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DIAMOND LEAGUE · WOMEN · 116 RUNNINGS

Women's 400 m prize money

The Diamond League has paid $3,818,000 in the women's 400 m, to 164 athletes across 116 runnings of it, from 2010 to 2026. Marileidy Paulino has taken more of it than anyone, $417,500.

The series pays by finishing place and by nothing else, so a win here is worth what a win in any other discipline is worth: $10,000 at a 2026 series meeting, eight places paid, and nothing for ninth. Nine of the 116 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for the win at the 2026 final. Eleven of the 116 runnings were Diamond+, which pays double.

PAID IN IT $3,818,000
A WIN IN 2026 $10,000
RUNNINGS 116
SEASONS 16
ATHLETES PAID 164

Who the women's 400 m has paid the most

Every running of it on this site, added up

164 paid
The athletes the Diamond League women's 400 m has paid the most across its 116 runnings.
# ATHLETE PAID WINS BEST DAY EARNED
1 Marileidy Paulino DOM 28 25 1st 2026 · AG Memorial Van Damme $417,500
2 Salwa Eid Naser BRN 23 13 1st 2019 · Weltklasse Zürich $293,500
3 Amantle Montsho BOT 32 12 1st 2013 · Qatar Athletic $219,500
4 Stephenie Ann McPherson JAM 46 4 1st 2021 · Anniversary Games $193,750
5 Novlene Williams-Mills JAM 40 7 1st 2017 · Meeting de Paris $185,000
6 Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 14 12 1st 2017 · AG Memorial Van Damme $169,500
7 Francena McCorory USA 26 6 1st 2015 · Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix $137,500
8 Natalia Bukowiecka POL 32 3 2nd 2023 · Prefontaine Classic $135,250
9 Natasha Hastings USA 34 3 1st 2017 · Golden Gala Pietro Mennea $135,000
10 Henriette Jæger NOR 12 3 1st 2026 · Golden Gala Pietro Mennea $110,500
11 Lieke Klaver NED 33 0 2nd 2025 · Athletissima $98,750
12 Sanya Richards-Ross USA 14 5 1st 2014 · Meeting Areva $89,000
13 Allyson Felix USA 11 7 1st 2017 · Müller Anniversary Games $88,000
14 Sada Williams BAR 25 0 3rd 2022 · Weltklasse Zürich $78,250
15 Nickisha Pryce JAM 9 2 1st 2026 · Shanghai Diamond League $59,500
16 Phyllis Francis USA 11 0 2nd 2018 · AG Memorial Van Damme $57,000
17 Shakima Wimbley USA 9 0 2nd 2019 · Weltklasse Zürich $54,000
18 Christine Ohuruogu GBR 14 2 1st 2013 · British Grand Prix $53,000
19 Debbie Dunn USA 14 0 2nd 2010 · British Grand Prix $49,500
20 Courtney Okolo USA 14 0 3rd 2017 · AG Memorial Van Damme $48,000
21 Jessica Beard USA 14 0 2nd 2018 · Meeting de Paris $44,500
22 Shericka Williams JAM 15 1 1st 2010 · British Grand Prix $43,000
23 Shericka Jackson JAM 12 1 1st 2019 · Müller Anniversary Games $41,500
24 Quanera Hayes USA 5 1 1st 2021 · Weltklasse Zürich $40,750
25 Isabella Whittaker USA 5 2 1st 2025 · Bislett Games $40,000
26 Candice McLeod JAM 16 0 2nd 2023 · Xiamen Diamond League $38,750
27 Fiordaliza Cofil DOM 6 1 2nd 2022 · Weltklasse Zürich $29,750
28 Floria Gueï FRA 16 0 4th 2017 · Golden Gala Pietro Mennea $28,500
29 Rhasidat Adeleke IRL 6 1 1st 2024 · Herculis $28,000
30 Amber Anning GBR 8 0 3rd 2025 · Bislett Games $27,500
31 Kendall Ellis USA 7 1 1st 2021 · Müller Grand Prix Gateshead $26,750
32 Alexis Holmes USA 6 0 2nd 2024 · AG Memorial Van Damme $26,250
33 Aaliyah Butler USA 6 0 2nd 2026 · Shanghai Diamond League $26,000
34 Lurdes Gloria Manuel CZE 6 0 2nd 2026 · Golden Gala Pietro Mennea $25,750
35 Christine Day JAM 11 0 3rd 2016 · Meeting de Paris $24,500
36 Libania Grenot ITA 12 0 3rd 2016 · Bauhausgalan $23,000
37 Shamier Little USA 5 0 2nd 2023 · Doha Diamond League $22,500
38 Rose-Marie Whyte-Robinson JAM 6 0 2nd 2011 · Aviva British Grand Prix $22,000
39 Anyika Onuora GBR 7 0 2nd 2016 · Bauhausgalan $21,000
40 Justyna Święty-Ersetic POL 10 0 4th 2019 · Weltklasse Zürich $20,750
Marileidy Paulino $417k Salwa Eid Naser $293k Amantle Montsho $219k Stephenie Ann McPherson $194k Novlene Williams-Mills $185k Shaunae Miller-Uibo $170k Francena McCorory $138k Natalia Bukowiecka $135k Natasha Hastings $135k Henriette Jæger $111k Lieke Klaver $99k Sanya Richards-Ross $89k Allyson Felix $88k Sada Williams $78k Nickisha Pryce $59k

Marileidy Paulino has collected $417,500 of the $3,818,000 this discipline has paid out, 10.9% of it. Marileidy Paulino has won 25 of them, more than anyone else. 98 of the 164 athletes paid in this discipline were paid in it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 164.

Every Diamond League women's 400 m

Who won it, what the win paid and what the field took

$3,818,000
Every running of the Diamond League women's 400 m on this site, with its winner and what it paid.
SEASON MEETING WINNER THE WIN EVENT PAID
2026 Shanghai Diamond League 16 May · Diamond+ Nickisha Pryce JAM $20,000 $40,000
2026 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 4 June · Diamond+ Henriette Jæger NOR $20,000 $40,000
2026 Bislett Games 10 June · Diamond+ Henriette Jæger NOR $20,000 $40,000
2026 Doha Diamond League 19 June · Diamond+ Marileidy Paulino DOM $20,000 $40,000
2026 Meeting de Paris 28 June · Diamond+ Marileidy Paulino DOM $20,000 $40,000
2026 Herculis EBS 10 July · Diamond+ Marileidy Paulino DOM $20,000 $40,000
2026 London Athletics Meet 18 July · Diamond+ Marileidy Paulino DOM $20,000 $40,000
2026 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 22 to 23 August · Diamond+ Marileidy Paulino DOM $20,000 $40,000
2026 AG Memorial Van Damme 4 to 5 September · the series final Marileidy Paulino DOM $30,000 $60,000
2025 Doha Diamond League 16 May Salwa Eid Naser BRN $10,000 $30,000
2025 Bislett Games 11-12 June · Diamond+ Isabella Whittaker USA $20,000 $50,000
2025 Bauhausgalan 14-15 June Isabella Whittaker USA $10,000 $30,000
2025 Meeting de Paris 20 June Marileidy Paulino DOM $10,000 $30,000
2025 Herculis EBS 11 July Marileidy Paulino DOM $10,000 $30,000
2025 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 15 to 16 August · Diamond+ Marileidy Paulino DOM $20,000 $50,000
2025 Athletissima 19 to 20 August · Diamond+ Henriette Jæger NOR $20,000 $50,000
2025 Weltklasse Zürich 27 to 28 August · the series final Salwa Eid Naser BRN $30,000 $60,000
2024 Xiamen Diamond League 20 April Marileidy Paulino DOM $10,000 $25,000
2024 Diamond League Shanghai 27 April Marileidy Paulino DOM $10,000 $25,000
2024 Bislett Games 30 May Marileidy Paulino DOM $10,000 $25,000
2024 Meeting de Paris 7 July Marileidy Paulino DOM $10,000 $25,000
2024 Herculis 12 July Rhasidat Adeleke IRL $10,000 $24,500
2024 London Athletics Meet 20 July Nickisha Pryce JAM $10,000 $25,000
2024 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 25 August Marileidy Paulino DOM $10,000 $25,000
2024 AG Memorial Van Damme 13-14 September · the series final Marileidy Paulino DOM $30,000 $59,000
2023 Doha Diamond League 5 May Marileidy Paulino DOM $10,000 $25,000
2023 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2 June Natalia Kaczmarek POL $10,000 $25,000
2023 Meeting de Paris 9 June Marileidy Paulino DOM $10,000 $25,000
2023 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 16 July Natalia Kaczmarek POL $10,000 $25,000
2023 Herculis EBS 21 July Natalia Kaczmarek POL $10,000 $25,000
2023 Xiamen Diamond League 2 September Marileidy Paulino DOM $10,000 $25,000
2023 Memorial Van Damme 8 September Cynthia Bolingo BEL $10,000 $24,500
2023 Prefontaine Classic 16 to 17 September · the series final Marileidy Paulino DOM $30,000 $60,000
2022 Doha Diamond League 13 May Marileidy Paulino DOM $10,000 $25,000
2022 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 5 June Marileidy Paulino DOM $10,000 $25,000
2022 Meeting de Paris 18 June Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH $10,000 $25,000
2022 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 6 August Femke Bol NED $10,000 $25,000
2022 Herculis 10 August Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH $10,000 $25,000
2022 Athletissima 26 August Marileidy Paulino DOM $10,000 $25,000
2022 AG Memorial Van Damme 2 September Fiordaliza Cofil DOM $10,000 $25,000
2022 Weltklasse Zürich 7 to 8 September · the series final Marileidy Paulino DOM $30,000 $60,000
2021 Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 23 May Kendall Ellis $10,000 $25,000
2021 Anniversary Games 13 July Stephenie Ann McPherson JAM $10,000 $25,000
2021 Athletissima 26 August Marileidy Paulino $10,000 $25,000
2021 Meeting de Paris 28 August Marileidy Paulino DOM $10,000 $25,000
2021 Weltklasse Zürich 8 to 9 September · the series final Quanera Hayes USA $30,000 $60,000
2019 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 18 May Salwa Eid Naser $10,000 $30,000
2019 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 6 June Salwa Eid Naser $10,000 $30,000
2019 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 16 June Salwa Eid Naser $10,000 $30,000
2019 Athletissima 5 July Salwa Eid Naser $10,000 $30,000
2019 Müller Anniversary Games 20 to 21 July Shericka Jackson JAM $10,000 $30,000
2019 Meeting de Paris 24 August Stephenie Ann McPherson $10,000 $30,000
2019 Weltklasse Zürich 29 August · the series final Salwa Eid Naser $50,000 $100,000
2018 Prefontaine Classic 26 May Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH $10,000 $29,000
2018 Bislett Games 7 June Salwa Eid Naser BRN $10,000 $30,000
2018 Bauhausgalan 10 June Salwa Eid Naser BRN $10,000 $30,000
2018 Meeting de Paris 30 June Salwa Eid Naser $10,000 $30,000
2018 Athletissima 5 July Salwa Eid Naser BRN $10,000 $30,000
2018 Herculis 20 July Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH $10,000 $30,000
2018 AG Memorial Van Damme 31 August · the series final Salwa Eid Naser BRN $50,000 $100,000
2017 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 13 May Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH $10,000 $26,000
2017 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 8 June Natasha Hastings USA $10,000 $26,000
2017 Meeting de Paris 1 July Novlene Williams-Mills JAM $10,000 $27,000
2017 Müller Anniversary Games 9 July Allyson Felix USA $10,000 $30,000
2017 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 16 July Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH $10,000 $29,000
2017 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 20 August Salwa Eid Naser BRN $10,000 $30,000
2017 AG Memorial Van Damme 1 September · the series final Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH $50,000 $100,000
2016 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 14 May Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH $10,000 $30,000
2016 Prefontaine Classic 27 to 28 May Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH $10,000 $29,000
2016 Bislett Games 9 June Stephenie Ann McPherson JAM $10,000 $30,000
2016 Bauhausgalan 16 June Novlene Williams-Mills JAM $10,000 $30,000
2016 Muller Anniversary Games 22 to 23 July Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH $10,000 $30,000
2016 Meeting de Paris 27 August Natasha Hastings USA $10,000 $28,000
2016 Memorial Van Damme 9 September Caster Semenya RSA $10,000 $28,000
2015 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 15 May Francena McCorory USA $10,000 $30,000
2015 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 4 June Francena McCorory USA $10,000 $30,000
2015 British Athletics Grand Prix 7 June Stephenie Ann McPherson JAM $10,000 $30,000
2015 Adidas Grand Prix 13 June Francena McCorory USA $10,000 $29,000
2015 Athletissima 9 July Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH $10,000 $30,000
2015 Herculis 17 July Francena McCorory USA $10,000 $30,000
2015 Memorial Van Damme 11 September Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH $10,000 $30,000
2014 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 18 May Novlene Williams-Mills JAM $10,000 $30,000
2014 Prefontaine Classic 31 May Novlene Williams-Mills JAM $10,000 $30,000
2014 ExxonMobil Bislett Games 11 June Novlene Williams-Mills JAM $10,000 $30,000
2014 Meeting Areva 05 July Sanya Richards-Ross USA $10,000 $30,000
2014 Glasgow Grand Prix 11 to 12 July Francena McCorory USA $10,000 $30,000
2014 DN Galan 21 August Novlene Williams-Mills JAM $10,000 $30,000
2014 Belgacom Memorial Van Damme 05 September Sanya Richards-Ross USA $10,000 $30,000
2013 Qatar Athletic 10 May Amantle Montsho BOT $10,000 $30,000
2013 Adidas Grand Prix 25 May Amantle Montsho BOT $10,000 $29,000
2013 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 6 June Amantle Montsho BOT $10,000 $30,000
2013 British Grand Prix 30 June Christine Ohuruogu GBR $10,000 $30,000
2013 Athletissima 4 July Francena McCorory USA $10,000 $30,000
2013 Monaco 19 July Amantle Montsho BOT $10,000 $29,000
2013 Memorial Van Damme 6 September Natasha Hastings USA $10,000 $26,000
2012 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 19 May Novlene Williams-Mills JAM $10,000 $28,000
2012 Prefontaine Classic 2 June Sanya Richards-Ross USA $10,000 $30,000
2012 Bislett Games 7 June Amantle Montsho BOT $10,000 $30,000
2012 Meeting Areva 6 July Amantle Montsho BOT $10,000 $30,000
2012 London Grand Prix 13 to 14 July Christine Ohuruogu GBR $10,000 $29,000
2012 DN Galan 17 August Sanya Richards-Ross USA $10,000 $25,500
2012 Weltklasse Zürich 30 August Sanya Richards-Ross USA $10,000 $25,000
2011 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 6 May Allyson Felix USA $10,000 $30,000
2011 Golden Gala 26 May Allyson Felix USA $10,000 $30,000
2011 Bislett Games 9 June Amantle Montsho BOT $10,000 $28,000
2011 Athletissima 30 June Amantle Montsho BOT $10,000 $29,000
2011 Aviva British Grand Prix 10 July Amantle Montsho BOT $10,000 $30,000
2011 Herculis 22 July Amantle Montsho BOT $10,000 $30,000
2011 Memorial van Damme 16 September Amantle Montsho BOT $10,000 $24,500
2010 Doha Diamond League 14 May Allyson Felix USA $10,000 $30,000
2010 Bislett Games 4 June Amantle Montsho BOT $10,000 $30,000
2010 Prefontaine Classic 3 July Allyson Felix USA $10,000 $30,000
2010 British Grand Prix 10 July Shericka Williams JAM $10,000 $29,000
2010 BAUHAUS-galan 6 August Tatyana Firova RUS $0 $20,000
2010 London Grand Prix 13 to 14 August Allyson Felix USA $10,000 $24,000
2010 Weltklasse Zürich 18 to 19 August Allyson Felix USA $10,000 $28,000
16 116 runnings 25 winners $1,500,000$1.5m $3,818,000$3.8m

What the women's 400 m paid each season

season running total

The line is the running total. A season's figure is the rate multiplied by how many meetings put the discipline on, so the columns move with the programme rather than with who turned up: 2026 ran it nine times and 2021 five times. Nobody has ever shared the win in it, so every figure in the win column is one athlete's cheque.

Where the women's 400 m is run

The meetings that have put it on, and what each has paid for it

19 meetings
Every Diamond League meeting that has run the women's 400 m, with how often.
MEETING RUNNINGS PAID FOR IT
AG Memorial Van Damme 11 $507,000
Meeting de Paris 12 $345,000
Weltklasse Zürich 6 $333,000
Bislett Games 9 $293,000
Herculis EBS 9 $263,500
Athletissima 8 $249,000
Doha Diamond League 8 $240,000
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 7 $211,000
Shanghai Diamond League 7 $209,000
Prefontaine Classic 6 $208,000
Bauhausgalan 6 $165,500
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 5 $165,000
Anniversary Games 5 $145,000
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 4 $120,000
London Athletics Meet 4 $118,000
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 3 $84,000
Adidas Grand Prix 2 $58,000
Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 2 $54,000
Xiamen Diamond League 2 $50,000
19 meetings 116 $3,818,000$3.8m

Every meeting pays the same ladder, so this column ranks how often each one put the discipline on rather than how generous it is. Meeting de Paris has run it twelve times and paid $345,000 for it. Each meeting links to everything it has paid across every edition of it.

What each place pays in the women's 400 m

The eight ladders this discipline has been paid under

eight places
What the Diamond League women's 400 m has paid for each finishing place, on every rate card it has run under.
PLACE SERIES 2010-20 SERIES 2021-24 SERIES 2025-26 SERIES + 2025 SERIES + 2026 FINAL 2017-19 FINAL 2021-24 FINAL 2025-26
1st $10,000$10,000$10,000$20,000$20,000$50,000$30,000$30,000
2nd $6,000$6,000$6,000$10,000$6,000$20,000$12,000$12,000
3rd $4,000$3,500$4,000$6,000$4,000$10,000$7,000$7,000
4th $3,000$2,000$3,000$5,000$3,000$6,000$4,000$4,000
5th $2,500$1,250$2,500$3,000$2,500$5,000$2,500$2,500
6th $2,000$1,000$2,000$2,500$2,000$4,000$2,000$2,000
7th $1,500$750$1,500$2,000$1,500$3,000$1,500$1,500
8th $1,000$500$1,000$1,500$1,000$2,000$1,000$1,000
All eight $30,000$25,000$30,000$50,000$40,000$100,000$60,000$60,000

One column per ladder, and none of them is specific to this discipline: the women's 400 m is paid on the same card as the 100 m and the shot put at the same meeting. There is no appearance money in any of it, nothing for a record, and nothing at all for ninth place. The Diamond+ columns are the eleven of 116 runnings where the series doubled the discipline's rate for the day.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money does the Diamond League pay in the women's 400 m?

$3,818,000 across 116 runnings of it, to 164 athletes from 46 countries. That is 3.4% of everything the series has paid, and the 5th biggest of the 41 disciplines on this site.

What does a win in the women's 400 m pay?

$10,000, and double that at a meeting where it is a Diamond+ discipline. It is the same figure in every discipline on a programme, so a win here pays exactly what a win in the 100 m pays. Nine of the 116 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for the win at the 2026 final.

Who has earned the most in the women's 400 m?

Marileidy Paulino, on $417,500 from 28 paid finishes, 25 of them wins. 98 of the 164 athletes the discipline has paid were paid in it more than once.

Who has won the most Diamond League women's 400 m titles?

Marileidy Paulino, on 25 wins. 25 different athletes have won a Diamond League women's 400 m across the 116 runnings on this site.

How often does the Diamond League run the women's 400 m?

116 times across sixteen seasons, from 2010 to 2026, on the programmes of 19 different meetings. Meeting de Paris has run it twelve times, more than anywhere else. The series rotates its programme, so no discipline is on every card.

How far down the field does the women's 400 m pay?

Eight places, and ninth pays nothing however good the mark was. 898 payments have gone to 164 athletes in this discipline, and 27 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 2026 season is at Diamond League 2026. The other half of the event is at Men's 400 m, which has paid $3,738,500.

Every other Diamond League discipline

Every Diamond League meeting

Every Diamond League season