Courtney Lindsey prize money
Courtney Lindsey has been paid $69,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 218th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from sixteen 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2026 | 200 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | 200 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 200 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | 200 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Athletissima 2026 | 200 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | 200 m | 1st | $20,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2025 | 200 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 200 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 | 100 m | 5th | $3,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025 | 100 m | 6th | $2,500 |
| Athletissima 2025 | 100 m | 7th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2024 | 200 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2024 | 200 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 | 200 m | 4th | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2024 | 200 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2023 | 100 m | 7th | $750 |
| All sixteen | two disciplines | — | $69,750 |
The sixteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $69,750 is sixteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Courtney Lindsey did in Tokyo, 2025
Courtney Lindsey went to the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo on a relay and ran no individual final there. He ran on the United States team that won the men's 4 × 100 metres relay, $80,000 to the federation rather than to any one of the four. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Courtney Lindsey did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 metres | 3rd | 19.79 | $40,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Courtney Lindsey $40,000 for one finish over three days, against $69,750 from sixteen Diamond League starts between 2023 and 2026. Three days there paid him more than any whole Diamond League season has. He ran on the United States quartet that won the mixed 4 × 100 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 Athletics Relays
What Courtney Lindsey ran on, 2025 and 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | 2nd | 37.66 | $20,000 |
| Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay | 3rd | 40.33 | $10,000 |
The World Relays have paid $30,000 for the two teams Courtney Lindsey ran on across Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026, and all of it went to the United States rather than to the four who ran. The $69,750 at the top of this page is what the Diamond League paid him. This is what World Athletics paid a country, and the two are not added together anywhere on the site. No team he ran on won its final, and the ladder paid the teams anyway: it reaches all eight teams in a final, $40,000 for a title down to $2,000 for 8th, so reaching one is the run that pays. He ran alongside Kenny Bednarek, Kyree King and Brandon Hicklin, and the Diamond League has paid every one of them too. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Courtney Lindsey
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 m | 12 | 1 | 2024 to 2026 | $61,500 |
| Men's 100 m | 4 | — | 2023 to 2025 | $8,250 |
The men's 200 m has paid Courtney Lindsey $61,500 of the $69,750, which is 88% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | — | Herculis EBS | $750 |
| 2024 | 4 | — | Doha Diamond League | $17,000 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $39,500 |
| 2026 | 5 | — | Bauhausgalan | $12,500 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $39,500 from six starts. Every season from 2023 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $69,750.
Around Courtney Lindsey on the money list
Ranks 198 to 238
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 198 | Jemma Reekie | four disciplines | 1 | $73,750 |
| 199 | Zakithi Nene | Men's 400 m | 2 | $73,750 |
| 200 | Auriol Dongmo | Women's shot put | 3 | $73,500 |
| 201 | Tsige Duguma | two disciplines | 4 | $73,250 |
| 202 | Klaudia Kazimierska | two disciplines | 1 | $73,000 |
| 203 | Yasser Triki | Men's triple jump | 1 | $73,000 |
| 204 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $72,750 |
| 205 | Samuel Firewu | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $72,500 |
| 206 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $71,750 |
| 207 | Jordan Scott | Men's triple jump | 4 | $71,500 |
| 208 | Stewart McSweyn | four disciplines | 2 | $71,500 |
| 209 | Likina Amebaw | two disciplines | 1 | $71,250 |
| 210 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | Women's 400 m | 2 | $71,250 |
| 211 | Simon Koech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $71,000 |
| 212 | Thobias Montler | Men's long jump | 2 | $70,750 |
| 213 | Halimah Nakaayi | two disciplines | — | $70,500 |
| 214 | Benjamin Kigen | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $70,250 |
| 215 | Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 1 | $70,000 |
| 216 | Caster Semenya | two disciplines | 7 | $70,000 |
| 217 | Magnus Kirt | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $70,000 |
| 218 | Courtney Lindsey | two disciplines | 1 | $69,750 |
| 219 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 220 | Mackenzie Little | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 221 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 222 | Reynold Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 223 | Tina Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 224 | Liadagmis Povea | Women's triple jump | — | $69,000 |
| 225 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | Women's long jump | 4 | $69,000 |
| 226 | Angelina Topić | Women's high jump | 2 | $68,500 |
| 227 | Renaud Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | — | $68,500 |
| 228 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 2 | $68,250 |
| 229 | Phanuel Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 230 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 3 | $68,000 |
| 231 | Fanny Roos | Women's shot put | — | $67,500 |
| 232 | Hana Moll | Women's pole vault | 3 | $67,500 |
| 233 | Erriyon Knighton | two disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
| 234 | Andrenette Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $66,250 |
| 235 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $66,250 |
| 236 | Fantaye Belayneh | two disciplines | 1 | $65,750 |
| 237 | Rasmus Mägi | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $65,750 |
| 238 | Keshorn Walcott | Men's javelin throw | — | $65,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Courtney Lindsey is 218th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $69,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Courtney Lindsey most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 paid $20,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Joseph Fahnbulleh, Robert Gregory, Wayde van Niekerk, Kyree King, Benjamin Richardson and Ryan Zeze.
Doha Diamond League 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Joseph Fahnbulleh, Aaron Brown, Filippo Tortu, Kyree King, Shaun Maswanganyi and William Reais.
Prefontaine Classic 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 200 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alexander Ogando, Robert Gregory, Jereem Richards, Bryan Levell, Aaron Brown and Joseph Fahnbulleh.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Courtney Lindsey won?
$69,750, which ranks 218th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from sixteen paid finishes between 2023 and 2026.
What is Courtney Lindsey's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 1st in the Diamond+ 200 m at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat. 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 Courtney Lindsey 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 Courtney Lindsey won?
One of sixteen, worth $20,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $6,500.
How much did Courtney Lindsey win at the Ultimate Championship?
$40,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
What did Courtney Lindsey's World Relays teams win?
$30,000, across two paid finals at Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026. The relays pay a team rather than a runner, so the cheque goes to the federation and not to Courtney Lindsey or to any one of the four. A title pays $40,000 and the ladder reaches all eight teams in a final, down to $2,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Courtney Lindsey earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The Ultimate Championship and World Relays 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Courtney Lindsey is Magnus Kirt on $70,000, and one below Fedrick Dacres on $69,750. Courtney Lindsey is one of 352 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $16,292,792 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 Courtney Lindsey has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 400 m hurdles. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the men's 4 × 100 metres relay page. 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 200 metres and mixed 4 × 100 metres relay pages. World Relays prize money is the Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026 championships, $1,087,000 put up across 12 finals that pay a team and never a runner, and the relays are on the men's 4 × 100 metres relay and mixed 4 × 100 metres relay pages.