Isaac Makwala prize money
Isaac Makwala has been paid $29,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 468th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from fourteen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2022 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2022 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Birmingham Diamond League 2022 | 400 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2022 | 200 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 | 400 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2022 | 400 m | 7th | $750 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2022 | 400 m | 8th | $500 |
| Bislett Games 2021 | 200 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Allianz Memorial Van Damme 2021 | 400 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | 200 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2021 | 200 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Bauhausgalan 2021 | 400 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2018 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| All fourteen | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
The fourteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $29,750 is fourteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.06% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Isaac Makwala
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 m | 10 | — | 2018 to 2022 | $22,000 |
| Men's 200 m | 4 | — | 2021 to 2022 | $7,750 |
The men's 400 m has paid Isaac Makwala $22,000 of the $29,750, which is 74% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2018 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $4,000 |
| 2019 | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 6 | — | Bislett Games | $13,250 |
| 2022 | 7 | — | Bislett Games | $12,500 |
season running total
2021 is the biggest of them, $13,250 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Isaac Makwala in 2019 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $29,750.
Around Isaac Makwala on the money list
Ranks 448 to 488
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 448 | Marcin Lewandowski | three disciplines | 1 | $31,000 |
| 449 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | — | $30,750 |
| 450 | Tonea Marshall | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $30,750 |
| 451 | Anaïs Bourgoin | two disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 452 | Graham Blanks | two disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 453 | Samuel Tefera | four disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 454 | Tia Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $30,500 |
| 455 | Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | — | $30,458 |
| 456 | Curtis Thompson | Men's javelin throw | — | $30,250 |
| 457 | Akeem Bloomfield | Men's 400 m | 2 | $30,000 |
| 458 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | — | $30,000 |
| 459 | Dawid Wegner | Men's javelin throw | — | $30,000 |
| 460 | Maia McCoy | two disciplines | — | $30,000 |
| 461 | Omar Craddock | Men's triple jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 462 | Steffin McCarter | Men's long jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 463 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $30,000 |
| 464 | Brandon Hicklin | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 465 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 466 | Fiordaliza Cofil | Women's 400 m | 1 | $29,750 |
| 467 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 468 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 469 | Isaac Nader | two disciplines | 1 | $29,750 |
| 470 | Kamila Lićwinko | Women's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 471 | Tamari Davis | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 472 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $29,500 |
| 473 | Nelly Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 1 | $29,500 |
| 474 | Tamara Clark | two disciplines | — | $29,500 |
| 475 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 1 | $29,500 |
| 476 | Cambrea Sturgis | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 477 | Daniel Arce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $29,250 |
| 478 | Nafissatou Thiam | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 479 | Cierra Jackson | Women's discus throw | 1 | $29,000 |
| 480 | Lorraine Ugen | Women's long jump | 1 | $29,000 |
| 481 | Ruben Querinjean | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $29,000 |
| 482 | Axumawit Embaye | four disciplines | — | $28,750 |
| 483 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $28,750 |
| 484 | Zoe Hobbs | Women's 100 m | — | $28,750 |
| 485 | Aliona Dubitskaya | Women's shot put | — | $28,500 |
| 486 | Nico Young | two disciplines | 1 | $28,500 |
| 487 | Orlando Bennett | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $28,500 |
| 488 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $28,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Isaac Makwala is 468th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $29,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Isaac Makwala most
Bislett Games 2022 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Christopher Taylor, Zakithi Nene, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Benjamin Lobo Vedel, Luguelín Santos and Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen.
Doha Diamond League 2018 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gil Roberts, Baboloki Thebe, Mohamed Nasir Abbas, Vernon Norwood, Pieter Conradie and Steven Gardiner.
Bislett Games 2021 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Fausto Desalu, Vernon Norwood, Mouhamadou Fall, Alex Wilson, Mathias Hove Johansen and Andre De Grasse.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Isaac Makwala won?
$29,750, which ranks 468th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from fourteen paid finishes between 2018 and 2022.
What is Isaac Makwala's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m at the 2022 Bislett Games. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Isaac Makwala 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 Isaac Makwala 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 Isaac Makwala is Gina Lückenkemper on $29,750, and one below Isaac Nader on $29,750. Isaac Makwala is one of 15 Botswana athletes athletics has paid, and Botswana athletics prize money adds them up to $1,108,250 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 Isaac Makwala 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 Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.