Jacory Patterson prize money
Jacory Patterson has been paid $103,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 134th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from eleven paid finishes in the men's 400 m, four 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | 400 m | 1st | $20,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 400 m | 3rd | $7,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2026 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2026 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 400 m | 1st | $30,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| All eleven | Men's 400 m | — | $103,000 |
The eleven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $103,000 is eleven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Jacory Patterson did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 metres | 7th | 44.70 | $6,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Jacory Patterson $6,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $103,000 from eleven Diamond League starts between 2025 and 2026. He ran on the United States team that finished 2nd in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay, $40,000 to the federation rather than to any one of the four. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Jacory Patterson did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 metres | 6th | 44.59 | — |
Jacory Patterson 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. He ran on the United States quartet that won the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, $80,000 to the team rather than to any one of the four. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Indoor Championships
What Jacory Patterson did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 metres | 3rd | 45.54 | $10,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Jacory Patterson $10,000 for one finish in Nanjing 2025, against $103,000 from eleven Diamond League starts between 2025 and 2026. He ran on the United States team that won the men's 4 × 400 metres relay in Nanjing 2025, $40,000 to the team rather than to any one of the four. A winning quartet indoors takes $40,000, exactly what a winning individual takes, which is true of no other championship in the sport. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | Weltklasse Zürich | $54,000 |
| 2026 | 7 | 1 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $49,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $54,000 from four starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $103,000.
Around Jacory Patterson on the money list
Ranks 114 to 154
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | Sha'Carri Richardson | two disciplines | 5 | $116,250 |
| 115 | Rumesh Tharanga | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $116,000 |
| 116 | Vernon Norwood | two disciplines | — | $115,750 |
| 117 | Tina Šutej | Women's pole vault | 1 | $115,500 |
| 118 | Anna Cockrell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 4 | $113,500 |
| 119 | Wyclife Kinyamal | two disciplines | 4 | $112,750 |
| 120 | Emmanuel Korir | two disciplines | 3 | $111,500 |
| 121 | Andriy Protsenko | Men's high jump | 2 | $111,000 |
| 122 | Dalilah Muhammad | Women's 400 m hurdles | 6 | $110,500 |
| 123 | Angelica Moser | Women's pole vault | 2 | $108,875 |
| 124 | Ackera Nugent | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $108,000 |
| 125 | Ajeé Wilson | Women's 800 m | 4 | $106,750 |
| 126 | Monae' Nichols | Women's long jump | 2 | $106,500 |
| 127 | Natoya Goule | Women's 800 m | 1 | $106,500 |
| 128 | Hansle Parchment | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $106,000 |
| 129 | Cameron Myers | three disciplines | 2 | $105,500 |
| 130 | Christian Taylor | Men's triple jump | 4 | $105,250 |
| 131 | Brittany Brown | two disciplines | 5 | $104,750 |
| 132 | Anavia Battle | two disciplines | 4 | $104,000 |
| 133 | Woo Sang-hyeok | Men's high jump | 4 | $103,750 |
| 134 | Jacory Patterson | Men's 400 m | 4 | $103,000 |
| 135 | Rajindra Campbell | Men's shot put | 2 | $102,500 |
| 136 | Yuliya Levchenko | Women's high jump | 1 | $102,375 |
| 137 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | two disciplines | 6 | $102,000 |
| 138 | Alexander Ogando | two disciplines | 2 | $101,250 |
| 139 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Men's 400 m | 5 | $101,250 |
| 140 | Trey Cunningham | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $100,750 |
| 141 | Anzhelika Sidorova | Women's pole vault | 3 | $99,000 |
| 142 | Lieke Klaver | Women's 400 m | — | $98,750 |
| 143 | Natalia Kaczmarek | Women's 400 m | 3 | $98,750 |
| 144 | Adriana Vilagoš | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $97,250 |
| 145 | Feng Bin | Women's discus throw | 3 | $97,000 |
| 146 | Janieve Russell | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $97,000 |
| 147 | Chris Nilsen | Men's pole vault | 2 | $96,750 |
| 148 | Emma Zapletalová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $96,500 |
| 149 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 1 | $96,250 |
| 150 | Mutaz Barsham | Men's high jump | 7 | $95,833 |
| 151 | Jorinde van Klinken | two disciplines | 1 | $94,000 |
| 152 | Lamecha Girma | five disciplines | 6 | $94,000 |
| 153 | Johannes Vetter | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $93,000 |
| 154 | Abraham Kibiwot | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $92,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Jacory Patterson is 134th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $103,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Jacory Patterson most
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Bayapo Ndori, Vernon Norwood, Muzala Samukonga, Christopher Bailey, Daniel Segers and Collen Kebinatshipi.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 paid $20,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Matthew Hudson-Smith, Khaleb McRae, Zakithi Nene, Bayapo Ndori, Attila Molnár and Mohamed Yassine Zerhoumi.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Zakithi Nene, Quincy Hall, Bryce Deadmon, Christopher Morales Williams, Johnnie Blockburger and Leungo Scotch.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Jacory Patterson won?
$103,000, which ranks 134th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from eleven paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Jacory Patterson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 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 Jacory Patterson 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 Jacory Patterson won?
Four of eleven, worth $70,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $37,000.
How much did Jacory Patterson win at the 2025 World Championships?
$6,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
How much has Jacory Patterson won at the World Indoor Championships?
$10,000, from one paid final in Nanjing 2025. An indoor title pays $40,000 and the ladder runs six places deep, down to $4,000 for 6th, the same in every event on the programme and the same for a relay team.
Is this everything Jacory Patterson earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Championships and World Indoor 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Jacory Patterson is Woo Sang-hyeok on $103,750, and one below Rajindra Campbell on $102,500. Jacory Patterson is one of 352 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $16,292,792 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Jacory Patterson has been paid in one 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 International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 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 400 metres and men's 4 × 400 metres relay pages. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full finals are on the men's 400 metres and mixed 4 × 400 metres relay pages. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor finals are on the men's 400 metres and men's 4 × 400 metres relay pages.