Ryo Wada prize money
Ryo Wada has been paid $1,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1773rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's 100 m, and it was 5th.
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.
The payment
Where he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | 100 m | 5th | $1,250 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,250 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Around Ryo Wada on the money list
Ranks 1753 to 1793
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1753 | Joshua Abuaku | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,250 |
| 1754 | Justyn Knight | Men's 5000 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1755 | Kamar Etyang | Men's 1500 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1756 | Konstantinos Filippidis | Men's pole vault | — | $1,250 |
| 1757 | Kristen Brown | Women's pole vault | — | $1,250 |
| 1758 | Lada Vondrová | Women's 400 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1759 | Leah Falland | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,250 |
| 1760 | Lindsey Butterworth | Women's 800 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1761 | Lisa Lilja | Women's 200 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1762 | María Fernanda Murillo | Women's high jump | — | $1,250 |
| 1763 | Maryna Kylypko | Women's pole vault | — | $1,250 |
| 1764 | Matthew Hughes | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,250 |
| 1765 | Milkesa Mengesha | two disciplines | — | $1,250 |
| 1766 | Mohamed Ali Gouaned | Men's 800 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1767 | Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim | Men's 3000 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1768 | Mouad Zahafi | Men's 800 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1769 | Nicole Yeargin | Women's 400 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1770 | Ninon Chapelle | Women's pole vault | — | $1,250 |
| 1771 | Péter Bakosi | Men's high jump | — | $1,250 |
| 1772 | Ryo Sato | Men's high jump | — | $1,250 |
| 1773 | Ryo Wada | Men's 100 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1774 | Salome Lang | Women's high jump | — | $1,250 |
| 1775 | Samuele Ceccarelli | Men's 100 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1776 | Sandrey Davison | Men's 100 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1777 | Sara Petersen | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,250 |
| 1778 | Sean McGorty | Men's 3000 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1779 | Shana Grebo | Women's 400 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1780 | Shane Brathwaite | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $1,250 |
| 1781 | Shannon Osika | Women's 1500 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1782 | Sheila Chelangat | Women's 3000 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1783 | Simon Sundström | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,250 |
| 1784 | Yuki Joseph Nakajima | Men's 400 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1785 | Yuliya Chumachenko | Women's high jump | — | $1,250 |
| 1786 | Aaliyah McCormick | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1787 | Abby Moore | Women's shot put | — | $1,000 |
| 1788 | Abdullahi Jama Mahamed | Men's 5000 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1789 | Aleec Harris | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1790 | Alexandra Burghardt | Women's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1791 | Alice Muraro | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1792 | Almaz Ayana | Women's 5000 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1793 | Anna Gryc | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ryo Wada is 1773rd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $1,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ryo Wada most
Xiamen Diamond League 2024 paid $1,250 for 5th in the 100 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ronnie Baker, Yoshihide Kiryū, Brandon Carnes, Yohan Blake, Christian Coleman and Fred Kerley.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ryo Wada won?
$1,250, which ranks 1773rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2024.
What is Ryo Wada's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,250, for finishing 5th in the 100 m at the 2024 Xiamen Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 5th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Ryo Wada 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 place 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.
Is this everything Ryo Wada earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. It holds no championship prize money, 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 Ryo Wada is Ryo Sato on $1,250, and one below Salome Lang on $1,250. Ryo Wada is one of 29 Japan athletes athletics has paid, and Japan athletics prize money adds them up to $715,417 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 Ryo Wada 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 Xiamen Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.