Isaac Makwala prize money
Isaac Makwala has been paid $148,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 180th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 35 paid finishes in the men's 400 m and men's 200 m, 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
The 35 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $148,750 is 35 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 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 | 30 | 1 | 2014 to 2022 | $138,000 |
| Men's 200 m | 5 | - | 2017 to 2022 | $10,750 |
The men's 400 m has paid Isaac Makwala $138,000 of the $148,750, which is 93% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2014 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $17,000 |
| 2015 | 5 | - | Sainsburys Anniversary Games | $10,500 |
| 2016 | 7 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $22,500 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $63,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $10,000 |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 6 | - | Bislett Games | $13,250 |
| 2022 | 7 | - | Bislett Games | $12,500 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $63,000 from four 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 $148,750.
Around Isaac Makwala on the money list
Ranks 160 to 200
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 160 | Julian Weber | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $160,750 |
| 161 | Norah Jeruto | two disciplines | 6 | $160,750 |
| 162 | Tajay Gayle | Men's long jump | 4 | $160,250 |
| 163 | Sunette Viljoen | Women's javelin throw | 4 | $160,000 |
| 164 | Nickel Ashmeade | two disciplines | 6 | $159,500 |
| 165 | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Women's 100 m hurdles | 12 | $158,500 |
| 166 | Mike Rodgers | Men's 100 m | 1 | $157,000 |
| 167 | Brianna Rollins-McNeal | Women's 100 m hurdles | 6 | $155,000 |
| 168 | Abderrahman Samba | three disciplines | 7 | $154,500 |
| 169 | Jessica Schilder | Women's shot put | 5 | $153,250 |
| 170 | Silke Spiegelburg | Women's pole vault | 8 | $153,250 |
| 171 | Ruth Beitia | Women's high jump | 7 | $153,000 |
| 172 | Ruswahl Samaai | Men's long jump | 2 | $152,500 |
| 173 | Mary Moraa | three disciplines | 9 | $151,500 |
| 174 | Ryan Whiting | Men's shot put | 5 | $150,500 |
| 175 | Nadine Müller | Women's discus throw | 3 | $150,000 |
| 176 | Alexis Copello | Men's triple jump | 2 | $149,500 |
| 177 | Andreas Thorkildsen | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $149,500 |
| 178 | Cordell Tinch | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $149,500 |
| 179 | Anzhelika Sidorova | Women's pole vault | 4 | $149,250 |
| 180 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | 1 | $148,750 |
| 181 | Aries Merritt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $148,500 |
| 182 | Jamal Britt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $148,500 |
| 183 | Kara Winger | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $148,000 |
| 184 | Michael Tinsley | Men's 400 m hurdles | 8 | $148,000 |
| 185 | Ramil Guliyev | two disciplines | 5 | $147,500 |
| 186 | Robert Harting | Men's discus throw | 11 | $147,500 |
| 187 | Oblique Seville | Men's 100 m | 5 | $146,000 |
| 188 | Collen Kebinatshipi | Men's 400 m | 6 | $145,500 |
| 189 | Mykolas Alekna | Men's discus throw | 7 | $145,500 |
| 190 | Simon Ehammer | Men's long jump | 3 | $145,500 |
| 191 | Rushell Clayton | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $145,250 |
| 192 | Dani Stevens | Women's discus throw | 1 | $145,000 |
| 193 | Veronica Campbell Brown | two disciplines | 7 | $145,000 |
| 194 | Vernon Norwood | two disciplines | - | $143,250 |
| 195 | Mo Farah | three disciplines | 9 | $142,500 |
| 196 | Natoya Goule-Toppin | two disciplines | 1 | $142,500 |
| 197 | Sharika Nelvis | Women's 100 m hurdles | 4 | $142,500 |
| 198 | Churandy Martina | two disciplines | 2 | $142,000 |
| 199 | Madara Palameika | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $142,000 |
| 200 | Wycliffe Kinyamal | two disciplines | 6 | $140,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Isaac Makwala is 180th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $148,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Isaac Makwala most
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gil Roberts, Vernon Norwood, Pavel Maslák, Kevin Borlée, Liemarvin Bonevacia and Pieter Conradie.
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.
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Abdalelah Haroun, Fred Kerley, Christian Taylor, Michael Cherry, Vernon Norwood and Zhongze Guo.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Isaac Makwala won?
$148,750, which ranks 180th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 35 paid finishes between 2014 and 2022.
What is Isaac Makwala's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st 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 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 win 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Isaac Makwala won?
One of 35, worth $50,000 between them. Four of his appearances came at a final, which paid $56,000.
Is this everything Isaac Makwala 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 Isaac Makwala is Anzhelika Sidorova on $149,250, and one below Aries Merritt on $148,500. Isaac Makwala is one of 18 Botswana athletes athletics has paid, and Botswana athletics prize money adds them up to $1,657,250 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.