Matthew Hudson-Smith prize money
Matthew Hudson-Smith has been paid $136,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 210th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 28 paid finishes in the men's 400 m, five 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
The 28 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $136,750 is 28 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The Ultimate Championship
What Matthew Hudson-Smith did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 metres | 5th | 44.28 | - |
Matthew Hudson-Smith 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 Olympic Games
What Matthew Hudson-Smith won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 metres | Silver | - |
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | Bronze | - |
The silver in the men's 400 metres and the bronze in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay 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
2014 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $1,500 |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | $6,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | - | Bislett Games | $7,500 |
| 2018 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $23,500 |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $4,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $3,500 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | Birmingham Diamond League | $13,500 |
| 2023 | 3 | - | Bauhausgalan | $6,750 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | Bislett Games | $31,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $16,000 |
| 2026 | 5 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $20,500 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $31,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Matthew Hudson-Smith in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $136,750.
Around Matthew Hudson-Smith on the money list
Ranks 190 to 230
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 190 | Simon Ehammer | Men's long jump | 3 | $145,500 |
| 191 | Rushell Clayton | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $145,250 |
| 192 | Dani Stevens | Women's discus throw | 1 | $145,000 |
| 193 | Veronica Campbell Brown | two disciplines | 7 | $145,000 |
| 194 | Vernon Norwood | two disciplines | - | $143,250 |
| 195 | Mo Farah | three disciplines | 9 | $142,500 |
| 196 | Natoya Goule-Toppin | two disciplines | 1 | $142,500 |
| 197 | Sharika Nelvis | Women's 100 m hurdles | 4 | $142,500 |
| 198 | Churandy Martina | two disciplines | 2 | $142,000 |
| 199 | Madara Palameika | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $142,000 |
| 200 | Wycliffe Kinyamal | two disciplines | 6 | $140,750 |
| 201 | Alonso Edward | two disciplines | 8 | $140,500 |
| 202 | Trayvon Bromell | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 203 | Yared Nuguse | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 204 | Matthew Denny | Men's discus throw | 3 | $139,000 |
| 205 | Nadine Visser | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $138,250 |
| 206 | Natasha Hastings | two disciplines | 3 | $138,000 |
| 207 | Keshorn Walcott | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $137,750 |
| 208 | Francena McCorory | Women's 400 m | 6 | $137,500 |
| 209 | Iryna Herashchenko | Women's high jump | 2 | $137,375 |
| 210 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Men's 400 m | 5 | $136,750 |
| 211 | Piotr Lisek | Men's pole vault | 3 | $136,375 |
| 212 | Grant Holloway | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $136,000 |
| 213 | Kurtis Marschall | Men's pole vault | 2 | $135,833 |
| 214 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | 6 | $135,500 |
| 215 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Men's triple jump | 3 | $135,250 |
| 216 | Natalia Bukowiecka | Women's 400 m | 3 | $135,250 |
| 217 | Elijah Manangoi | three disciplines | 5 | $135,000 |
| 218 | Leonardo Fabbri | Men's shot put | 5 | $135,000 |
| 219 | Hamish Kerr | Men's high jump | 7 | $134,750 |
| 220 | Jenny Simpson | four disciplines | 4 | $133,500 |
| 221 | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Women's pole vault | 5 | $133,250 |
| 222 | Anna Chicherova | Women's high jump | 8 | $133,000 |
| 223 | Eleanor Patterson | Women's high jump | 2 | $132,750 |
| 224 | Getnet Wale | three disciplines | 2 | $132,750 |
| 225 | Abraham Kibiwot | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $132,250 |
| 226 | Asafa Powell | Men's 100 m | 9 | $131,500 |
| 227 | Daryll Neita | two disciplines | 3 | $131,500 |
| 228 | Hiwot Ayalew | two disciplines | 5 | $131,500 |
| 229 | Tomasz Majewski | Men's shot put | 1 | $131,000 |
| 230 | Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot | two disciplines | 11 | $131,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Matthew Hudson-Smith is 210th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $136,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Matthew Hudson-Smith most
Prefontaine Classic 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Christopher Bailey, Jacory Patterson, Khaleb McRae, Muzala Samukonga, Charlie Dobson and Kirani James.
Bislett Games 2024 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kirani James, Vernon Norwood, Leungo Scotch, Quincy Hall, Lythe Pillay and Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen.
London Athletics Meet 2024 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vernon Norwood, Jereem Richards, Charlie Dobson, Kirani James, Christopher Morales Williams and Bayapo Ndori.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Matthew Hudson-Smith won?
$136,750, which ranks 210th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 28 paid finishes between 2014 and 2026.
What is Matthew Hudson-Smith's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 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 Matthew Hudson-Smith 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 400 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 Matthew Hudson-Smith won?
Five of 28, worth $50,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $13,500.
Is this everything Matthew Hudson-Smith 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 Matthew Hudson-Smith is Iryna Herashchenko on $137,375, and one below Piotr Lisek on $136,375. Matthew Hudson-Smith is one of 249 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $6,351,625 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Matthew Hudson-Smith 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 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 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 page.