Yanis Meziane prize money
Yanis Meziane has been paid $34,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 420th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from thirteen paid finishes in the men's 800 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 800 m | 3rd | $9,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 800 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Athletissima 2025 | 800 m | 7th | $2,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2025 | 800 m | 10th | — |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2024 | 800 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2023 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2023 | 800 m | 4th | $4,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2023 | 800 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2023 | 800 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2023 | 800 m | 7th | $750 |
| Meeting de Paris 2023 | 800 m | 8th | $500 |
| All fourteen | Men's 800 m | — | $34,000 |
The thirteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $34,000 is thirteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.06% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the fourteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The Ultimate Championship
What Yanis Meziane did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 800 metres | 7th | 1:42.78 | — |
Yanis Meziane stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where he finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | — | Memorial Van Damme | $13,500 |
| 2024 | 1 | — | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $3,500 |
| 2025 | 3 | — | Athletissima | $3,000 |
| 2026 | 4 | — | AG Memorial Van Damme | $14,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $14,000 from four starts. Every season from 2023 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $34,000.
Around Yanis Meziane on the money list
Ranks 400 to 440
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | Letesenbet Gidey | two disciplines | — | $36,000 |
| 401 | Majd Eddin Ghazal | Men's high jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 402 | Narve Gilje Nordås | four disciplines | 1 | $36,000 |
| 403 | Andrian Mardare | Men's javelin throw | — | $35,750 |
| 404 | Enrique Llopis | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $35,750 |
| 405 | Dorcus Ewoi | two disciplines | — | $35,500 |
| 406 | Hillary Bor | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $35,500 |
| 407 | Leonard Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $35,500 |
| 408 | Mattia Furlani | Men's long jump | — | $35,250 |
| 409 | Abbey Caldwell | four disciplines | 1 | $35,000 |
| 410 | Ayanleh Souleiman | two disciplines | — | $35,000 |
| 411 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | — | $35,000 |
| 412 | Wayde van Niekerk | two disciplines | 3 | $35,000 |
| 413 | Catriona Bisset | Women's 800 m | — | $34,750 |
| 414 | Daisy Jepkemei | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,750 |
| 415 | Quanera Hayes | Women's 400 m | 1 | $34,750 |
| 416 | Ryuji Miura | two disciplines | — | $34,750 |
| 417 | Margaret Kipkemboi | two disciplines | — | $34,250 |
| 418 | Benjamin Robert | two disciplines | 1 | $34,000 |
| 419 | Doris Lemngole | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,000 |
| 420 | Yanis Meziane | Men's 800 m | — | $34,000 |
| 421 | Addisu Yihune | two disciplines | 2 | $33,750 |
| 422 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $33,750 |
| 423 | Xie Zhenye | two disciplines | — | $33,750 |
| 424 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | two disciplines | — | $33,500 |
| 425 | Gift Leotlela | Men's 100 m | 1 | $33,500 |
| 426 | Julius Yego | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $33,500 |
| 427 | Mohamed Attaoui | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 428 | Georgia Griffith | three disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 429 | Andreas Almgren | three disciplines | 1 | $32,750 |
| 430 | Makanakaishe Charamba | Men's 200 m | — | $32,500 |
| 431 | Mark English | Men's 800 m | 1 | $32,500 |
| 432 | Wilma Murto | Women's pole vault | 1 | $32,500 |
| 433 | Anthonique Strachan | two disciplines | — | $32,250 |
| 434 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 2 | $32,000 |
| 435 | Ezekiel Nathaniel | two disciplines | — | $32,000 |
| 436 | Ivana Vuleta | Women's long jump | 2 | $32,000 |
| 437 | Kanyinsola Ajayi | Men's 100 m | 1 | $32,000 |
| 438 | Rababe Arafi | three disciplines | 1 | $32,000 |
| 439 | Shakima Wimbley | Women's 400 m | — | $32,000 |
| 440 | Thomas Barr | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $32,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Yanis Meziane is 420th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $34,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Yanis Meziane most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $9,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marco Arop, Ben Pattison, Gabriel Tual, Tobias Grønstad, Slimane Moula and Emmanuel Wanyonyi.
Memorial Van Damme 2023 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tshepiso Masalela, Daniel Rowden, Ben Pattison, Bryce Hoppel, Wyclife Kinyamal and Saúl Ordóñez.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $4,000 for 4th in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Daniel Rowden, Bryce Hoppel, Benjamin Robert, Saúl Ordóñez, Wyclife Kinyamal and Emmanuel Wanyonyi.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Yanis Meziane won?
$34,000, which ranks 420th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from thirteen paid finishes between 2023 and 2026.
What is Yanis Meziane's biggest Diamond League payday?
$9,000, for finishing 3rd in the Diamond+ 800 m at the 2026 AG Memorial Van Damme. 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 Yanis Meziane 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 800 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.
Has Yanis Meziane ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. He is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Yanis Meziane 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 Yanis Meziane is Doris Lemngole on $34,000, and one below Addisu Yihune on $33,750. Yanis Meziane is one of 104 France athletes athletics has paid, and France athletics prize money adds them up to $1,290,042 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Yanis Meziane has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the men's 800 metres page.