Aaliyah Butler prize money
Aaliyah Butler has been paid $26,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 974th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's 400 m, the best of them 2nd.
The Diamond League pays by finishing place and nothing else. A published card sets what first through eighth is worth, the same figure in every discipline at that meeting, and ninth pays nothing.
Every payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2026 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 400 m | 4th | $4,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 400 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2025 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All six | Women's 400 m | - | $26,000 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $26,000 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Aaliyah Butler did in Tokyo, 2025
Aaliyah Butler went to the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo on a relay and ran no individual final there. She ran on the United States team that won the women's 4 × 400 metres relay, $80,000 to the federation rather than to any one of the four. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Aaliyah Butler did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 metres | 6th | 50.12 | - |
Aaliyah Butler stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where she finished. She ran on the United States quartet that won the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, $80,000 to the team rather than to any one of the four. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The Olympic Games
What Aaliyah Butler won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | Gold | - |
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay gold was worth $50,000 and was paid to the federation as a single cheque, with nothing published about how it was split between the runners. It is not hers and is not added to the $26,000 at the top of this page. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | - | Herculis EBS | $6,000 |
| 2026 | 5 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $20,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $20,000 from five starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $26,000.
Around Aaliyah Butler on the money list
Ranks 954 to 994
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 954 | Tiffany Williams | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $27,500 |
| 955 | Carey McLeod | Men's long jump | 1 | $27,250 |
| 956 | Ajoke Odumosu | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $27,000 |
| 957 | Alyssa Jones | Women's long jump | 1 | $27,000 |
| 958 | Irene Jelagat | four disciplines | - | $27,000 |
| 959 | Job Koech Kinyor | Men's 800 m | - | $27,000 |
| 960 | Mohammed Ahmed | three disciplines | - | $27,000 |
| 961 | Tiffany Townsend | two disciplines | - | $27,000 |
| 962 | Carl Bengtström | three disciplines | - | $26,750 |
| 963 | Kendall Ellis | Women's 400 m | 1 | $26,750 |
| 964 | Twanisha Terry | two disciplines | - | $26,750 |
| 965 | Just Kwaou-Mathey | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $26,500 |
| 966 | Liliana Cá | Women's discus throw | - | $26,500 |
| 967 | Linus Thörnblad | Men's high jump | 2 | $26,500 |
| 968 | Mohamed Abdilaahi | two disciplines | 1 | $26,500 |
| 969 | Aleksey Dmitrik | Men's high jump | 1 | $26,333 |
| 970 | Ackelia Smith | two disciplines | - | $26,250 |
| 971 | Alexis Holmes | Women's 400 m | - | $26,250 |
| 972 | Roger Steen | Men's shot put | - | $26,250 |
| 973 | Thomas Carmoy | Men's high jump | - | $26,125 |
| 974 | Aaliyah Butler | Women's 400 m | - | $26,000 |
| 975 | André Olivier | Men's 800 m | - | $26,000 |
| 976 | Anyika Onuora | three disciplines | - | $26,000 |
| 977 | Cornelius Kemboi | two disciplines | - | $26,000 |
| 978 | Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $26,000 |
| 979 | Jeffery Gibson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $26,000 |
| 980 | Sosthene Moguenara-Taroum | Women's long jump | - | $26,000 |
| 981 | Troy Doris | Men's triple jump | - | $26,000 |
| 982 | Calvin Smith | two disciplines | 1 | $25,750 |
| 983 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Men's 400 m | - | $25,750 |
| 984 | Lurdes Gloria Manuel | Women's 400 m | - | $25,750 |
| 985 | Norbert Kobielski | Men's high jump | - | $25,750 |
| 986 | Thibaut Collet | Men's pole vault | - | $25,542 |
| 987 | Desirèe Henry | two disciplines | - | $25,500 |
| 988 | Gilbert Kirui | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $25,500 |
| 989 | Lilian Odira | Women's 800 m | 1 | $25,500 |
| 990 | Mélanie Melfort | Women's high jump | - | $25,500 |
| 991 | Omar Cisneros | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $25,500 |
| 992 | Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $25,500 |
| 993 | Ronald Musagala | three disciplines | 1 | $25,500 |
| 994 | Siham Hilali | three disciplines | - | $25,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Aaliyah Butler is 974th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $26,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Aaliyah Butler most
Shanghai Diamond League 2026 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Roxana Gómez, Stacey-Ann Williams, Sada Williams, Martina Weil, Salwa Eid Naser and Paris Peoples.
Herculis EBS 2026 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lurdes Gloria Manuel, Nickisha Pryce, Lieke Klaver, Roxana Gómez, Bassant Hemida and Jasmine Jones.
Herculis EBS 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nickisha Pryce, Natalia Bukowiecka, Lieke Klaver, Martina Weil, Yemi Mary John and Amandine Brossier.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Aaliyah Butler won?
$26,000, which ranks 974th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Aaliyah Butler's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the Diamond+ 400 m at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Aaliyah Butler gets paid?
Entirely by where she finishes. The series publishes one rate card a season and applies it to every discipline at every meeting, so a place is worth the same in the women's 400 m as it is in the shot put on the same afternoon. Eight places are paid and ninth pays nothing. There is no bonus for a record and no share of a gate.
Is this everything Aaliyah Butler earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. It holds no championship prize money, no national federation payment, no appearance fee and no sponsorship. What it does hold is every dollar the series itself paid her, priced off the card it published.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money ranks all 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Aaliyah Butler is Thomas Carmoy on $26,125, and one below André Olivier on $26,000. Aaliyah Butler is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Aaliyah Butler has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Shanghai Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the women's 4 × 400 metres relay page. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full finals are on the women's 400 metres and mixed 4 × 400 metres relay pages.