Vernon Norwood prize money
Vernon Norwood has been paid $143,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 194th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 46 paid finishes in the men's 400 m and men's 200 m, 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
The 46 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $143,250 is 46 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Vernon Norwood did in Tokyo, 2025
Vernon Norwood went to the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo on a relay and ran no individual final there. He ran on the United States team that finished 2nd in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay, $40,000 to the federation rather than to any one of the four. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Vernon Norwood won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | Gold | - |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | Silver | - |
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay gold was worth $50,000 and was paid to the federation as a single cheque, with nothing published about how it was split between the runners. It is not his and is not added to the $143,250 at the top of this page. The silver in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Vernon Norwood
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 m | 41 | - | 2016 to 2026 | $136,250 |
| Men's 200 m | 5 | - | 2021 to 2025 | $7,000 |
The men's 400 m has paid Vernon Norwood $136,250 of the $143,250, which is 95% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2016 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $6,500 |
| 2017 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $22,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $3,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | - | Bauhausgalan | $4,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 7 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $12,750 |
| 2022 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $19,000 |
| 2023 | 6 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $22,750 |
| 2024 | 7 | - | Herculis | $23,750 |
| 2025 | 7 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $25,000 |
| 2026 | 3 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $4,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $25,000 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Vernon Norwood in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $143,250.
Around Vernon Norwood on the money list
Ranks 174 to 214
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 174 | Ryan Whiting | Men's shot put | 5 | $150,500 |
| 175 | Nadine Müller | Women's discus throw | 3 | $150,000 |
| 176 | Alexis Copello | Men's triple jump | 2 | $149,500 |
| 177 | Andreas Thorkildsen | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $149,500 |
| 178 | Cordell Tinch | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $149,500 |
| 179 | Anzhelika Sidorova | Women's pole vault | 4 | $149,250 |
| 180 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | 1 | $148,750 |
| 181 | Aries Merritt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $148,500 |
| 182 | Jamal Britt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $148,500 |
| 183 | Kara Winger | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $148,000 |
| 184 | Michael Tinsley | Men's 400 m hurdles | 8 | $148,000 |
| 185 | Ramil Guliyev | two disciplines | 5 | $147,500 |
| 186 | Robert Harting | Men's discus throw | 11 | $147,500 |
| 187 | Oblique Seville | Men's 100 m | 5 | $146,000 |
| 188 | Collen Kebinatshipi | Men's 400 m | 6 | $145,500 |
| 189 | Mykolas Alekna | Men's discus throw | 7 | $145,500 |
| 190 | Simon Ehammer | Men's long jump | 3 | $145,500 |
| 191 | Rushell Clayton | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $145,250 |
| 192 | Dani Stevens | Women's discus throw | 1 | $145,000 |
| 193 | Veronica Campbell Brown | two disciplines | 7 | $145,000 |
| 194 | Vernon Norwood | two disciplines | - | $143,250 |
| 195 | Mo Farah | three disciplines | 9 | $142,500 |
| 196 | Natoya Goule-Toppin | two disciplines | 1 | $142,500 |
| 197 | Sharika Nelvis | Women's 100 m hurdles | 4 | $142,500 |
| 198 | Churandy Martina | two disciplines | 2 | $142,000 |
| 199 | Madara Palameika | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $142,000 |
| 200 | Wycliffe Kinyamal | two disciplines | 6 | $140,750 |
| 201 | Alonso Edward | two disciplines | 8 | $140,500 |
| 202 | Trayvon Bromell | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 203 | Yared Nuguse | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 204 | Matthew Denny | Men's discus throw | 3 | $139,000 |
| 205 | Nadine Visser | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $138,250 |
| 206 | Natasha Hastings | two disciplines | 3 | $138,000 |
| 207 | Keshorn Walcott | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $137,750 |
| 208 | Francena McCorory | Women's 400 m | 6 | $137,500 |
| 209 | Iryna Herashchenko | Women's high jump | 2 | $137,375 |
| 210 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Men's 400 m | 5 | $136,750 |
| 211 | Piotr Lisek | Men's pole vault | 3 | $136,375 |
| 212 | Grant Holloway | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $136,000 |
| 213 | Kurtis Marschall | Men's pole vault | 2 | $135,833 |
| 214 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | 6 | $135,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Vernon Norwood is 194th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $143,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Vernon Norwood most
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Pavel Maslák, Kevin Borlée, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Pieter Conradie, Isaac Makwala and Gil Roberts.
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Muzala Samukonga, Christopher Bailey, Daniel Segers, Collen Kebinatshipi, Alexander Doom and Jacory Patterson.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Bryce Deadmon, Rusheen McDonald, Leungo Scotch, Gilles Biron, Kirani James and Quincy Hall.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Vernon Norwood won?
$143,250, which ranks 194th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 46 paid finishes between 2016 and 2026.
What is Vernon Norwood's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 3rd in the 400 m at the 2017 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 Vernon Norwood 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 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 Vernon Norwood 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 Vernon Norwood is Veronica Campbell Brown on $145,000, and one below Mo Farah on $142,500. Vernon Norwood 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 prize money and men's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Vernon Norwood has been paid in two 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 Prefontaine Classic 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 4 × 400 metres relay page.