Jordan Geist prize money
Jordan Geist has been paid $41,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 727th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the men's shot put, one of them a win.
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 | Shot put | 2nd | $12,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | Shot put | 1st | $10,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | Shot put | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | Shot put | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | Shot put | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | Shot put | 5th | $3,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2024 | Shot put | 10th | - |
| All eight | Men's shot put | - | $41,000 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $41,000 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the eight starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Indoor Championships
What Jordan Geist did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's shot put | 2nd | 21.64 | $20,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Jordan Geist $20,000 for one finish in Toruń 2026, against $41,000 from eight Diamond League starts between 2024 and 2026. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | - |
| 2025 | 1 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $3,000 |
| 2026 | 6 | 1 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $38,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $38,000 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Jordan Geist in 2024, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $41,000.
Around Jordan Geist on the money list
Ranks 707 to 747
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 707 | Samuel Tefera | four disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 708 | Simone Facey | two disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 709 | Tshepiso Masalela | Men's 800 m | 2 | $42,500 |
| 710 | Rhasidat Adeleke | two disciplines | 1 | $42,250 |
| 711 | Svetlana Shkolina | Women's high jump | 5 | $42,250 |
| 712 | Alina Talay | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $42,000 |
| 713 | Erik Cadée | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 714 | Frederik Ruppert | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $42,000 |
| 715 | Lawrence Okoye | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 716 | Mahiedine Mekhissi | two disciplines | 1 | $42,000 |
| 717 | Mary Saxer | Women's pole vault | - | $41,583 |
| 718 | Abel Kiprop Mutai | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $41,500 |
| 719 | Gil Roberts | two disciplines | - | $41,500 |
| 720 | Martyn Rooney | Men's 400 m | - | $41,500 |
| 721 | Ryan Bailey | two disciplines | 1 | $41,500 |
| 722 | Stephanie Brown-Trafton | Women's discus throw | 1 | $41,500 |
| 723 | Brooke Buschkuehl | Women's long jump | - | $41,250 |
| 724 | Lisa Ryzih | Women's pole vault | - | $41,250 |
| 725 | Andrey Silnov | Men's high jump | 1 | $41,000 |
| 726 | Christopher Bailey | Men's 400 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 727 | Jordan Geist | Men's shot put | 1 | $41,000 |
| 728 | Mark English | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 729 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 730 | Yuliya Leantsiuk | Women's shot put | - | $41,000 |
| 731 | Zinaida Sendriutė | Women's discus throw | - | $41,000 |
| 732 | Jarrion Lawson | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,750 |
| 733 | Pia Skrzyszowska | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $40,750 |
| 734 | Quanera Hayes | Women's 400 m | 1 | $40,750 |
| 735 | Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $40,750 |
| 736 | Leonard Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $40,500 |
| 737 | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,500 |
| 738 | Almir dos Santos | Men's triple jump | - | $40,250 |
| 739 | Akeem Bloomfield | Men's 400 m | 3 | $40,000 |
| 740 | Aleshign Baweke | three disciplines | 1 | $40,000 |
| 741 | Brandon McBride | Men's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 742 | Bryce Hoppel | two disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 743 | Christine Mboma | Women's 200 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 744 | Claire Bryant | Women's long jump | - | $40,000 |
| 745 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | five disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 746 | Isabella Whittaker | Women's 400 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 747 | Jan Kudlička | Men's pole vault | - | $40,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Jordan Geist is 727th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $41,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Jordan Geist most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the shot put, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Joe Kovacs, Leonardo Fabbri, Roger Steen, Tom Walsh and Rajindra Campbell.
Weltklasse Zürich 2026 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rajindra Campbell, Leonardo Fabbri, Joe Kovacs, Roger Steen, Tom Walsh and Adrian Piperi.
Xiamen Diamond League 2026 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the shot put, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ryan Crouser, Roger Steen, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, Tom Walsh, Adrian Piperi and Uziel Muñoz.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Jordan Geist won?
$41,000, which ranks 727th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2024 and 2026.
What is Jordan Geist's biggest Diamond League payday?
$12,000, for finishing 2nd in the shot put 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 Jordan Geist 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 shot put 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 Jordan Geist won?
One of eight, worth $10,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $12,000.
Has Jordan Geist ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
How much has Jordan Geist won at the World Indoor Championships?
$20,000, from one paid final in Toruń 2026. An indoor title pays $40,000 and the ladder runs six places deep, down to $4,000 for 6th, the same in every event on the programme and the same for a relay team.
Is this everything Jordan Geist earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Indoor 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 Jordan Geist is Christopher Bailey on $41,000, and one below Mark English on $41,000. Jordan Geist is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Jordan Geist 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. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the men's shot put page.