Ryan Crouser prize money
Ryan Crouser has been paid $310,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 41st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 33 paid finishes in the men's shot put, fifteen 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 33 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $310,000 is 33 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.3% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Ryan Crouser did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's shot put | 1st | 22.34 m | $70,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Ryan Crouser $70,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $310,000 from 33 Diamond League starts between 2016 and 2026. A world title paid $70,000, which is more than the Diamond League has paid him in any single season. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Ryan Crouser won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's shot put | Gold | $50,000 |
Ryan Crouser was paid $50,000 for the men's shot put 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 Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2016 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | - | Meeting de Paris | $14,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $56,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | Prefontaine Classic | $36,000 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | Doha Diamond League | $26,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | Weltklasse Zürich | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $28,000 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 | Prefontaine Classic | $42,000 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $44,000 |
| 2025 | - | - | - | - |
| 2026 | 3 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $14,000 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $56,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Ryan Crouser in 2020 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $310,000.
Around Ryan Crouser on the money list
Ranks 21 to 61
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 42 | Gong Lijiao | Women's shot put | 13 | $309,000 |
| 43 | Yaime Pérez | Women's discus throw | 8 | $307,500 |
| 44 | Conseslus Kipruto | two disciplines | 15 | $305,500 |
| 45 | Caster Semenya | three disciplines | 20 | $304,000 |
| 46 | Asbel Kiprop | four disciplines | 19 | $302,500 |
| 47 | Hellen Obiri | five disciplines | 13 | $301,000 |
| 48 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 12 | $300,500 |
| 49 | Kaliese Carter | two disciplines | 21 | $297,500 |
| 50 | Beatrice Chepkoech | three disciplines | 11 | $297,000 |
| 51 | Salwa Eid Naser | two disciplines | 13 | $296,500 |
| 52 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $292,875 |
| 53 | Orlando Ortega | Men's 110 m hurdles | 11 | $287,500 |
| 54 | Kenny Bednarek | two disciplines | 13 | $286,500 |
| 55 | Allyson Felix | three disciplines | 19 | $283,250 |
| 56 | Jakub Vadlejch | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $281,750 |
| 57 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $281,250 |
| 58 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 11 | $280,250 |
| 59 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 16 | $272,000 |
| 60 | Dafne Schippers | two disciplines | 11 | $271,000 |
| 61 | Dalilah Muhammad | Women's 400 m hurdles | 10 | $270,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ryan Crouser is 41st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $310,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ryan Crouser most
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $30,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Joe Kovacs, Armin Sinančević, Tom Walsh, Filip Mihaljević and Zane Weir.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Joe Kovacs, David Storl, Tomáš Staněk, Tom Walsh, O'Dayne Richards and Konrad Bukowiecki.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the shot put, one of five in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rajindra Campbell, Payton Otterdahl, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi and Leonardo Fabbri.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ryan Crouser won?
$310,000, which ranks 41st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 33 paid finishes between 2016 and 2026.
What is Ryan Crouser's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the shot put at the 2021 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 Ryan Crouser 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 shot put 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 Ryan Crouser won?
Fifteen of 33, worth $170,000 between them. Seven of his appearances came at a final, which paid $106,000.
How much did Ryan Crouser win at the 2025 World Championships?
$70,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Ryan Crouser 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 Ryan Crouser is Kirani James on $310,250, and one below Gong Lijiao on $309,000. Ryan Crouser 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 shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Ryan Crouser has been paid in one 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 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 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 final is on the men's shot put page.