Christopher Bailey prize money
Christopher Bailey has been paid $41,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 726th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from nine paid finishes in the men's 400 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 400 m | 4th | $4,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 400 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| All nine | Men's 400 m | - | $41,000 |
The nine paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $41,000 is nine separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The Ultimate Championship
What Christopher Bailey did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 metres | 4th | 44.27 | - |
Christopher Bailey stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where he finished. He ran on the United States quartet that won the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, $80,000 to the team rather than to any one of the four. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Indoor Championships
What Christopher Bailey did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 metres | 1st | 45.08 | $40,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Christopher Bailey $40,000 for one finish in Nanjing 2025, against $41,000 from nine Diamond League starts between 2025 and 2026. An indoor title paid $40,000, which is more than the Diamond League has paid him in any single season. He ran on the United States team that won the men's 4 × 400 metres relay in Nanjing 2025, $40,000 to the team rather than to any one of the four. A winning quartet indoors takes $40,000, exactly what a winning individual takes, which is true of no other championship in the sport. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Christopher Bailey won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | Gold | - |
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay gold was worth $50,000 and was paid to the federation as a single cheque, with nothing published about how it was split between the runners. It is not his and is not added to the $41,000 at the top of this page. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | Diamond League Shanghai | $24,500 |
| 2026 | 5 | - | Meeting de Paris | $16,500 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $24,500 from four starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $41,000.
Around Christopher Bailey on the money list
Ranks 706 to 746
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 706 | Michał Haratyk | Men's shot put | - | $42,500 |
| 707 | Samuel Tefera | four disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 708 | Simone Facey | two disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 709 | Tshepiso Masalela | Men's 800 m | 2 | $42,500 |
| 710 | Rhasidat Adeleke | two disciplines | 1 | $42,250 |
| 711 | Svetlana Shkolina | Women's high jump | 5 | $42,250 |
| 712 | Alina Talay | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $42,000 |
| 713 | Erik Cadée | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 714 | Frederik Ruppert | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $42,000 |
| 715 | Lawrence Okoye | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 716 | Mahiedine Mekhissi | two disciplines | 1 | $42,000 |
| 717 | Mary Saxer | Women's pole vault | - | $41,583 |
| 718 | Abel Kiprop Mutai | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $41,500 |
| 719 | Gil Roberts | two disciplines | - | $41,500 |
| 720 | Martyn Rooney | Men's 400 m | - | $41,500 |
| 721 | Ryan Bailey | two disciplines | 1 | $41,500 |
| 722 | Stephanie Brown-Trafton | Women's discus throw | 1 | $41,500 |
| 723 | Brooke Buschkuehl | Women's long jump | - | $41,250 |
| 724 | Lisa Ryzih | Women's pole vault | - | $41,250 |
| 725 | Andrey Silnov | Men's high jump | 1 | $41,000 |
| 726 | Christopher Bailey | Men's 400 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 727 | Jordan Geist | Men's shot put | 1 | $41,000 |
| 728 | Mark English | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 729 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 730 | Yuliya Leantsiuk | Women's shot put | - | $41,000 |
| 731 | Zinaida Sendriutė | Women's discus throw | - | $41,000 |
| 732 | Jarrion Lawson | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,750 |
| 733 | Pia Skrzyszowska | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $40,750 |
| 734 | Quanera Hayes | Women's 400 m | 1 | $40,750 |
| 735 | Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $40,750 |
| 736 | Leonard Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $40,500 |
| 737 | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,500 |
| 738 | Almir dos Santos | Men's triple jump | - | $40,250 |
| 739 | Akeem Bloomfield | Men's 400 m | 3 | $40,000 |
| 740 | Aleshign Baweke | three disciplines | 1 | $40,000 |
| 741 | Brandon McBride | Men's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 742 | Bryce Hoppel | two disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 743 | Christine Mboma | Women's 200 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 744 | Claire Bryant | Women's long jump | - | $40,000 |
| 745 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | five disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 746 | Isabella Whittaker | Women's 400 m | 2 | $40,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Christopher Bailey is 726th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $41,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Christopher Bailey most
Diamond League Shanghai 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Bayapo Ndori, Collen Kebinatshipi, Vernon Norwood, Kirani James, Alexander Doom and Lythe Pillay.
Xiamen Diamond League 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Collen Kebinatshipi, Kirani James, Alexander Doom, Vernon Norwood, Lythe Pillay and Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen.
Prefontaine Classic 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jacory Patterson, Khaleb McRae, Muzala Samukonga, Charlie Dobson, Kirani James and Alexander Doom.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Christopher Bailey won?
$41,000, which ranks 726th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from nine paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Christopher Bailey's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m at the 2025 Diamond League Shanghai. 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 Christopher Bailey 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 Christopher Bailey won?
One of nine, worth $10,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $6,500.
How much has Christopher Bailey won at the World Indoor Championships?
$40,000, from one paid final in Nanjing 2025. An indoor title pays $40,000 and the ladder runs six places deep, down to $4,000 for 6th, the same in every event on the programme and the same for a relay team.
Is this everything Christopher Bailey earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Indoor Championships 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 Christopher Bailey is Andrey Silnov on $41,000, and one below Jordan Geist on $41,000. Christopher Bailey 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 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Christopher Bailey 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 Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full finals are on the men's 400 metres and mixed 4 × 400 metres relay pages. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor finals are on the men's 400 metres and men's 4 × 400 metres relay pages.