Justin Gatlin prize money
Justin Gatlin has been paid $27,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 500th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the men's 100 m and men's 200 m, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2021 | 200 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2021 | 100 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Herculis 2019 | 100 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 100 m | 4th | $6,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | 100 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| All six | two disciplines | — | $27,250 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $27,250 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Justin Gatlin
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 m | 5 | 1 | 2017 to 2021 | $26,000 |
| Men's 200 m | 1 | — | 2021 | $1,250 |
The men's 100 m has paid Justin Gatlin $26,000 of the $27,250, which is 95% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2017 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $3,000 |
| 2018 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | Herculis | $22,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 2 | — | Doha Diamond League | $2,250 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $22,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Justin Gatlin in 2018 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $27,250.
Around Justin Gatlin on the money list
Ranks 480 to 520
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 480 | Lorraine Ugen | Women's long jump | 1 | $29,000 |
| 481 | Ruben Querinjean | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $29,000 |
| 482 | Axumawit Embaye | four disciplines | — | $28,750 |
| 483 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $28,750 |
| 484 | Zoe Hobbs | Women's 100 m | — | $28,750 |
| 485 | Aliona Dubitskaya | Women's shot put | — | $28,500 |
| 486 | Nico Young | two disciplines | 1 | $28,500 |
| 487 | Orlando Bennett | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $28,500 |
| 488 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $28,500 |
| 489 | Claudine Vita | Women's discus throw | — | $28,250 |
| 490 | Christina Honsel | Women's high jump | 1 | $28,167 |
| 491 | Liam Adcock | Men's long jump | 1 | $28,000 |
| 492 | Patrícia Mamona | Women's triple jump | — | $28,000 |
| 493 | Lorenzo Simonelli | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $27,750 |
| 494 | Agnes Jebet Tirop | two disciplines | 1 | $27,500 |
| 495 | Amber Anning | Women's 400 m | — | $27,500 |
| 496 | Jazmin Sawyers | Women's long jump | — | $27,500 |
| 497 | Peter Bol | Men's 800 m | — | $27,500 |
| 498 | Ronald Kwemoi | four disciplines | 1 | $27,500 |
| 499 | Carey McLeod | Men's long jump | 1 | $27,250 |
| 500 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 1 | $27,250 |
| 501 | Alyssa Jones | Women's long jump | 1 | $27,000 |
| 502 | Carl Bengtström | three disciplines | — | $26,750 |
| 503 | Kendall Ellis | Women's 400 m | 1 | $26,750 |
| 504 | Twanisha Terry | two disciplines | — | $26,750 |
| 505 | Just Kwaou-Mathey | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $26,500 |
| 506 | Liliana Cá | Women's discus throw | — | $26,500 |
| 507 | Lukas Weisshaidinger | Men's discus throw | — | $26,500 |
| 508 | Mohamed Abdilaahi | two disciplines | 1 | $26,500 |
| 509 | Ackelia Smith | two disciplines | — | $26,250 |
| 510 | Alexis Holmes | Women's 400 m | — | $26,250 |
| 511 | Reece Prescod | Men's 100 m | — | $26,250 |
| 512 | Roger Steen | Men's shot put | — | $26,250 |
| 513 | Thomas Carmoy | Men's high jump | — | $26,125 |
| 514 | Aaliyah Butler | Women's 400 m | — | $26,000 |
| 515 | Christina Clemons | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $26,000 |
| 516 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 1 | $26,000 |
| 517 | Cornelius Kemboi | two disciplines | — | $26,000 |
| 518 | Ese Brume | Women's long jump | — | $26,000 |
| 519 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $26,000 |
| 520 | Sage Hurta | Women's 800 m | — | $26,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Justin Gatlin is 500th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $27,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Justin Gatlin most
Herculis 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Noah Lyles, Mike Rodgers, Akani Simbine, Cravon Gillespie, Jimmy Vicaut and Arthur Cissé.
Prefontaine Classic 2019 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Zharnel Hughes, Cravon Gillespie, Mike Rodgers, Arthur Cissé, Filippo Tortu and Cameron Burrell.
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $6,000 for 4th in the 100 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Akani Simbine, Zharnel Hughes, Adam Gemili, Mike Rodgers, Alex Wilson and Noah Lyles.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Justin Gatlin won?
$27,250, which ranks 500th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2017 and 2021.
What is Justin Gatlin's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 100 m at the 2019 Herculis. 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 Justin Gatlin 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 100 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Justin Gatlin won?
One of six, worth $10,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $6,000.
Is this everything Justin Gatlin 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 Justin Gatlin is Carey McLeod on $27,250, and one below Alyssa Jones on $27,000. Justin Gatlin 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 100 m prize money and men's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Justin Gatlin has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 400 m hurdles. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.