Ronnie Baker prize money
Ronnie Baker has been paid $111,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 276th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fifteen paid finishes in the men's 100 m, six 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 100 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | 100 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2023 | 100 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Bauhausgalan 2021 | 100 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2021 | 100 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | 100 m | 3rd | $7,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2021 | 100 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 | 100 m | 2nd | $20,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2018 | 100 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2018 | 100 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2018 | 100 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2018 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2017 | 100 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2017 | 100 m | 3rd | $10,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | 100 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| All fifteen | Men's 100 m | - | $111,250 |
The fifteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $111,250 is fifteen 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.
The Ultimate Championship
What Ronnie Baker did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 metres | 3rd | 9.93 | $40,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Ronnie Baker $40,000 for one finish over three days, against $111,250 from fifteen Diamond League starts between 2017 and 2026. He ran on the United States quartet that won the mixed 4 × 100 metres relay, $80,000 to the team rather than to any one of the four. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Indoor Championships
What Ronnie Baker did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 60 metres | 6th | 6.59 | $4,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Ronnie Baker $4,000 for one finish in Nanjing 2025, against $111,250 from fifteen Diamond League starts between 2017 and 2026. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
The World Athletics Relays
What Ronnie Baker ran on
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | 1st | 37.43 | $40,000 |
The World Relays have paid $40,000 for the one team Ronnie Baker ran on in Gaborone 2026, and all of it went to the United States rather than to the four who ran. The $111,250 at the top of this page is what the Diamond League paid him. This is what World Athletics paid a country, and the two are not added together anywhere on the site. He was on the winning team once, which pays $40,000 against $20,000 for second. He ran alongside Pjai Austin, and the Diamond League has paid them too. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2017 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $21,500 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $56,000 |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 | Bauhausgalan | $30,500 |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | $1,250 |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $1,000 |
| 2025 | - | - | - | - |
| 2026 | 1 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $1,000 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $56,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Ronnie Baker in 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $111,250.
Around Ronnie Baker on the money list
Ranks 256 to 296
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Lyu Huihui | Women's javelin throw | 6 | $120,250 |
| 257 | Darrell Hill | Men's shot put | 1 | $119,000 |
| 258 | Andreas Hofmann | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $117,500 |
| 259 | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 6 | $117,500 |
| 260 | JuVaughn Harrison | two disciplines | 4 | $117,250 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ronnie Baker is 276th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $111,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ronnie Baker most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yohan Blake, Reece Prescod, Akani Simbine, Mike Rodgers, CJ Ujah and Isiah Young.
Bauhausgalan 2021 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marcell Jacobs, CJ Ujah, Isiah Young, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake and Marvin Bracy.
Herculis EBS 2021 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Akani Simbine, Marcell Jacobs, Andre De Grasse, Trayvon Bromell, Fred Kerley and Filippo Tortu.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ronnie Baker won?
$111,250, which ranks 276th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fifteen paid finishes between 2017 and 2026.
What is Ronnie Baker's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the 100 m at the 2018 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 Ronnie Baker 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 Ronnie Baker won?
Six of fifteen, worth $60,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $37,000.
How much did Ronnie Baker win at the Ultimate Championship?
$40,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
How much has Ronnie Baker won at the World Indoor Championships?
$4,000, from one paid final in Nanjing 2025. An indoor title pays $40,000 and the ladder runs six places deep, down to $4,000 for 6th, the same in every event on the programme and the same for a relay team.
What did Ronnie Baker's World Relays teams win?
$40,000, across one paid final in Gaborone 2026. The relays pay a team rather than a runner, so the cheque goes to the federation and not to Ronnie Baker or to any one of the four. A title pays $40,000 and the ladder reaches all eight teams in a final, down to $2,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Ronnie Baker earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The Ultimate Championship, World Indoor Championships and World Relays 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 Ronnie Baker is Robbie Grabarz on $111,458, and one below Devon Allen on $111,000. Ronnie Baker 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 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Ronnie Baker 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 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 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 finals are on the men's 100 metres and mixed 4 × 100 metres relay pages. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the men's 60 metres page. World Relays prize money is the Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026 championships, $1,087,000 put up across 12 finals that pay a team and never a runner, and the relay is on the men's 4 × 100 metres relay page.