Karsten Warholm prize money
Karsten Warholm has been paid $428,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 11th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 37 paid finishes in the men's 400 m hurdles, men's 300 m hurdles and men's 400 m, 18 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 37 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $428,500 is 37 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.4% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Karsten Warholm did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 metres hurdles | 5th | 47.58 | $11,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Karsten Warholm $11,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $428,500 from 37 Diamond League starts between 2015 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Karsten Warholm did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 metres hurdles | 3rd | 46.78 | $40,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Karsten Warholm $40,000 for one finish over three days, against $428,500 from 37 Diamond League starts between 2015 and 2026. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The Olympic Games
What Karsten Warholm won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 metres hurdles | Silver | - |
The silver in the men's 400 metres hurdles paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
The European Championships
The Gold Crowns Karsten Warholm has won
| EVENT | MARK | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 metres hurdles | 46.63 | €50,000 |
| Men's 400 metres hurdles | 46.98 | €50,000 |
Karsten Warholm has won two Gold Crowns at the European Championships, each worth €50,000, for the 400 metres hurdles at Birmingham 2026 and the 400 metres hurdles at Rome 2024. A crown goes to the best performance in one of five event groups for men and five for women, so 79 of the 99 titles at Rome 2024 and Birmingham 2026 paid nothing. It is paid in euros and is not added to the $428,500 at the top of this page. From Silesia 2028 the crowns give way to a ladder paying €30,000 for every title. The European Championships page holds every crown, the athletes who won them and the ladder that replaces them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Karsten Warholm
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 m hurdles | 33 | 16 | 2016 to 2026 | $400,500 |
| Men's 300 m hurdles | 3 | 2 | 2025 to 2026 | $26,000 |
| Men's 400 m | 1 | - | 2015 | $2,000 |
The men's 400 m hurdles has paid Karsten Warholm $400,500 of the $428,500, which is 93% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2015 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | $2,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | $2,500 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | $40,000 |
| 2018 | 6 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $48,000 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 | Weltklasse Zürich | $80,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | Weltklasse Zürich | $50,000 |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 5 | 3 | Prefontaine Classic | $48,000 |
| 2024 | 2 | - | Bislett Games | $12,000 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 | Weltklasse Zürich | $96,000 |
| 2026 | 6 | 1 | London Athletics Meet | $50,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $96,000 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Karsten Warholm in 2020 and 2022, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $428,500.
Around Karsten Warholm on the money list
Ranks 1 to 41
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Elkasević | Women's discus throw | 46 | $692,750 |
| 2 | Armand Duplantis | Men's pole vault | 35 | $607,250 |
| 3 | Noah Lyles | two disciplines | 24 | $530,000 |
| 4 | Christian Taylor | three disciplines | 28 | $512,250 |
| 5 | Caterine Ibargüen | two disciplines | 37 | $501,000 |
| 6 | Sam Kendricks | Men's pole vault | 18 | $481,917 |
| 7 | Renaud Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | 33 | $466,833 |
| 8 | Femke Broeders-Bol | three disciplines | 29 | $456,000 |
| 9 | Mariya Lasitskene | Women's high jump | 26 | $440,500 |
| 10 | Shericka Jackson | three disciplines | 19 | $429,250 |
| 11 | Karsten Warholm | three disciplines | 18 | $428,500 |
| 12 | Sifan Hassan | five disciplines | 16 | $424,250 |
| 13 | Faith Kipyegon | six disciplines | 23 | $423,000 |
| 14 | Marileidy Paulino | two disciplines | 25 | $420,500 |
| 15 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | two disciplines | 11 | $417,250 |
| 16 | Timothy Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 17 | $416,500 |
| 17 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | three disciplines | 21 | $415,000 |
| 18 | Mutaz Barsham | Men's high jump | 23 | $409,833 |
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 18 | $406,500 |
| 20 | Dina Asher-Smith | two disciplines | 10 | $401,500 |
| 21 | Katerina Stefanidi | Women's pole vault | 15 | $394,500 |
| 22 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 20 | $389,000 |
| 23 | Soufiane El Bakkali | four disciplines | 22 | $388,500 |
| 24 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Women's high jump | 21 | $382,250 |
| 25 | Alison dos Santos | three disciplines | 22 | $380,500 |
| 26 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | two disciplines | 21 | $380,500 |
| 27 | Ivana Španović | two disciplines | 18 | $373,000 |
| 28 | Tom Walsh | Men's shot put | 13 | $372,000 |
| 29 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 17 | $370,500 |
| 30 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 19 | $365,500 |
| 31 | Valerie Adams | Women's shot put | 30 | $361,500 |
| 32 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 13 | $355,750 |
| 33 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | 19 | $348,000 |
| 34 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 18 | $347,500 |
| 35 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 11 | $338,250 |
| 36 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | two disciplines | 21 | $335,000 |
| 37 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | two disciplines | 15 | $321,500 |
| 38 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 39 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | 18 | $312,500 |
| 40 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 17 | $310,250 |
| 41 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 15 | $310,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Karsten Warholm is 11th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $428,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Karsten Warholm most
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Abderrahman Samba, Ezekiel Nathaniel, CJ Allen, Matheus Lima, Trevor Bassitt and Alastair Chalmers.
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rai Benjamin, Kyron McMaster, Yasmani Copello, David Kendziera, Thomas Barr and TJ Holmes.
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alison dos Santos, Kyron McMaster, Rasmus Mägi, Constantin Preis, Ramsey Angela and Chris McAlister.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Karsten Warholm won?
$428,500, which ranks 11th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 37 paid finishes between 2015 and 2026.
What is Karsten Warholm's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the Diamond+ 400 m hurdles at the 2025 Weltklasse Zürich. 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 Karsten Warholm 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 400 m hurdles 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 Karsten Warholm won?
18 of 37, worth $290,000 between them. Six of his appearances came at a final, which paid $182,000.
How much did Karsten Warholm win at the 2025 World Championships?
$11,000, 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 did Karsten Warholm win at the Ultimate Championship?
$40,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
Is this everything Karsten Warholm earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships, Ultimate Championship and European 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 Karsten Warholm is Shericka Jackson on $429,250, and one below Sifan Hassan on $424,250. Karsten Warholm is one of 64 Norway athletes athletics has paid, and Norway athletics prize money adds them up to $2,108,833 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 400 m hurdles prize money, men's 300 m hurdles prize money and men's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Karsten Warholm has been paid in three 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 London Athletics Meet 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 400 metres hurdles page. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the men's 400 metres hurdles page.