Keshorn Walcott prize money
Keshorn Walcott has been paid $65,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 238th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 17 paid finishes in the men's javelin throw, the best of them 2nd.
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 17 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $65,250 is 17 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 18 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Keshorn Walcott did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's javelin throw | 1st | 88.16 m | $70,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Keshorn Walcott $70,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $65,250 from 18 Diamond League starts between 2019 and 2026. A world title paid $70,000, which is more than the Diamond League has paid him in any single season. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Keshorn Walcott did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's javelin throw | 4th | 82.41 m | — |
Keshorn Walcott stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where he finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
Season by season
2019 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | — | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | — |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 2 | — | Müller Grand Prix Gateshead | $9,500 |
| 2022 | 1 | — | Athletissima | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 3 | — | Herculis EBS | $5,250 |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 5 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $25,000 |
| 2026 | 6 | — | AG Memorial Van Damme | $23,500 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $25,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Keshorn Walcott in 2019, 2020 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $65,250.
Around Keshorn Walcott on the money list
Ranks 218 to 258
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 218 | Courtney Lindsey | two disciplines | 1 | $69,750 |
| 219 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 220 | Mackenzie Little | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 221 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 222 | Reynold Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 223 | Tina Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 224 | Liadagmis Povea | Women's triple jump | — | $69,000 |
| 225 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | Women's long jump | 4 | $69,000 |
| 226 | Angelina Topić | Women's high jump | 2 | $68,500 |
| 227 | Renaud Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | — | $68,500 |
| 228 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 2 | $68,250 |
| 229 | Phanuel Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 230 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 3 | $68,000 |
| 231 | Fanny Roos | Women's shot put | — | $67,500 |
| 232 | Hana Moll | Women's pole vault | 3 | $67,500 |
| 233 | Erriyon Knighton | two disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
| 234 | Andrenette Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $66,250 |
| 235 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $66,250 |
| 236 | Fantaye Belayneh | two disciplines | 1 | $65,750 |
| 237 | Rasmus Mägi | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $65,750 |
| 238 | Keshorn Walcott | Men's javelin throw | — | $65,250 |
| 239 | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | Women's shot put | — | $65,000 |
| 240 | Elina Tzengko | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $65,000 |
| 241 | Sondre Guttormsen | Men's pole vault | — | $64,250 |
| 242 | Francine Niyonsaba | three disciplines | 4 | $64,000 |
| 243 | Alysha Newman | Women's pole vault | 1 | $63,500 |
| 244 | Dafne Schippers | two disciplines | 2 | $63,500 |
| 245 | Steven Gardiner | two disciplines | 6 | $63,500 |
| 246 | Michael Cherry | Men's 400 m | 2 | $63,250 |
| 247 | Ditaji Kambundji | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $62,250 |
| 248 | Telahun Haile Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $61,750 |
| 249 | Kishane Thompson | Men's 100 m | 2 | $61,250 |
| 250 | Caterine Ibargüen | two disciplines | 5 | $61,000 |
| 251 | Mujinga Kambundji | two disciplines | 1 | $60,250 |
| 252 | Muzala Samukonga | Men's 400 m | 1 | $60,000 |
| 253 | Prudence Sekgodiso | Women's 800 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| 254 | Jenna Prandini | two disciplines | — | $59,500 |
| 255 | Nickisha Pryce | Women's 400 m | 2 | $59,500 |
| 256 | Rasheed Broadbell | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $59,250 |
| 257 | Azeddine Habz | four disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 258 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $59,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Keshorn Walcott is 238th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $65,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Keshorn Walcott most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $9,000 for 3rd in the javelin throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anderson Peters, Julius Yego, Timothy Herman, Curtis Thompson, Rumesh Tharanga and Dawid Wegner.
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the javelin throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anderson Peters, Julius Yego, Andrian Mardare, Simon Wieland, Julian Weber and Neeraj Chopra.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andrian Mardare, Dawid Wegner, Cyprian Mrzygłód, Anderson Peters, Edis Matusevičius and Genki Dean.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Keshorn Walcott won?
$65,250, which ranks 238th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 17 paid finishes between 2019 and 2026.
What is Keshorn Walcott's biggest Diamond League payday?
$9,000, for finishing 3rd in the Diamond+ javelin throw at the 2026 AG Memorial Van Damme. 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 Keshorn Walcott 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 javelin throw 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 Keshorn Walcott 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. He is in the result table on this site either way.
How much did Keshorn Walcott win at the 2025 World Championships?
$70,000, 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.
Is this everything Keshorn Walcott earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Keshorn Walcott is Rasmus Mägi on $65,750, and one below Danniel Thomas-Dodd on $65,000. Keshorn Walcott is one of 6 Trinidad and Tobago athletes athletics has paid, and Trinidad and Tobago athletics prize money adds them up to $332,750 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Keshorn Walcott 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 AG Memorial Van Damme 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 javelin throw 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 javelin throw page.