Jake Wightman prize money
Jake Wightman has been paid $90,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 354th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 21 paid finishes in the men's 800 m, men's 1500 m and men's 1000 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
The 21 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $90,250 is 21 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.08% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the 24 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Jake Wightman did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 metres | 2nd | 3:34.12 | $35,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Jake Wightman $35,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $90,250 from 24 Diamond League starts between 2017 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Jake Wightman did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 metres | 9th | 3:31.56 | - |
Jake Wightman 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.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Jake Wightman
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 800 m | 10 | 1 | 2017 to 2026 | $33,500 |
| Men's 1500 m | 6 | 2 | 2017 to 2025 | $28,000 |
| Men's 1000 m | 3 | 1 | 2018 to 2026 | $20,000 |
| Men's mile | 5 | - | 2018 to 2026 | $8,750 |
The men's 800 m has paid Jake Wightman $33,500 of the $90,250, which is 37% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2017 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | Bislett Games | $14,500 |
| 2018 | 5 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $14,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | - | Herculis | $1,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 6 | 3 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $42,500 |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,750 |
| 2025 | 3 | - | London Athletics Meet | $6,500 |
| 2026 | 3 | - | Herculis EBS | $10,000 |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $42,500 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Jake Wightman in 2020, 2021 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $90,250.
Around Jake Wightman on the money list
Ranks 334 to 374
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 334 | Shannon Rowbury | four disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 335 | Julius Yego | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $96,000 |
| 336 | Zharnel Hughes | two disciplines | 2 | $95,500 |
| 337 | Mujinga Kambundji | two disciplines | 1 | $95,250 |
| 338 | Ronald Levy | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $94,750 |
| 339 | Cleopatra Borel | Women's shot put | - | $94,500 |
| 340 | Yargelis Savigne | two disciplines | 7 | $94,500 |
| 341 | Jorinde van Klinken | two disciplines | 1 | $94,000 |
| 342 | Lamecha Girma | five disciplines | 6 | $94,000 |
| 343 | Sanya Richards-Ross | two disciplines | 5 | $93,500 |
| 344 | Luguelín Santos | Men's 400 m | 1 | $93,000 |
| 345 | Amy Hunt | two disciplines | - | $92,500 |
| 346 | Christophe Lemaitre | two disciplines | 1 | $92,500 |
| 347 | Chaunte Lowe | Women's high jump | 5 | $92,000 |
| 348 | Berihu Aregawi | three disciplines | 4 | $91,750 |
| 349 | Peruth Chemutai | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $91,750 |
| 350 | L. J. van Zyl | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $91,500 |
| 351 | Niels Laros | three disciplines | 3 | $91,000 |
| 352 | Nelly Chepchirchir | two disciplines | 4 | $90,750 |
| 353 | Levern Spencer | Women's high jump | 1 | $90,508 |
| 354 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $90,250 |
| 355 | Jeremy Wariner | Men's 400 m | 7 | $90,000 |
| 356 | Ameer Webb | two disciplines | 3 | $89,500 |
| 357 | Habitam Alemu | three disciplines | - | $89,500 |
| 358 | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa | two disciplines | 1 | $89,500 |
| 359 | Imane Merga | two disciplines | 4 | $88,500 |
| 360 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 361 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 362 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 363 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 364 | Meseret Defar | three disciplines | 5 | $86,000 |
| 365 | Phillips Idowu | Men's triple jump | 6 | $86,000 |
| 366 | Evan Jager | three disciplines | 1 | $85,500 |
| 367 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 368 | Philip Milanov | Men's discus throw | 3 | $85,250 |
| 369 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $84,500 |
| 370 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $84,250 |
| 371 | Hilal Yego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $84,000 |
| 372 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
| 373 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $83,500 |
| 374 | Georganne Moline | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $83,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Jake Wightman is 354th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $90,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Jake Wightman most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jake Heyward, Abdelatif Sadiki, Charles Grethen, Ismael Debjani, Samuel Abate and Mohamed Katir.
Herculis 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1000 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marco Arop, Clayton Murphy, Wycliffe Kinyamal, Bryce Hoppel, Josh Thompson and Luke McCann.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Djamel Sedjati, Emmanuel Korir, Eliott Crestan, Marco Arop, Wycliffe Kinyamal and Mariano García.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Jake Wightman won?
$90,250, which ranks 354th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 21 paid finishes between 2017 and 2026.
What is Jake Wightman's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 1500 m at the 2022 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Jake Wightman 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 800 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 Jake Wightman won?
Four of 24, worth $40,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $16,000.
Has Jake Wightman ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three 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 Jake Wightman win at the 2025 World Championships?
$35,000, 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.
Is this everything Jake Wightman 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 Jake Wightman is Levern Spencer on $90,508, and one below Jeremy Wariner on $90,000. Jake Wightman is one of 249 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $6,351,625 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 800 m prize money, men's 1500 m prize money, men's 1000 m prize money and men's mile prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Jake Wightman has been paid in four of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Herculis EBS 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 final is on the men's 1500 metres page. 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 1500 metres page.