Ben Youssef Meïté prize money
Ben Youssef Meïté has been paid $59,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 519th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from nine paid finishes in the men's 100 m, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich 2017 | 100 m | 2nd | $20,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2017 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2017 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bislett Games 2017 | 100 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | 100 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2017 | 100 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2016 | 100 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2016 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2016 | 100 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| All nine | Men's 100 m | - | $59,000 |
The nine paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $59,000 is nine separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2016 to 2017, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | Meeting de Paris | $20,000 |
| 2017 | 6 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $39,000 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $39,000 from six starts. Every season from 2016 to 2017 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $59,000.
Around Ben Youssef Meïté on the money list
Ranks 499 to 539
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 499 | Thiago Braz | Men's pole vault | - | $61,500 |
| 500 | Marco Fassinotti | Men's high jump | 1 | $61,333 |
| 501 | Bethwell Birgen | four disciplines | - | $61,250 |
| 502 | Kishane Thompson | Men's 100 m | 2 | $61,250 |
| 503 | Alysia Montaño | Women's 800 m | 2 | $61,000 |
| 504 | Jeff Henderson | Men's long jump | 2 | $61,000 |
| 505 | Priscilla Schliep | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $61,000 |
| 506 | Abdalaati Iguider | four disciplines | - | $60,500 |
| 507 | Éloyse Lesueur-Aymonin | Women's long jump | 1 | $60,500 |
| 508 | Cornel Fredericks | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $60,000 |
| 509 | Letesenbet Gidey | two disciplines | - | $60,000 |
| 510 | Muzala Samukonga | Men's 400 m | 1 | $60,000 |
| 511 | Prudence Sekgodiso | Women's 800 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| 512 | Raevyn Rogers | Women's 800 m | - | $59,750 |
| 513 | Aretha D. Thurmond | Women's discus throw | - | $59,500 |
| 514 | Nickisha Pryce | Women's 400 m | 2 | $59,500 |
| 515 | Nikola Ogrodníková | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $59,250 |
| 516 | Rasheed Broadbell | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $59,250 |
| 517 | Agnes Tirop | two disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 518 | Azeddine Habz | four disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 519 | Ben Youssef Meïté | Men's 100 m | 1 | $59,000 |
| 520 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | three disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 521 | Grant Fisher | four disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 522 | Kimberley Mickle | Women's javelin throw | - | $59,000 |
| 523 | Mitchell Watt | Men's long jump | 5 | $59,000 |
| 524 | Kate Grace | three disciplines | 2 | $58,750 |
| 525 | Jason Joseph | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $58,500 |
| 526 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | three disciplines | 4 | $58,500 |
| 527 | Phyllis Francis | two disciplines | - | $58,500 |
| 528 | Svetlana Feofanova | Women's pole vault | 2 | $58,500 |
| 529 | Nicole Büchler | Women's pole vault | 1 | $58,083 |
| 530 | Addison Wiley | three disciplines | 1 | $58,000 |
| 531 | Jonathan Borlée | two disciplines | 1 | $58,000 |
| 532 | Vincent Kiprop Chepkok | two disciplines | 2 | $58,000 |
| 533 | Wallace Spearmon | two disciplines | 2 | $58,000 |
| 534 | Ashley Spencer | two disciplines | 2 | $57,500 |
| 535 | Christina Clemons | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $57,500 |
| 536 | Taoufik Makhloufi | three disciplines | 1 | $57,500 |
| 537 | Amos Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $57,250 |
| 538 | Aman Wote | two disciplines | 1 | $57,000 |
| 539 | Dejen Gebremeskel | Men's 5000 m | 3 | $57,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ben Youssef Meïté is 519th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $59,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ben Youssef Meïté most
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ronnie Baker, Justin Gatlin, Isiah Young, Akani Simbine, Asafa Powell and Adam Gemili.
Meeting de Paris 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Akani Simbine, Churandy Martina, Joel Fearon, Jimmy Vicaut, Kim Collins and Mike Rodgers.
Bauhausgalan 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ryan Shields, Yunier Pérez, Julian Reus, Churandy Martina, Alex Wilson and Austin Hamilton.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ben Youssef Meïté won?
$59,000, which ranks 519th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from nine paid finishes between 2016 and 2017.
What is Ben Youssef Meïté's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the 100 m at the 2017 Weltklasse Zürich. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Ben Youssef Meïté 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 Ben Youssef Meïté won?
One of nine, worth $10,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $20,000.
Is this everything Ben Youssef Meïté 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 Ben Youssef Meïté is Azeddine Habz on $59,000, and one below Gesa Felicitas Krause on $59,000. Ben Youssef Meïté is one of 8 Ivory Coast athletes athletics has paid, and Ivory Coast athletics prize money adds them up to $788,000 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 Ben Youssef Meïté 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 Weltklasse Zürich has its own page across every edition of it.