Jake Wightman prize money
Jake Wightman has been paid $71,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 206th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from fifteen paid finishes in the men's 1500 m, men's 800 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herculis EBS 2026 | 1000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bislett Games 2026 | Mile | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bauhausgalan 2026 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| London Athletics Meet 2025 | 1500 m | 4th | $5,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | Mile | 8th | $1,500 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | 1500 m | 9th | — |
| Prefontaine Classic 2024 | Mile | 5th | $1,250 |
| Bauhausgalan 2024 | 800 m | 8th | $500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2022 | 1500 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Herculis 2022 | 1000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2022 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2022 | 800 m | 3rd | $7,000 |
| Bislett Games 2022 | Mile | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Birmingham Diamond League 2022 | 800 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Herculis 2019 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Athletissima 2019 | 1500 m | 9th | — |
| Bislett Games 2018 | Mile | 9th | — |
| Bislett Games 2017 | 1500 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| All 18 | four disciplines | — | $71,750 |
The fifteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $71,750 is fifteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the 18 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 $71,750 from 18 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 1500 m | 5 | 2 | 2017 to 2025 | $25,000 |
| Men's 800 m | 6 | 1 | 2019 to 2026 | $22,000 |
| Men's 1000 m | 2 | 1 | 2022 to 2026 | $16,000 |
| Men's mile | 5 | — | 2018 to 2026 | $8,750 |
The men's 1500 m has paid Jake Wightman $25,000 of the $71,750, which is 35% 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 | 1 | 1 | Bislett Games | $10,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | — |
| 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 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $71,750.
Around Jake Wightman on the money list
Ranks 186 to 226
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 186 | Sada Williams | Women's 400 m | — | $78,250 |
| 187 | EJ Obiena | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,125 |
| 188 | Ramil Guliyev | Men's 200 m | 3 | $78,000 |
| 189 | Molly Caudery | Women's pole vault | 3 | $77,500 |
| 190 | Lü Huihui | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $77,250 |
| 191 | Medina Eisa | two disciplines | 3 | $77,000 |
| 192 | Oleh Doroshchuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $76,250 |
| 193 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 5 | $76,000 |
| 194 | Sydney McLaughlin | two disciplines | 3 | $76,000 |
| 195 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $75,250 |
| 196 | Ronald Levy | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $75,250 |
| 197 | Ackeem Blake | Men's 100 m | 1 | $75,000 |
| 198 | Jemma Reekie | four disciplines | 1 | $73,750 |
| 199 | Zakithi Nene | Men's 400 m | 2 | $73,750 |
| 200 | Auriol Dongmo | Women's shot put | 3 | $73,500 |
| 201 | Tsige Duguma | two disciplines | 4 | $73,250 |
| 202 | Klaudia Kazimierska | two disciplines | 1 | $73,000 |
| 203 | Yasser Triki | Men's triple jump | 1 | $73,000 |
| 204 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $72,750 |
| 205 | Samuel Firewu | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $72,500 |
| 206 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $71,750 |
| 207 | Jordan Scott | Men's triple jump | 4 | $71,500 |
| 208 | Stewart McSweyn | four disciplines | 2 | $71,500 |
| 209 | Likina Amebaw | two disciplines | 1 | $71,250 |
| 210 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | Women's 400 m | 2 | $71,250 |
| 211 | Simon Koech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $71,000 |
| 212 | Thobias Montler | Men's long jump | 2 | $70,750 |
| 213 | Halimah Nakaayi | two disciplines | — | $70,500 |
| 214 | Benjamin Kigen | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $70,250 |
| 215 | Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 1 | $70,000 |
| 216 | Caster Semenya | two disciplines | 7 | $70,000 |
| 217 | Magnus Kirt | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $70,000 |
| 218 | Courtney Lindsey | two disciplines | 1 | $69,750 |
| 219 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 220 | Mackenzie Little | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 221 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 222 | Reynold Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 223 | Tina Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 224 | Liadagmis Povea | Women's triple jump | — | $69,000 |
| 225 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | Women's long jump | 4 | $69,000 |
| 226 | Angelina Topić | Women's high jump | 2 | $68,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Jake Wightman is 206th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $71,750.
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, Wyclife 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, Wyclife Kinyamal and Mariano García.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Jake Wightman won?
$71,750, which ranks 206th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from fifteen 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 1500 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 18, worth $40,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $7,000.
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. He 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 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Jake Wightman is Samuel Firewu on $72,500, and one below Jordan Scott on $71,500. Jake Wightman is one of 126 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $3,411,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 1500 m prize money, men's 800 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.