Charles Dobson prize money
Charles Dobson has been paid $56,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 271st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten paid finishes in the men's 400 m and men's 200 m, two 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2026 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| London Athletics Meet 2025 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 | 400 m | 1st | $30,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2024 | 400 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Athletissima 2024 | 400 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 | 400 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Athletissima 2022 | 200 m | 8th | $500 |
| All ten | two disciplines | — | $56,250 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $56,250 is ten separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Charles Dobson did in Tokyo, 2025
Charles Dobson went to the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo on a relay and ran no individual final there. He ran on the Great Britain team that finished 6th in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay, $8,000 to the federation rather than to any one of the four. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Charles Dobson won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | Bronze | — |
The bronze in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Charles Dobson
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 m | 9 | 2 | 2024 to 2026 | $55,750 |
| Men's 200 m | 1 | — | 2022 | $500 |
The men's 400 m has paid Charles Dobson $55,750 of the $56,250, which is 99% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2022 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | — | Athletissima | $500 |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $34,250 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | London Athletics Meet | $19,000 |
| 2026 | 1 | — | Bauhausgalan | $2,500 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $34,250 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Charles Dobson in 2023, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $56,250.
Around Charles Dobson on the money list
Ranks 251 to 291
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | Mujinga Kambundji | two disciplines | 1 | $60,250 |
| 252 | Muzala Samukonga | Men's 400 m | 1 | $60,000 |
| 253 | Prudence Sekgodiso | Women's 800 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| 254 | Jenna Prandini | two disciplines | — | $59,500 |
| 255 | Nickisha Pryce | Women's 400 m | 2 | $59,500 |
| 256 | Rasheed Broadbell | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $59,250 |
| 257 | Azeddine Habz | four disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 258 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $59,000 |
| 259 | Grant Fisher | four disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 260 | Yasmani Copello | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $58,250 |
| 261 | Yohan Blake | Men's 100 m | 1 | $58,250 |
| 262 | Addison Wiley | three disciplines | 1 | $58,000 |
| 263 | Amos Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $57,250 |
| 264 | Jason Joseph | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $57,000 |
| 265 | Saly Sarr | Women's triple jump | 2 | $57,000 |
| 266 | Oliver Hoare | two disciplines | 1 | $56,750 |
| 267 | Piotr Lisek | Men's pole vault | 2 | $56,625 |
| 268 | Bayapo Ndori | Men's 400 m | 1 | $56,500 |
| 269 | Lázaro Martínez | Men's triple jump | 2 | $56,500 |
| 270 | Zharnel Hughes | two disciplines | — | $56,500 |
| 271 | Charles Dobson | two disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 272 | Hirut Meshesha | five disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 273 | Ilya Ivanyuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $56,250 |
| 274 | Megan Tapper | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $56,250 |
| 275 | Josh Kerr | two disciplines | 2 | $56,000 |
| 276 | Mohamed Katir | three disciplines | 3 | $56,000 |
| 277 | Romaine Beckford | Men's high jump | — | $56,000 |
| 278 | Slimane Moula | Men's 800 m | 3 | $56,000 |
| 279 | Nicholas Kimeli | two disciplines | 1 | $55,750 |
| 280 | Holly Bradshaw | Women's pole vault | — | $55,250 |
| 281 | Kayla White | two disciplines | 1 | $55,250 |
| 282 | Wayne Pinnock | Men's long jump | 2 | $55,000 |
| 283 | Ben Broeders | Men's pole vault | 1 | $54,500 |
| 284 | Cole Hocker | three disciplines | 1 | $54,500 |
| 285 | Gabriel Tual | two disciplines | — | $54,500 |
| 286 | Kristin Pudenz | Women's discus throw | — | $54,500 |
| 287 | Gong Lijao | Women's shot put | 1 | $54,000 |
| 288 | Ja'Kobe Tharp | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $54,000 |
| 289 | Emily Grove | Women's pole vault | 1 | $53,750 |
| 290 | Nia Ali | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $53,750 |
| 291 | Brandon Starc | Men's high jump | 1 | $53,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Charles Dobson is 271st of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $56,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Charles Dobson most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kirani James, Muzala Samukonga, Vernon Norwood, Bayapo Ndori, Jonathan Sacoor and Collen Kebinatshipi.
London Athletics Meet 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Matthew Hudson-Smith, Zakithi Nene, Vernon Norwood, Collen Kebinatshipi, Reece Holder and Bayapo Ndori.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Daniel Segers, Muzala Samukonga, Collen Kebinatshipi, Alexander Doom, Bayapo Ndori and Jacory Patterson.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Charles Dobson won?
$56,250, which ranks 271st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2022 and 2026.
What is Charles Dobson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m at the 2024 AG Memorial Van Damme. 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 Charles Dobson 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 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 Charles Dobson won?
Two of ten, worth $40,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $30,000.
Is this everything Charles Dobson 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 him, 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 Charles Dobson is Zharnel Hughes on $56,500, and one below Hirut Meshesha on $56,250. Charles Dobson is one of 126 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $3,411,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 400 m prize money and men's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Charles Dobson 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 Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the men's 4 × 400 metres relay page.