Christian Taylor prize money
Christian Taylor has been paid $512,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 4th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 65 paid finishes in the men's triple jump, men's long jump and men's 400 m, 28 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 65 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $512,250 is 65 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.5% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the 67 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Christian Taylor
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's triple jump | 55 | 27 | 2011 to 2024 | $467,750 |
| Men's long jump | 10 | 1 | 2012 to 2016 | $39,000 |
| Men's 400 m | 2 | - | 2018 | $5,500 |
The men's triple jump has paid Christian Taylor $467,750 of the $512,250, which is 91% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2011 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | - | Herculis | $1,500 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3 | Prefontaine Classic | $52,000 |
| 2013 | 7 | 4 | Qatar Athletic | $56,000 |
| 2014 | 12 | 3 | Glasgow Grand Prix | $71,500 |
| 2015 | 8 | 4 | British Athletics Grand Prix | $53,000 |
| 2016 | 6 | 5 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $51,500 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $86,000 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $61,500 |
| 2019 | 4 | 2 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $72,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 4 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $4,500 |
| 2023 | 4 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $1,250 |
| 2024 | 2 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $1,500 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $86,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Christian Taylor in 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $512,250.
Around Christian Taylor on the money list
Ranks 1 to 41
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Elkasević | Women's discus throw | 46 | $692,750 |
| 2 | Armand Duplantis | Men's pole vault | 35 | $607,250 |
| 3 | Noah Lyles | two disciplines | 24 | $530,000 |
| 4 | Christian Taylor | three disciplines | 28 | $512,250 |
| 5 | Caterine Ibargüen | two disciplines | 37 | $501,000 |
| 6 | Sam Kendricks | Men's pole vault | 18 | $481,917 |
| 7 | Renaud Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | 33 | $466,833 |
| 8 | Femke Broeders-Bol | three disciplines | 29 | $456,000 |
| 9 | Mariya Lasitskene | Women's high jump | 26 | $440,500 |
| 10 | Shericka Jackson | three disciplines | 19 | $429,250 |
| 11 | Karsten Warholm | three disciplines | 18 | $428,500 |
| 12 | Sifan Hassan | five disciplines | 16 | $424,250 |
| 13 | Faith Kipyegon | six disciplines | 23 | $423,000 |
| 14 | Marileidy Paulino | two disciplines | 25 | $420,500 |
| 15 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | two disciplines | 11 | $417,250 |
| 16 | Timothy Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 17 | $416,500 |
| 17 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | three disciplines | 21 | $415,000 |
| 18 | Mutaz Barsham | Men's high jump | 23 | $409,833 |
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 18 | $406,500 |
| 20 | Dina Asher-Smith | two disciplines | 10 | $401,500 |
| 21 | Katerina Stefanidi | Women's pole vault | 15 | $394,500 |
| 22 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 20 | $389,000 |
| 23 | Soufiane El Bakkali | four disciplines | 22 | $388,500 |
| 24 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Women's high jump | 21 | $382,250 |
| 25 | Alison dos Santos | three disciplines | 22 | $380,500 |
| 26 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | two disciplines | 21 | $380,500 |
| 27 | Ivana Španović | two disciplines | 18 | $373,000 |
| 28 | Tom Walsh | Men's shot put | 13 | $372,000 |
| 29 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 17 | $370,500 |
| 30 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 19 | $365,500 |
| 31 | Valerie Adams | Women's shot put | 30 | $361,500 |
| 32 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 13 | $355,750 |
| 33 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | 19 | $348,000 |
| 34 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 18 | $347,500 |
| 35 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 11 | $338,250 |
| 36 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | two disciplines | 21 | $335,000 |
| 37 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | two disciplines | 15 | $321,500 |
| 38 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 39 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | 18 | $312,500 |
| 40 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 17 | $310,250 |
| 41 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 15 | $310,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Christian Taylor is 4th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $512,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Christian Taylor most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $50,000 for 1st in the triple jump, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Will Claye, Omar Craddock, Donald Scott, Alexis Copello, Nelson Évora and Pedro Pichardo.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 paid $50,000 for 1st in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Will Claye, Pedro Pichardo, Troy Doris, Alexis Copello, Chris Benard and Jean-Marc Pontvianne.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Donald Scott, Omar Craddock, Chris Benard, Max Heß, Alexis Copello and Nelson Évora.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Christian Taylor won?
$512,250, which ranks 4th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 65 paid finishes between 2011 and 2024.
What is Christian Taylor's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the triple jump at the 2019 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 Christian Taylor 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 triple 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Christian Taylor won?
28 of 67, worth $360,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $120,000.
Has Christian Taylor ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Christian Taylor 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 Christian Taylor is Noah Lyles on $530,000, and one below Caterine Ibargüen on $501,000. Christian Taylor 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 triple jump prize money, men's long jump prize money and men's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Christian Taylor has been paid in three 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 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has its own page across every edition of it.