Donavan Brazier prize money
Donavan Brazier has been paid $83,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 373rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from nine paid finishes in the men's 800 m, two of them wins.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | 800 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| London Athletics Meet 2025 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2022 | 800 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 800 m | 1st | $50,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2019 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2017 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2017 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2017 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| All nine | Men's 800 m | - | $83,500 |
The nine paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $83,500 is nine 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.
Season by season
2017 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | - | Müller Anniversary Games | $14,000 |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | $64,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | $1,000 |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 1 | - | London Athletics Meet | $2,000 |
| 2026 | 1 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $2,500 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $64,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Donavan Brazier in 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $83,500.
Around Donavan Brazier on the money list
Ranks 353 to 393
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 353 | Levern Spencer | Women's high jump | 1 | $90,508 |
| 354 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $90,250 |
| 355 | Jeremy Wariner | Men's 400 m | 7 | $90,000 |
| 356 | Ameer Webb | two disciplines | 3 | $89,500 |
| 357 | Habitam Alemu | three disciplines | - | $89,500 |
| 358 | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa | two disciplines | 1 | $89,500 |
| 359 | Imane Merga | two disciplines | 4 | $88,500 |
| 360 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 361 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 362 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 363 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 364 | Meseret Defar | three disciplines | 5 | $86,000 |
| 365 | Phillips Idowu | Men's triple jump | 6 | $86,000 |
| 366 | Evan Jager | three disciplines | 1 | $85,500 |
| 367 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 368 | Philip Milanov | Men's discus throw | 3 | $85,250 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Donavan Brazier is 373rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $83,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Donavan Brazier most
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nijel Amos, Brandon McBride, Emmanuel Korir, Clayton Murphy, Amel Tuka and Ferguson Rotich.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nijel Amos, Brandon McBride, Ferguson Rotich, Clayton Murphy, Wycliffe Kinyamal and Adam Kszczot.
Müller Anniversary Games 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Asbel Kiprop, Erik Sowinski, Elliot Giles, Adam Kszczot, Jake Wightman and Kyle Langford.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Donavan Brazier won?
$83,500, which ranks 373rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from nine paid finishes between 2017 and 2026.
What is Donavan Brazier's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the 800 m at the 2019 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 Donavan Brazier 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 800 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 Donavan Brazier won?
Two of nine, worth $60,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $50,000.
Is this everything Donavan Brazier 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 Donavan Brazier is Payton Otterdahl on $83,750, and one below Georganne Moline on $83,500. Donavan Brazier 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 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Donavan Brazier has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has its own page across every edition of it.