Cheswill Johnson prize money
Cheswill Johnson has been paid $750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 3544th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's long jump, and it was 7th.
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.
The payment
Where he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletissima 2023 | Long jump | 7th | $750 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $750 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Indoor Championships
What Cheswill Johnson did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's long jump | 12th | 7.64 m | - |
Cheswill Johnson stood in one World Indoor Championships final and finished outside the money. The championships pay six places, $40,000 for a title down to $4,000 for 6th, and nothing at all below that. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
The World Athletics Relays
What Cheswill Johnson ran on
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | 2nd | 37.49 | $20,000 |
The World Relays have paid $20,000 for the one team Cheswill Johnson ran on in Gaborone 2026, and all of it went to South Africa rather than to the four who ran. The $750 at the top of this page is what the Diamond League paid him. This is what World Athletics paid a country, and the two are not added together anywhere on the site. No team he ran on won its final, and the ladder paid the teams anyway: it reaches all eight teams in a final, $40,000 for a title down to $2,000 for 8th, so reaching one is the run that pays. He ran alongside Bradley Nkoana and Akani Simbine, and the Diamond League has paid every one of them too. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
Around Cheswill Johnson on the money list
Ranks 3524 to 3564
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3524 | Yusuf Saad Kamel | Men's 800 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3525 | Zane Robertson | Men's 5000 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3526 | Zara Obamakinwa | Women's discus throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3527 | Zhao Jing | Women's 800 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3528 | Zhenwei Yu | Men's long jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3529 | Zhongze Guo | Men's 400 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3530 | Zoe Buckman | Women's 1500 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3531 | Zoë Sedney | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3532 | Zoey Clark | Women's 400 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3533 | Nikki Manson | Women's high jump | - | $875 |
| 3534 | Marion Fiack | Women's pole vault | - | $833 |
| 3535 | Adam Fogg | Men's mile | - | $750 |
| 3536 | Adrianna Topolnicka | Women's 800 m | - | $750 |
| 3537 | Agate Caune | Women's 3000 m | - | $750 |
| 3538 | Amelia Strickler | Women's shot put | - | $750 |
| 3539 | Anasztázia Nguyen | Women's long jump | - | $750 |
| 3540 | Andreas Haara Bakketun | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $750 |
| 3541 | Auriana Lazraq-Khlass | two disciplines | - | $750 |
| 3542 | Brooke Feldmeier | Women's 800 m | - | $750 |
| 3543 | Caroline Bonde Holm | Women's pole vault | - | $750 |
| 3544 | Cheswill Johnson | Men's long jump | - | $750 |
| 3545 | Chioma Onyekwere | Women's discus throw | - | $750 |
| 3546 | Chris Mitrevski | Men's long jump | - | $750 |
| 3547 | Corinna Schwab | Women's 400 m | - | $750 |
| 3548 | Daniela Stanciu | Women's high jump | - | $750 |
| 3549 | Elise Vanderelst | three disciplines | - | $750 |
| 3550 | Ella Junnila | Women's high jump | - | $750 |
| 3551 | Emma Ljungberg | Women's discus throw | - | $750 |
| 3552 | Hannah Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $750 |
| 3553 | Hanne Claes | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $750 |
| 3554 | Harry Hughes | Men's javelin throw | - | $750 |
| 3555 | Heta Tuuri | Women's high jump | - | $750 |
| 3556 | Hicham Akankam | Men's 1500 m | - | $750 |
| 3557 | Jeremiah Curry | Men's 200 m | - | $750 |
| 3558 | Jesper Hellström | Men's triple jump | - | $750 |
| 3559 | Joe Ferguson | Men's 200 m | - | $750 |
| 3560 | Joseph Deng | Men's 800 m | - | $750 |
| 3561 | Lilly Kaden | Women's 200 m | - | $750 |
| 3562 | Lionel Spitz | Men's 400 m | - | $750 |
| 3563 | Luca Sito | Men's 400 m | - | $750 |
| 3564 | Luke McCann | Men's 1000 m | - | $750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Cheswill Johnson is 3544th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Cheswill Johnson most
Athletissima 2023 paid $750 for 7th in the long jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Thobias Montler, Mattia Furlani, LaQuan Nairn, Miltiadis Tentoglou, Yuki Hashioka and Simon Ehammer.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Cheswill Johnson won?
$750, which ranks 3544th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2023.
What is Cheswill Johnson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$750, for finishing 7th in the long jump at the 2023 Athletissima. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 7th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Cheswill Johnson 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 place is worth the same in the men's long jump 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.
What did Cheswill Johnson's World Relays teams win?
$20,000, across one paid final in Gaborone 2026. The relays pay a team rather than a runner, so the cheque goes to the federation and not to Cheswill Johnson or to any one of the four. A title pays $40,000 and the ladder reaches all eight teams in a final, down to $2,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Cheswill Johnson earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Relays money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Cheswill Johnson is Caroline Bonde Holm on $750, and one below Chioma Onyekwere on $750. Cheswill Johnson is one of 54 South Africa athletes athletics has paid, and South Africa athletics prize money adds them up to $2,356,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Cheswill Johnson has been paid in one 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 Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the men's long jump page. World Relays prize money is the Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026 championships, $1,087,000 put up across 12 finals that pay a team and never a runner, and the relay is on the men's 4 × 100 metres relay page.