Josh Awotunde prize money
Josh Awotunde has been paid $6,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1854th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the men's shot put, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletissima 2025 | Shot put | 9th | - |
| Prefontaine Classic 2024 | Shot put | 4th | $2,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2023 | Shot put | 5th | $1,250 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 | Shot put | 8th | $500 |
| Athletissima 2022 | Shot put | 6th | $1,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2022 | Shot put | 8th | $500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2021 | Shot put | 5th | $1,250 |
| All seven | Men's shot put | - | $6,500 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $6,500 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the seven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Josh Awotunde did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's shot put | 7th | 21.14 m | $6,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Josh Awotunde $6,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $6,500 from seven Diamond League starts between 2021 and 2025. Nine days there paid him more than any whole Diamond League season has. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The World Indoor Championships
What Josh Awotunde did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's shot put | 6th | 20.96 | $4,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Josh Awotunde $4,000 for one finish in Toruń 2026, against $6,500 from seven Diamond League starts between 2021 and 2025. Three days indoors paid him more than any whole Diamond League season has. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2021 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,250 |
| 2022 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $1,500 |
| 2023 | 2 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $1,750 |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $2,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | - | Athletissima | - |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $2,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Josh Awotunde in 2025, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $6,500.
Around Josh Awotunde on the money list
Ranks 1834 to 1874
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1834 | Chris Robinson | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1835 | Christopher Morales Williams | Men's 400 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1836 | Claudia Hollingsworth | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1837 | Dailenys Alcántara | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1838 | Daniel Jasinski | Men's discus throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1839 | Daniel Segers | Men's 400 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1840 | Dmitrij Vaľukevič | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1841 | Ella Nelson | Women's 200 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1842 | Elvan Abeylegesse | Women's 5000 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1843 | Emily Diamond | Women's 400 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1844 | Erica McLain | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1845 | Fátima Diame | Women's long jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1846 | Hanna Hatsko | Women's javelin throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1847 | Helen Schlachtenhaufen | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1848 | Ines Chenonge | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1849 | Ivan Zaytsev | Men's javelin throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1850 | Jamie Nieto | Men's high jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1851 | Jarred Rome | Men's discus throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1852 | Jillian Schwartz | Women's pole vault | - | $6,500 |
| 1853 | Johnathan Cabral | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $6,500 |
| 1854 | Josh Awotunde | Men's shot put | - | $6,500 |
| 1855 | Karol Hoffmann | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1856 | Lauryn Williams | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1857 | Limei Xie | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1858 | Marta Zenoni | three disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1859 | Maurice Mitchell | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1860 | Michael Obasuyi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $6,500 |
| 1861 | Ndiss Kaba Badji | Men's long jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1862 | Patriks Gailums | Men's javelin throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1863 | Richard Yator | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1864 | Sheila Reid | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1865 | Stipe Žunić | Men's shot put | - | $6,500 |
| 1866 | Takatoshi Abe | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $6,500 |
| 1867 | Thomas Gogois | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1868 | Travis Padgett | Men's 100 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1869 | Walter Davis | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1870 | Yeimer López | Men's 800 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1871 | Yekaterina Kayukova-Chernenko | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1872 | Yigrem Demelash | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1873 | Yoandri Betanzos | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1874 | Adelle Tracey | two disciplines | - | $6,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Josh Awotunde is 1854th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $6,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Josh Awotunde most
Prefontaine Classic 2024 paid $2,000 for 4th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tom Walsh, Roger Steen, Rajindra Campbell, Adrian Piperi, Joe Kovacs and Payton Otterdahl.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2023 paid $1,250 for 5th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jacko Gill, Joe Kovacs, Leonardo Fabbri, Ryan Crouser, Payton Otterdahl and Tom Walsh.
Prefontaine Classic 2021 paid $1,250 for 5th in the shot put, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Darrell Hill, Payton Otterdahl, Ryan Crouser, Darlan Romani, Joe Kovacs and Tom Walsh.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Josh Awotunde won?
$6,500, which ranks 1854th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2021 and 2025.
What is Josh Awotunde's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 4th in the shot put at the 2024 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 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Josh Awotunde 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 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.
Has Josh Awotunde 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 did Josh Awotunde win at the 2025 World Championships?
$6,000, 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 has Josh Awotunde won at the World Indoor Championships?
$4,000, 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 Josh Awotunde earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships and 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 Josh Awotunde is Johnathan Cabral on $6,500, and one below Karol Hoffmann on $6,500. Josh Awotunde 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 Josh Awotunde 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 Athletissima 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 shot put page. 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.