Kemba Nelson prize money
Kemba Nelson has been paid $20,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1140th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 100 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.
The payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2026 | 100 m | 1st | $20,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $20,000 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Around Kemba Nelson on the money list
Ranks 1120 to 1160
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1120 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | five disciplines | - | $20,750 |
| 1121 | Laviai Nielsen | Women's 400 m | - | $20,750 |
| 1122 | Gabrielle Jennings | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $20,500 |
| 1123 | Ineta Radēviča | Women's long jump | - | $20,500 |
| 1124 | Jordan Díaz | Men's triple jump | 1 | $20,500 |
| 1125 | Mark Kosgei Kiptoo | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $20,500 |
| 1126 | Natalya Mikhnevich | Women's shot put | - | $20,500 |
| 1127 | Roman Avramenko | Men's javelin throw | - | $20,500 |
| 1128 | Jeron Robinson | Men's high jump | - | $20,417 |
| 1129 | Gabriela Leon | Women's pole vault | - | $20,250 |
| 1130 | Martina Weil | Women's 400 m | - | $20,250 |
| 1131 | Sylwester Bednarek | Men's high jump | 1 | $20,250 |
| 1132 | Svetlana Radzivil | Women's high jump | - | $20,083 |
| 1133 | Aleksey Fyodorov | Men's triple jump | - | $20,000 |
| 1134 | Buze Diriba | two disciplines | - | $20,000 |
| 1135 | Cindy Billaud | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $20,000 |
| 1136 | Cooper Lutkenhaus | Men's 800 m | 2 | $20,000 |
| 1137 | Favour Ofili | two disciplines | - | $20,000 |
| 1138 | Jade Lally | Women's discus throw | - | $20,000 |
| 1139 | Jaide Stepter Baynes | two disciplines | - | $20,000 |
| 1140 | Kemba Nelson | Women's 100 m | 1 | $20,000 |
| 1141 | Maggie Malone-Hardin | Women's javelin throw | - | $20,000 |
| 1142 | Marvin Anderson | Men's 200 m | - | $20,000 |
| 1143 | Robert Oosthuizen | Men's javelin throw | - | $20,000 |
| 1144 | Salaheddine Ben Yazide | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $20,000 |
| 1145 | Stephanie Garcia | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $20,000 |
| 1146 | Timothy Kitum | Men's 800 m | - | $20,000 |
| 1147 | William Sharman | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $20,000 |
| 1148 | Daniil Tsyplakov | Men's high jump | 1 | $19,750 |
| 1149 | Marvin Bracy | Men's 100 m | 1 | $19,750 |
| 1150 | Maureen Koster | three disciplines | - | $19,750 |
| 1151 | Rose Davies | two disciplines | - | $19,750 |
| 1152 | Stanley Joseph | Men's pole vault | - | $19,750 |
| 1153 | Victoria Hudson | Women's javelin throw | - | $19,750 |
| 1154 | Maria Żodzik | Women's high jump | 1 | $19,667 |
| 1155 | Andrew Turner | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $19,500 |
| 1156 | Curtis Mitchell | Men's 200 m | - | $19,500 |
| 1157 | Daniele Greco | Men's triple jump | - | $19,500 |
| 1158 | David Kendziera | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $19,500 |
| 1159 | Eliott Crestan | Men's 800 m | - | $19,500 |
| 1160 | Emil Agyekum | two disciplines | - | $19,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Kemba Nelson is 1140th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $20,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Kemba Nelson most
Doha Diamond League 2026 paid $20,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Zaynab Dosso, Patrizia Van der Weken, Jaël Bestué, Anavia Battle, María Isabel Pérez and Destiny Smith-Barnett.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Kemba Nelson won?
$20,000, which ranks 1140th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2026.
What is Kemba Nelson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 1st in the Diamond+ 100 m at the 2026 Doha Diamond League. 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 Kemba Nelson gets paid?
Entirely by where she 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 women'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 Kemba Nelson won?
One of one, worth $20,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Kemba Nelson 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 her, 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 Kemba Nelson is Jaide Stepter Baynes on $20,000, and one below Maggie Malone-Hardin on $20,000. Kemba Nelson is one of 158 Jamaica athletes athletics has paid, and Jamaica athletics prize money adds them up to $8,413,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Kemba Nelson has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m hurdles, women's 400 m and women's 800 m. Every meeting she 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.