Asafa Powell prize money
Asafa Powell has been paid $131,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 226th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 18 paid finishes in the men's 100 m, nine 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2017 | 100 m | 7th | $3,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2016 | 100 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2016 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2015 | 100 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2015 | 100 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Belgacom Memorial Van Damme 2014 | 100 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Athletissima 2013 | 100 m | 1st | - |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 | 100 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala 2012 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bislett Games 2012 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | 100 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2011 | 100 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 | 100 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala 2011 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2011 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2010 | 100 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Bislett Games 2010 | 100 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2010 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All 19 | Men's 100 m | - | $131,500 |
The 18 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $131,500 is 18 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. One of the 19 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2010 to 2017, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 2 | Doha Diamond League | $26,000 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $42,000 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $22,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Athletissima | - |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Belgacom Memorial Van Damme | $4,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | Meeting Areva | $12,500 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $16,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $9,000 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $42,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Asafa Powell in 2013, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $131,500.
Around Asafa Powell on the money list
Ranks 206 to 246
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 206 | Natasha Hastings | two disciplines | 3 | $138,000 |
| 207 | Keshorn Walcott | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $137,750 |
| 208 | Francena McCorory | Women's 400 m | 6 | $137,500 |
| 209 | Iryna Herashchenko | Women's high jump | 2 | $137,375 |
| 210 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Men's 400 m | 5 | $136,750 |
| 211 | Piotr Lisek | Men's pole vault | 3 | $136,375 |
| 212 | Grant Holloway | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $136,000 |
| 213 | Kurtis Marschall | Men's pole vault | 2 | $135,833 |
| 214 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | 6 | $135,500 |
| 215 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Men's triple jump | 3 | $135,250 |
| 216 | Natalia Bukowiecka | Women's 400 m | 3 | $135,250 |
| 217 | Elijah Manangoi | three disciplines | 5 | $135,000 |
| 218 | Leonardo Fabbri | Men's shot put | 5 | $135,000 |
| 219 | Hamish Kerr | Men's high jump | 7 | $134,750 |
| 220 | Jenny Simpson | four disciplines | 4 | $133,500 |
| 221 | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Women's pole vault | 5 | $133,250 |
| 222 | Anna Chicherova | Women's high jump | 8 | $133,000 |
| 223 | Eleanor Patterson | Women's high jump | 2 | $132,750 |
| 224 | Getnet Wale | three disciplines | 2 | $132,750 |
| 225 | Abraham Kibiwot | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $132,250 |
| 226 | Asafa Powell | Men's 100 m | 9 | $131,500 |
| 227 | Daryll Neita | two disciplines | 3 | $131,500 |
| 228 | Hiwot Ayalew | two disciplines | 5 | $131,500 |
| 229 | Tomasz Majewski | Men's shot put | 1 | $131,000 |
| 230 | Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot | two disciplines | 11 | $131,000 |
| 231 | Michael Norman | three disciplines | 7 | $130,750 |
| 232 | Djamel Sedjati | two disciplines | 5 | $130,500 |
| 233 | Georgia Hunter Bell | three disciplines | 4 | $130,250 |
| 234 | Dylan Armstrong | Men's shot put | 5 | $130,000 |
| 235 | Johannes Vetter | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $129,500 |
| 236 | Queen Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $129,500 |
| 237 | Jason Richardson | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $129,000 |
| 238 | Yohan Blake | two disciplines | 3 | $128,250 |
| 239 | Christian Cantwell | Men's shot put | 7 | $128,000 |
| 240 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $128,000 |
| 241 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | two disciplines | 2 | $126,750 |
| 242 | Viola Jelagat Kibiwot | five disciplines | - | $126,500 |
| 243 | David Storl | Men's shot put | 5 | $125,500 |
| 244 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $125,250 |
| 245 | Tina Šutej | Women's pole vault | 1 | $123,250 |
| 246 | Robert Urbanek | Men's discus throw | 3 | $122,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Asafa Powell is 226th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $131,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Asafa Powell most
Weltklasse Zürich 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Akani Simbine, Ben Youssef Meïté, Kim Collins, Adam Gemili, Omar McLeod and Churandy Martina.
Meeting Areva 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jimmy Vicaut, Mike Rodgers, Nesta Carter, Kim Collins, Clayton Vaughn and Churandy Martina.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mike Rodgers, Nesta Carter, Darvis Patton, Mario Forsythe, Su Bingtian and Michael Frater.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Asafa Powell won?
$131,500, which ranks 226th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 18 paid finishes between 2010 and 2017.
What is Asafa Powell's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 100 m at the 2016 Weltklasse Zürich. 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 Asafa Powell 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 100 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Asafa Powell won?
Nine of 19, worth $80,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $3,000.
Has Asafa Powell ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Asafa Powell 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 Asafa Powell is Abraham Kibiwot on $132,250, and one below Daryll Neita on $131,500. Asafa Powell is one of 158 Jamaica athletes athletics has paid, and Jamaica athletics prize money adds them up to $8,413,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Asafa Powell has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.