Matheus Lima prize money
Matheus Lima has been paid $50,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 621st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from twelve paid finishes in the men's 400 m hurdles and men's 300 m hurdles, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 400 m hurdles | 3rd | $7,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 300 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 400 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bislett Games 2026 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $3,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $3,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | 400 m hurdles | 6th | $2,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | 300 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | 400 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2025 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $5,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $5,000 |
| Bislett Games 2025 | 300 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| All twelve | two disciplines | - | $50,000 |
The twelve paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $50,000 is twelve separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The Ultimate Championship
What Matheus Lima did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 metres hurdles | 7th | 48.67 | - |
Matheus Lima 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.
The World Indoor Championships
What Matheus Lima did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 metres | 6th | 46.94 | $4,000 |
| Men's 400 metres | 7th | 46.17 | - |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Matheus Lima $4,000 for one finish in Nanjing 2025, against $50,000 from twelve Diamond League starts between 2025 and 2026. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Matheus Lima
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 m hurdles | 9 | - | 2025 to 2026 | $37,500 |
| Men's 300 m hurdles | 3 | - | 2025 to 2026 | $12,500 |
The men's 400 m hurdles has paid Matheus Lima $37,500 of the $50,000, which is 75% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $24,500 |
| 2026 | 7 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $25,500 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $25,500 from seven starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $50,000.
Around Matheus Lima on the money list
Ranks 601 to 641
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | Shanice Craft | two disciplines | - | $51,500 |
| 602 | Tia Brooks-Wannemacher | Women's shot put | 2 | $51,500 |
| 603 | Erika Kinsey | Women's high jump | - | $51,333 |
| 604 | Tony McQuay | Men's 400 m | - | $51,250 |
| 605 | Martin Wierig | Men's discus throw | - | $51,000 |
| 606 | Tariku Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $51,000 |
| 607 | Yekaterina Koneva | Women's triple jump | 1 | $51,000 |
| 608 | Roberta Bruni | Women's pole vault | - | $50,875 |
| 609 | Khaddi Sagnia | two disciplines | 1 | $50,750 |
| 610 | Dana Velďáková | Women's triple jump | - | $50,500 |
| 611 | Marwa Bouzayani | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $50,500 |
| 612 | Myriam Soumaré | two disciplines | 1 | $50,500 |
| 613 | Quincy Hall | two disciplines | 2 | $50,500 |
| 614 | Ayomide Folorunso | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $50,250 |
| 615 | Hilary Kpatcha | Women's long jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 616 | Zhang Guowei | Men's high jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 617 | Athing Mu | Women's 800 m | 3 | $50,000 |
| 618 | Chris Benard | Men's triple jump | - | $50,000 |
| 619 | Edmund Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $50,000 |
| 620 | Ignisious Gaisah | Men's long jump | - | $50,000 |
| 621 | Matheus Lima | two disciplines | - | $50,000 |
| 622 | Sinesipho Dambile | Men's 200 m | 1 | $50,000 |
| 623 | Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui | two disciplines | 1 | $49,750 |
| 624 | Joseph Fahnbulleh | Men's 200 m | - | $49,750 |
| 625 | Kyree King | two disciplines | - | $49,750 |
| 626 | Rachid Muratake | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $49,750 |
| 627 | Debbie Dunn | Women's 400 m | - | $49,500 |
| 628 | Denisa Rosolová | two disciplines | - | $49,500 |
| 629 | Sarah Healy | four disciplines | 1 | $49,500 |
| 630 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $49,250 |
| 631 | Sasha Zhoya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $49,250 |
| 632 | Antti Ruuskanen | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $49,000 |
| 633 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $49,000 |
| 634 | Kemi Adekoya | two disciplines | 1 | $49,000 |
| 635 | Sara Petersen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,750 |
| 636 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | - | $48,500 |
| 637 | Pavel Maslák | Men's 400 m | - | $48,500 |
| 638 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,500 |
| 639 | Tia Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $48,250 |
| 640 | Ari Mannio | Men's javelin throw | - | $48,000 |
| 641 | Courtney Okolo | Women's 400 m | - | $48,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Matheus Lima is 621st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $50,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Matheus Lima most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Emil Agyekum, Caleb Dean, Abderrahman Samba, Matic Ian Guček, Ezekiel Nathaniel and Alison dos Santos.
Xiamen Diamond League 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 300 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ken Toyoda, Berke Akçam, Carl Bengtström, Kyron McMaster, Xie Zhiyu and CJ Allen.
Diamond League Shanghai 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Carl Bengtström, Berke Akçam, Kyron McMaster, CJ Allen, Gerald Drummond and Xie Zhiyu.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Matheus Lima won?
$50,000, which ranks 621st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from twelve paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Matheus Lima's biggest Diamond League payday?
$7,000, for finishing 3rd in the 400 m hurdles 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 Matheus Lima 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 400 m hurdles 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 much has Matheus Lima won at the World Indoor Championships?
$4,000, from one paid final in Nanjing 2025. 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 Matheus Lima earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The 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 Matheus Lima is Ignisious Gaisah on $50,000, and one below Sinesipho Dambile on $50,000. Matheus Lima is one of 35 Brazil athletes athletics has paid, and Brazil athletics prize money adds them up to $1,329,500 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 400 m hurdles prize money and men's 300 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Matheus Lima has been paid in two 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. 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 400 metres hurdles 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 400 metres page.