Zharnel Hughes prize money
Zharnel Hughes has been paid $56,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 270th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from fourteen paid finishes in the men's 100 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletissima 2026 | 200 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | 200 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | 100 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 100 m | 2nd | $10,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2025 | 100 m | 3rd | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2025 | 100 m | 5th | $3,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2024 | 100 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2023 | 200 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2023 | 200 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2023 | 200 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Anniversary Games 2021 | 100 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | 100 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 100 m | 6th | $4,000 |
| All fourteen | two disciplines | — | $56,500 |
The fourteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $56,500 is fourteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Zharnel Hughes did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 metres | 5th | 19.78 | $11,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Zharnel Hughes $11,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $56,500 from fourteen Diamond League starts between 2019 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The World Athletics Relays
What Zharnel Hughes ran on
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | — | DNF | — |
Zharnel Hughes stood in one World Relays final and the team was paid for it. The ladder reaches all eight teams in a final, $40,000 for a title down to $2,000 for 8th, so the only way past it is not to finish: a dropped baton or a disqualification leaves the rung empty and the meeting keeps the money. He ran alongside Jeremiah Azu, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Romell Glave, and the Diamond League has paid every one of them too. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Zharnel Hughes won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | Bronze | — |
The bronze in the men's 4 × 100 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 Zharnel Hughes
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 m | 9 | — | 2019 to 2026 | $39,000 |
| Men's 200 m | 5 | — | 2023 to 2026 | $17,500 |
The men's 100 m has paid Zharnel Hughes $39,000 of the $56,500, which is 69% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2019 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | — | Müller Anniversary Games | $14,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | — | Anniversary Games | $3,500 |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 3 | — | Memorial Van Damme | $13,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | — | London Athletics Meet | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 3 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $19,000 |
| 2026 | 3 | — | Athletissima | $6,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $19,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Zharnel Hughes in 2020 and 2022, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $56,500.
Around Zharnel Hughes on the money list
Ranks 250 to 290
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | Caterine Ibargüen | two disciplines | 5 | $61,000 |
| 251 | Mujinga Kambundji | two disciplines | 1 | $60,250 |
| 252 | Muzala Samukonga | Men's 400 m | 1 | $60,000 |
| 253 | Prudence Sekgodiso | Women's 800 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| 254 | Jenna Prandini | two disciplines | — | $59,500 |
| 255 | Nickisha Pryce | Women's 400 m | 2 | $59,500 |
| 256 | Rasheed Broadbell | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $59,250 |
| 257 | Azeddine Habz | four disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 258 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $59,000 |
| 259 | Grant Fisher | four disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 260 | Yasmani Copello | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $58,250 |
| 261 | Yohan Blake | Men's 100 m | 1 | $58,250 |
| 262 | Addison Wiley | three disciplines | 1 | $58,000 |
| 263 | Amos Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $57,250 |
| 264 | Jason Joseph | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $57,000 |
| 265 | Saly Sarr | Women's triple jump | 2 | $57,000 |
| 266 | Oliver Hoare | two disciplines | 1 | $56,750 |
| 267 | Piotr Lisek | Men's pole vault | 2 | $56,625 |
| 268 | Bayapo Ndori | Men's 400 m | 1 | $56,500 |
| 269 | Lázaro Martínez | Men's triple jump | 2 | $56,500 |
| 270 | Zharnel Hughes | two disciplines | — | $56,500 |
| 271 | Charles Dobson | two disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 272 | Hirut Meshesha | five disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 273 | Ilya Ivanyuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $56,250 |
| 274 | Megan Tapper | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $56,250 |
| 275 | Josh Kerr | two disciplines | 2 | $56,000 |
| 276 | Mohamed Katir | three disciplines | 3 | $56,000 |
| 277 | Romaine Beckford | Men's high jump | — | $56,000 |
| 278 | Slimane Moula | Men's 800 m | 3 | $56,000 |
| 279 | Nicholas Kimeli | two disciplines | 1 | $55,750 |
| 280 | Holly Bradshaw | Women's pole vault | — | $55,250 |
| 281 | Kayla White | two disciplines | 1 | $55,250 |
| 282 | Wayne Pinnock | Men's long jump | 2 | $55,000 |
| 283 | Ben Broeders | Men's pole vault | 1 | $54,500 |
| 284 | Cole Hocker | three disciplines | 1 | $54,500 |
| 285 | Gabriel Tual | two disciplines | — | $54,500 |
| 286 | Kristin Pudenz | Women's discus throw | — | $54,500 |
| 287 | Gong Lijao | Women's shot put | 1 | $54,000 |
| 288 | Ja'Kobe Tharp | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $54,000 |
| 289 | Emily Grove | Women's pole vault | 1 | $53,750 |
| 290 | Nia Ali | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $53,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Zharnel Hughes is 270th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $56,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Zharnel Hughes most
Prefontaine Classic 2025 paid $10,000 for 2nd in the 100 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Trayvon Bromell, Brandon Hicklin, Ackeem Blake, Bayanda Walaza, Christian Coleman and Lachlan Kennedy.
London Athletics Meet 2025 paid $6,000 for 3rd in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ackeem Blake, Akani Simbine, Jeremiah Azu, Letsile Tebogo, Louie Hinchliffe and Oblique Seville.
Memorial Van Damme 2023 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Joseph Fahnbulleh, Filippo Tortu, Kyree King and Reynier Mena.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Zharnel Hughes won?
$56,500, which ranks 270th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from fourteen paid finishes between 2019 and 2026.
What is Zharnel Hughes's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 2nd in the Diamond+ 100 m at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Zharnel Hughes 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 100 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.
How much did Zharnel Hughes win at the 2025 World Championships?
$11,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Zharnel Hughes earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Zharnel Hughes is Lázaro Martínez on $56,500, and one below Charles Dobson on $56,250. Zharnel Hughes is one of 126 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $3,411,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 100 m prize money and men's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Zharnel Hughes has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 400 m hurdles. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Athletissima 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 200 metres page. World Relays prize money is the Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026 championships, $1,087,000 put up across 12 finals that pay a team and never a runner, and the relay is on the men's 4 × 100 metres relay page.