Rushell Clayton prize money
Rushell Clayton has been paid $145,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 80th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 28 paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles, five 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
The 28 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $145,250 is 28 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.3% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The Ultimate Championship
What Rushell Clayton did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 metres hurdles | 8th | 54.32 | — |
Rushell Clayton 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 she finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Athletics Relays
What Rushell Clayton ran on
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | 2nd | 3:08.24 | $20,000 |
The World Relays have paid $20,000 for the one team Rushell Clayton ran on in Gaborone 2026, and all of it went to Jamaica rather than to the four who ran. The $145,250 at the top of this page is what the Diamond League paid her. This is what World Athletics paid a country, and the two are not added together anywhere on the site. No team she ran on won its final, and the ladder paid the teams anyway: it reaches all eight teams in a final, $40,000 for a title down to $2,000 for 8th, so reaching one is the run that pays. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2019 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | Müller Anniversary Games | $12,500 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | Herculis | $19,750 |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | Xiamen Diamond League | $35,500 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $39,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | — | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $9,000 |
| 2026 | 7 | — | Bislett Games | $29,500 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $39,000 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Rushell Clayton in 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $145,250.
Around Rushell Clayton on the money list
Ranks 60 to 100
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 6 | $166,250 |
| 61 | Mariya Lasitskene | Women's high jump | 9 | $164,000 |
| 62 | Marco Arop | two disciplines | 5 | $162,000 |
| 63 | Jakub Vadlejch | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $161,250 |
| 64 | Anderson Peters | Men's javelin throw | 7 | $161,000 |
| 65 | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Women's 100 m hurdles | 12 | $158,500 |
| 66 | Sandra Perković | Women's discus throw | 5 | $158,000 |
| 67 | Jessica Schilder | Women's shot put | 5 | $153,250 |
| 68 | Tajay Gayle | Men's long jump | 4 | $151,750 |
| 69 | Mary Moraa | three disciplines | 9 | $151,500 |
| 70 | Neeraj Chopra | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $150,500 |
| 71 | Cordell Tinch | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $149,500 |
| 72 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Men's high jump | 5 | $149,250 |
| 73 | Jamal Britt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $148,500 |
| 74 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | two disciplines | 8 | $147,500 |
| 75 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 2 | $147,000 |
| 76 | Oblique Seville | Men's 100 m | 5 | $146,000 |
| 77 | Collen Kebinatshipi | Men's 400 m | 6 | $145,500 |
| 78 | Mykolas Alekna | Men's discus throw | 7 | $145,500 |
| 79 | Simon Ehammer | Men's long jump | 3 | $145,500 |
| 80 | Rushell Clayton | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $145,250 |
| 81 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 6 | $143,000 |
| 82 | Katerina Stefanidi | Women's pole vault | 4 | $142,500 |
| 83 | Yared Nuguse | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 84 | Matthew Denny | Men's discus throw | 3 | $139,000 |
| 85 | Trayvon Bromell | Men's 100 m | 6 | $139,000 |
| 86 | Julian Weber | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $138,750 |
| 87 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | two disciplines | 9 | $136,500 |
| 88 | Grant Holloway | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $136,000 |
| 89 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Men's triple jump | 3 | $135,250 |
| 90 | Leonardo Fabbri | Men's shot put | 5 | $135,000 |
| 91 | Hamish Kerr | Men's high jump | 7 | $134,750 |
| 92 | Getnet Wale | three disciplines | 2 | $132,750 |
| 93 | Iryna Herashchenko | Women's high jump | 2 | $131,375 |
| 94 | Eleanor Patterson | Women's high jump | 2 | $130,750 |
| 95 | Djamel Sedjati | two disciplines | 5 | $130,500 |
| 96 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | two disciplines | 6 | $130,500 |
| 97 | Georgia Hunter Bell | three disciplines | 4 | $130,250 |
| 98 | Daryll Neita | two disciplines | 3 | $128,000 |
| 99 | Ivana Španović | two disciplines | 5 | $127,000 |
| 100 | Kendra Harrison | Women's 100 m hurdles | 5 | $126,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Rushell Clayton is 80th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $145,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Rushell Clayton most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2024 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shiann Salmon, Anna Ryzhykova, Zenéy Geldenhuys, Janieve Russell, Viivi Lehikoinen and Noura Ennadi.
Bislett Games 2024 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andrenette Knight, Janieve Russell, Amalie Iuel, Jessie Knight, Anna Ryzhykova and Ayomide Folorunso.
Xiamen Diamond League 2023 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andrenette Knight, Janieve Russell, Ayomide Folorunso, Anna Ryzhykova, Anna Cockrell and Viktoriya Tkachuk.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Rushell Clayton won?
$145,250, which ranks 80th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 28 paid finishes between 2019 and 2026.
What is Rushell Clayton's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m hurdles at the 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat. 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 Rushell Clayton gets paid?
Entirely by where she 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 women's 400 m hurdles 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 Rushell Clayton won?
Five of 28, worth $50,000 between them. Three of her appearances came at a final, which paid $12,000.
What did Rushell Clayton's World Relays teams win?
$20,000, 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 Rushell Clayton 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 Rushell Clayton earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The 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 her, 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 Rushell Clayton is Simon Ehammer on $145,500, and one below Gudaf Tsegay on $143,000. Rushell Clayton is one of 93 Jamaica athletes athletics has paid, and Jamaica athletics prize money adds them up to $4,659,750 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Rushell Clayton has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bislett Games 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 final is on the women's 400 metres hurdles 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 mixed 4 × 400 metres relay page.