Nico Young prize money
Nico Young has been paid $28,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 486th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the men's 5000 m and men's 3000 m, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletissima 2026 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | 3000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Bislett Games 2025 | 5000 m | 1st | $20,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2025 | 5000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| All five | two disciplines | — | $28,500 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $28,500 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Nico Young did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 10,000 metres | 5th | 28:56.62 | $11,000 |
| Men's 5000 metres | 6th | 13:00.07 | $7,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Nico Young $18,000 for two finishes in Tokyo, against $28,500 from five Diamond League starts between 2025 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Nico Young did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 metres | 5th | 13:00.26 | — |
Nico Young 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 Cross Country Championships
What Nico Young ran on the grass
| RACE | PLACE | MARK | EARNED | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior men's race | 36th | 30:19 | — | $10,000 |
Nico Young has run one race here and was paid nothing in his own name. Only the first six across the line are, $30,000 for the win down to $3,000 for 6th, and there is no appearance money underneath it. The team he ran on earned United States $10,000, all of it from a team standing, which is settled on the places of the first four runners a country gets home. It is the federation's money rather than his, and it is not added to the $28,500 at the top of this page. Hescored alongside Parker Wolfe and Graham Blanks, and the Diamond League has paid every one of them too. The cross country page holds all 10 races across two championships and the $620,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Nico Young
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 m | 4 | 1 | 2025 to 2026 | $27,500 |
| Men's 3000 m | 1 | — | 2026 | $1,000 |
The men's 5000 m has paid Nico Young $27,500 of the $28,500, which is 96% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $21,500 from two starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $28,500.
Around Nico Young on the money list
Ranks 466 to 506
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 466 | Fiordaliza Cofil | Women's 400 m | 1 | $29,750 |
| 467 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 468 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 469 | Isaac Nader | two disciplines | 1 | $29,750 |
| 470 | Kamila Lićwinko | Women's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 471 | Tamari Davis | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 472 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $29,500 |
| 473 | Nelly Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 1 | $29,500 |
| 474 | Tamara Clark | two disciplines | — | $29,500 |
| 475 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 1 | $29,500 |
| 476 | Cambrea Sturgis | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 477 | Daniel Arce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $29,250 |
| 478 | Nafissatou Thiam | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 479 | Cierra Jackson | Women's discus throw | 1 | $29,000 |
| 480 | Lorraine Ugen | Women's long jump | 1 | $29,000 |
| 481 | Ruben Querinjean | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $29,000 |
| 482 | Axumawit Embaye | four disciplines | — | $28,750 |
| 483 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $28,750 |
| 484 | Zoe Hobbs | Women's 100 m | — | $28,750 |
| 485 | Aliona Dubitskaya | Women's shot put | — | $28,500 |
| 486 | Nico Young | two disciplines | 1 | $28,500 |
| 487 | Orlando Bennett | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $28,500 |
| 488 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $28,500 |
| 489 | Claudine Vita | Women's discus throw | — | $28,250 |
| 490 | Christina Honsel | Women's high jump | 1 | $28,167 |
| 491 | Liam Adcock | Men's long jump | 1 | $28,000 |
| 492 | Patrícia Mamona | Women's triple jump | — | $28,000 |
| 493 | Lorenzo Simonelli | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $27,750 |
| 494 | Agnes Jebet Tirop | two disciplines | 1 | $27,500 |
| 495 | Amber Anning | Women's 400 m | — | $27,500 |
| 496 | Jazmin Sawyers | Women's long jump | — | $27,500 |
| 497 | Peter Bol | Men's 800 m | — | $27,500 |
| 498 | Ronald Kwemoi | four disciplines | 1 | $27,500 |
| 499 | Carey McLeod | Men's long jump | 1 | $27,250 |
| 500 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 1 | $27,250 |
| 501 | Alyssa Jones | Women's long jump | 1 | $27,000 |
| 502 | Carl Bengtström | three disciplines | — | $26,750 |
| 503 | Kendall Ellis | Women's 400 m | 1 | $26,750 |
| 504 | Twanisha Terry | two disciplines | — | $26,750 |
| 505 | Just Kwaou-Mathey | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $26,500 |
| 506 | Liliana Cá | Women's discus throw | — | $26,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nico Young is 486th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $28,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Nico Young most
Bislett Games 2025 paid $20,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Biniam Mehary, Kuma Girma, George Mills, Hagos Gebrhiwet, Thierry Ndikumwenayo and Graham Blanks.
Athletissima 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 5000 m, one of 18 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Graham Blanks, Cornelius Kemboi, Mezgebu Sime, Kuma Girma, Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu and Khairi Bejiga.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 5000 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jacob Krop, Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu, Grant Fisher, Reynold Cheruiyot, Birhanu Balew and Egide Ntakarutimana.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Nico Young won?
$28,500, which ranks 486th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Nico Young's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 1st in the Diamond+ 5000 m at the 2025 Bislett Games. 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 Nico Young 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 5000 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 Nico Young won?
One of five, worth $20,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $2,000.
How much did Nico Young win at the 2025 World Championships?
$18,000, from two paid finals in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Nico Young earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Championships and World Cross Country 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Nico Young is Aliona Dubitskaya on $28,500, and one below Orlando Bennett on $28,500. Nico Young is one of 352 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $16,292,792 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 5000 m prize money and men's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Nico Young 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 Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full finals are on the men's 10,000 metres and men's 5000 metres pages. 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 5000 metres page. Cross country prize money is the Belgrade 2024 and Tallahassee 2026 championships, $620,000 put up across 10 races, half of it a runner's and half of it a federation's, and the race is on the senior men's race page.