SATS Scottish Athletics Track Statisticians
The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising 14 of the best invitational athletics meetings. The series sits in the top tier of the World Athletics one-day meeting competitions.
The inaugural season was in 2010. It was designed to replace the IAAF Golden League, which had been held annually since 1998.
While the Golden League was formed to increase the profile of the leading European athletics competitions, the Diamond League's aim is to "enhance the worldwide appeal of athletics by going outside Europe for the first time." In addition to the original Golden League members (except Berlin) and other traditional European competitions, the series includes events in China, Qatar, Morocco, and the United States.
How it works
2010-2015: Athletes accumulated points (4-2-1) for the top 3 placings in each event with double points awarded at the finals. This determined their overall ranking for the season.
2016: Athletes accumulated points (10-6-4-3-2-1) for the top 6 placings in each event with double points awarded at the finals. This determined their overall ranking for the season.
2017- : At each of the series meetings, athletes were awarded 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 points for placing 1st to 8th respectively. The ranking positions based on the accumulated points determined the invitations to compete in the Diamond League final. Those who have qualified compete in a winner-takes-all competition at the final to be crowned Wanda Diamond League Champion in their chosen discipline. All 32 Diamond League Champions (one man and one woman in each of the 16 disciplines) are crowned over two days of athletics action at the final event. Each champion is awarded a prestigious "Diamond Trophy", US$ 30,000 prize money and a wild card for the World Athletics Championships (certain conditions apply).
The Result
The final rankings from 2010 to 2016 were calculated on points scores as noted above. Since 2017, the event champions are decided by the placings in the final event. The following table shows the Scottish athletes who have finished in the top 8 in the Diamond League since its inception in 2010:
| Position | Athlete | Year | Event |
| 1st |
Laura Muir Laura Muir |
2016 2018 |
1500 metres 1500 metres |
| 2nd |
Eilidh Child Lynsey Sharp Eilidh Doyle (Child) |
2014 2015 2016 |
400 metres hurdles 800 metres 400 metres hurdles |
| 3rd |
Lynsey Sharp Jake Wightman Laura Muir |
2014 2022 2023 |
800 metres 800 metres 1500 metres |
| 4th |
Stephanie Twell Lynsey Sharp Eilidh Doyle Jake Wightman Jemma Reekie |
2010 2016 2017 2018 2021 |
1500 metres 800 metres 400 metres hurdles 800 metres 800 metres |
| 5th |
Laura Muir Eilidh Doyle Laura Muir |
2015 2018 2022 |
1500 metres 400 metres hurdles 1500 metres |
| 6th |
Eilidh Child Lynsey Sharp Beth Dobbin Josh Kerr |
2010 2019 2021 2022 |
400 metres hurdles 800 metres 200 metres 1500 metres |
| 7th |
Jake Wightman Jemma Reekie |
2017 2023 |
1500 metres 800 metres |
| 8th |
Eilish McColgan Andrew Butchart Beth Dobbin |
2017 2021 2022 |
5000 metres 5000 metres 200 metres |
Event top three
The following top 3 placings have been achieved by Scottish athletes at individual Diamond League meetings (excluding additional events held at meetings):
| Position | Athlete | Year | Venue | Event | Performance |
| 1st |
Lynsey Sharp Laura Muir Eilidh Doyle Eilidh Doyle Laura Muir Laura Muir Jake Wightman Laura Muir Laura Muir Laura Muir Laura Muir Jake Wightman Jake Wightman Jake Wightman Jemma Reekie Laura Muir Laura Muir |
24 Aug 2014 11 Jun 2015 6 May 2016 15 Jul 2016 22 Jul 2016 27 Aug 2016 15 Jun 2017 20 Jul 2019 23 May 2021 9 Jul 2021 21 May 2022 5 Jun 2022 10 Aug 2022 2 Sep 2022 23 Jul 2023 31 Aug 2023 8 Sep 2023 |
Birmingham Oslo Doha Monaco London Paris Oslo London Gateshead Monaco Birmingham Rabat Monaco Brussels London Zurich Brussels |
800m 1500m 400mH 400mH 1500m 1500m 1500m 1500m 1500m 800m 1500m 1500m 1000m 800m 800m 800m 1500m |
1:59,14 4:00.39 54.53 54.09 3:57.49 3:55.22 3:34.17 3:58.25 4:03.73 1:56.73 4:02.81 3:32.62 2:13.88 1:43.65 1:57.30 1:57.71 3:55.34 |
| 2nd |
Eilidh Child Lynsey Sharp Lynsey Sharp Lynsey Sharp Eilidh Doyle (Child) Laura Muir Andrew Butchart Eilidh Doyle Laura Muir Laura Muir Laura Muir Laura Muir Laura Muir Laura Muir Lynsey Sharp Jemma Reekie Beth Dobbin Laura Muir Laura Muir Laura Muir Josh Kerr Jemma Reekie |
24 Aug 2014 5 Sep 2014 30 Jul 2015 3 Sep 2015 5 Jun 2016 9 Jun 2016 23 Jul 2016 25 Aug 2016 1 Sep 2016 9 Jul 2017 26 May 2018 10 Jun 2018 5 Jul 2018 6 Jun 2019 18 Aug 2019 9 Jul 2021 16 Jun 2022 16 Jun 2022 2 Sep 2022 2 Jun 2023 31 Aug 2023 10 May 2024 |
Birmingham Brussels Stockholm Zurich Birmingham Oslo London Lausanne Zurich London Eugene Stockholm Lausanne Rome Birmingham Monaco Oslo Oslo Brussels Florence Zurich Doha |
400mH 800m 800m 800m 400mH 1 Mile 5000m 400mH 1500m 1 Mile 1500m 1500m 1500m 1500m 800m 800m 200m 800m 1500m 1500m 1500m 800m |
54.89 1:58.94 2:00.29 1:59.37 54.57 4:19.12 13:14.85 54.45 3:57.85 4:18.03 3:59.30 3:58.53 3:58.18 3:56.73 2:01.09 1:56.96 23.01 1:58.09 3:56.86 3:57.09 3:30.51 1:58.42 |
| 3rd |
Eilidh Child Stephanie Twell Eilidh Child Eilidh Child Eilidh Child Eilidh Child Lynsey Sharp Eilidh Doyle (Child) Lynsey Sharp Lynsey Sharp Eilidh Doyle Eilidh Doyle Laura Muir Jake Wightman Eilish McColgan Laura Muir Andrew Butchart Jemma Reekie Laura Muir Jake Wightman Jake Wightman Josh Kerr Neil Gourley Laura Muir |
14 Aug 2010 19 Aug 2010 9 May 2014 5 Jun 2014 11 Jun 2014 5 Sep 2014 25 Jul 2015 2 Jun 2016 2 Jun 2016 25 Aug 2016 6 Jul 2017 16 Jul 2017 21 Jul 2017 10 Jun 2018 18 Aug 2019 10 Jun 2021 13 Jul 2021 3 Sep 2021 9 Jun 2022 16 Jun 2022 8 Sep 2022 30 Jun 2023 23 Jul 2023 16 Sep 2023 |
London Zurich Doha Rome Oslo Brussels London Rome Rome Lausanne Lausanne Rabat Monaco Stockholm Birmingham Florence Gateshead Brussels Rome Oslo Zurich Lausanne London Eugene |
400mH 1500m 400mH 400mH 400mH 400mH 800m 400mH 800m 800m 400mH 400mH 3000m 1000m 1 Mile 1500m 3000m 800m 1500m 1 Mile 800m 1500m 1500m 1500m |
55.16 4:02.54 55.43 54.82 55.33 54.76 1:59.57 54.81 1:59.03 1:58.52 54.36 54.92 8:30.64 2:16.27 4:24.71 3:55.59 7:35.18 1:58.77 4:04.93 3:50.30 1:44.10 3:29.64 3:30.60 3:55.16 |
Points Scorers
The following Scottish athletes have scored points in the Diamond League. The scoring has changed over the years as noted in 'How it works' at the top of this page. Until 2015, an athlete had to place in the top three to earn points and earned double points in the Diamond League final. In 2016, points were awarded to the top 6. Since 2017, points are awarded to the top 8 with the final determining overall positions but not earning points.
| Place | Athlete | Years | Points |
| 1 | Laura Muir | 2015-2023 | 188 |
| 2 | Eilidh Child/Doyle | 2010-2018 | 72 |
| 3 | Jake Wightman | 2017-2022 | 58 |
| 4 | Lynsey Sharp | 2014-2019 | 55 |
| 5 | Eilish McColgan | 2017-2021 | 44 |
| 6 | Jemma Reekie | 2019-2023 | 40 |
| 7 | Beth Dobbin | 2021-2022 | 23 |
| 8 | Josh Kerr | 2022-2023 | 22 |
| 9 | Andrew Butchart | 2016-2021 | 18 |
| 10 | Neil Gourley | 2022-2023 | 14 |
| 11 | Stephanie Twell | 2010-2016 | 4 |
| 11 | Nicole Yeargin | 2021 | 4 |
| 13 | Guy Learmonth | 2017-2018 | 3 |
| 13 | Nikki Manson | 2021 | 3 |
| 13 | Nicholas Percy | 2022 | 3 |
| 16 | Chris O'Hare | 2017 | 2 |
| 17 | Zoey Clark | 2017 | 1 |
| 17 | Kirsty Law | 2022 | 1 |
| Table as at end of 2023 competition | |||
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