Josephus Lyles prize money
Josephus Lyles has been paid $8,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 915th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the men's 200 m, the best of them 3rd.
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 2022 | 200 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2021 | 200 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | 200 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2021 | 200 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| All four | Men's 200 m | — | $8,000 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $8,000 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2021 to 2022, in the order it was won
season running total
2021 is the biggest of them, $7,000 from three starts. Every season from 2021 to 2022 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $8,000.
Around Josephus Lyles on the money list
Ranks 895 to 935
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 895 | Eduardo Herrera | two disciplines | — | $8,500 |
| 896 | José Figueroa | Men's 200 m | — | $8,500 |
| 897 | Laura Weightman | three disciplines | — | $8,500 |
| 898 | Naomi Van den Broeck | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $8,500 |
| 899 | Raymond Richards | Men's high jump | — | $8,500 |
| 900 | Sarah Lavin | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $8,500 |
| 901 | Tadese Takele | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $8,500 |
| 902 | Tasa Jiya | Women's 200 m | — | $8,500 |
| 903 | Vitória Cristina Rosa | two disciplines | — | $8,500 |
| 904 | Edis Matusevičius | Men's javelin throw | — | $8,250 |
| 905 | Lore Hoffmann | two disciplines | — | $8,250 |
| 906 | Yual Reath | Men's high jump | — | $8,250 |
| 907 | Yupun Abeykoon | Men's 100 m | — | $8,250 |
| 908 | Levern Spencer | Women's high jump | — | $8,125 |
| 909 | Bershawn Jackson | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $8,000 |
| 910 | Dezerea Bryant | Women's 200 m | — | $8,000 |
| 911 | Emiliano Lasa | Men's long jump | — | $8,000 |
| 912 | Hawi Feysa | two disciplines | — | $8,000 |
| 913 | Isaac Updike | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $8,000 |
| 914 | Isabelle Pedersen | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $8,000 |
| 915 | Josephus Lyles | Men's 200 m | — | $8,000 |
| 916 | Kerron Clement | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $8,000 |
| 917 | Lidio Andrés Feliz | Men's 400 m | — | $8,000 |
| 918 | Michał Rozmys | two disciplines | — | $8,000 |
| 919 | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Women's pole vault | — | $8,000 |
| 920 | Sofia Assefa | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $8,000 |
| 921 | Thomas Wilkes | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $8,000 |
| 922 | Abby Steiner | two disciplines | — | $7,750 |
| 923 | Adrián Ben | two disciplines | — | $7,750 |
| 924 | Arthur Cissé | two disciplines | — | $7,750 |
| 925 | Emmanuel Matadi | two disciplines | — | $7,750 |
| 926 | Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen | Men's 400 m | — | $7,750 |
| 927 | Ilionis Guillaume | Women's triple jump | — | $7,750 |
| 928 | Patryk Dobek | two disciplines | — | $7,750 |
| 929 | Sage Watson | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $7,750 |
| 930 | Shaun Maswanganyi | two disciplines | — | $7,750 |
| 931 | Tomohiro Shinno | Men's high jump | — | $7,667 |
| 932 | Ana Šimić | Women's high jump | — | $7,583 |
| 933 | Audrey Leduc | Women's 200 m | — | $7,500 |
| 934 | Constantin Preis | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $7,500 |
| 935 | Craig Engels | two disciplines | — | $7,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Josephus Lyles is 915th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $8,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Josephus Lyles most
Prefontaine Classic 2021 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 200 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aaron Brown, Rai Benjamin, Jerome Blake, Vernon Norwood, Noah Lyles and Kenny Bednarek.
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Isaac Makwala, Vernon Norwood, William Reais, Kenny Bednarek, Andre De Grasse and Fred Kerley.
Herculis 2022 paid $1,000 for 6th in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Joseph Fahnbulleh, Méba-Mickaël Zeze, Noah Lyles, Erriyon Knighton, Michael Norman and Alexander Ogando.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Josephus Lyles won?
$8,000, which ranks 915th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2021 and 2022.
What is Josephus Lyles's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,500, for finishing 3rd in the 200 m at the 2021 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 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Josephus Lyles 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 place is worth the same in the men's 200 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.
Is this everything Josephus Lyles 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 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 Josephus Lyles is Isabelle Pedersen on $8,000, and one below Kerron Clement on $8,000. Josephus Lyles 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 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Josephus Lyles 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 Herculis has its own page across every edition of it.