Women's mile prize money
The Diamond League has paid $230,000 in the women's mile, to 42 athletes across eight runnings of it, from 2019 to 2026. Nikki Hiltz has taken more of it than anyone, $23,000.
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. It has never been on the programme for the series final, so the final ladder has never applied to it. One of the eight runnings were Diamond+, which pays double.
Who the women's mile has paid the most
Every running of it on this site, added up
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikki Hiltz | 3 | 1 | 1st | $23,000 |
| 2 | Sifan Hassan | 2 | 2 | 1st | $20,000 |
| 3 | Jessica Hull | 5 | 0 | 2nd | $15,750 |
| 4 | Faith Kipyegon | 2 | 1 | 1st | $14,000 |
| 5 | Gudaf Tsegay | 2 | 1 | 1st | $13,000 |
| 6 | Birke Haylom | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 7 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | 2 | 0 | 2nd | $10,000 |
| 8 | Kate Grace | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 9 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 10 | Axumawit Embaye | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $9,000 |
| 11 | Linden Hall | 3 | 0 | 3rd | $7,500 |
| 12 | Ciara Mageean | 2 | 0 | 2nd | $7,000 |
| 13 | Sarah Healy | 3 | 0 | 3rd | $6,500 |
| 14 | Cory McGee | 1 | 0 | 2nd | $6,000 |
| 15 | Dorcus Ewoi | 1 | 0 | 2nd | $6,000 |
| 16 | Katie Snowden | 1 | 0 | 2nd | $6,000 |
| 17 | Laura Weightman | 1 | 0 | 2nd | $6,000 |
| 18 | Eilish McColgan | 1 | 0 | 3rd | $4,000 |
| 19 | Marta Pérez | 2 | 0 | 4th | $4,000 |
| 20 | Winnie Nanyondo | 4 | 0 | 7th | $3,750 |
| 21 | Freweyni Hailu | 1 | 0 | 3rd | $3,500 |
| 22 | Helen Schlachtenhaufen | 1 | 0 | 3rd | $3,500 |
| 23 | Klaudia Kazimierska | 1 | 0 | 4th | $3,000 |
| 24 | Sinclaire Johnson | 1 | 0 | 4th | $3,000 |
| 25 | Marta Zenoni | 1 | 0 | 5th | $2,500 |
| 26 | Rababe Arafi | 1 | 0 | 5th | $2,500 |
| 27 | Agathe Guillemot | 1 | 0 | 6th | $2,000 |
| 28 | Emily Mackay | 1 | 0 | 6th | $2,000 |
| 29 | Jemma Reekie | 1 | 0 | 6th | $2,000 |
| 30 | Laura Muir | 1 | 0 | 4th | $2,000 |
| 31 | Elise Cranny | 2 | 0 | 5th | $1,750 |
| 32 | Elle Purrier St. Pierre | 1 | 0 | 7th | $1,500 |
| 33 | Revée Walcott-Nolan | 1 | 0 | 7th | $1,500 |
| 34 | Worknesh Mesele | 1 | 0 | 5th | $1,250 |
| 35 | Georgia Hunter Bell | 1 | 0 | 8th | $1,000 |
| 36 | Josette Andrews | 1 | 0 | 6th | $1,000 |
| 37 | Salomé Afonso | 1 | 0 | 8th | $1,000 |
| 38 | Esther Guerrero | 1 | 0 | 7th | $750 |
| 39 | Hirut Meshesha | 1 | 0 | 7th | $750 |
| 40 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | 1 | 0 | 7th | $750 |
Nikki Hiltz has collected $23,000 of the $230,000 this discipline has paid out, 10.0% of it. Sifan Hassan has won two of them, more than anyone else. Thirteen of the 42 athletes paid in this discipline were paid in it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 42.
Every Diamond League women's mile
Who won it, what the win paid and what the field took
| SEASON | MEETING | WINNER | THE WIN | EVENT PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Prefontaine Classic | Nikki Hiltz | $20,000 | $40,000 |
| 2025 | London Athletics Meet | Gudaf Tsegay | $10,000 | $30,000 |
| 2023 | Bislett Games | Birke Haylom | $10,000 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | Herculis EBS | Faith Kipyegon | $10,000 | $25,000 |
| 2021 | Anniversary Games | Kate Grace | $10,000 | $25,000 |
| 2021 | Allianz Memorial Van Damme | Sifan Hassan | $10,000 | $25,000 |
| 2019 | Herculis | Sifan Hassan | $10,000 | $30,000 |
| 2019 | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | $10,000 | $30,000 |
| 5 | 8 runnings | 7 winners | $90,000 | $230,000 |
What the women's mile 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: 2019 ran it twice and 2025 once. Nobody has ever shared the win in it, so every figure in the win column is one athlete's cheque.
Where the women's mile is run
The meetings that have put it on, and what each has paid for it
| MEETING | RUNNINGS | PAID FOR IT |
|---|---|---|
| Herculis EBS | 2 | $55,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic | 1 | $40,000 |
| London Athletics Meet | 1 | $30,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | 1 | $30,000 |
| Allianz Memorial Van Damme | 1 | $25,000 |
| Anniversary Games | 1 | $25,000 |
| Bislett Games | 1 | $25,000 |
| 7 meetings | 8 | $230,000 |
Every meeting pays the same ladder, so this column ranks how often each one put the discipline on rather than how generous it is. Herculis EBS has run it twice and paid $55,000 for it. Each meeting links to everything it has paid across every edition of it.
What each place pays in the women's mile
The four ladders this discipline has been paid under
| PLACE | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 |
| 2nd | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 |
| 3rd | $4,000 | $3,500 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| 4th | $3,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 5th | $2,500 | $1,250 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 6th | $2,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 7th | $1,500 | $750 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 8th | $1,000 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| All eight | $30,000 | $25,000 | $30,000 | $40,000 |
One column per ladder, and none of them is specific to this discipline: the women's mile 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 one of eight 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 mile?
$230,000 across eight runnings of it, to 42 athletes from sixteen countries. That is 0.4% of everything the series has paid, and the 36th biggest of the 41 disciplines on this site.
What does a win in the women's mile 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.
Who has earned the most in the women's mile?
Nikki Hiltz, on $23,000 from three paid finishes, one of them wins. Thirteen of the 42 athletes the discipline has paid were paid in it more than once.
Who has won the most Diamond League women's mile titles?
Sifan Hassan, on two wins. Seven different athletes have won a Diamond League women's mile across the eight runnings on this site.
How often does the Diamond League run the women's mile?
Eight times across five seasons, from 2019 to 2026, on the programmes of seven different meetings. Herculis EBS has run it twice, 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 mile pay?
Eight places, and ninth pays nothing however good the mark was. 64 payments have gone to 42 athletes in this discipline, and 41 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 2026 season is at Diamond League 2026. The other half of the event is at Men's mile, which has paid $490,000.
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