Vernon Turner prize money
Vernon Turner has been paid $7,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1771st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the men's high jump, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2025 | High jump | =4th | $4,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | High jump | =11th | - |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | High jump | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | High jump | 9th | - |
| All four | Men's high jump | - | $7,500 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $7,500 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2024 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | - | Diamond League Shanghai | $3,500 |
| 2025 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $4,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $4,000 from two starts. Every season from 2024 to 2025 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $7,500.
Around Vernon Turner on the money list
Ranks 1751 to 1791
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1751 | Constantin Preis | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1752 | Craig Engels | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1753 | Elena Andreea Taloș | Women's triple jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1754 | Elle Purrier St. Pierre | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1755 | Gaetan Saku Bafuanga | Men's triple jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1756 | Guillermo Martínez | Men's javelin throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1757 | Hayle Ibrahimov | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1758 | Jaheel Hyde | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1759 | Jessica Cérival | Women's shot put | - | $7,500 |
| 1760 | Lomi Muleta | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,500 |
| 1761 | Luca Kozák | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1762 | Marija Tolj | Women's discus throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1763 | Mezgebu Sime | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1764 | Michael Rutt | Men's 800 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1765 | Nataliya Semenova | Women's discus throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1766 | Olivia Markezich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,500 |
| 1767 | Peimeng Zhang | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1768 | Rayniah Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1769 | Svetlana Bolshakova | Women's triple jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1770 | Talitha Diggs | Women's 400 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1771 | Vernon Turner | Men's high jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1772 | Victoria Ohuruogu | Women's 400 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1773 | Zahra Bani | Women's javelin throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1774 | Boglárka Takács | two disciplines | - | $7,250 |
| 1775 | Charity Hufnagel | Women's high jump | - | $7,250 |
| 1776 | Emmanuel Bamidele | Men's 400 m | - | $7,250 |
| 1777 | Julien Watrin | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,250 |
| 1778 | Margot Chevrier | Women's pole vault | - | $7,250 |
| 1779 | Mario García | two disciplines | - | $7,250 |
| 1780 | Nick Smidt | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,250 |
| 1781 | Ryan Zeze | Men's 200 m | - | $7,250 |
| 1782 | Águeda Marqués | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1783 | Andreas Bube | Men's 800 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1784 | Anna Hall | three disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1785 | Blessing Ufodiama | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1786 | Carolin Dietrich | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1787 | Claudia Salman | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1788 | Dai Qianqian | Women's javelin throw | - | $7,000 |
| 1789 | Davita Prendergast | Women's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1790 | Genet Yalew | Women's 5000 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1791 | Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Vernon Turner is 1771st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $7,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Vernon Turner most
Doha Diamond League 2025 paid $4,000 for =4th in the high jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marco Fassinotti, Raymond Richards, Edgar Rivera, Matteo Sioli, Donald Thomas and Shelby McEwen.
Diamond League Shanghai 2024 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the high jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Thomas Carmoy, Shelby McEwen, Wang Zhen, Tomohiro Shinno, Christoff Bryan and Douwe Amels.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 paid $0 for =11th in the high jump, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hamish Kerr, Marco Fassinotti, Yual Reath, JuVaughn Harrison, Romaine Beckford and Shelby McEwen.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Vernon Turner won?
$7,500, which ranks 1771st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2024 and 2025.
What is Vernon Turner's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing =4th in the Diamond+ high jump at the 2025 Doha 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 =4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Vernon Turner 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 high jump 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.
Has Vernon Turner ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Vernon Turner 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 Turner is Talitha Diggs on $7,500, and one below Victoria Ohuruogu on $7,500. Vernon Turner 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 high jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Vernon Turner 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 Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.