Diamond League 2019 prize money
The 2019 Diamond League paid $8,092,500 to 596 athletes across fourteen meetings, from 3 May to 6 September. Noah Lyles took more of it than anyone, $142,000.
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 2019
The 2019 Diamond League money list
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BIGGEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah Lyles | 7 | 5 | 1st | $142,000 |
| 2 | Sifan Hassan | 7 | 4 | 1st | $132,500 |
| 3 | Dina Asher-Smith | 9 | 3 | 1st | $118,000 |
| 4 | Mariya Lasitskene | 6 | 6 | 1st | $100,000 |
| 5 | Sam Kendricks | 7 | 4 | 1st | $94,250 |
| 6 | Salwa Eid Naser | 6 | 5 | 1st | $93,000 |
| 7 | Beatrice Chepkoech | 6 | 4 | 1st | $89,000 |
| 8 | Katerina Stefanidi | 7 | 3 | 1st | $87,250 |
| 9 | Daniel Ståhl | 5 | 4 | 1st | $86,000 |
| 10 | Danielle Williams | 5 | 4 | 1st | $86,000 |
| 11 | Timothy Cheruiyot | 5 | 4 | 1st | $86,000 |
| 12 | Ajeé Wilson | 5 | 3 | 1st | $80,000 |
| 13 | Karsten Warholm | 4 | 4 | 1st | $80,000 |
| 14 | Michael Norman | 4 | 4 | 1st | $80,000 |
| 15 | Orlando Ortega | 5 | 3 | 1st | $79,000 |
| 16 | Juan Miguel Echevarría | 4 | 3 | 1st | $76,000 |
| 17 | Sydney McLaughlin | 4 | 3 | 1st | $76,000 |
| 18 | Yaime Pérez | 4 | 3 | 1st | $76,000 |
| 19 | Christian Taylor | 4 | 2 | 1st | $72,000 |
| 20 | Lü Huihui | 3 | 3 | 1st | $70,000 |
| 21 | Malaika Mihambo | 3 | 3 | 1st | $70,000 |
| 22 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | 3 | 3 | 1st | $70,000 |
| 23 | Tom Walsh | 4 | 2 | 1st | $70,000 |
| 24 | Magnus Kirt | 4 | 1 | 1st | $66,000 |
| 25 | Donavan Brazier | 3 | 2 | 1st | $64,000 |
| 26 | Getnet Wale | 3 | 2 | 1st | $64,000 |
| 27 | Shanieka Ricketts | 5 | 1 | 1st | $64,000 |
| 28 | Andriy Protsenko | 5 | 1 | 1st | $61,500 |
| 29 | Joshua Cheptegei | 4 | 1 | 1st | $60,500 |
| 30 | Nijel Amos | 5 | 3 | 2nd | $56,000 |
| 31 | Ramil Guliyev | 7 | 1 | 2nd | $53,500 |
| 32 | Elaine Thompson | 7 | 2 | 1st | $52,000 |
| 33 | Gong Lijao | 1 | 1 | 1st | $50,000 |
| 34 | Soufiane El Bakkali | 4 | 3 | 2nd | $50,000 |
| 35 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | 5 | 1 | 2nd | $48,500 |
| 36 | Piotr Lisek | 7 | 2 | 1st | $46,750 |
| 37 | Kendra Harrison | 4 | 2 | 2nd | $46,000 |
| 38 | Yulimar Rojas | 4 | 2 | 2nd | $46,000 |
| 39 | Blessing Okagbare | 8 | 2 | 1st | $44,500 |
| 40 | Dafne Schippers | 10 | 1 | 1st | $44,500 |
Noah Lyles collected $142,000 of the $8,092,500 the season paid out, 1.8% of it. 361 athletes were paid more than once in 2019 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 596.
Every meeting of 2019
In the order the season ran them
| MEETING | WHERE | WHEN | DISCIPLINES | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League | Doha | 3 May | 14 | $420,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | Shanghai | 18 May | 15 | $447,500 |
| Bauhausgalan | Stockholm | 30 May | 13 | $387,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | Rome | 6 June | 14 | $420,000 |
| Oslo Bislett Games | Oslo | 13 June | 13 | $388,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | Rabat | 16 June | 13 | $390,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic | Stanford | 30 June | 13 | $389,000 |
| Athletissima | Lausanne | 5 July | 14 | $419,000 |
| Herculis | Monaco | 12 July | 13 | $383,500 |
| Müller Anniversary Games | London | 20 to 21 July | 15 | $448,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | Birmingham | 18 August | 13 | $390,000 |
| Meeting de Paris | Paris | 24 August | 14 | $418,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich | Zürich | 29 August | 16 | $1,600,000$1.6m |
| AG Memorial Van Damme | Brussels | 6 September | 16 | $1,592,000$1.6m |
| 14 meetings | 14 cities | — | 196 | $8,092,500$8.1m |
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. The step at the end is Weltklasse Zürich, the final, which pays 5 times what a series meeting pays for a win.
Every discipline of 2019
How often each one ran, and what it paid across the season
| DISCIPLINE | TIMES RUN | PAID IN 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 m | 7 | $280,000 |
| Men's 800 m | 7 | $280,000 |
| Men's high jump | 7 | $280,000 |
| Women's 400 m | 7 | $280,000 |
| Women's 400 m hurdles | 7 | $280,000 |
| Women's 800 m | 7 | $280,000 |
| Women's pole vault | 7 | $280,000 |
| Men's 200 m | 7 | $279,000 |
| Women's 100 m | 7 | $279,000 |
| Women's 200 m | 7 | $279,000 |
| Women's high jump | 7 | $279,000 |
| Men's 110 m hurdles | 7 | $278,000 |
| Men's 400 m hurdles | 7 | $278,000 |
| Men's pole vault | 7 | $277,500 |
| Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $276,000 |
| Men's 400 m | 7 | $273,000 |
| Men's 1500 m | 5 | $220,000 |
| Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $220,000 |
| Men's discus throw | 5 | $220,000 |
| Men's javelin throw | 5 | $220,000 |
| Men's long jump | 5 | $220,000 |
| Men's shot put | 5 | $220,000 |
| Women's 1500 m | 5 | $220,000 |
| Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $220,000 |
| Women's javelin throw | 5 | $220,000 |
| Women's long jump | 5 | $220,000 |
| Women's triple jump | 5 | $220,000 |
| Women's shot put | 5 | $219,000 |
| Women's discus throw | 5 | $218,000 |
| Men's triple jump | 5 | $217,000 |
| Men's 5000 m | 4 | $190,000 |
| Women's 5000 m | 3 | $160,000 |
| Men's mile | 2 | $60,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| Women's mile | 2 | $60,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 1 | $30,000 |
| 36 disciplines | 196 | $8,092,500$8.1m |
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 2019
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 2019. 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 2019 Diamond League pay?
$8,092,500 across fourteen meetings and 36 disciplines, to 596 athletes. That is 15.1% of everything the series has paid across the nine seasons on this site.
What did a Diamond League win pay in 2019?
$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 2019 Diamond League?
Noah Lyles, on $142,000 from seven paid finishes, five of them wins. 361 of the 596 athletes paid in 2019 were paid more than once.
How many meetings did the 2019 Diamond League run?
Fourteen: twelve series meetings and the final, at Weltklasse Zürich. 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: 1,549 payments in 2019 went to 596 athletes from 70 countries, and 319 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 before this one is 2018, which paid $1,196,000. The season after is 2021, on $5,591,000.
Every Diamond League season
- Diamond League 2026
- Diamond League 2025
- Diamond League 2024
- Diamond League 2023
- Diamond League 2022
- Diamond League 2021
- Diamond League 2019
- Diamond League 2018
- Diamond League 2017
These meetings across every season
- Doha Diamond League
- IAAF Diamond League Shanghai
- Bauhausgalan
- Golden Gala Pietro Mennea
- Oslo Bislett Games
- Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat
- Prefontaine Classic
- Athletissima
- Herculis
- Müller Anniversary Games
- Müller Grand Prix Birmingham
- Meeting de Paris
- Weltklasse Zürich
- AG Memorial Van Damme