Michael Norman prize money
Michael Norman has been paid $130,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 231st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from thirteen paid finishes in the men's 400 m, men's 200 m and men's 100 m, seven 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | 400 m | 9th | - |
| Doha Diamond League 2023 | 200 m | 8th | $500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2022 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2022 | 200 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis 2022 | 200 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Doha Diamond League 2021 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Allianz Memorial Van Damme 2021 | 100 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2021 | 100 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | 400 m | 1st | $50,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2019 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 200 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2018 | 200 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All fourteen | three disciplines | - | $130,750 |
The thirteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $130,750 is thirteen 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. One of the fourteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Michael Norman
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 m | 7 | 6 | 2019 to 2026 | $100,000 |
| Men's 200 m | 5 | 1 | 2018 to 2023 | $26,000 |
| Men's 100 m | 2 | - | 2021 | $4,750 |
The men's 400 m has paid Michael Norman $100,000 of the $130,750, which is 76% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2018 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | - | Athletissima | $6,000 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $80,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | Doha Diamond League | $14,750 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 | Prefontaine Classic | $29,500 |
| 2023 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | $500 |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | - | - | - | - |
| 2026 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | - |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $80,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Michael Norman in 2020, 2024, 2025 and 2026, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $130,750.
Around Michael Norman on the money list
Ranks 211 to 251
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 231 | Michael Norman | three disciplines | 7 | $130,750 |
| 232 | Djamel Sedjati | two disciplines | 5 | $130,500 |
| 233 | Georgia Hunter Bell | three disciplines | 4 | $130,250 |
| 234 | Dylan Armstrong | Men's shot put | 5 | $130,000 |
| 235 | Johannes Vetter | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $129,500 |
| 236 | Queen Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $129,500 |
| 237 | Jason Richardson | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $129,000 |
| 238 | Yohan Blake | two disciplines | 3 | $128,250 |
| 239 | Christian Cantwell | Men's shot put | 7 | $128,000 |
| 240 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $128,000 |
| 241 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | two disciplines | 2 | $126,750 |
| 242 | Viola Jelagat Kibiwot | five disciplines | - | $126,500 |
| 243 | David Storl | Men's shot put | 5 | $125,500 |
| 244 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $125,250 |
| 245 | Tina Šutej | Women's pole vault | 1 | $123,250 |
| 246 | Robert Urbanek | Men's discus throw | 3 | $122,750 |
| 247 | Greg Rutherford | Men's long jump | 7 | $122,500 |
| 248 | Adam Kszczot | two disciplines | 5 | $122,000 |
| 249 | Jessica Hull | six disciplines | 1 | $121,750 |
| 250 | Tori Bowie | three disciplines | 8 | $121,500 |
| 251 | Mélina Robert-Michon | Women's discus throw | - | $121,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Michael Norman is 231st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $130,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Michael Norman most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Fred Kerley, Akeem Bloomfield, Obi Igbokwe, Kahmari Montgomery, Michael Cherry and Jonathan Sacoor.
Prefontaine Classic 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kirani James, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Vernon Norwood, Jereem Richards, Michael Cherry and Isaac Makwala.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kirani James, Bryce Deadmon, Vernon Norwood, Champion Allison, Isaac Makwala and Michael Cherry.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Michael Norman won?
$130,750, which ranks 231st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from thirteen paid finishes between 2018 and 2026.
What is Michael Norman's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m at the 2019 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 Michael Norman 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 Michael Norman won?
Seven of fourteen, worth $110,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $50,000.
Has Michael Norman 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 Michael Norman 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 Michael Norman is Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot on $131,000, and one below Djamel Sedjati on $130,500. Michael Norman is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 400 m prize money, men's 200 m prize money and men's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Michael Norman has been paid in three of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 110 m hurdles. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.