Marcell Jacobs prize money
Marcell Jacobs has been paid $19,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 596th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the men's 100 m, 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 100 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 | 100 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bislett Games 2024 | 100 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 | 100 m | 9th | — |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2023 | 100 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2023 | 100 m | 7th | $750 |
| Bauhausgalan 2021 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2021 | 100 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| All eight | Men's 100 m | — | $19,750 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $19,750 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the eight starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2021 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | — | Bauhausgalan | $9,500 |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 2 | — | Xiamen Diamond League | $1,750 |
| 2024 | 2 | — | Bislett Games | $2,000 |
| 2025 | — | — | — | — |
| 2026 | 2 | — | Meeting de Paris | $6,500 |
season running total
2021 is the biggest of them, $9,500 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Marcell Jacobs in 2022 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $19,750.
Around Marcell Jacobs on the money list
Ranks 576 to 616
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 576 | Brandon Miller | Men's 800 m | 1 | $21,000 |
| 577 | Jo-Ané du Plessis | Women's javelin throw | — | $21,000 |
| 578 | Marco Fassinotti | Men's high jump | — | $21,000 |
| 579 | Adam Gemili | two disciplines | — | $20,500 |
| 580 | Alexis Copello | Men's triple jump | — | $20,500 |
| 581 | Gabrielle Jennings | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $20,500 |
| 582 | Jamile Samuel | two disciplines | — | $20,500 |
| 583 | Jordan Díaz | Men's triple jump | 1 | $20,500 |
| 584 | Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui | two disciplines | 1 | $20,250 |
| 585 | Gabriela Leon | Women's pole vault | — | $20,250 |
| 586 | Martina Weil | Women's 400 m | — | $20,250 |
| 587 | Yemisi Ogunleye | Women's shot put | — | $20,250 |
| 588 | Cooper Lutkenhaus | Men's 800 m | 2 | $20,000 |
| 589 | Favour Ofili | two disciplines | — | $20,000 |
| 590 | Hyvin Kiyeng | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $20,000 |
| 591 | Jacob Kiplimo | three disciplines | — | $20,000 |
| 592 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | Women's long jump | — | $20,000 |
| 593 | Kemba Nelson | Women's 100 m | 1 | $20,000 |
| 594 | Rusheen McDonald | Men's 400 m | 1 | $20,000 |
| 595 | Salaheddine Ben Yazide | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $20,000 |
| 596 | Marcell Jacobs | Men's 100 m | — | $19,750 |
| 597 | Mélina Robert-Michon | Women's discus throw | — | $19,750 |
| 598 | Rose Davies | two disciplines | — | $19,750 |
| 599 | Victoria Hudson | Women's javelin throw | — | $19,750 |
| 600 | Maria Żodzik | Women's high jump | 1 | $19,667 |
| 601 | Tihomir Ivanov | Men's high jump | — | $19,625 |
| 602 | Brandon McBride | Men's 800 m | — | $19,500 |
| 603 | David Kendziera | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $19,500 |
| 604 | Emil Agyekum | two disciplines | — | $19,500 |
| 605 | Jacious Sears | Women's 100 m | — | $19,500 |
| 606 | Maddi Wesche | Women's shot put | — | $19,500 |
| 607 | Shanice Craft | Women's discus throw | — | $19,500 |
| 608 | Dylan Beard | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $19,250 |
| 609 | Fantu Worku | two disciplines | — | $19,250 |
| 610 | Heather MacLean | two disciplines | — | $19,250 |
| 611 | Lisanne de Witte | Women's 400 m | — | $19,250 |
| 612 | Oliver Helander | Men's javelin throw | — | $19,250 |
| 613 | Christoph Harting | Men's discus throw | — | $19,000 |
| 614 | Cole Walsh | Men's pole vault | — | $19,000 |
| 615 | Jasmine Jones | two disciplines | — | $19,000 |
| 616 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | — | $19,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Marcell Jacobs is 596th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $19,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Marcell Jacobs most
Bauhausgalan 2021 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: CJ Ujah, Isiah Young, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Marvin Bracy and Henrik Larsson.
Meeting de Paris 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Akani Simbine, Jordan Anthony, Ferdinand Omanyala, Andre De Grasse, Jeremiah Azu and Trayvon Bromell.
Herculis EBS 2021 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 100 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andre De Grasse, Trayvon Bromell, Fred Kerley, Filippo Tortu, Ronnie Baker and Akani Simbine.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Marcell Jacobs won?
$19,750, which ranks 596th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2021 and 2026.
What is Marcell Jacobs's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 100 m at the 2021 Bauhausgalan. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Marcell Jacobs 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 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.
Has Marcell Jacobs 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.
Is this everything Marcell Jacobs earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Marcell Jacobs is Salaheddine Ben Yazide on $20,000, and one below Mélina Robert-Michon on $19,750. Marcell Jacobs is one of 69 Italy athletes athletics has paid, and Italy athletics prize money adds them up to $2,130,250 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 Marcell Jacobs 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 Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it.