Curtis Thompson prize money
Curtis Thompson has been paid $30,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 890th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from twelve paid finishes in the men's javelin throw, the best of them 3rd.
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 2026 | Javelin throw | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2026 | Javelin throw | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | Javelin throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| Athletissima 2026 | Javelin throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | Javelin throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | Javelin throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| Doha Diamond League 2024 | Javelin throw | 10th | - |
| Prefontaine Classic 2023 | Javelin throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| Herculis EBS 2023 | Javelin throw | 5th | $1,250 |
| Doha Diamond League 2023 | Javelin throw | 8th | $500 |
| Athletissima 2023 | Javelin throw | 9th | - |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2022 | Javelin throw | 4th | $4,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 | Javelin throw | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Athletissima 2022 | Javelin throw | 3rd | $3,500 |
| All fourteen | Men's javelin throw | - | $30,250 |
The twelve paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $30,250 is twelve separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the fourteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Curtis Thompson did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's javelin throw | 3rd | 86.67 m | $22,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Curtis Thompson $22,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $30,250 from fourteen Diamond League starts between 2022 and 2026. Nine days there paid him more than any whole Diamond League season has. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Curtis Thompson did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's javelin throw | 8th | 75.80 m | - |
Curtis Thompson 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. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
Season by season
2022 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $11,000 |
| 2023 | 4 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $4,250 |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | - |
| 2025 | - | - | - | - |
| 2026 | 6 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $15,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $15,000 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Curtis Thompson in 2024 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $30,250.
Around Curtis Thompson on the money list
Ranks 870 to 910
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 870 | Robeilys Peinado | Women's pole vault | - | $31,750 |
| 871 | Vincent Kibet | two disciplines | - | $31,750 |
| 872 | Chris Carter | Men's triple jump | 1 | $31,500 |
| 873 | David Girat | Men's triple jump | 1 | $31,500 |
| 874 | Dong Bin | Men's triple jump | - | $31,500 |
| 875 | Benn Harradine | Men's discus throw | - | $31,000 |
| 876 | Biniam Mehary | two disciplines | - | $31,000 |
| 877 | Cory Martin | Men's shot put | - | $31,000 |
| 878 | Galen Rupp | two disciplines | - | $31,000 |
| 879 | Jack Green | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $31,000 |
| 880 | Jo-Ané du Plessis | Women's javelin throw | - | $31,000 |
| 881 | Lacy Janson | Women's pole vault | - | $31,000 |
| 882 | Naide Gomes | Women's long jump | - | $31,000 |
| 883 | Nathan Strother | Men's 400 m | - | $31,000 |
| 884 | Tonea Marshall | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $30,750 |
| 885 | Wang Yu | Men's high jump | 1 | $30,750 |
| 886 | Anaïs Bourgoin | two disciplines | - | $30,500 |
| 887 | Graham Blanks | two disciplines | - | $30,500 |
| 888 | Ibtissam Lakhouad | Women's 1500 m | - | $30,500 |
| 889 | Tia Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $30,500 |
| 890 | Curtis Thompson | Men's javelin throw | - | $30,250 |
| 891 | Wilhem Belocian | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $30,250 |
| 892 | Albert Rop | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 893 | Dawid Wegner | Men's javelin throw | - | $30,000 |
| 894 | Kyra Jefferson | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 895 | Maia McCoy | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 896 | Mario Forsythe | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 897 | Steffin McCarter | Men's long jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 898 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $30,000 |
| 899 | Wang Jianan | Men's long jump | - | $30,000 |
| 900 | Brandon Hicklin | two disciplines | - | $29,750 |
| 901 | Fiordaliza Cofil | Women's 400 m | 1 | $29,750 |
| 902 | Isaac Nader | two disciplines | 1 | $29,750 |
| 903 | Justyna Kasprzycka | Women's high jump | - | $29,750 |
| 904 | Tamari Davis | two disciplines | - | $29,750 |
| 905 | Crystal Emmanuel | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 906 | David Verburg | Men's 400 m | - | $29,500 |
| 907 | Henry Frayne | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 908 | Julia Harting | Women's discus throw | - | $29,500 |
| 909 | Keila Costa | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 910 | Linet Chepkwemoi Masai | Women's 5000 m | - | $29,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Curtis Thompson is 890th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $30,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Curtis Thompson most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the javelin throw, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Keshorn Walcott, Thomas Röhler, Dawid Wegner, Julius Yego, Sachin Yadav and Jakub Vadlejch.
Doha Diamond League 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the javelin throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Neeraj Chopra, Artur Felfner, Julius Yego, Keshorn Walcott, Jakub Vadlejch and Ahmed Mohamed Hussein.
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $4,000 for 4th in the javelin throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Patriks Gailums, Leandro Ramos, Neeraj Chopra, Jakub Vadlejch and Julian Weber.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Curtis Thompson won?
$30,250, which ranks 890th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from twelve paid finishes between 2022 and 2026.
What is Curtis Thompson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the javelin throw at the 2026 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 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Curtis Thompson 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 javelin throw 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.
Has Curtis Thompson ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
How much did Curtis Thompson win at the 2025 World Championships?
$22,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Curtis Thompson earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World 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 Curtis Thompson is Tia Jones on $30,500, and one below Wilhem Belocian on $30,250. Curtis Thompson 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 javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Curtis Thompson 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 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 javelin throw page. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the men's javelin throw page.