Will Williams prize money
Will Williams has been paid $4,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1160th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the men's long jump, the best of them 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.
Every payment
Where he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | Long jump | 6th | $1,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2023 | Long jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2023 | Long jump | 5th | $1,250 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2023 | Long jump | 8th | $500 |
| All four | Men's long jump | — | $4,750 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $4,750 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2023 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $3,750 |
| 2024 | 1 | — | Diamond League Shanghai | $1,000 |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $3,750 from three starts. Every season from 2023 to 2024 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $4,750.
Around Will Williams on the money list
Ranks 1140 to 1180
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1140 | Yasemin Can | two disciplines | — | $5,000 |
| 1141 | Allyson Felix | two disciplines | — | $4,750 |
| 1142 | Beatrice Masilingi | Women's 200 m | — | $4,750 |
| 1143 | Chiara Scherrer | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $4,750 |
| 1144 | Christabel Nettey | Women's long jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1145 | Clemens Prüfer | Men's discus throw | — | $4,750 |
| 1146 | Derek Drouin | Men's high jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1147 | Eloisa Coiro | Women's 800 m | — | $4,750 |
| 1148 | Gilles Biron | Men's 400 m | — | $4,750 |
| 1149 | Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko | Women's triple jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1150 | Jessica Woodard | Women's shot put | — | $4,750 |
| 1151 | Joel Clarke-Khan | Men's high jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1152 | Lester Lescay | Men's long jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1153 | Morolake Akinosun | two disciplines | — | $4,750 |
| 1154 | Nawal Meniker | Women's high jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1155 | Robert Urbanek | Men's discus throw | — | $4,750 |
| 1156 | Robin Vanderbemden | Men's 200 m | — | $4,750 |
| 1157 | Rosefline Chepngetich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $4,750 |
| 1158 | Teddese Lemi | Men's 1500 m | — | $4,750 |
| 1159 | Valerie Constien | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $4,750 |
| 1160 | Will Williams | Men's long jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1161 | Abdelatif Sadiki | Men's 1500 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1162 | Adelaide Aquilla | Women's shot put | — | $4,500 |
| 1163 | Álvaro de Arriba | Men's 800 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1164 | Bayanda Walaza | Men's 100 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1165 | Benjamin Azamati | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1166 | Bernhard Seifert | Men's javelin throw | — | $4,500 |
| 1167 | Carina Horn | Women's 100 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1168 | Cheickna Traore | Men's 200 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1169 | Deajah Stevens | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1170 | Demish Gaye | Men's 400 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1171 | Dong Bin | Men's triple jump | — | $4,500 |
| 1172 | Elizabeth Gleadle | Women's javelin throw | — | $4,500 |
| 1173 | Etienne Daguinos | Men's 5000 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1174 | Hélène Parisot | Women's 200 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1175 | Léonie Pointet | Women's 200 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1176 | Mamadou Kassé Hann | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1177 | Marc Minichello | Men's javelin throw | — | $4,500 |
| 1178 | Matthew Ramsden | four disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1179 | Nia Akins | Women's 800 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1180 | Ramsey Angela | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Will Williams is 1160th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $4,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Will Williams most
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $2,000 for 6th in the long jump, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: LaQuan Nairn, Simon Ehammer, Tajay Gayle, Yuki Hashioka, Radek Juška and Jarrion Lawson.
Meeting de Paris 2023 paid $1,250 for 5th in the long jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Maykel Massó, Thobias Montler, Emiliano Lasa, Erwan Konaté, Miltiadis Tentoglou and Simon Ehammer.
Diamond League Shanghai 2024 paid $1,000 for 6th in the long jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jarrion Lawson, Lin Yu-tang, Tajay Gayle, LaQuan Nairn, Marquis Dendy and Wang Jianan.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Will Williams won?
$4,750, which ranks 1160th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2023 and 2024.
What is Will Williams's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 6th in the long jump at the 2023 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Will Williams 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 long 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.
Is this everything Will Williams 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 Will Williams is Valerie Constien on $4,750, and one below Abdelatif Sadiki on $4,500. Will Williams is one of 352 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $16,292,792 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Will Williams 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 Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.