A total of 109 athletes did not accept a spot in this year's Diamond League final.

This year, the IAAF instituted a new qualifying system in which only the top eight or 12 athletes with the most Diamond League points would be eligible to race in the Diamond League final in Zurich or Brussels. If an athlete were to scratch, the next athlete in line would then be given a spot in the final.

We compiled a list of all the athletes who had a spot in the Diamond League final but chose not to participate due to various reasons.

Below are some notable athletes missing the Diamond League final, and below that is the complete list. (Some of these athletes have announced they are injured.)

Usain Bolt, Andre De Grasse, Fred Kerley, Wayde van Niekerk, LaShawn Merritt, Donavan Brazier, Omar McLeod, Dafne Schippers, Tori Bowie, Allyson Felix, Laura Muir, Brenda Martinez, Shannon Rowbury, Keni Harrison, Vashti Cunningham.

Full List:

Event	DL Rank	Athlete (Country)	Notes:
100	1	Andre de GRASSE (CAN)
100	7	Bingtian SU (CHN)
100	9	Usain BOLT (JAM)
200	2	Andre de GRASSE (CAN)
200	5	Fred KERLEY (USA)
200	6	Churandy MARTINA (NED)
400	1	Baboloki THEBE (BOT)
400	3	Wayde van NIEKERK (RSA)
400	5	Tony McQUAY (USA)
400	6	LaShawn MERRITT (USA)
400	10	Matthew HUDSON-SMITH (GBR)
400	11	Luka JANEŽIC (SLO)
400	12	Rafal OMELKO (POL)
400	14	Karabo SIBANDA (BOT)
400	15	Michael CHERRY (USA)
400	17	Luguelín SANTOS (DOM)
800	4	Donavan BRAZIER (USA)
800	6	Brandon McBRIDE (CAN)
800	7	Robert BIWOTT (KEN)
1500	3	Aman WOTE (ETH)
1500	7	Ronald KWEMOI (KEN)	CHOSE 5K
5000	3	Joshua CHEPTEGEI (UGA)
5000	11	Geoffrey KAMWOROR (KEN)
5000	12	Caleb NDIKU (KEN)
110H	4	Andrew POZZI (GBR)
110H	8	Omar McLEOD (JAM)
3K SC	12	Hillary BOR (USA)
3K SC	13	Chala BEYO (ETH)
400H	2	Rasmus MÄGI (EST)
400H	7	Kasse HANN (FRA)
400H	10	Thomas BARR (IRL)
HJ	7	Tihomir IVANOV (BUL)
HJ	12	Erik KYNARD (USA)
HJ	13	Yu WANG (CHN)
HJ	15	Derek DROUIN (CAN)
HJ	15	Pavel SELIVERSTAU (BLR)
HJ	17	Guowei ZHANG (CHN)
JT	7	Julius YEGO (KEN)
LJ	8	Xinglong GAO (CHN)
LJ	9	Changzhou HUANG (CHN)
LJ	10	Yahya BERRABAH (MAR)
LJ	11	Radek JUŠKA (CZE)
PV	8	Raphael HOLZDEPPE (GER)
PV	10	Axel CHAPELLE (FRA)
PV	11	Armand DUPLANTIS (SWE)
PV	13	Thiago BRAZ (BRA)
PV	15	Changrui XUE (CHN)
PV	17	Diogo FERREIRA (POR)
PV	17	Hendrik GRUBER (GER)
PV	19	Valentin LAVILLENIE (FRA)
PV	20	Jie YAO (CHN)
TJ	5	Bin DONG (CHN)
TJ	6	Jhon MURILLO (COL)
TJ	7	Max HEß (GER)
100	5	Dafne SCHIPPERS (NED)
100	7	Murielle AHOURÉ (CIV)
100	10	Tori BOWIE (USA)
100	11	Daryll NEITA (GBR)
200	3	Murielle AHOURÉ (CIV)
200	7	Kimberlyn DUNCAN (USA)
200	8	Tori BOWIE (USA)
200	10	Jenna PRANDINI (USA)
200	12	Rebekka HAASE (GER)
200	13	Ivet LALOVA-COLLIO (BUL)
200	14	Dina ASHER-SMITH (GBR)
200	15	Bianca WILLIAMS (GBR)
200	16	Ella NELSON (AUS)
200	17	Gina LÜCKENKEMPER (GER)
200	18	Allyson FELIX (USA)
200	19	Veronica CAMPBELL-BROWN (JAM)
200	20	Estela GARCÍA (ESP)
200	21	Finette AGYAPONG (GBR)
400	6	Olha ZEMLYAK (UKR)
400	7	Allyson FELIX (USA)
400	8	Floria GUEI (FRA)
400	11	Shamier LITTLE (USA)
400	12	Quanera HAYES (USA)
800	5	Lovisa LINDH (SWE)
1500	12	Hellen OBIRI (KEN)	CHOSE 5K
1500	13	Laura MUIR (GBR)
1500	14	Konstanze KLOSTERHALFEN (GER)
1500	15	Brenda MARTINEZ (USA)
5000	6	Sifan HASSAN (NED)	CHOSE 1500
5000	7	Beatrice CHEPKOECH (KEN)
5000	8	Konstanze KLOSTERHALFEN (GER)
5000	11	Laura MUIR (GBR)
5000	12	Yasemin CAN (TUR)
5000	15	Shannon ROWBURY (USA)
5000	16	Genzebe DIBABA (ETH)
100H	2	Kendra HARRISON (USA)
100H	5	Nia ALI (USA)
100H	8	Pamela DUTKIEWICZ (GER)
100H	10	Isabelle PEDERSEN (NOR)
100H	11	Queen HARRISON (USA)
100H	12	Cindy ROLEDER (GER)
3K SC	11	Roseline CHEPNGETICH (KEN)
3K SC	13	Luiza GEGA (ALB)
400H	6	Shamier LITTLE (USA)
400H	9	Georganne MOLINE (USA)
HJ	3	Vashti CUNNINGHAM (USA)
HJ	9	Ruth BEITIA (ESP)
HJ	13	Marusa CERNJUL (SLO)
HJ	15	Alyxandria TREASURE (CAN)
HJ	16	Chaunte LOWE (USA)
HJ	17	Erika FURLANI (ITA)
HJ	17	Marie-Laurence JUNGFLEISCH (GER)
HJ	19	Inika McPHERSON (USA)
JT	4	Kathryn MITCHELL (AUS)
PV	9	Angelica BENGTSSON (SWE)
PV	10	Robeilys PEINADO (VEN)
PV	12	Eliza McCARTNEY (NZL)
PV	15	Maryna KYLYPKO (UKR)
PV	16	Kristen BROWN (USA)
SP	8	Ka BIAN (CHN)
TJ	6	Paraskevi PAPACHRISTOU (GRE)
TJ	9	Gabriela PETROVA (BUL)