Kishane Thompson prize money
Kishane Thompson has been paid $61,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 502nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the men's 100 m, two 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 100 m | 1st | $20,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025 | 100 m | 1st | $20,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | 100 m | 2nd | $10,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2023 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2023 | 100 m | 4th | $4,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2023 | 100 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| All six | Men's 100 m | - | $61,250 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $61,250 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Kishane Thompson did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 metres | 2nd | 9.82 | $35,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Kishane Thompson $35,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $61,250 from six Diamond League starts between 2023 and 2025. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The World Indoor Championships
What Kishane Thompson did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 60 metres | 2nd | 6.45 | $20,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Kishane Thompson $20,000 for one finish in Toruń 2026, against $61,250 from six Diamond League starts between 2023 and 2025. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Kishane Thompson won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 metres | Silver | - |
The silver in the men's 100 metres 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.
Season by season
2023 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $11,250 |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | Prefontaine Classic | $50,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $50,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Kishane Thompson in 2024, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $61,250.
Around Kishane Thompson on the money list
Ranks 482 to 522
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 482 | Kathryn Mitchell | Women's javelin throw | - | $64,000 |
| 483 | Martina Ratej | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $64,000 |
| 484 | Morgan Uceny | two disciplines | 3 | $63,500 |
| 485 | Sentayehu Ejigu | two disciplines | 2 | $63,500 |
| 486 | Telahun Haile Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $63,250 |
| 487 | Charonda Williams | two disciplines | 2 | $63,000 |
| 488 | Dwight Phillips | Men's long jump | 4 | $63,000 |
| 489 | Richard Thompson | two disciplines | 2 | $63,000 |
| 490 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | four disciplines | 1 | $62,750 |
| 491 | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk | two disciplines | 1 | $62,750 |
| 492 | Aliona Dubitskaya | Women's shot put | - | $62,500 |
| 493 | Etenesh Diro | three disciplines | 1 | $62,500 |
| 494 | Kim Collins | two disciplines | - | $62,500 |
| 495 | Ditaji Kambundji | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $62,250 |
| 496 | Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba | three disciplines | 2 | $62,000 |
| 497 | Perri Shakes-Drayton | two disciplines | - | $61,500 |
| 498 | Senbere Teferi | three disciplines | - | $61,500 |
| 499 | Thiago Braz | Men's pole vault | - | $61,500 |
| 500 | Marco Fassinotti | Men's high jump | 1 | $61,333 |
| 501 | Bethwell Birgen | four disciplines | - | $61,250 |
| 502 | Kishane Thompson | Men's 100 m | 2 | $61,250 |
| 503 | Alysia Montaño | Women's 800 m | 2 | $61,000 |
| 504 | Jeff Henderson | Men's long jump | 2 | $61,000 |
| 505 | Priscilla Schliep | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $61,000 |
| 506 | Abdalaati Iguider | four disciplines | - | $60,500 |
| 507 | Éloyse Lesueur-Aymonin | Women's long jump | 1 | $60,500 |
| 508 | Cornel Fredericks | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $60,000 |
| 509 | Letesenbet Gidey | two disciplines | - | $60,000 |
| 510 | Muzala Samukonga | Men's 400 m | 1 | $60,000 |
| 511 | Prudence Sekgodiso | Women's 800 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| 512 | Raevyn Rogers | Women's 800 m | - | $59,750 |
| 513 | Aretha D. Thurmond | Women's discus throw | - | $59,500 |
| 514 | Nickisha Pryce | Women's 400 m | 2 | $59,500 |
| 515 | Nikola Ogrodníková | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $59,250 |
| 516 | Rasheed Broadbell | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $59,250 |
| 517 | Agnes Tirop | two disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 518 | Azeddine Habz | four disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 519 | Ben Youssef Meïté | Men's 100 m | 1 | $59,000 |
| 520 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | three disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 521 | Grant Fisher | four disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 522 | Kimberley Mickle | Women's javelin throw | - | $59,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Kishane Thompson is 502nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $61,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Kishane Thompson most
Prefontaine Classic 2025 paid $20,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Zharnel Hughes, Trayvon Bromell, Brandon Hicklin, Ackeem Blake, Bayanda Walaza and Christian Coleman.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025 paid $20,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Noah Lyles, Kenny Bednarek, Christian Coleman, Trayvon Bromell, Courtney Lindsey and Akani Simbine.
Diamond League Shanghai 2025 paid $10,000 for 2nd in the 100 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Letsile Tebogo, Emmanuel Eseme, Christian Coleman, Rohan Watson, Jeremiah Azu and Xie Zhenye.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Kishane Thompson won?
$61,250, which ranks 502nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2023 and 2025.
What is Kishane Thompson's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 1st in the Diamond+ 100 m at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Kishane Thompson 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 Kishane Thompson won?
Two of six, worth $40,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $4,000.
How much did Kishane Thompson win at the 2025 World Championships?
$35,000, 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 has Kishane Thompson won at the World Indoor Championships?
$20,000, from one paid final in Toruń 2026. An indoor title pays $40,000 and the ladder runs six places deep, down to $4,000 for 6th, the same in every event on the programme and the same for a relay team.
Is this everything Kishane Thompson earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships and World Indoor 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 Kishane Thompson is Bethwell Birgen on $61,250, and one below Alysia Montaño on $61,000. Kishane Thompson 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 men's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Kishane Thompson has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Prefontaine Classic 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 100 metres page. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the men's 60 metres page.