Luxolo Adams prize money
Luxolo Adams has been paid $25,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1002nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the men's 200 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.
Every payment
Where he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2023 | 200 m | 8th | $500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2022 | 200 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2022 | 200 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2018 | 200 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2018 | 200 m | 7th | $3,000 |
| Herculis 2018 | 200 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| All six | Men's 200 m | - | $25,000 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $25,000 is six 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.
Season by season
2018 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | - | Bauhausgalan | $8,500 |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | Meeting de Paris | $16,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | $500 |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $16,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Luxolo Adams in 2019, 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $25,000.
Around Luxolo Adams on the money list
Ranks 982 to 1022
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 982 | Calvin Smith | two disciplines | 1 | $25,750 |
| 983 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Men's 400 m | - | $25,750 |
| 984 | Lurdes Gloria Manuel | Women's 400 m | - | $25,750 |
| 985 | Norbert Kobielski | Men's high jump | - | $25,750 |
| 986 | Thibaut Collet | Men's pole vault | - | $25,542 |
| 987 | Desirèe Henry | two disciplines | - | $25,500 |
| 988 | Gilbert Kirui | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $25,500 |
| 989 | Lilian Odira | Women's 800 m | 1 | $25,500 |
| 990 | Mélanie Melfort | Women's high jump | - | $25,500 |
| 991 | Omar Cisneros | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $25,500 |
| 992 | Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $25,500 |
| 993 | Ronald Musagala | three disciplines | 1 | $25,500 |
| 994 | Siham Hilali | three disciplines | - | $25,500 |
| 995 | Patryk Dobek | two disciplines | - | $25,250 |
| 996 | Steven Lewis | Men's pole vault | - | $25,250 |
| 997 | Derek Miles | Men's pole vault | - | $25,083 |
| 998 | Andrew Riley | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $25,000 |
| 999 | Asier Martínez | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $25,000 |
| 1000 | Dimitrios Chondrokoukis | Men's high jump | 2 | $25,000 |
| 1001 | Keturah Orji | Women's triple jump | - | $25,000 |
| 1002 | Luxolo Adams | Men's 200 m | 1 | $25,000 |
| 1003 | Melissa Bishop-Nriagu | Women's 800 m | - | $25,000 |
| 1004 | Nick Symmonds | Men's 800 m | - | $25,000 |
| 1005 | Ryan Brathwaite | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $25,000 |
| 1006 | Samyr Laine | Men's triple jump | - | $25,000 |
| 1007 | Trell Kimmons | two disciplines | - | $25,000 |
| 1008 | Chukwuebuka Enekwechi | Men's shot put | - | $24,750 |
| 1009 | Anna Pyatykh | Women's triple jump | - | $24,500 |
| 1010 | Boaz Kiplagat Lalang | two disciplines | - | $24,500 |
| 1011 | Christine Day | Women's 400 m | - | $24,500 |
| 1012 | Dimitri Bascou | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $24,500 |
| 1013 | Dmitriy Tarabin | Men's javelin throw | - | $24,500 |
| 1014 | Emiliano Lasa | Men's long jump | - | $24,500 |
| 1015 | Ethan Strand | two disciplines | 1 | $24,500 |
| 1016 | Imogen Ayris | Women's pole vault | - | $24,500 |
| 1017 | Kori Carter | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $24,500 |
| 1018 | Ladislav Prášil | Men's shot put | - | $24,500 |
| 1019 | Libania Grenot | two disciplines | - | $24,500 |
| 1020 | Marquise Goodwin | Men's long jump | 1 | $24,500 |
| 1021 | Nadia Battocletti | three disciplines | 1 | $24,500 |
| 1022 | Paul Dedewo | Men's 400 m | - | $24,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Luxolo Adams is 1002nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $25,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Luxolo Adams most
Meeting de Paris 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alexander Ogando, Mouhamadou Fall, Andre De Grasse, Fausto Desalu, Yancarlos Martínez and Benjamin Azamati.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2022 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Fausto Desalu, Yancarlos Martínez, Jerome Blake, Isaac Makwala, William Reais and Mehdi Takordmioui.
Bauhausgalan 2018 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ameer Webb, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Churandy Martina, Henrik Larsson, Steven Gardiner and Ramil Guliyev.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Luxolo Adams won?
$25,000, which ranks 1002nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2018 and 2023.
What is Luxolo Adams's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 200 m at the 2022 Meeting de Paris. 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 Luxolo Adams 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 200 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 Luxolo Adams won?
One of six, worth $10,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $3,000.
Is this everything Luxolo Adams 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 Luxolo Adams is Keturah Orji on $25,000, and one below Melissa Bishop-Nriagu on $25,000. Luxolo Adams is one of 54 South Africa athletes athletics has paid, and South Africa athletics prize money adds them up to $2,356,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Luxolo Adams 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 Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.