CJ Ujah prize money
CJ Ujah has been paid $106,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 289th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 21 paid finishes in the men's 100 m and men's 200 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 21 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $106,500 is 21 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.09% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid CJ Ujah
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 m | 20 | 1 | 2014 to 2021 | $105,500 |
| Men's 200 m | 1 | - | 2016 | $1,000 |
The men's 100 m has paid CJ Ujah $105,500 of the $106,500, which is 99% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2014 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | - | DN Galan | $6,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | - | Herculis | $6,000 |
| 2016 | 4 | - | Muller Anniversary Games | $5,000 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $63,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $9,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Oslo Bislett Games | $2,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 3 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $15,500 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $63,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid CJ Ujah in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $106,500.
Around CJ Ujah on the money list
Ranks 269 to 309
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 269 | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | two disciplines | 3 | $113,000 |
| 270 | Kelsey-Lee Barber | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $113,000 |
| 271 | Magnus Kirt | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $112,500 |
| 272 | Jesse Williams | Men's high jump | 3 | $112,083 |
| 273 | Angelica Moser | Women's pole vault | 2 | $111,875 |
| 274 | Darya Klishina | Women's long jump | 3 | $111,500 |
| 275 | Robbie Grabarz | Men's high jump | 2 | $111,458 |
| 276 | Ronnie Baker | Men's 100 m | 6 | $111,250 |
| 277 | Devon Allen | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $111,000 |
| 278 | Erik Kynard | Men's high jump | 2 | $111,000 |
| 279 | Birhanu Balew | two disciplines | 3 | $110,750 |
| 280 | Eilidh Doyle | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $110,500 |
| 281 | Nesta Carter | Men's 100 m | 2 | $110,500 |
| 282 | Jenn Suhr | Women's pole vault | 5 | $110,250 |
| 283 | Aleksandr Menkov | Men's long jump | 8 | $110,000 |
| 284 | Wayde van Niekerk | two disciplines | 9 | $110,000 |
| 285 | Angelo Taylor | three disciplines | 5 | $109,500 |
| 286 | Ruth Jebet | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $109,000 |
| 287 | Ackera Nugent | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $108,000 |
| 288 | Jenna Prandini | two disciplines | 1 | $107,500 |
| 289 | CJ Ujah | two disciplines | 1 | $106,500 |
| 290 | Jereem Richards | two disciplines | - | $106,500 |
| 291 | Monae' Nichols | Women's long jump | 2 | $106,500 |
| 292 | Kerron Stewart | two disciplines | 3 | $106,000 |
| 293 | Anna Ryzhykova | two disciplines | - | $105,500 |
| 294 | Cameron Myers | three disciplines | 2 | $105,500 |
| 295 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | two disciplines | 6 | $105,500 |
| 296 | Mohammed Aman | Men's 800 m | 7 | $105,500 |
| 297 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Men's pole vault | 2 | $105,500 |
| 298 | Steven Gardiner | two disciplines | 9 | $105,500 |
| 299 | Anita Márton | Women's shot put | - | $105,000 |
| 300 | Brittany Brown | two disciplines | 5 | $104,750 |
| 301 | Nia Ali | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $104,750 |
| 302 | Rasmus Mägi | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $104,250 |
| 303 | Almaz Ayana | three disciplines | 6 | $104,000 |
| 304 | Anavia Battle | two disciplines | 4 | $104,000 |
| 305 | Janeth Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 2 | $104,000 |
| 306 | Kerron Clement | Men's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $104,000 |
| 307 | Walter Dix | two disciplines | 8 | $104,000 |
| 308 | Emma Coburn | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $103,750 |
| 309 | Jacory Patterson | Men's 400 m | 4 | $103,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. CJ Ujah is 289th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $106,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid CJ Ujah most
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ben Youssef Meïté, Ronnie Baker, Justin Gatlin, Isiah Young, Akani Simbine and Asafa Powell.
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.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has CJ Ujah won?
$106,500, which ranks 289th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 21 paid finishes between 2014 and 2021.
What is CJ Ujah's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the 100 m at the 2017 Weltklasse Zürich. 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 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 win 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has CJ Ujah won?
One of 21, worth $50,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $53,000.
Is this everything CJ Ujah 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 Ujah is Jenna Prandini on $107,500, and one below Jereem Richards on $106,500. CJ Ujah is one of 249 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $6,351,625 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 100 m prize money and men's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and CJ Ujah 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.