Ja'Kobe Tharp prize money
Ja'Kobe Tharp has been paid $54,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 288th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the men's 110 m hurdles, two 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 110 m hurdles | 1st | $30,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | 110 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | 110 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 110 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2025 | 110 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| All five | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $54,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $54,000 is five 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.
The World Championships
What Ja'Kobe Tharp did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 110 metres hurdles | 6th | 13.31 | $7,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Ja'Kobe Tharp $7,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $54,000 from five Diamond League starts between 2025 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Ja'Kobe Tharp did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 110 metres hurdles | 1st | 12.94 | $150,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Ja'Kobe Tharp $150,000 for one finish over three days, against $54,000 from five Diamond League starts between 2025 and 2026. One win in Budapest paid $150,000, which is more than the Diamond League has paid him in any single season. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $50,000 from four starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $54,000.
Around Ja'Kobe Tharp on the money list
Ranks 268 to 308
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 268 | Bayapo Ndori | Men's 400 m | 1 | $56,500 |
| 269 | Lázaro Martínez | Men's triple jump | 2 | $56,500 |
| 270 | Zharnel Hughes | two disciplines | — | $56,500 |
| 271 | Charles Dobson | two disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 272 | Hirut Meshesha | five disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 273 | Ilya Ivanyuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $56,250 |
| 274 | Megan Tapper | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $56,250 |
| 275 | Josh Kerr | two disciplines | 2 | $56,000 |
| 276 | Mohamed Katir | three disciplines | 3 | $56,000 |
| 277 | Romaine Beckford | Men's high jump | — | $56,000 |
| 278 | Slimane Moula | Men's 800 m | 3 | $56,000 |
| 279 | Nicholas Kimeli | two disciplines | 1 | $55,750 |
| 280 | Holly Bradshaw | Women's pole vault | — | $55,250 |
| 281 | Kayla White | two disciplines | 1 | $55,250 |
| 282 | Wayne Pinnock | Men's long jump | 2 | $55,000 |
| 283 | Ben Broeders | Men's pole vault | 1 | $54,500 |
| 284 | Cole Hocker | three disciplines | 1 | $54,500 |
| 285 | Gabriel Tual | two disciplines | — | $54,500 |
| 286 | Kristin Pudenz | Women's discus throw | — | $54,500 |
| 287 | Gong Lijao | Women's shot put | 1 | $54,000 |
| 288 | Ja'Kobe Tharp | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $54,000 |
| 289 | Emily Grove | Women's pole vault | 1 | $53,750 |
| 290 | Nia Ali | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $53,750 |
| 291 | Brandon Starc | Men's high jump | 1 | $53,500 |
| 292 | Ejgayehu Taye | two disciplines | — | $53,500 |
| 293 | Shelby McEwen | Men's high jump | 2 | $53,375 |
| 294 | Sandra Elkasević | Women's discus throw | 2 | $53,250 |
| 295 | Sembo Almayew | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 296 | Kimberly Williams | Women's triple jump | — | $52,750 |
| 297 | Lukas Weißhaidinger | Men's discus throw | — | $52,500 |
| 298 | Elaine Thompson | two disciplines | 2 | $52,000 |
| 299 | Habitam Alemu | three disciplines | — | $51,500 |
| 300 | Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu | three disciplines | 3 | $51,250 |
| 301 | Quanesha Burks | Women's long jump | 1 | $51,000 |
| 302 | Roberta Bruni | Women's pole vault | — | $50,875 |
| 303 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | four disciplines | 1 | $50,750 |
| 304 | Darlan Romani | Men's shot put | 1 | $50,500 |
| 305 | Marwa Bouzayani | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $50,500 |
| 306 | Quincy Hall | two disciplines | 2 | $50,500 |
| 307 | Hilary Kpatcha | Women's long jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 308 | Kate Grace | two disciplines | 2 | $50,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ja'Kobe Tharp is 288th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $54,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ja'Kobe Tharp most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 110 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jamal Britt, Trey Cunningham, Kendry Menéndez, Elie Bacari, Orlando Bennett and Rachid Muratake.
London Athletics Meet 2026 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 110 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kendry Menéndez, Trey Cunningham, Jamal Britt, Cordell Tinch, Orlando Bennett and Demario Prince.
Prefontaine Classic 2026 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 110 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Demario Prince, Cordell Tinch, Orlando Bennett, Jamar Marshall, Braxton Brann and Eric Edwards Jr..
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ja'Kobe Tharp won?
$54,000, which ranks 288th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Ja'Kobe Tharp's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the 110 m hurdles at the 2026 AG Memorial Van Damme. 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 Ja'Kobe Tharp 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 110 m hurdles 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 Ja'Kobe Tharp won?
Two of five, worth $40,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $30,000.
How much did Ja'Kobe Tharp win at the 2025 World Championships?
$7,000, 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 did Ja'Kobe Tharp win at the Ultimate Championship?
$150,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
Is this everything Ja'Kobe Tharp earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Championships and Ultimate Championship 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 Ja'Kobe Tharp is Gong Lijao on $54,000, and one below Emily Grove on $53,750. Ja'Kobe Tharp 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 110 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Ja'Kobe Tharp 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 AG Memorial Van Damme 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 110 metres hurdles 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 110 metres hurdles page.