Fred Kerley prize money
Fred Kerley has been paid $198,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 39th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 27 paid finishes in the men's 100 m, men's 200 m and men's 400 m, eight 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 27 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $198,250 is 27 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.4% of the $53,753,250 the 104 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 200 m | 8 | 2 | 2021 to 2024 | $47,000 |
| Men's 400 m | 4 | 1 | 2019 to 2021 | $37,500 |
The men's 100 m has paid Fred Kerley $113,750 of the $198,250, which is 57% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2019 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 $198,250.
Around Fred Kerley on the money list
Ranks 19 to 59
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 11 | $262,000 |
| 20 | Kristjan Čeh | Men's discus throw | 12 | $261,500 |
| 21 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $261,500 |
| 22 | Timothy Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 10 | $260,500 |
| 23 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $245,750 |
| 24 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $245,125 |
| 25 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $238,250 |
| 26 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $231,167 |
| 27 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 11 | $223,500 |
| 28 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 12 | $222,500 |
| 29 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 30 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $213,750 |
| 31 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 32 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 12 | $212,000 |
| 33 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 34 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 9 | $210,500 |
| 35 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 10 | $210,000 |
| 36 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 8 | $207,750 |
| 37 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | two disciplines | 5 | $202,000 |
| 38 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 39 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 8 | $198,250 |
| 40 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 41 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 42 | Sifan Hassan | five disciplines | 8 | $196,750 |
| 43 | Tom Walsh | Men's shot put | 6 | $195,000 |
| 44 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $193,000 |
| 45 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 46 | Salwa Eid Naser | two disciplines | 9 | $190,500 |
| 47 | Christian Coleman | two disciplines | 7 | $190,000 |
| 48 | Beatrice Chepkoech | three disciplines | 9 | $188,500 |
| 49 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $187,250 |
| 50 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
| 51 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 6 | $183,000 |
| 52 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 53 | Andre De Grasse | two disciplines | 6 | $178,000 |
| 54 | Yaime Pérez | Women's discus throw | 5 | $178,000 |
| 55 | Larissa Iapichino | Women's long jump | 6 | $177,500 |
| 56 | Emmanouil Karalis | Men's pole vault | 3 | $170,875 |
| 57 | Keely Hodgkinson | two disciplines | 9 | $170,500 |
| 58 | Sarah Mitton | Women's shot put | 3 | $170,250 |
| 59 | Danielle Williams | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $169,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Fred Kerley is 39th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $198,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Fred Kerley most
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.
Doha Diamond League 2023 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kenny Bednarek, Aaron Brown, Kyree King, Joseph Fahnbulleh, Andre De Grasse and Alexander Ogando.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Fred Kerley won?
$198,250, which ranks 39th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 27 paid finishes between 2019 and 2024.
What is Fred Kerley's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the 100 m at the 2021 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?
Eight of 27, worth $100,000 between them. Five of his appearances came at a final, which paid $66,500.
Is this everything Fred Kerley 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 Fred Kerley is Haruka Kitaguchi on $199,500, and one below Faith Cherotich on $198,000. Fred Kerley 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 100 m prize money, men's 200 m prize money and men's 400 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 400 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.