Aries Merritt prize money
Aries Merritt has been paid $148,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 181st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 30 paid finishes in the men's 110 m hurdles, eight of them wins.
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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
The 30 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $148,500 is 30 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2011 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 1 | Bislett Games | $29,000 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3 | Herculis | $39,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | Meeting Areva | $12,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | - | Herculis | $3,000 |
| 2015 | 4 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $14,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $2,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $42,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $7,500 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $42,000 from five starts. Every season from 2011 to 2018 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $148,500.
Around Aries Merritt on the money list
Ranks 161 to 201
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | Norah Jeruto | two disciplines | 6 | $160,750 |
| 162 | Tajay Gayle | Men's long jump | 4 | $160,250 |
| 163 | Sunette Viljoen | Women's javelin throw | 4 | $160,000 |
| 164 | Nickel Ashmeade | two disciplines | 6 | $159,500 |
| 165 | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Women's 100 m hurdles | 12 | $158,500 |
| 166 | Mike Rodgers | Men's 100 m | 1 | $157,000 |
| 167 | Brianna Rollins-McNeal | Women's 100 m hurdles | 6 | $155,000 |
| 168 | Abderrahman Samba | three disciplines | 7 | $154,500 |
| 169 | Jessica Schilder | Women's shot put | 5 | $153,250 |
| 170 | Silke Spiegelburg | Women's pole vault | 8 | $153,250 |
| 171 | Ruth Beitia | Women's high jump | 7 | $153,000 |
| 172 | Ruswahl Samaai | Men's long jump | 2 | $152,500 |
| 173 | Mary Moraa | three disciplines | 9 | $151,500 |
| 174 | Ryan Whiting | Men's shot put | 5 | $150,500 |
| 175 | Nadine Müller | Women's discus throw | 3 | $150,000 |
| 176 | Alexis Copello | Men's triple jump | 2 | $149,500 |
| 177 | Andreas Thorkildsen | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $149,500 |
| 178 | Cordell Tinch | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $149,500 |
| 179 | Anzhelika Sidorova | Women's pole vault | 4 | $149,250 |
| 180 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | 1 | $148,750 |
| 181 | Aries Merritt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $148,500 |
| 182 | Jamal Britt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $148,500 |
| 183 | Kara Winger | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $148,000 |
| 184 | Michael Tinsley | Men's 400 m hurdles | 8 | $148,000 |
| 185 | Ramil Guliyev | two disciplines | 5 | $147,500 |
| 186 | Robert Harting | Men's discus throw | 11 | $147,500 |
| 187 | Oblique Seville | Men's 100 m | 5 | $146,000 |
| 188 | Collen Kebinatshipi | Men's 400 m | 6 | $145,500 |
| 189 | Mykolas Alekna | Men's discus throw | 7 | $145,500 |
| 190 | Simon Ehammer | Men's long jump | 3 | $145,500 |
| 191 | Rushell Clayton | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $145,250 |
| 192 | Dani Stevens | Women's discus throw | 1 | $145,000 |
| 193 | Veronica Campbell Brown | two disciplines | 7 | $145,000 |
| 194 | Vernon Norwood | two disciplines | - | $143,250 |
| 195 | Mo Farah | three disciplines | 9 | $142,500 |
| 196 | Natoya Goule-Toppin | two disciplines | 1 | $142,500 |
| 197 | Sharika Nelvis | Women's 100 m hurdles | 4 | $142,500 |
| 198 | Churandy Martina | two disciplines | 2 | $142,000 |
| 199 | Madara Palameika | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $142,000 |
| 200 | Wycliffe Kinyamal | two disciplines | 6 | $140,750 |
| 201 | Alonso Edward | two disciplines | 8 | $140,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Aries Merritt is 181st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $148,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Aries Merritt most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2017 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 110 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Orlando Ortega, Sergey Shubenkov, Andrew Pozzi, Milan Trajkovic, David Oliver and Johnathan Cabral.
Müller Anniversary Games 2017 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 110 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Milan Trajkovic, Shane Brathwaite, Devon Allen, Jarret Eaton, Aaron Mallett and Eddie Lovett.
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2017 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 110 m hurdles, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sergey Shubenkov, Devon Allen, Balázs Baji, Orlando Ortega, Andrew Pozzi and David King.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Aries Merritt won?
$148,500, which ranks 181st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 30 paid finishes between 2011 and 2018.
What is Aries Merritt's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 110 m hurdles at the 2017 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Aries Merritt gets paid?
Entirely by where he finishes. The series publishes one rate card a season and applies it to every discipline at every meeting, so a win is worth the same in the men's 110 m hurdles 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Aries Merritt won?
Eight of 30, worth $80,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $10,000.
Is this everything Aries Merritt 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 him, 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 Aries Merritt is Isaac Makwala on $148,750, and one below Jamal Britt on $148,500. Aries Merritt 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 men's 110 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Aries Merritt has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and IAAF Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.