Noah Lyles prize money
Noah Lyles has been paid $530,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 3rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 34 paid finishes in the men's 200 m and men's 100 m, 24 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 34 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $530,000 is 34 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.5% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Noah Lyles did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 metres | 1st | 19.52 | $70,000 |
| Men's 100 metres | 3rd | 9.89 | $22,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Noah Lyles $92,000 for two finishes in Tokyo, against $530,000 from 34 Diamond League starts between 2017 and 2026. He ran on the United States team that won the men's 4 × 100 metres relay, $80,000 to the federation rather than to any one of the four. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Noah Lyles won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 metres | Gold | $50,000 |
| Men's 200 metres | Bronze | - |
Noah Lyles was paid $50,000 for the men's 100 metres in Paris, the first Games at which an athletics title carried prize money at all. Every one of the 48 golds paid the same $50,000. The bronze in the men's 200 metres 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.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Noah Lyles
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 m | 20 | 19 | 2017 to 2025 | $366,000 |
| Men's 100 m | 14 | 5 | 2018 to 2026 | $164,000 |
The men's 200 m has paid Noah Lyles $366,000 of the $530,000, which is 69% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2017 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $60,000 |
| 2018 | 7 | 5 | Weltklasse Zürich | $98,000 |
| 2019 | 7 | 5 | Weltklasse Zürich | $142,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 5 | 4 | Weltklasse Zürich | $62,000 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 | Prefontaine Classic | $42,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | London Athletics Meet | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | $80,000 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $26,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $142,000 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Noah Lyles in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $530,000.
Around Noah Lyles on the money list
Ranks 1 to 41
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Elkasević | Women's discus throw | 46 | $692,750 |
| 2 | Armand Duplantis | Men's pole vault | 35 | $607,250 |
| 3 | Noah Lyles | two disciplines | 24 | $530,000 |
| 4 | Christian Taylor | three disciplines | 28 | $512,250 |
| 5 | Caterine Ibargüen | two disciplines | 37 | $501,000 |
| 6 | Sam Kendricks | Men's pole vault | 18 | $481,917 |
| 7 | Renaud Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | 33 | $466,833 |
| 8 | Femke Broeders-Bol | three disciplines | 29 | $456,000 |
| 9 | Mariya Lasitskene | Women's high jump | 26 | $440,500 |
| 10 | Shericka Jackson | three disciplines | 19 | $429,250 |
| 11 | Karsten Warholm | three disciplines | 18 | $428,500 |
| 12 | Sifan Hassan | five disciplines | 16 | $424,250 |
| 13 | Faith Kipyegon | six disciplines | 23 | $423,000 |
| 14 | Marileidy Paulino | two disciplines | 25 | $420,500 |
| 15 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | two disciplines | 11 | $417,250 |
| 16 | Timothy Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 17 | $416,500 |
| 17 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | three disciplines | 21 | $415,000 |
| 18 | Mutaz Barsham | Men's high jump | 23 | $409,833 |
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 18 | $406,500 |
| 20 | Dina Asher-Smith | two disciplines | 10 | $401,500 |
| 21 | Katerina Stefanidi | Women's pole vault | 15 | $394,500 |
| 22 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 20 | $389,000 |
| 23 | Soufiane El Bakkali | four disciplines | 22 | $388,500 |
| 24 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Women's high jump | 21 | $382,250 |
| 25 | Alison dos Santos | three disciplines | 22 | $380,500 |
| 26 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | two disciplines | 21 | $380,500 |
| 27 | Ivana Španović | two disciplines | 18 | $373,000 |
| 28 | Tom Walsh | Men's shot put | 13 | $372,000 |
| 29 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 17 | $370,500 |
| 30 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 19 | $365,500 |
| 31 | Valerie Adams | Women's shot put | 30 | $361,500 |
| 32 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 13 | $355,750 |
| 33 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | 19 | $348,000 |
| 34 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 18 | $347,500 |
| 35 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 11 | $338,250 |
| 36 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | two disciplines | 21 | $335,000 |
| 37 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | two disciplines | 15 | $321,500 |
| 38 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 39 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | 18 | $312,500 |
| 40 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 17 | $310,250 |
| 41 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 15 | $310,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Noah Lyles is 3rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $530,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Noah Lyles most
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Xie Zhenye, Yohan Blake, Justin Gatlin, Akani Simbine, Zharnel Hughes and Adam Gemili.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ramil Guliyev, Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Álex Quiñónez, Robin Vanderbemden and Jereem Richards.
Weltklasse Zürich 2018 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ramil Guliyev, Jereem Richards, Aaron Brown, Álex Quiñónez, Alex Wilson and Luxolo Adams.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Noah Lyles won?
$530,000, which ranks 3rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 34 paid finishes between 2017 and 2026.
What is Noah Lyles's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the 100 m at the 2019 Weltklasse Zürich. 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 Noah Lyles 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 200 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 Noah Lyles won?
24 of 34, worth $460,000 between them. Seven of his appearances came at a final, which paid $272,000.
How much did Noah Lyles win at the 2025 World Championships?
$92,000, 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 Noah Lyles earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships and Olympic 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 Noah Lyles is Armand Duplantis on $607,250, and one below Christian Taylor on $512,250. Noah Lyles 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 200 m prize money and men's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Noah Lyles has been paid in two 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 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 200 metres, men's 100 metres and men's 4 × 100 metres relay pages.