Donavan Brazier prize money
Donavan Brazier has been paid $69,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 221st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from six 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 |
| All six | Men's 800 m | — | $69,500 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $69,500 is six 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.
Season by season
2019 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $69,500.
Around Donavan Brazier on the money list
Ranks 201 to 241
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 239 | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | Women's shot put | — | $65,000 |
| 240 | Elina Tzengko | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $65,000 |
| 241 | Sondre Guttormsen | Men's pole vault | — | $64,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Donavan Brazier is 221st of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $69,500.
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, Wyclife Kinyamal and Adam Kszczot.
Doha Diamond League 2019 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Abubaker Haydar Abdalla, Jonathan Kitilit, Cornelius Tuwei, Adam Kszczot, Wyclife Kinyamal and Álvaro de Arriba.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Donavan Brazier won?
$69,500, which ranks 221st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2019 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 six, 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 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 Donavan Brazier is Mackenzie Little on $69,750, and one below Reynold Cheruiyot on $69,500. Donavan Brazier 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 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.