Diamond League 2017 prize money
The 2017 Diamond League paid $1,160,000 to 255 athletes across three meetings, from 5 May to 1 July. Mutaz Barsham took more of it than anyone, $30,000.
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, $50,000 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 2017
The 2017 Diamond League money list
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BIGGEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mutaz Barsham | 3 | 3 | 1st | $30,000 |
| 2 | Caster Semenya | 2 | 2 | 1st | $20,000 |
| 3 | Christian Taylor | 2 | 2 | 1st | $20,000 |
| 4 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | 2 | 2 | 1st | $20,000 |
| 5 | Beatrice Chepkoech | 2 | 1 | 1st | $16,000 |
| 6 | Dafne Schippers | 2 | 1 | 1st | $16,000 |
| 7 | Elijah Manangoi | 2 | 1 | 1st | $16,000 |
| 8 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | 2 | 1 | 1st | $16,000 |
| 9 | Johannes Vetter | 2 | 1 | 1st | $16,000 |
| 10 | Ronald Kwemoi | 2 | 1 | 1st | $16,000 |
| 11 | Thomas Röhler | 2 | 1 | 1st | $14,000 |
| 12 | Yarisley Silva | 2 | 1 | 1st | $14,000 |
| 13 | Andre De Grasse | 2 | 1 | 1st | $12,500 |
| 14 | Anita Márton | 2 | 0 | 2nd | $12,000 |
| 15 | Bohdan Bondarenko | 2 | 0 | 2nd | $12,000 |
| 16 | Muktar Edris | 2 | 1 | 1st | $12,000 |
| 17 | Akani Simbine | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 18 | Baboloki Thebe | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 19 | Daniel Ståhl | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 20 | Gong Lijiao | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 21 | Jake Wightman | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 22 | Jakub Vadlejch | 2 | 0 | 2nd | $10,000 |
| 23 | Karsten Warholm | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 24 | Katerina Stefanidi | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 25 | Kendra Harrison | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 26 | Margaret Wambui | 2 | 0 | 2nd | $10,000 |
| 27 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | 2 | 0 | 2nd | $10,000 |
| 28 | Michelle Carter | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 29 | Nijel Amos | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 30 | Norah Jeruto | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 31 | Novlene Williams-Mills | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 32 | Pamela Dutkiewicz | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 33 | Ramil Guliyev | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 34 | Ronald Levy | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 35 | Sam Kendricks | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 36 | Sandra Elkasević | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 37 | Sifan Hassan | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 38 | Steven Gardiner | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 39 | Tianna Bartoletta | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 40 | Robbie Grabarz | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $9,250 |
Mutaz Barsham collected $30,000 of the $1,160,000 the season paid out, 2.6% of it. 47 athletes were paid more than once in 2017 and the rest were paid once, which is what a money list of a series that runs three times a summer looks like. The table lists the 40 biggest of 255.
Every meeting of 2017
In the order the season ran them
| MEETING | WHERE | WHEN | DISCIPLINES | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League | Doha | 5 May | 13 | $390,000 |
| Bislett Games | Oslo | 15 June | 13 | $384,000 |
| Meeting de Paris | Paris | 1 July | 13 | $386,000 |
| 3 meetings | 3 cities | — | 39 | $1,160,000 |
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 2017
How often each one ran, and what it paid across the season
| DISCIPLINE | TIMES RUN | PAID IN 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Men's high jump | 3 | $90,000 |
| Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $90,000 |
| Men's 100 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| Men's 1500 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| Men's 400 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| Men's javelin throw | 2 | $60,000 |
| Men's triple jump | 2 | $60,000 |
| Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $60,000 |
| Women's 800 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| Women's shot put | 2 | $60,000 |
| Women's 200 m | 2 | $59,000 |
| Women's pole vault | 2 | $57,500 |
| Men's 200 m | 1 | $30,000 |
| Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $30,000 |
| Men's 800 m | 1 | $30,000 |
| Men's discus throw | 1 | $30,000 |
| Men's pole vault | 1 | $30,000 |
| Women's 100 m | 1 | $30,000 |
| Women's 1500 m | 1 | $30,000 |
| Women's long jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $29,000 |
| Women's discus throw | 1 | $27,500 |
| Women's 400 m | 1 | $27,000 |
| 24 disciplines | 39 | $1,160,000 |
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 2017
The two cards in force across the season
| PLACE | SERIES | FINAL |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | $10,000 | $50,000 |
| 2nd | $6,000 | $20,000 |
| 3rd | $4,000 | $10,000 |
| 4th | $3,000 | $6,000 |
| 5th | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| 6th | $2,000 | $4,000 |
| 7th | $1,500 | $3,000 |
| 8th | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| All eight | $30,000 | $100,000 |
Every column is the whole of what that kind of discipline paid in 2017. 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 2017 Diamond League pay?
$1,160,000 across three meetings and 24 disciplines, to 255 athletes. That is 2.2% of everything the series has paid across the nine seasons on this site.
What did a Diamond League win pay in 2017?
$10,000 at a series meeting and $50,000 at the final. 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 2017 Diamond League?
Mutaz Barsham, on $30,000 from three paid finishes, three of them wins. 47 of the 255 athletes paid in 2017 were paid more than once.
How many meetings did the 2017 Diamond League run?
Three: three series meetings. 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: 305 payments in 2017 went to 255 athletes from 61 countries, and 74 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 nine seasons on this site, 104 meetings and $53,753,250. The season after is 2018, on $1,196,000.
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