Nesta Carter prize money
Nesta Carter has been paid $110,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 281st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 25 paid finishes in the men's 100 m, two 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 25 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $110,500 is 25 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.10% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2015, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $12,000 |
| 2011 | 4 | - | Aviva British Grand Prix | $17,000 |
| 2012 | 4 | - | DN Galan | $20,000 |
| 2013 | 4 | 1 | British Grand Prix | $19,000 |
| 2014 | 6 | 1 | DN Galan | $27,500 |
| 2015 | 5 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $15,000 |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $27,500 from six starts. Every season from 2010 to 2015 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $110,500.
Around Nesta Carter on the money list
Ranks 261 to 301
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 261 | Henriette Jæger | two disciplines | 3 | $116,500 |
| 262 | Sha'Carri Richardson | two disciplines | 5 | $116,250 |
| 263 | Yasmani Copello | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $116,250 |
| 264 | Malte Mohr | Men's pole vault | 3 | $116,000 |
| 265 | Rumesh Tharanga | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $116,000 |
| 266 | Lorraine Ugen | Women's long jump | 2 | $115,000 |
| 267 | Woo Sang-hyeok | Men's high jump | 5 | $113,750 |
| 268 | Anna Cockrell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 4 | $113,500 |
| 269 | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | two disciplines | 3 | $113,000 |
| 270 | Kelsey-Lee Barber | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $113,000 |
| 271 | Magnus Kirt | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $112,500 |
| 272 | Jesse Williams | Men's high jump | 3 | $112,083 |
| 273 | Angelica Moser | Women's pole vault | 2 | $111,875 |
| 274 | Darya Klishina | Women's long jump | 3 | $111,500 |
| 275 | Robbie Grabarz | Men's high jump | 2 | $111,458 |
| 276 | Ronnie Baker | Men's 100 m | 6 | $111,250 |
| 277 | Devon Allen | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $111,000 |
| 278 | Erik Kynard | Men's high jump | 2 | $111,000 |
| 279 | Birhanu Balew | two disciplines | 3 | $110,750 |
| 280 | Eilidh Doyle | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $110,500 |
| 281 | Nesta Carter | Men's 100 m | 2 | $110,500 |
| 282 | Jenn Suhr | Women's pole vault | 5 | $110,250 |
| 283 | Aleksandr Menkov | Men's long jump | 8 | $110,000 |
| 284 | Wayde van Niekerk | two disciplines | 9 | $110,000 |
| 285 | Angelo Taylor | three disciplines | 5 | $109,500 |
| 286 | Ruth Jebet | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $109,000 |
| 287 | Ackera Nugent | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $108,000 |
| 288 | Jenna Prandini | two disciplines | 1 | $107,500 |
| 289 | CJ Ujah | two disciplines | 1 | $106,500 |
| 290 | Jereem Richards | two disciplines | - | $106,500 |
| 291 | Monae' Nichols | Women's long jump | 2 | $106,500 |
| 292 | Kerron Stewart | two disciplines | 3 | $106,000 |
| 293 | Anna Ryzhykova | two disciplines | - | $105,500 |
| 294 | Cameron Myers | three disciplines | 2 | $105,500 |
| 295 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | two disciplines | 6 | $105,500 |
| 296 | Mohammed Aman | Men's 800 m | 7 | $105,500 |
| 297 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Men's pole vault | 2 | $105,500 |
| 298 | Steven Gardiner | two disciplines | 9 | $105,500 |
| 299 | Anita Márton | Women's shot put | - | $105,000 |
| 300 | Brittany Brown | two disciplines | 5 | $104,750 |
| 301 | Nia Ali | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $104,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nesta Carter is 281st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $110,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Nesta Carter most
DN Galan 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Keston Bledman, CJ Ujah, Nickel Ashmeade, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure and Odain Rose.
British Grand Prix 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: James Dasaolu, Kim Collins, Mike Rodgers, Jimmy Vicaut, James Ellington and Kimmari Roach.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2014 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mike Rodgers, Su Bingtian, Kim Collins, Wilfried Koffi Hua, Dwain Chambers and Charles Silmon.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Nesta Carter won?
$110,500, which ranks 281st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 25 paid finishes between 2010 and 2015.
What is Nesta Carter's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 100 m at the 2014 DN Galan. 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 Nesta Carter 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Nesta Carter won?
Two of 25, worth $20,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Nesta Carter 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 Nesta Carter is Eilidh Doyle on $110,500, and one below Jenn Suhr on $110,250. Nesta Carter is one of 158 Jamaica athletes athletics has paid, and Jamaica athletics prize money adds them up to $8,413,000 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 Nesta Carter 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 Adidas Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.