TJ Holmes prize money
TJ Holmes has been paid $29,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 915th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten paid finishes in the men's 400 m hurdles, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 7th | $3,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| Oslo Bislett Games 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 7th | $1,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2018 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $3,000 |
| Bislett Games 2018 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2018 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $3,000 |
| Athletissima 2018 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $3,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2018 | 400 m hurdles | 8th | $2,000 |
| All ten | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $29,500 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $29,500 is ten separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2018 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $14,000 |
| 2019 | 5 | - | Bauhausgalan | $15,500 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $15,500 from five starts. Every season from 2018 to 2019 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $29,500.
Around TJ Holmes on the money list
Ranks 895 to 935
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 895 | Maia McCoy | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 896 | Mario Forsythe | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 897 | Steffin McCarter | Men's long jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 898 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $30,000 |
| 899 | Wang Jianan | Men's long jump | - | $30,000 |
| 900 | Brandon Hicklin | two disciplines | - | $29,750 |
| 901 | Fiordaliza Cofil | Women's 400 m | 1 | $29,750 |
| 902 | Isaac Nader | two disciplines | 1 | $29,750 |
| 903 | Justyna Kasprzycka | Women's high jump | - | $29,750 |
| 904 | Tamari Davis | two disciplines | - | $29,750 |
| 905 | Crystal Emmanuel | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 906 | David Verburg | Men's 400 m | - | $29,500 |
| 907 | Henry Frayne | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 908 | Julia Harting | Women's discus throw | - | $29,500 |
| 909 | Keila Costa | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 910 | Linet Chepkwemoi Masai | Women's 5000 m | - | $29,500 |
| 911 | Naoto Tobe | Men's high jump | - | $29,500 |
| 912 | Nicoleta Grasu | Women's discus throw | - | $29,500 |
| 913 | Paulina Guba | Women's shot put | - | $29,500 |
| 914 | Tamara Clark | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 915 | TJ Holmes | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $29,500 |
| 916 | Cambrea Sturgis | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 917 | Daniel Arce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $29,250 |
| 918 | Filippo Tortu | two disciplines | - | $29,250 |
| 919 | Ben True | two disciplines | 1 | $29,000 |
| 920 | Cierra Jackson | Women's discus throw | 1 | $29,000 |
| 921 | Ese Brume | Women's long jump | - | $29,000 |
| 922 | Fantu Magiso | Women's 800 m | 2 | $29,000 |
| 923 | Jonathan Kitilit | two disciplines | - | $29,000 |
| 924 | Keston Bledman | Men's 100 m | - | $29,000 |
| 925 | Ruben Querinjean | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $29,000 |
| 926 | Brigetta Barrett | Women's high jump | 1 | $28,750 |
| 927 | Zoe Hobbs | Women's 100 m | - | $28,750 |
| 928 | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | Women's high jump | - | $28,583 |
| 929 | Anna Mishchenko | Women's 1500 m | 1 | $28,500 |
| 930 | Courtney Frerichs | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $28,500 |
| 931 | Floria Gueï | Women's 400 m | - | $28,500 |
| 932 | Janet Kisa | two disciplines | - | $28,500 |
| 933 | Kévin Menaldo | Men's pole vault | - | $28,500 |
| 934 | Kimberlyn Duncan | Women's 200 m | - | $28,500 |
| 935 | Maykel Massó | Men's long jump | 1 | $28,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. TJ Holmes is 915th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $29,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid TJ Holmes most
Bauhausgalan 2019 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Thomas Barr, Sebastian Rodger, Kenny Selmon, Jacob Paul, Carl Bengtström and Abdelmalik Lahoulou.
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $3,000 for 7th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kariem Hussein, Karsten Warholm, Rai Benjamin, Kyron McMaster, Yasmani Copello and David Kendziera.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2018 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rasmus Mägi, Kerron Clement, Jose Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon, Nicholas Bett, Abderrahman Samba and Karsten Warholm.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has TJ Holmes won?
$29,500, which ranks 915th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2018 and 2019.
What is TJ Holmes's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m hurdles at the 2019 Bauhausgalan. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what TJ Holmes 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 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.
Is this everything TJ Holmes earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above TJ Holmes is Tamara Clark on $29,500, and one below Cambrea Sturgis on $29,250. TJ Holmes 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 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and TJ Holmes 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 Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it.