Marcell Jacobs prize money
Marcell Jacobs has been paid $21,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1105th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eight 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 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2018 | 100 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| All nine | Men's 100 m | - | $21,250 |
The eight paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $21,250 is eight 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. One of the nine starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2018 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $1,500 |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 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 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $21,250.
Around Marcell Jacobs on the money list
Ranks 1085 to 1125
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1085 | Henrik Janssen | Men's discus throw | - | $22,000 |
| 1086 | Jacob Kiplimo | three disciplines | - | $22,000 |
| 1087 | Lisa Dobriskey | two disciplines | - | $22,000 |
| 1088 | Marshevet Hooker | two disciplines | - | $22,000 |
| 1089 | Ronnie Ash | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $22,000 |
| 1090 | Rose-Marie Whyte-Robinson | Women's 400 m | - | $22,000 |
| 1091 | Augusto Dutra | Men's pole vault | - | $21,750 |
| 1092 | Morolake Akinosun | two disciplines | - | $21,750 |
| 1093 | Trevor Barry | Men's high jump | - | $21,750 |
| 1094 | Ancuţa Bobocel | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $21,500 |
| 1095 | Anna Rüh | Women's discus throw | - | $21,500 |
| 1096 | Hamish Peacock | Men's javelin throw | - | $21,500 |
| 1097 | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | two disciplines | - | $21,500 |
| 1098 | Selina Büchel | Women's 800 m | - | $21,500 |
| 1099 | Senayet Getachew | two disciplines | - | $21,500 |
| 1100 | Snežana Vukmirovič | Women's triple jump | - | $21,500 |
| 1101 | T'erea Brown | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $21,500 |
| 1102 | Tarik Langat Akdag | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $21,500 |
| 1103 | Alexander Doom | Men's 400 m | 1 | $21,250 |
| 1104 | Ben Pattison | two disciplines | - | $21,250 |
| 1105 | Marcell Jacobs | Men's 100 m | - | $21,250 |
| 1106 | Sage Watson | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $21,250 |
| 1107 | Sam Mattis | Men's discus throw | - | $21,250 |
| 1108 | Besu Sado | Women's 1500 m | - | $21,000 |
| 1109 | Brandon Miller | Men's 800 m | 1 | $21,000 |
| 1110 | Daniel Kipchirchir Komen | three disciplines | - | $21,000 |
| 1111 | Haron Keitany | two disciplines | 1 | $21,000 |
| 1112 | Jarrod Bannister | Men's javelin throw | - | $21,000 |
| 1113 | Joel Brown | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $21,000 |
| 1114 | Nicholas Bett | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $21,000 |
| 1115 | Rabah Yousif | Men's 400 m | - | $21,000 |
| 1116 | Seref Osmanoglu | Men's triple jump | - | $21,000 |
| 1117 | Steven Hooker | Men's pole vault | - | $21,000 |
| 1118 | Teemu Wirkkala | Men's javelin throw | - | $21,000 |
| 1119 | Justyna Święty-Ersetic | Women's 400 m | - | $20,750 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Marcell Jacobs is 1105th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $21,250.
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?
$21,250, which ranks 1105th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eight paid finishes between 2018 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. That start 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 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 Marcell Jacobs is Ben Pattison on $21,250, and one below Sage Watson on $21,250. Marcell Jacobs is one of 107 Italy athletes athletics has paid, and Italy athletics prize money adds them up to $2,487,342 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.