Janieve Russell prize money
Janieve Russell has been paid $97,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 146th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 32 paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles, the best of them 2nd.
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 32 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $97,000 is 32 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.
Season by season
2019 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
2022 is the biggest of them, $25,750 from five 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 $97,000.
Around Janieve Russell on the money list
Ranks 126 to 166
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 155 | Amy Hunt | two disciplines | — | $92,500 |
| 156 | Berihu Aregawi | three disciplines | 4 | $91,750 |
| 157 | Niels Laros | three disciplines | 3 | $91,000 |
| 158 | Nelly Chepchirchir | two disciplines | 4 | $90,750 |
| 159 | Jereem Richards | two disciplines | — | $88,000 |
| 160 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 161 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 162 | Peruth Chemutai | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $86,750 |
| 163 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 164 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 165 | Birhanu Balew | two disciplines | 2 | $85,750 |
| 166 | Selemon Barega | four disciplines | 3 | $85,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Janieve Russell is 146th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $97,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Janieve Russell most
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dalilah Muhammad, Rushell Clayton, Viktoriya Tkachuk, Anna Ryzhykova, Ayomide Folorunso and Femke Bol.
London Athletics Meet 2023 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shamier Little, Rushell Clayton, Jessie Knight, Viktoriya Tkachuk, Anna Ryzhykova and Gianna Woodruff.
Memorial Van Damme 2023 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rushell Clayton, Anna Cockrell, Ayomide Folorunso, Andrenette Knight, Hanne Claes and Viktoriya Tkachuk.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Janieve Russell won?
$97,000, which ranks 146th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 32 paid finishes between 2019 and 2025.
What is Janieve Russell's biggest Diamond League payday?
$7,000, for finishing 3rd in the 400 m hurdles at the 2022 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 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 place 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.
Is this everything Janieve Russell earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Janieve Russell is Feng Bin on $97,000, and one below Chris Nilsen on $96,750. Janieve Russell is one of 93 Jamaica athletes athletics has paid, and Jamaica athletics prize money adds them up to $4,659,750 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 800 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.