Diamond League 2016 prize money
The 2016 Diamond League paid $6,634,000 to 730 athletes across fourteen meetings, from 6 May to 9 September. Two athletes shared the biggest total of the season, $70,000 each.
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 2016
The 2016 Diamond League money list
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BIGGEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dafne Schippers | 9 | 4 | 1st | $70,000 |
| 2 | Sandra Elkasević | 7 | 7 | 1st | $70,000 |
| 3 | Caterine Ibargüen | 7 | 6 | 1st | $66,000 |
| 4 | Ivana Španović | 7 | 5 | 1st | $62,000 |
| 5 | Caster Semenya | 6 | 6 | 1st | $60,000 |
| 6 | Conseslus Kipruto | 6 | 6 | 1st | $60,000 |
| 7 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | 7 | 5 | 1st | $60,000 |
| 8 | Kendra Harrison | 6 | 6 | 1st | $60,000 |
| 9 | Renaud Lavillenie | 7 | 5 | 1st | $59,000 |
| 10 | Katerina Stefanidi | 7 | 4 | 1st | $56,000 |
| 11 | Ruth Beitia | 6 | 5 | 1st | $52,000 |
| 12 | Valerie Adams | 6 | 4 | 1st | $52,000 |
| 13 | Christian Taylor | 6 | 5 | 1st | $51,500 |
| 14 | Madara Palameika | 7 | 4 | 1st | $50,500 |
| 15 | Orlando Ortega | 6 | 4 | 1st | $50,000 |
| 16 | Piotr Małachowski | 7 | 4 | 1st | $50,000 |
| 17 | Tom Walsh | 6 | 3 | 1st | $48,000 |
| 18 | Ruth Jebet | 5 | 4 | 1st | $46,000 |
| 19 | Alonso Edward | 7 | 2 | 1st | $44,000 |
| 20 | Francine Niyonsaba | 6 | 2 | 1st | $44,000 |
| 21 | Kerron Clement | 7 | 2 | 1st | $42,500 |
| 22 | Jakub Vadlejch | 7 | 3 | 1st | $42,000 |
| 23 | Cassandra Tate | 7 | 2 | 1st | $40,500 |
| 24 | Almaz Ayana | 4 | 4 | 1st | $40,000 |
| 25 | LaShawn Merritt | 4 | 4 | 1st | $40,000 |
| 26 | Thomas Röhler | 6 | 2 | 1st | $40,000 |
| 27 | Asbel Kiprop | 6 | 3 | 1st | $39,000 |
| 28 | Joe Kovacs | 6 | 3 | 1st | $39,000 |
| 29 | Eilidh Doyle | 6 | 2 | 1st | $38,500 |
| 30 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | 5 | 2 | 1st | $38,000 |
| 31 | Faith Kipyegon | 5 | 3 | 1st | $37,500 |
| 32 | Sam Kendricks | 5 | 3 | 1st | $37,500 |
| 33 | Erik Kynard | 5 | 2 | 1st | $36,000 |
| 34 | Ferguson Rotich | 6 | 2 | 1st | $36,000 |
| 35 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | 6 | 1 | 1st | $35,000 |
| 36 | Laura Muir | 5 | 2 | 1st | $34,500 |
| 37 | Olga Rypakova | 6 | 1 | 1st | $34,000 |
| 38 | Javier Culson | 7 | 1 | 1st | $33,500 |
| 39 | Churandy Martina | 8 | 1 | 1st | $33,000 |
| 40 | Mutaz Barsham | 6 | 2 | 1st | $32,250 |
Dafne Schippers collected $70,000 of the $6,634,000 the season paid out, 1.1% of it. 400 athletes were paid more than once in 2016 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 730.
Every meeting of 2016
In the order the season ran them
| MEETING | WHERE | WHEN | DISCIPLINES | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | Doha | 6 May | 16 | $476,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | Shanghai | 14 May | 16 | $476,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | Rabat | 22 May | 16 | $472,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic | Eugene | 27 to 28 May | 16 | $464,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | Rome | 2 June | 16 | $473,000 |
| British Athletics Grand Prix | Birmingham | 5 June | 16 | $480,000 |
| Bislett Games | Oslo | 9 June | 16 | $471,000 |
| Bauhausgalan | Stockholm | 16 June | 16 | $464,000 |
| Herculis | Monaco | 15 July | 16 | $474,500 |
| Muller Anniversary Games | London | 22 to 23 July | 16 | $477,500 |
| Athletissima | Lausanne | 25 August | 16 | $474,500 |
| Meeting de Paris | Paris | 27 August | 16 | $477,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich | Zürich | 1 September | 16 | $478,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme | Brussels | 9 September | 16 | $476,000 |
| 14 meetings | 14 cities | - | 224 | $6,634,000$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 2016
How often each one ran, and what it paid across the season
| DISCIPLINE | TIMES RUN | PAID IN 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 7 | $210,000 |
| Men's 800 m | 7 | $210,000 |
| Men's high jump | 7 | $210,000 |
| Men's long jump | 7 | $210,000 |
| Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 7 | $210,000 |
| Women's 800 m | 7 | $210,000 |
| Men's 100 m | 7 | $209,000 |
| Men's 200 m | 7 | $209,000 |
| Men's 400 m | 7 | $209,000 |
| Men's shot put | 7 | $209,000 |
| Women's 100 m | 7 | $209,000 |
| Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $209,000 |
| Women's discus throw | 7 | $209,000 |
| Women's javelin throw | 7 | $209,000 |
| Women's 200 m | 7 | $208,000 |
| Men's triple jump | 7 | $207,500 |
| Women's 400 m hurdles | 7 | $207,500 |
| Women's high jump | 7 | $207,500 |
| Women's long jump | 7 | $207,500 |
| Men's 110 m hurdles | 7 | $207,000 |
| Women's shot put | 7 | $207,000 |
| Men's 400 m hurdles | 7 | $206,500 |
| Men's pole vault | 7 | $206,500 |
| Women's triple jump | 7 | $206,000 |
| Women's 400 m | 7 | $205,000 |
| Women's pole vault | 7 | $202,500 |
| Men's discus throw | 7 | $200,000 |
| Men's javelin throw | 7 | $183,500 |
| Men's 5000 m | 6 | $180,000 |
| Women's 1500 m | 6 | $180,000 |
| Men's 1500 m | 5 | $150,000 |
| Women's 5000 m | 4 | $120,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 3 | $90,000 |
| Men's 1000 m | 1 | $30,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 1 | $30,000 |
| Men's mile | 1 | $30,000 |
| Women's mile | 1 | $30,000 |
| 37 disciplines | 224 | $6,634,000$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 2016
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 2016. 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 2016 Diamond League pay?
$6,634,000 across fourteen meetings and 37 disciplines, to 730 athletes. That is 5.9% of everything the series has paid across the sixteen seasons on this site.
What did a Diamond League win pay in 2016?
$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 2016 Diamond League?
Two athletes tied at the top on $70,000 each. 400 of the 730 athletes paid in 2016 were paid more than once.
How many meetings did the 2016 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: 1,747 payments in 2016 went to 730 athletes from 85 countries, and 8 other finishes in the same result tables were worth nothing at all.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money holds all sixteen seasons on this site, 224 meetings and $113,397,000. The season before this one is 2015, which paid $6,668,750. The season after is 2017, on $7,921,500.
Every Diamond League season
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These meetings across every season
- Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix
- Shanghai Golden Grand Prix
- Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat
- Prefontaine Classic
- Golden Gala Pietro Mennea
- British Athletics Grand Prix
- Bislett Games
- Bauhausgalan
- Herculis
- Muller Anniversary Games
- Athletissima
- Meeting de Paris
- Weltklasse Zürich
- Memorial Van Damme