Janieve Russell prize money
Janieve Russell has been paid $180,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 134th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 47 paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles, three 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
The 47 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $180,500 is 47 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2015 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | - | Meeting Areva | $4,500 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $20,000 |
| 2017 | 4 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $15,000 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $44,000 |
| 2019 | 6 | - | Doha Diamond League | $17,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 6 | - | Anniversary Games | $12,750 |
| 2022 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $25,750 |
| 2023 | 6 | - | London Athletics Meet | $23,500 |
| 2024 | 8 | - | Bislett Games | $17,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | - | London Athletics Meet | $1,000 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $44,000 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Janieve Russell in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $180,500.
Around Janieve Russell on the money list
Ranks 114 to 154
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | two disciplines | 4 | $194,750 |
| 115 | Mercy Cherono | five disciplines | 9 | $194,500 |
| 116 | Gerd Kanter | Men's discus throw | 9 | $194,000 |
| 117 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 12 | $193,583 |
| 118 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 7 | $193,000 |
| 119 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 120 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $190,250 |
| 121 | Carmelita Jeter | two disciplines | 13 | $189,000 |
| 122 | Milcah Chemos | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 16 | $189,000 |
| 123 | Shara Proctor | Women's long jump | 4 | $187,000 |
| 124 | Michelle Carter | Women's shot put | 3 | $186,500 |
| 125 | Blanka Vlašić | Women's high jump | 14 | $185,500 |
| 126 | Novlene Williams-Mills | Women's 400 m | 7 | $185,000 |
| 127 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | 8 | $184,500 |
| 128 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
| 129 | Olha Saladukha | Women's triple jump | 6 | $183,000 |
| 130 | Vítězslav Veselý | Men's javelin throw | 8 | $183,000 |
| 131 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 5 | $181,750 |
| 132 | Bershawn Jackson | two disciplines | 9 | $181,500 |
| 133 | Emmanuel Korir | two disciplines | 6 | $181,500 |
| 134 | Janieve Russell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $180,500 |
| 135 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 136 | Christina Obergföll | Women's javelin throw | 12 | $179,000 |
| 137 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 6 | $178,750 |
| 138 | Tianna Bartoletta | two disciplines | 8 | $177,750 |
| 139 | Larissa Iapichino | Women's long jump | 6 | $177,500 |
| 140 | Sally Pearson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $172,500 |
| 141 | Usain Bolt | two disciplines | 16 | $172,000 |
| 142 | Andriy Protsenko | Men's high jump | 3 | $171,250 |
| 143 | Emmanouil Karalis | Men's pole vault | 3 | $170,875 |
| 144 | Keely Hodgkinson | two disciplines | 9 | $170,500 |
| 145 | Marcin Lewandowski | four disciplines | 2 | $170,500 |
| 146 | Sarah Mitton | Women's shot put | 3 | $170,250 |
| 147 | Yuliya Levchenko | Women's high jump | 1 | $169,125 |
| 148 | Aaron Brown | two disciplines | 2 | $167,000 |
| 149 | Abeba Aregawi | four disciplines | 12 | $166,000 |
| 150 | David Rudisha | Men's 800 m | 14 | $166,000 |
| 151 | Neeraj Chopra | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $165,500 |
| 152 | Will Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $164,750 |
| 153 | Hansle Parchment | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $164,000 |
| 154 | Selemon Barega | four disciplines | 5 | $163,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Janieve Russell is 134th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $180,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Janieve Russell most
Prefontaine Classic 2018 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dalilah Muhammad, Georganne Moline, Sage Watson, Shamier Little, Zuzana Hejnová and Ashley Spencer.
Weltklasse Zürich 2018 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Georganne Moline, Eilidh Doyle, Léa Sprunger, Sage Watson, Wenda Nel and Dalilah Muhammad.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Cassandra Tate, Wenda Nel, Hanna Titimets, Kemi Adekoya and Emilia Ankiewicz.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Janieve Russell won?
$180,500, which ranks 134th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 47 paid finishes between 2015 and 2025.
What is Janieve Russell's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m hurdles at the 2018 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Janieve Russell gets paid?
Entirely by where she 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 women's 400 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 Janieve Russell won?
Three of 47, worth $30,000 between them. Seven of her appearances came at a final, which paid $31,000.
Is this everything Janieve Russell 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 her, 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 Janieve Russell is Emmanuel Korir on $181,500, and one below Beatrice Chebet on $180,250. Janieve Russell is one of 158 Jamaica athletes athletics has paid, and Jamaica athletics prize money adds them up to $8,413,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Janieve Russell has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and London Athletics Meet has its own page across every edition of it.