Celera Barnes prize money
Celera Barnes has been paid $8,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 894th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the women's 100 m, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | 100 m | 4th | $5,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2024 | 100 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| All two | Women's 100 m | — | $8,500 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $8,500 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2024 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $3,500 |
| 2025 | 1 | — | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $5,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $5,000 from one start. Every season from 2024 to 2025 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $8,500.
Around Celera Barnes on the money list
Ranks 874 to 914
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 874 | Adam Kszczot | Men's 800 m | — | $9,000 |
| 875 | Jerome Blake | two disciplines | — | $9,000 |
| 876 | Jonathan Jones | Men's 400 m | — | $9,000 |
| 877 | Karyna Taranda | Women's high jump | — | $9,000 |
| 878 | Kori Carter | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 879 | Mathew Sawe | Men's high jump | — | $9,000 |
| 880 | Milan Trajkovic | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 881 | Samuel Pihlström | two disciplines | — | $9,000 |
| 882 | Valentin Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | — | $9,000 |
| 883 | Veronica Vancardo | Women's 800 m | — | $9,000 |
| 884 | Viivi Lehikoinen | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 885 | Yelena Sokolova | Women's long jump | — | $9,000 |
| 886 | Aynadis Mebratu | two disciplines | — | $8,750 |
| 887 | Elena Bellò | Women's 800 m | — | $8,750 |
| 888 | Lovisa Lindh | Women's 800 m | — | $8,750 |
| 889 | Mouhamadou Fall | two disciplines | — | $8,750 |
| 890 | Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | — | $8,750 |
| 891 | Saúl Ordóñez | two disciplines | — | $8,750 |
| 892 | Alemnat Walle | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $8,500 |
| 893 | Alex Rose | Men's discus throw | — | $8,500 |
| 894 | Celera Barnes | Women's 100 m | — | $8,500 |
| 895 | Eduardo Herrera | two disciplines | — | $8,500 |
| 896 | José Figueroa | Men's 200 m | — | $8,500 |
| 897 | Laura Weightman | three disciplines | — | $8,500 |
| 898 | Naomi Van den Broeck | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $8,500 |
| 899 | Raymond Richards | Men's high jump | — | $8,500 |
| 900 | Sarah Lavin | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $8,500 |
| 901 | Tadese Takele | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $8,500 |
| 902 | Tasa Jiya | Women's 200 m | — | $8,500 |
| 903 | Vitória Cristina Rosa | two disciplines | — | $8,500 |
| 904 | Edis Matusevičius | Men's javelin throw | — | $8,250 |
| 905 | Lore Hoffmann | two disciplines | — | $8,250 |
| 906 | Yual Reath | Men's high jump | — | $8,250 |
| 907 | Yupun Abeykoon | Men's 100 m | — | $8,250 |
| 908 | Levern Spencer | Women's high jump | — | $8,125 |
| 909 | Bershawn Jackson | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $8,000 |
| 910 | Dezerea Bryant | Women's 200 m | — | $8,000 |
| 911 | Emiliano Lasa | Men's long jump | — | $8,000 |
| 912 | Hawi Feysa | two disciplines | — | $8,000 |
| 913 | Isaac Updike | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $8,000 |
| 914 | Isabelle Pedersen | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $8,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Celera Barnes is 894th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $8,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Celera Barnes most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 paid $5,000 for 4th in the 100 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Zoe Hobbs, Cambrea Sturgis, Rani Rosius, Deajah Stevens, Shericka Jackson and Maia McCoy.
Doha Diamond League 2024 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Amy Hunt, Boglárka Takács, Kortnei Johnson, Natasha Morrison, Farzaneh Fasihi and Daryll Neita.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Celera Barnes won?
$8,500, which ranks 894th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2024 and 2025.
What is Celera Barnes's biggest Diamond League payday?
$5,000, for finishing 4th in the Diamond+ 100 m at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Celera Barnes 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 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.
Is this everything Celera Barnes earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Celera Barnes is Alex Rose on $8,500, and one below Eduardo Herrera on $8,500. Celera Barnes is one of 352 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $16,292,792 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Celera Barnes has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m hurdles, women's 800 m and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has its own page across every edition of it.