Grant Fisher prize money
Grant Fisher has been paid $59,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 521st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eleven paid finishes in the men's 3000 m, men's 5000 m and men's 2 miles, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Bislett Games 2026 | 5000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | 3000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Athletissima 2026 | 5000 m | 11th | - |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 5000 m | 9th | - |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 3000 m | 2nd | $12,000 |
| Athletissima 2025 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | Mile | 9th | - |
| London Athletics Meet 2024 | 3000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2024 | 3000 m | 15th | - |
| Prefontaine Classic 2023 | 3000 m | 3rd | $7,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2023 | 5000 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 | 5000 m | 11th | - |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2022 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis 2022 | 3000 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2021 | 2 miles | 6th | $1,000 |
| Athletissima 2021 | 3000 m | 10th | - |
| All 17 | four disciplines | - | $59,000 |
The eleven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $59,000 is eleven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Six of the 17 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Grant Fisher did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 metres | 8th | 13:00.79 | $5,000 |
| Men's 10,000 metres | 8th | 28:57.85 | $5,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Grant Fisher $10,000 for two finishes in Tokyo, against $59,000 from 17 Diamond League starts between 2021 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Grant Fisher did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 metres | 6th | 13:00.34 | - |
Grant Fisher stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where he finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The Olympic Games
What Grant Fisher won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 metres | Bronze | - |
| Men's 10,000 metres | Bronze | - |
The bronze in the men's 5000 metres and the bronze in the men's 10,000 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 Grant Fisher
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 m | 7 | - | 2021 to 2026 | $30,000 |
| Men's 5000 m | 8 | 1 | 2022 to 2026 | $28,000 |
| Men's 2 miles | 1 | - | 2021 | $1,000 |
| Men's mile | 1 | - | 2025 | $0 |
The men's 3000 m has paid Grant Fisher $30,000 of the $59,000, which is 51% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2021 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $9,500 |
| 2023 | 3 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $10,500 |
| 2024 | 2 | - | London Athletics Meet | $6,000 |
| 2025 | 3 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $18,000 |
| 2026 | 5 | 1 | Meeting de Paris | $14,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $18,000 from three starts. Every season from 2021 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $59,000.
Around Grant Fisher on the money list
Ranks 501 to 541
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | Bethwell Birgen | four disciplines | - | $61,250 |
| 502 | Kishane Thompson | Men's 100 m | 2 | $61,250 |
| 503 | Alysia Montaño | Women's 800 m | 2 | $61,000 |
| 504 | Jeff Henderson | Men's long jump | 2 | $61,000 |
| 505 | Priscilla Schliep | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $61,000 |
| 506 | Abdalaati Iguider | four disciplines | - | $60,500 |
| 507 | Éloyse Lesueur-Aymonin | Women's long jump | 1 | $60,500 |
| 508 | Cornel Fredericks | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $60,000 |
| 509 | Letesenbet Gidey | two disciplines | - | $60,000 |
| 510 | Muzala Samukonga | Men's 400 m | 1 | $60,000 |
| 511 | Prudence Sekgodiso | Women's 800 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| 512 | Raevyn Rogers | Women's 800 m | - | $59,750 |
| 513 | Aretha D. Thurmond | Women's discus throw | - | $59,500 |
| 514 | Nickisha Pryce | Women's 400 m | 2 | $59,500 |
| 515 | Nikola Ogrodníková | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $59,250 |
| 516 | Rasheed Broadbell | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $59,250 |
| 517 | Agnes Tirop | two disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 518 | Azeddine Habz | four disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 519 | Ben Youssef Meïté | Men's 100 m | 1 | $59,000 |
| 520 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | three disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 521 | Grant Fisher | four disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 522 | Kimberley Mickle | Women's javelin throw | - | $59,000 |
| 523 | Mitchell Watt | Men's long jump | 5 | $59,000 |
| 524 | Kate Grace | three disciplines | 2 | $58,750 |
| 525 | Jason Joseph | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $58,500 |
| 526 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | three disciplines | 4 | $58,500 |
| 527 | Phyllis Francis | two disciplines | - | $58,500 |
| 528 | Svetlana Feofanova | Women's pole vault | 2 | $58,500 |
| 529 | Nicole Büchler | Women's pole vault | 1 | $58,083 |
| 530 | Addison Wiley | three disciplines | 1 | $58,000 |
| 531 | Jonathan Borlée | two disciplines | 1 | $58,000 |
| 532 | Vincent Kiprop Chepkok | two disciplines | 2 | $58,000 |
| 533 | Wallace Spearmon | two disciplines | 2 | $58,000 |
| 534 | Ashley Spencer | two disciplines | 2 | $57,500 |
| 535 | Christina Clemons | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $57,500 |
| 536 | Taoufik Makhloufi | three disciplines | 1 | $57,500 |
| 537 | Amos Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $57,250 |
| 538 | Aman Wote | two disciplines | 1 | $57,000 |
| 539 | Dejen Gebremeskel | Men's 5000 m | 3 | $57,000 |
| 540 | Malika Akkaoui | two disciplines | - | $57,000 |
| 541 | Saly Sarr | Women's triple jump | 2 | $57,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Grant Fisher is 521st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $59,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Grant Fisher most
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andreas Almgren, Mohamed Abdilaahi, Biniam Mehary, Graham Blanks, George Mills and Samuel Tefera.
Meeting de Paris 2026 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of 19 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jacob Krop, Andreas Almgren, Egide Ntakarutimana, Birhanu Balew, Graham Blanks and Jimmy Gressier.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Telahun Haile Bekele, Selemon Barega, Berihu Aregawi, Luis Grijalva, Stewart McSweyn and Brian Fay.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Grant Fisher won?
$59,000, which ranks 521st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eleven paid finishes between 2021 and 2026.
What is Grant Fisher's biggest Diamond League payday?
$12,000, for finishing 2nd in the 3000 m at the 2025 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 Grant Fisher 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 3000 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 Grant Fisher won?
One of 17, worth $10,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $19,000.
Has Grant Fisher ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Six times. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
How much did Grant Fisher win at the 2025 World Championships?
$10,000, from two paid finals in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Grant Fisher earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Grant Fisher is Gesa Felicitas Krause on $59,000, and one below Kimberley Mickle on $59,000. Grant Fisher 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 3000 m prize money, men's 5000 m prize money, men's 2 miles prize money and men's mile prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Grant Fisher has been paid in four 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 Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full finals are on the men's 5000 metres and men's 10,000 metres pages. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the men's 5000 metres page.