Bershawn Jackson prize money
Bershawn Jackson has been paid $181,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 132nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 31 paid finishes in the men's 400 m hurdles and men's 400 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
The 31 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $181,500 is 31 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Bershawn Jackson
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 m hurdles | 30 | 9 | 2010 to 2018 | $179,500 |
| Men's 400 m | 1 | - | 2011 | $2,000 |
The men's 400 m hurdles has paid Bershawn Jackson $179,500 of the $181,500, which is 99% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2010 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 5 | Doha Diamond League | $62,000 |
| 2011 | 5 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $24,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Golden Gala | $9,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | - | Qatar Athletic | $7,500 |
| 2014 | 2 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $6,000 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $42,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $4,000 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $14,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | - | Doha Diamond League | $13,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $62,000 from seven starts. Every season from 2010 to 2018 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $181,500.
Around Bershawn Jackson on the money list
Ranks 112 to 152
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 112 | Sofia Assefa | two disciplines | 4 | $196,000 |
| 113 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Men's high jump | 6 | $195,958 |
| 114 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | two disciplines | 4 | $194,750 |
| 115 | Mercy Cherono | five disciplines | 9 | $194,500 |
| 116 | Gerd Kanter | Men's discus throw | 9 | $194,000 |
| 117 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 12 | $193,583 |
| 118 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 7 | $193,000 |
| 119 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 120 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $190,250 |
| 121 | Carmelita Jeter | two disciplines | 13 | $189,000 |
| 122 | Milcah Chemos | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 16 | $189,000 |
| 123 | Shara Proctor | Women's long jump | 4 | $187,000 |
| 124 | Michelle Carter | Women's shot put | 3 | $186,500 |
| 125 | Blanka Vlašić | Women's high jump | 14 | $185,500 |
| 126 | Novlene Williams-Mills | Women's 400 m | 7 | $185,000 |
| 127 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | 8 | $184,500 |
| 128 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
| 129 | Olha Saladukha | Women's triple jump | 6 | $183,000 |
| 130 | Vítězslav Veselý | Men's javelin throw | 8 | $183,000 |
| 131 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 5 | $181,750 |
| 132 | Bershawn Jackson | two disciplines | 9 | $181,500 |
| 133 | Emmanuel Korir | two disciplines | 6 | $181,500 |
| 134 | Janieve Russell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $180,500 |
| 135 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 136 | Christina Obergföll | Women's javelin throw | 12 | $179,000 |
| 137 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 6 | $178,750 |
| 138 | Tianna Bartoletta | two disciplines | 8 | $177,750 |
| 139 | Larissa Iapichino | Women's long jump | 6 | $177,500 |
| 140 | Sally Pearson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $172,500 |
| 141 | Usain Bolt | two disciplines | 16 | $172,000 |
| 142 | Andriy Protsenko | Men's high jump | 3 | $171,250 |
| 143 | Emmanouil Karalis | Men's pole vault | 3 | $170,875 |
| 144 | Keely Hodgkinson | two disciplines | 9 | $170,500 |
| 145 | Marcin Lewandowski | four disciplines | 2 | $170,500 |
| 146 | Sarah Mitton | Women's shot put | 3 | $170,250 |
| 147 | Yuliya Levchenko | Women's high jump | 1 | $169,125 |
| 148 | Aaron Brown | two disciplines | 2 | $167,000 |
| 149 | Abeba Aregawi | four disciplines | 12 | $166,000 |
| 150 | David Rudisha | Men's 800 m | 14 | $166,000 |
| 151 | Neeraj Chopra | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $165,500 |
| 152 | Will Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $164,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Bershawn Jackson is 132nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $181,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Bershawn Jackson most
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: L. J. van Zyl, Rasmus Mägi, Kerron Clement, Javier Culson, Kariem Hussein and Annsert Whyte.
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Javier Culson, Thomas Barr, Jack Green, Jeffery Gibson, L. J. van Zyl and Rasmus Mägi.
Athletissima 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: L. J. van Zyl, Denis Kudryavtsev, Javier Culson, Michael Tinsley, Kariem Hussein and Quincy Downing.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Bershawn Jackson won?
$181,500, which ranks 132nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 31 paid finishes between 2010 and 2018.
What is Bershawn Jackson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m hurdles at the 2017 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai. 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 Bershawn Jackson 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 400 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 Bershawn Jackson won?
Nine of 31, worth $90,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $5,000.
Is this everything Bershawn Jackson 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 Bershawn Jackson is Ferguson Rotich on $181,750, and one below Emmanuel Korir on $181,500. Bershawn Jackson 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 400 m hurdles prize money and men's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Bershawn Jackson has been paid in two 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 Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.