
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