Christophe Lemaitre prize money
Christophe Lemaitre has been paid $92,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 346th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 24 paid finishes in the men's 200 m and men's 100 m, one of them a win.
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 24 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $92,500 is 24 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.08% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Christophe Lemaitre
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 m | 16 | 1 | 2011 to 2019 | $68,000 |
| Men's 100 m | 8 | - | 2010 to 2016 | $24,500 |
The men's 200 m has paid Christophe Lemaitre $68,000 of the $92,500, which is 74% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2010 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | Meeting Areva | $2,500 |
| 2011 | 4 | - | Meeting Areva | $16,500 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Golden Gala | $8,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | - | Meeting Areva | $7,000 |
| 2014 | 5 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $18,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | Bislett Games | $10,000 |
| 2016 | 4 | - | Herculis | $14,500 |
| 2017 | 4 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $13,500 |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | $2,500 |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $18,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Christophe Lemaitre in 2018, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $92,500.
Around Christophe Lemaitre on the money list
Ranks 326 to 366
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 326 | Adriana Vilagoš | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $97,250 |
| 327 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $97,208 |
| 328 | Feng Bin | Women's discus throw | 3 | $97,000 |
| 329 | Kellie Wells | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $97,000 |
| 330 | Tyson Gay | two disciplines | 8 | $97,000 |
| 331 | Chris Nilsen | Men's pole vault | 2 | $96,750 |
| 332 | Emma Zapletalová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $96,500 |
| 333 | Joshua Cheptegei | three disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 334 | Shannon Rowbury | four disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 335 | Julius Yego | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $96,000 |
| 336 | Zharnel Hughes | two disciplines | 2 | $95,500 |
| 337 | Mujinga Kambundji | two disciplines | 1 | $95,250 |
| 338 | Ronald Levy | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $94,750 |
| 339 | Cleopatra Borel | Women's shot put | - | $94,500 |
| 340 | Yargelis Savigne | two disciplines | 7 | $94,500 |
| 341 | Jorinde van Klinken | two disciplines | 1 | $94,000 |
| 342 | Lamecha Girma | five disciplines | 6 | $94,000 |
| 343 | Sanya Richards-Ross | two disciplines | 5 | $93,500 |
| 344 | Luguelín Santos | Men's 400 m | 1 | $93,000 |
| 345 | Amy Hunt | two disciplines | - | $92,500 |
| 346 | Christophe Lemaitre | two disciplines | 1 | $92,500 |
| 347 | Chaunte Lowe | Women's high jump | 5 | $92,000 |
| 348 | Berihu Aregawi | three disciplines | 4 | $91,750 |
| 349 | Peruth Chemutai | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $91,750 |
| 350 | L. J. van Zyl | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $91,500 |
| 351 | Niels Laros | three disciplines | 3 | $91,000 |
| 352 | Nelly Chepchirchir | two disciplines | 4 | $90,750 |
| 353 | Levern Spencer | Women's high jump | 1 | $90,508 |
| 354 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $90,250 |
| 355 | Jeremy Wariner | Men's 400 m | 7 | $90,000 |
| 356 | Ameer Webb | two disciplines | 3 | $89,500 |
| 357 | Habitam Alemu | three disciplines | - | $89,500 |
| 358 | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa | two disciplines | 1 | $89,500 |
| 359 | Imane Merga | two disciplines | 4 | $88,500 |
| 360 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 361 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 362 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 363 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 364 | Meseret Defar | three disciplines | 5 | $86,000 |
| 365 | Phillips Idowu | Men's triple jump | 6 | $86,000 |
| 366 | Evan Jager | three disciplines | 1 | $85,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Christophe Lemaitre is 346th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $92,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Christophe Lemaitre most
Bislett Games 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anaso Jobodwana, Richard Kilty, Harry Adams, Carvin Nkanata, Karol Zalewski and James Ellington.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ameer Webb, Filippo Tortu, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney, Alonso Edward and Churandy Martina.
Herculis 2016 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Churandy Martina, Nery Brenes, Shota Iizuka, Julian Forte, Yancarlos Martínez and James Ellington.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Christophe Lemaitre won?
$92,500, which ranks 346th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 24 paid finishes between 2010 and 2019.
What is Christophe Lemaitre's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 200 m at the 2015 Bislett Games. 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 Christophe Lemaitre 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 200 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 Christophe Lemaitre won?
One of 24, worth $10,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $5,000.
Is this everything Christophe Lemaitre 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 Christophe Lemaitre is Amy Hunt on $92,500, and one below Chaunte Lowe on $92,000. Christophe Lemaitre is one of 181 France athletes athletics has paid, and France athletics prize money adds them up to $3,087,958 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 200 m prize money and men's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Christophe Lemaitre has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 110 m hurdles. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it.