Gabby Thomas prize money
Gabby Thomas has been paid $81,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 384th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 17 paid finishes in the women's 200 m and women's 100 m, three 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | 200 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2026 | 200 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2024 | 200 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2023 | 200 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 | 100 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2023 | 200 m | 7th | $750 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2022 | 200 m | 2nd | $12,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2022 | 200 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Birmingham Diamond League 2022 | 100 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 | 200 m | 7th | $750 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2021 | 200 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Oslo Bislett Games 2019 | 200 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Herculis 2019 | 200 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2018 | 200 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 | 200 m | 6th | $4,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2018 | 200 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 | 200 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| All 17 | two disciplines | - | $81,250 |
The 17 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $81,250 is 17 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.
The Ultimate Championship
What Gabby Thomas did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 200 metres | 2nd | 21.77 | $75,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Gabby Thomas $75,000 for one finish over three days, against $81,250 from 17 Diamond League starts between 2018 and 2026. Three days there paid her more than any whole Diamond League season has. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The Olympic Games
What Gabby Thomas won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's 200 metres | Gold | $50,000 |
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay | Gold | - |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | Gold | - |
Gabby Thomas was paid $50,000 for the women's 200 metres in Paris, the first Games at which an athletics title carried prize money at all. Every one of the 48 golds paid the same $50,000. The women's 4 × 100 metres relay and women's 4 × 400 metres relay gold was worth $100,000 and was paid to the federation as a single cheque, with nothing published about how it was split between the runners. It is not hers and is not added to the $81,250 at the top of this page. 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 Gabby Thomas
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 200 m | 15 | 3 | 2018 to 2026 | $79,000 |
| Women's 100 m | 2 | - | 2022 to 2023 | $2,250 |
The women's 200 m has paid Gabby Thomas $79,000 of the $81,250, which is 97% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2018 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | - | Müller Anniversary Games | $15,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | - | Oslo Bislett Games | $4,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $6,000 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $24,000 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | Meeting de Paris | $11,750 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | London Athletics Meet | $10,000 |
| 2025 | - | - | - | - |
| 2026 | 2 | - | London Athletics Meet | $10,000 |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $24,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Gabby Thomas in 2020 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $81,250.
Around Gabby Thomas on the money list
Ranks 364 to 404
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 394 | Daniel Roberts | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $79,750 |
| 395 | Lolo Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $79,500 |
| 396 | Virgilijus Alekna | Men's discus throw | 2 | $79,500 |
| 397 | Benjamin Compaoré | Men's triple jump | 3 | $79,000 |
| 398 | Jehue Gordon | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $79,000 |
| 399 | Shawn Barber | Men's pole vault | - | $79,000 |
| 400 | Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | 1 | $78,875 |
| 401 | Devynne Charlton | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $78,750 |
| 402 | Raphael Holzdeppe | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,500 |
| 403 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Men's 100 m | 2 | $78,250 |
| 404 | Sada Williams | Women's 400 m | - | $78,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Gabby Thomas is 384th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $81,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Gabby Thomas most
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tamara Clark, Jenna Prandini, Mujinga Kambundji, Tynia Gaither, Ida Karstoft and Beth Dobbin.
London Athletics Meet 2024 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Julien Alfred, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita, Rhasidat Adeleke, Tamara Clark and Jenna Prandini.
Meeting de Paris 2023 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Abby Steiner, Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith, Dina Asher-Smith, Kayla White, Jenna Prandini and Tamara Clark.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Gabby Thomas won?
$81,250, which ranks 384th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 17 paid finishes between 2018 and 2026.
What is Gabby Thomas's biggest Diamond League payday?
$12,000, for finishing 2nd in the 200 m at the 2022 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 Gabby Thomas gets paid?
Entirely by where she 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 women'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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Gabby Thomas won?
Three of 17, worth $30,000 between them. Two of her appearances came at a final, which paid $16,000.
How much did Gabby Thomas win at the Ultimate Championship?
$75,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
Is this everything Gabby Thomas earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The Ultimate Championship and Olympic 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 her, 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 Gabby Thomas is Thea LaFond on $81,500, and one below Caleb Ndiku on $81,000. Gabby Thomas 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 women's 200 m prize money and women's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Gabby Thomas has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m hurdles, women's 400 m and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and London Athletics Meet has its own page across every edition of it. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the women's 200 metres page.