Gil Roberts prize money
Gil Roberts has been paid $41,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 719th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the men's 400 m and men's 200 m, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2018 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2018 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2017 | 400 m | 2nd | $20,000 |
| Herculis 2017 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2015 | 200 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Herculis 2014 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2014 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All seven | two disciplines | - | $41,500 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $41,500 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Gil Roberts
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 m | 6 | - | 2014 to 2018 | $40,500 |
| Men's 200 m | 1 | - | 2015 | $1,000 |
The men's 400 m has paid Gil Roberts $40,500 of the $41,500, which is 98% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2014 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | - | Herculis | $12,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,000 |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | 2 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $23,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $5,500 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $23,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Gil Roberts in 2016, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $41,500.
Around Gil Roberts on the money list
Ranks 699 to 739
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 699 | Kipyegon Bett | two disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
| 700 | LaShauntea Moore | two disciplines | 2 | $43,000 |
| 701 | Shericka Williams | Women's 400 m | 1 | $43,000 |
| 702 | KC Lightfoot | Men's pole vault | 1 | $42,875 |
| 703 | Christian Olsson | Men's triple jump | 1 | $42,500 |
| 704 | Justin Gaymon | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $42,500 |
| 705 | Kenia Sinclair | two disciplines | 3 | $42,500 |
| 706 | Michał Haratyk | Men's shot put | - | $42,500 |
| 707 | Samuel Tefera | four disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 708 | Simone Facey | two disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 709 | Tshepiso Masalela | Men's 800 m | 2 | $42,500 |
| 710 | Rhasidat Adeleke | two disciplines | 1 | $42,250 |
| 711 | Svetlana Shkolina | Women's high jump | 5 | $42,250 |
| 712 | Alina Talay | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $42,000 |
| 713 | Erik Cadée | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 714 | Frederik Ruppert | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $42,000 |
| 715 | Lawrence Okoye | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 716 | Mahiedine Mekhissi | two disciplines | 1 | $42,000 |
| 717 | Mary Saxer | Women's pole vault | - | $41,583 |
| 718 | Abel Kiprop Mutai | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $41,500 |
| 719 | Gil Roberts | two disciplines | - | $41,500 |
| 720 | Martyn Rooney | Men's 400 m | - | $41,500 |
| 721 | Ryan Bailey | two disciplines | 1 | $41,500 |
| 722 | Stephanie Brown-Trafton | Women's discus throw | 1 | $41,500 |
| 723 | Brooke Buschkuehl | Women's long jump | - | $41,250 |
| 724 | Lisa Ryzih | Women's pole vault | - | $41,250 |
| 725 | Andrey Silnov | Men's high jump | 1 | $41,000 |
| 726 | Christopher Bailey | Men's 400 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 727 | Jordan Geist | Men's shot put | 1 | $41,000 |
| 728 | Mark English | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 729 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 730 | Yuliya Leantsiuk | Women's shot put | - | $41,000 |
| 731 | Zinaida Sendriutė | Women's discus throw | - | $41,000 |
| 732 | Jarrion Lawson | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,750 |
| 733 | Pia Skrzyszowska | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $40,750 |
| 734 | Quanera Hayes | Women's 400 m | 1 | $40,750 |
| 735 | Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $40,750 |
| 736 | Leonard Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $40,500 |
| 737 | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,500 |
| 738 | Almir dos Santos | Men's triple jump | - | $40,250 |
| 739 | Akeem Bloomfield | Men's 400 m | 3 | $40,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Gil Roberts is 719th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $41,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Gil Roberts most
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vernon Norwood, Pavel Maslák, Kevin Borlée, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Pieter Conradie and Isaac Makwala.
Herculis 2014 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Isaac Makwala, Tony McQuay, Luguelín Santos, Conrad Williams, Kevin Borlée and Mame-Ibra Anne.
Weltklasse Zürich 2014 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Isaac Makwala, Martyn Rooney, Christopher Brown, Wayde van Niekerk, Luguelín Santos and Youssef Ahmed Masrahi.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Gil Roberts won?
$41,500, which ranks 719th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2014 and 2018.
What is Gil Roberts's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m at the 2017 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 Gil Roberts 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 400 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.
Is this everything Gil Roberts 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 Gil Roberts is Abel Kiprop Mutai on $41,500, and one below Martyn Rooney on $41,500. Gil Roberts 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 400 m prize money and men's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Gil Roberts has been paid in two 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 Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.