Fausto Desalu prize money
Fausto Desalu has been paid $11,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 806th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from nine paid finishes in the men's 200 m, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2024 | 200 m | 8th | $500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 | 200 m | 7th | $750 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2022 | 200 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2022 | 200 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2022 | 200 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2022 | 200 m | 8th | $500 |
| Bislett Games 2021 | 200 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Athletissima 2021 | 200 m | 7th | $750 |
| Meeting de Paris 2021 | 200 m | 7th | $750 |
| All nine | Men's 200 m | — | $11,000 |
The nine paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $11,000 is nine separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Athletics Relays
What Fausto Desalu ran on
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | 5th | 38.20 | $6,000 |
The World Relays have paid $6,000 for the one team Fausto Desalu ran on in Guangzhou 2025, and all of it went to Italy rather than to the four who ran. The $11,000 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 Filippo Tortu, and the Diamond League has paid them too. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2021 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | — | Bislett Games | $3,500 |
| 2022 | 4 | — | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $6,250 |
| 2023 | 1 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $750 |
| 2024 | 1 | — | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $500 |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $6,250 from four starts. Every season from 2021 to 2024 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $11,000.
Around Fausto Desalu on the money list
Ranks 786 to 826
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 786 | Xu Zhuoyi | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $12,000 |
| 787 | Elise Cranny | four disciplines | — | $11,750 |
| 788 | Ersu Şaşma | Men's pole vault | — | $11,750 |
| 789 | Marija Vuković | Women's high jump | — | $11,750 |
| 790 | Maureen Koster | three disciplines | — | $11,750 |
| 791 | Timur Morgunov | Men's pole vault | — | $11,750 |
| 792 | Tobia Bocchi | Men's triple jump | — | $11,750 |
| 793 | Erick Portillo | Men's high jump | — | $11,583 |
| 794 | Alastair Chalmers | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $11,500 |
| 795 | Chris Benard | Men's triple jump | — | $11,500 |
| 796 | Jessica Ramsey | Women's shot put | — | $11,500 |
| 797 | Melknat Wudu | two disciplines | — | $11,500 |
| 798 | Rose Mary Almanza | Women's 800 m | 1 | $11,500 |
| 799 | Adel Mechaal | four disciplines | — | $11,250 |
| 800 | Anita Horvat | two disciplines | — | $11,250 |
| 801 | Pål Haugen Lillefosse | Men's pole vault | — | $11,250 |
| 802 | Brittany Crew | Women's shot put | — | $11,000 |
| 803 | Djilali Bedrani | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $11,000 |
| 804 | Edinah Jebitok | four disciplines | — | $11,000 |
| 805 | Fatoumata Binta Diallo | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $11,000 |
| 806 | Fausto Desalu | Men's 200 m | — | $11,000 |
| 807 | Marione Fourie | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $11,000 |
| 808 | Ola Stunes Isene | Men's discus throw | — | $11,000 |
| 809 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $11,000 |
| 810 | Radek Juška | Men's long jump | — | $11,000 |
| 811 | Vanessa Kamga | Women's discus throw | — | $11,000 |
| 812 | Maja Åskag | two disciplines | — | $10,750 |
| 813 | Mohamed Tindouft | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $10,750 |
| 814 | Tianna Bartoletta | two disciplines | 1 | $10,750 |
| 815 | Andressa de Morais | Women's discus throw | — | $10,500 |
| 816 | Artur Felfner | Men's javelin throw | — | $10,500 |
| 817 | Edwin Kurgat | two disciplines | — | $10,500 |
| 818 | Genki Dean | Men's javelin throw | — | $10,500 |
| 819 | Mohammed Ahmed | three disciplines | — | $10,500 |
| 820 | Yuki Hashioka | Men's long jump | — | $10,500 |
| 821 | Malik James-King | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $10,250 |
| 822 | Marike Steinacker | Women's discus throw | — | $10,250 |
| 823 | Philip Milanov | Men's discus throw | — | $10,250 |
| 824 | Adaejah Hodge | two disciplines | — | $10,000 |
| 825 | Ana Peleteiro | Women's triple jump | — | $10,000 |
| 826 | Anna Kiełbasińska | two disciplines | — | $10,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Fausto Desalu is 806th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $11,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Fausto Desalu most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2022 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yancarlos Martínez, Jerome Blake, Isaac Makwala, William Reais, Mehdi Takordmioui and Kenny Bednarek.
Bislett Games 2021 paid $2,000 for 4th in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vernon Norwood, Mouhamadou Fall, Alex Wilson, Mathias Hove Johansen, Andre De Grasse and Aaron Brown.
Meeting de Paris 2022 paid $1,250 for 5th in the 200 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yancarlos Martínez, Benjamin Azamati, Luxolo Adams, Alexander Ogando, Mouhamadou Fall and Andre De Grasse.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Fausto Desalu won?
$11,000, which ranks 806th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from nine paid finishes between 2021 and 2024.
What is Fausto Desalu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,500, for finishing 3rd in the 200 m at the 2022 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 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Fausto Desalu 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 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.
What did Fausto Desalu's World Relays teams win?
$6,000, across one paid final in Guangzhou 2025. The relays pay a team rather than a runner, so the cheque goes to the federation and not to Fausto Desalu 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 Fausto Desalu earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The 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 Fausto Desalu is Fatoumata Binta Diallo on $11,000, and one below Marione Fourie on $11,000. Fausto Desalu is one of 69 Italy athletes athletics has paid, and Italy athletics prize money adds them up to $2,130,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Fausto Desalu 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 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial has its own page across every edition of it. 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 relay is on the men's 4 × 100 metres relay page.