CJ Allen prize money
CJ Allen has been paid $80,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 389th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 24 paid finishes in the men's 400 m hurdles and men's 300 m hurdles, 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 $80,750 is 24 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 25 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid CJ Allen
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 m hurdles | 23 | 1 | 2022 to 2026 | $78,250 |
| Men's 300 m hurdles | 2 | - | 2025 to 2026 | $2,500 |
The men's 400 m hurdles has paid CJ Allen $78,250 of the $80,750, which is 97% 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 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | Meeting de Paris | $27,500 |
| 2024 | 8 | - | Doha Diamond League | $21,250 |
| 2025 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $14,000 |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $3,000 |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $27,500 from six starts. Every season from 2022 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $80,750.
Around CJ Allen on the money list
Ranks 369 to 409
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 369 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $84,500 |
| 370 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $84,250 |
| 371 | Hilal Yego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $84,000 |
| 372 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
| 373 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $83,500 |
| 374 | Georganne Moline | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $83,500 |
| 375 | Janay Deloach | Women's long jump | 3 | $83,000 |
| 376 | Jimmy Vicaut | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 377 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 378 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 379 | Lidya Chepkurui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $82,000 |
| 380 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | two disciplines | 3 | $82,000 |
| 381 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $81,750 |
| 382 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | 1 | $81,500 |
| 383 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 384 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $81,250 |
| 385 | Caleb Ndiku | four disciplines | 3 | $81,000 |
| 386 | Habiba Ghribi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $81,000 |
| 387 | Lashinda Demus | two disciplines | 4 | $81,000 |
| 388 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $80,750 |
| 389 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 390 | Cassandra Tate | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $80,500 |
| 391 | Jeneba Tarmoh | two disciplines | 2 | $80,500 |
| 392 | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | Women's shot put | - | $80,000 |
| 393 | Dawit Seyaum | two disciplines | 4 | $80,000 |
| 394 | Daniel Roberts | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $79,750 |
| 395 | Lolo Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $79,500 |
| 396 | Virgilijus Alekna | Men's discus throw | 2 | $79,500 |
| 397 | Benjamin Compaoré | Men's triple jump | 3 | $79,000 |
| 398 | Jehue Gordon | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $79,000 |
| 399 | Shawn Barber | Men's pole vault | - | $79,000 |
| 400 | Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | 1 | $78,875 |
| 401 | Devynne Charlton | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $78,750 |
| 402 | Raphael Holzdeppe | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,500 |
| 403 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Men's 100 m | 2 | $78,250 |
| 404 | Sada Williams | Women's 400 m | - | $78,250 |
| 405 | EJ Obiena | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,125 |
| 406 | Jasmin Stowers | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $78,000 |
| 407 | Molly Caudery | Women's pole vault | 3 | $77,500 |
| 408 | Funmi Jimoh | Women's long jump | 2 | $77,000 |
| 409 | Medina Eisa | two disciplines | 3 | $77,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. CJ Allen is 389th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $80,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid CJ Allen most
Meeting de Paris 2023 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Wilfried Happio, Trevor Bassitt, Ludvy Vaillant, Kyron McMaster and Khallifah Rosser.
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Wilfried Happio, Julien Watrin, Yasmani Copello, Julien Bonvin, Nick Smidt and Alison dos Santos.
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $6,000 for 4th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Matheus Lima, Trevor Bassitt, Alastair Chalmers, Berke Akçam, Karsten Warholm and Abderrahman Samba.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has CJ Allen won?
$80,750, which ranks 389th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 24 paid finishes between 2022 and 2026.
What is CJ Allen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m hurdles at the 2023 Meeting de Paris. 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 CJ Allen 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 hurdles 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 CJ Allen won?
One of 25, worth $10,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $17,000.
Has CJ Allen ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything CJ Allen 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 CJ Allen is Christin Hussong on $80,750, and one below Cassandra Tate on $80,500. CJ Allen 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 hurdles prize money and men's 300 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and CJ Allen 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 Shanghai Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.