Fred Kerley prize money
Fred Kerley has been paid $280,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 58th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 33 paid finishes in the men's 100 m, men's 400 m and men's 200 m, eleven 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
The 33 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $280,250 is 33 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The Olympic Games
What Fred Kerley won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 metres | Bronze | - |
The bronze in the men's 100 metres paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Fred Kerley
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 m | 15 | 5 | 2021 to 2024 | $113,750 |
| Men's 400 m | 8 | 4 | 2018 to 2021 | $110,500 |
| Men's 200 m | 10 | 2 | 2017 to 2024 | $56,000 |
The men's 100 m has paid Fred Kerley $113,750 of the $280,250, which is 41% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2017 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | - | Müller Anniversary Games | $9,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | Weltklasse Zürich | $73,000 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $34,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 9 | 3 | Weltklasse Zürich | $74,750 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $22,000 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3 | Doha Diamond League | $39,500 |
| 2024 | 7 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $28,000 |
season running total
2021 is the biggest of them, $74,750 from nine starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Fred Kerley in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $280,250.
Around Fred Kerley on the money list
Ranks 38 to 78
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 39 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | 18 | $312,500 |
| 40 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 17 | $310,250 |
| 41 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 15 | $310,000 |
| 42 | Gong Lijiao | Women's shot put | 13 | $309,000 |
| 43 | Yaime Pérez | Women's discus throw | 8 | $307,500 |
| 44 | Conseslus Kipruto | two disciplines | 15 | $305,500 |
| 45 | Caster Semenya | three disciplines | 20 | $304,000 |
| 46 | Asbel Kiprop | four disciplines | 19 | $302,500 |
| 47 | Hellen Obiri | five disciplines | 13 | $301,000 |
| 48 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 12 | $300,500 |
| 49 | Kaliese Carter | two disciplines | 21 | $297,500 |
| 50 | Beatrice Chepkoech | three disciplines | 11 | $297,000 |
| 51 | Salwa Eid Naser | two disciplines | 13 | $296,500 |
| 52 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $292,875 |
| 53 | Orlando Ortega | Men's 110 m hurdles | 11 | $287,500 |
| 54 | Kenny Bednarek | two disciplines | 13 | $286,500 |
| 55 | Allyson Felix | three disciplines | 19 | $283,250 |
| 56 | Jakub Vadlejch | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $281,750 |
| 57 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $281,250 |
| 58 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 11 | $280,250 |
| 59 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 16 | $272,000 |
| 60 | Dafne Schippers | two disciplines | 11 | $271,000 |
| 61 | Dalilah Muhammad | Women's 400 m hurdles | 10 | $270,500 |
| 62 | Sergey Shubenkov | Men's 110 m hurdles | 7 | $268,000 |
| 63 | Laura Muir | five disciplines | 11 | $266,750 |
| 64 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 13 | $266,000 |
| 65 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $263,500 |
| 66 | Christian Coleman | two disciplines | 10 | $263,000 |
| 67 | Olga Rypakova | Women's triple jump | 9 | $262,000 |
| 68 | Kristjan Čeh | Men's discus throw | 12 | $261,500 |
| 69 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $257,500 |
| 70 | Murielle Ahouré-Demps | two disciplines | 10 | $252,750 |
| 71 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $252,250 |
| 72 | David Oliver | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14 | $247,000 |
| 73 | Kendra Harrison | Women's 100 m hurdles | 14 | $246,750 |
| 74 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $244,917 |
| 75 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 10 | $244,750 |
| 76 | Javier Culson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 13 | $243,500 |
| 77 | Francine Niyonsaba | three disciplines | 14 | $238,000 |
| 78 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | two disciplines | 10 | $235,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Fred Kerley is 58th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $280,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Fred Kerley most
Weltklasse Zürich 2018 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nathan Strother, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Paul Dedewo, Baboloki Thebe, Luguelín Santos and Pieter Conradie.
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andre De Grasse, Ronnie Baker, Trayvon Bromell, Akani Simbine, Rohan Browning and Mike Rodgers.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Akeem Bloomfield, Obi Igbokwe, Kahmari Montgomery, Michael Cherry, Jonathan Sacoor and Nathon Allen.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Fred Kerley won?
$280,250, which ranks 58th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 33 paid finishes between 2017 and 2024.
What is Fred Kerley's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m at the 2018 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 Fred Kerley 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 100 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 Fred Kerley won?
Eleven of 33, worth $170,000 between them. Six of his appearances came at a final, which paid $116,500.
Is this everything Fred Kerley 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 Fred Kerley is Shanieka Ricketts on $281,250, and one below Zuzana Hejnová on $272,000. Fred Kerley 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 100 m prize money, men's 400 m prize money and men's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Fred Kerley has been paid in three of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 110 m hurdles. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it.