CJ Ujah prize money
CJ Ujah has been paid $23,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 546th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the men's 100 m, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Anniversary Games 2021 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2021 | 100 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Oslo Bislett Games 2019 | 100 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Bislett Games 2017 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All five | Men's 100 m | — | $23,500 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $23,500 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2017 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | $6,000 |
| 2018 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 1 | — | Oslo Bislett Games | $2,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 3 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $15,500 |
season running total
2021 is the biggest of them, $15,500 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid CJ Ujah in 2018 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $23,500.
Around CJ Ujah on the money list
Ranks 526 to 566
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 526 | Sigrid Borge | Women's javelin throw | — | $25,500 |
| 527 | Asier Martínez | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $25,000 |
| 528 | Elliot Giles | three disciplines | — | $25,000 |
| 529 | Keturah Orji | Women's triple jump | — | $25,000 |
| 530 | Maykel Massó | Men's long jump | 1 | $25,000 |
| 531 | Yemisi Mabry | Women's shot put | — | $25,000 |
| 532 | Chukwuebuka Enekwechi | Men's shot put | — | $24,750 |
| 533 | Murielle Ahouré-Demps | two disciplines | 1 | $24,750 |
| 534 | Ethan Strand | two disciplines | 1 | $24,500 |
| 535 | Imogen Ayris | Women's pole vault | — | $24,500 |
| 536 | Nadia Battocletti | three disciplines | 1 | $24,500 |
| 537 | Andreas Kramer | Men's 800 m | — | $24,000 |
| 538 | Mike Rodgers | Men's 100 m | — | $24,000 |
| 539 | Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui | two disciplines | — | $24,000 |
| 540 | Natasha Morrison | two disciplines | — | $24,000 |
| 541 | Olivia McTaggart | Women's pole vault | 1 | $24,000 |
| 542 | Robeilys Peinado | Women's pole vault | — | $23,750 |
| 543 | Thierry Ndikumwenayo | two disciplines | 1 | $23,750 |
| 544 | Erika Kinsey | Women's high jump | — | $23,583 |
| 545 | Britany Anderson | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $23,500 |
| 546 | CJ Ujah | Men's 100 m | — | $23,500 |
| 547 | George Mills | four disciplines | — | $23,500 |
| 548 | Lawrence Okoye | Men's discus throw | — | $23,500 |
| 549 | Konrad Bukowiecki | Men's shot put | 1 | $23,250 |
| 550 | Agate de Sousa | Women's long jump | — | $23,000 |
| 551 | Alessandro Sibilio | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $23,000 |
| 552 | Darrell Hill | Men's shot put | — | $23,000 |
| 553 | Dawit Seyaum | two disciplines | 2 | $23,000 |
| 554 | Jeremiah Azu | Men's 100 m | — | $23,000 |
| 555 | Maria Andrejczyk | Women's javelin throw | — | $23,000 |
| 556 | Marthe Koala | Women's long jump | 1 | $23,000 |
| 557 | Tori Peeters | Women's javelin throw | — | $23,000 |
| 558 | Kuma Girma | three disciplines | — | $22,750 |
| 559 | Tori Franklin | Women's triple jump | — | $22,750 |
| 560 | Agathe Guillemot | three disciplines | — | $22,500 |
| 561 | Armin Sinančević | Men's shot put | — | $22,500 |
| 562 | Ralford Mullings | Men's discus throw | 1 | $22,500 |
| 563 | Ronald Musagala | two disciplines | 1 | $22,500 |
| 564 | Roshawn Clarke | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $22,500 |
| 565 | Filippo Tortu | two disciplines | — | $22,250 |
| 566 | Henrik Janssen | Men's discus throw | — | $22,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. CJ Ujah is 546th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $23,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid CJ Ujah most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Emmanuel Matadi, Yupun Abeykoon, Mike Rodgers, Arthur Cissé, Cejhae Greene and Jak Ali Harvey.
Anniversary Games 2021 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Zharnel Hughes, Andre De Grasse, Fred Kerley, Mike Rodgers, Isiah Young and Adam Gemili.
Bislett Games 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ben Youssef Meïté, Adam Gemili, Aaron Brown, Churandy Martina, Reece Prescod and Jimmy Vicaut.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has CJ Ujah won?
$23,500, which ranks 546th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2017 and 2021.
What is CJ Ujah's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 100 m at the 2021 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what CJ Ujah 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 100 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.
Is this everything CJ Ujah earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above CJ Ujah is Britany Anderson on $23,500, and one below George Mills on $23,500. CJ Ujah is one of 126 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $3,411,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and CJ Ujah has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.