Justin Gatlin prize money
Justin Gatlin has been paid $203,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 102nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 27 paid finishes in the men's 100 m and men's 200 m, sixteen of them wins.
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
The 27 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $203,250 is 27 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 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 | 23 | 14 | 2012 to 2021 | $176,000 |
| Men's 200 m | 4 | 2 | 2013 to 2021 | $27,250 |
The men's 100 m has paid Justin Gatlin $176,000 of the $203,250, which is 87% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2012 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | - | Meeting Areva | $6,000 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3 | Qatar Athletic | $40,000 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $40,000 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $50,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $20,000 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | Athletissima | $21,500 |
| 2018 | 1 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $1,500 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | Herculis | $22,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $2,250 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $50,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Justin Gatlin in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $203,250.
Around Justin Gatlin on the money list
Ranks 82 to 122
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | Fabiana Murer | Women's pole vault | 13 | $223,000 |
| 83 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | two disciplines | 9 | $222,500 |
| 84 | Dawn Harper-Nelson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 15 | $220,500 |
| 85 | Amantle Montsho | Women's 400 m | 12 | $219,500 |
| 86 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 87 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 11 | $217,500 |
| 88 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 89 | Ayanleh Souleiman | four disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 90 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 91 | LaShawn Merritt | two disciplines | 16 | $212,000 |
| 92 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 93 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $211,250 |
| 94 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 4 | $211,000 |
| 95 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | 12 | $210,500 |
| 96 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 10 | $208,000 |
| 97 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 7 | $206,500 |
| 98 | Silas Kiplagat | two disciplines | 11 | $205,000 |
| 99 | Genzebe Dibaba | five disciplines | 12 | $204,500 |
| 100 | Danielle Williams | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $204,250 |
| 101 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 7 | $203,333 |
| 102 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 16 | $203,250 |
| 103 | Kimberly Williams | Women's triple jump | 1 | $203,250 |
| 104 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 3 | $202,250 |
| 105 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 10 | $202,000 |
| 106 | Tero Pitkämäki | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $202,000 |
| 107 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 108 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 109 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 110 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $197,500 |
| 111 | Ajeé Wilson | Women's 800 m | 6 | $197,250 |
| 112 | Sofia Assefa | two disciplines | 4 | $196,000 |
| 113 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Men's high jump | 6 | $195,958 |
| 114 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | two disciplines | 4 | $194,750 |
| 115 | Mercy Cherono | five disciplines | 9 | $194,500 |
| 116 | Gerd Kanter | Men's discus throw | 9 | $194,000 |
| 117 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 12 | $193,583 |
| 118 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 7 | $193,000 |
| 119 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 120 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $190,250 |
| 121 | Carmelita Jeter | two disciplines | 13 | $189,000 |
| 122 | Milcah Chemos | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 16 | $189,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Justin Gatlin is 102nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $203,250.
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.
Athletissima 2017 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ben Youssef Meïté, Akani Simbine, Isiah Young, James Dasaolu, Henricho Bruintjies and Alex Wilson.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Femi Ogunode, Mike Rodgers, Kim Collins, Isiah Young, Julian Forte and Ramon Gittens.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Justin Gatlin won?
$203,250, which ranks 102nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 27 paid finishes between 2012 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?
Sixteen of 27, worth $160,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $12,000.
Is this everything Justin Gatlin earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Justin Gatlin is Yarisley Silva on $203,333, and one below Kimberly Williams on $203,250. Justin Gatlin 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 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 110 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.